MMU FM NEWS

 BY AYUMA JULIA .M. @3PM

 THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION BILL 2013, WILL ONLY DEAL WITH INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES CONNECTED TO THE MEDIA, GRACE MUNYIRI FROM THE MEDIA COUNCIL HAS SAID. THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON, IN A DEAL STRUCK BY THE MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PARLIAMENT’S COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE.

“DON’T BOARD AN OVERLOADED MATATU,” TRAFFIC COMMANDANT, SAMUEL KIMARU, HAS SAID. THIS IS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO ROAD ACCIDENTS AND WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND REPORT THE VEHICLES.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND KSHS. 500 MILLION ON THE “KENYA AT 50” CELEBRATIONS. CELEBRATION WILL START ON THE 11^TH UP TO 13^TH OF DECEMBER, WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, CABINET SECRETARY HASSAN OYU HAS SAID THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE MARKED AT KASARANI STADIUM ON 12^TH DECEMBER, WITH OVER 60,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ATTEND

EVEN AS THE COUNTRY PREPARES TO MARK 50 YEARS, SINCE INDEPENDENCE, THOSE THAT ARE INFESTED WITH JIGGERS  WILL HAVE LITTLE TO CELEBRATE ABOUT , AHADI KENYA TRUST C.E.O, STANLEY KAMAU HAS SAID, THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE EFFORT FORM THE GOVERNMENT TO ERADICATE JIGGERS ,WHICH HAS IMMOBILIZED OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE INCLUDING  THE SCHOOL CHILDREN

ONE IN EVERY 7 NEW HIV INFECTIONS OCCURRED DURING ADOLESCENCE. W.H.O HAS SAID THIS IS DUE TO UNPROTECTED SEX, IT FURTHER SAYS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS THAT ADOLESCENTS ARE NOT ACCESSING HIV TESTS AND COUNSELING. MEANING THAT A BIG NUMBER OF THEM DON’T KNOW THEIR HIV STATUS .

IRRIGATION IN THE ARID AND SEMI-ARID LANDS, WILL GREATLY IMPROVE FOOD PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY . GEORGE OEDE FROM THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION BOARD HAS SAID, SMALL SCALE FARMING CAN BE IMPROVED ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE AGRO-PASTORALISTS’ ARE ALREADY FARMING.

MICROSOFT RESEARCHERS, HAVE DESIGNED A SMART BRA THAT CAN DETECT STRESS, THE PROTOTYPE CONTAINS REMOVABLE SENSORS THAT MONITORS HEART AND SKIN ACTIVITY, TO PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF MOOD LEVELS. THE AIM IS TO FIND IF WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP, STRESS RELATED OVER EATING.

     

MMU FM NEWS

BY  LAURA NAYERE @10AM

 

POLICE OFFICERS WHO GIVE FALSE INFORMATION TO THE VETTING PANEL   RISK A FINE OF 200,000 SHILLINGS OR IMPRISONMENT FOR TERM NOT EXCEEDING TWO YEARS. NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION(NPSC) CHAIRMAN JOHNSTONE  KAVULUNDI SAID REPORTS FROM THE ETHICS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION(EACC) AND THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE(NIS)HAD ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE VETTING PANEL. THE INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE OFFICERS WOULD BE COMPARED TO THE AVAILABLE REPORTS HE ADDED.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL SEND 500 MILLION SHILLINGS IN THE KENYA AT 50 CELEBRATION. CABINET SECRETARY HASSAN WARIO SAYS THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION WILL START ON THE 11^TH AND RUN UPTO THE 13^TH OF DECEMBER WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED A PUBLIC HOLIDAY. HE SAYS THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE MARKED AT THE SAFARICOM KASARANI STADIUM ON THE 12^TH OF DECEMBER WITH OVER 600,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ATTEND.

THE CHEMICAL PRODUCED WHEN POTATOES ARE HEATED AT OVER 180 DEGREE HAS BEEN FOUND TO CAUSE CANCER IN ANIMALS  ALTHOUGH RESEARCH ON ITS EFFECT IN HUMAN IS STILL ONGOING. GEORGE ABONG FROM NAIROBI UNIVERSITY EXPLAINS.

ALL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES NEAR AIRPORTS WILL BE DEMOLISHED, PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA HAS DIRECTED THE TRANSPORT AND INTERIOR MINISTRIES TO REMOVE ENCROACHING STRUCTURES IMMEDIATELY.

KEY CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE TWO CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA BILL. THIS FOLLOWS A DEAL STRUCK BETWEEN MEDIA STOCK HOLDERS AND PARLIAMENT COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE. GRACE MUNYERI  FROM THE MEDIA COUNCIL SAYS UNDER THE  DEAL THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION BILL 2013 WILL ONLY DEAL WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE  ISSUES CONNECTED TO THE MEDIA.

MEANWHILE JOURNALIST WILL BE FINED UP TO 100,000 SHILLINGS IF THEY CONTRAVENE THE PROVISION OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION BILL.

SEVERAL FAMILIES WERE LAST NIGHT LEFT HOMELESS IN A FIRE INCIDENT IN MUKURU SLUM NAIROBI.THE FIRE IS SAID TO HAVE BROKE OUT FROM ONE STRUCTURE BEFORE SPREADING FAST TO OTHERS BURNING UPTO 110 STRUCTURES. POLICE SAY NONE WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT