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Former Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko has threatened to support Mombasa County UDA governor candidate Hassan Omar against Azimio la Umoja's Abdulswamad Nassir. Sonko, who on July 28, 2022, lost his bid to be gazetted by IEBC to vie for the Mombasa governor seat, said Kisauni MP Ali Mbogo should be fielded as the alternative candidate failure to which he will support Omar. Wiper party submitted a letter to IEBC nominating Mbogo as its gubernatorial candidate for Mombasa three weeks ago. In a twist, the Kalonzo Musyoka-led party named Sonko as Mbogo's deputy.

The party, called Forward, will be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey.   LOS ANGELES — Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials announced on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America’s dysfunctional two-party system. The new party, called Forward and whose creation was first reported by Reuters, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey . They hope the party will become a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate U.S. politics, founding members told Reuters  

The Women and Equalities Committee said a lack of support in the UK was pushing women out of work. The cross-party group wants menopause to become a protected characteristic like pregnancy, to give working women more rights. Offering menopause leave should also be piloted at a large public-sector employer, the MPs said.   Read More.....    

  A statement read out in the High Court in London confirmed his allegations against businessman Christopher Chandler had "been disproved". The former minister has also paid £1,000 to a Ukraine support fund. Mr Chandler helps to fund the Legatum Institute, a pro-Brexit think tank. The court heard that "serious" allegations were made in May 2018 during a Commons debate on the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill. Some MPs claimed Mr Chandler was suspected of money laundering and being a Russian spy. Read More..  

 Facebook-parent Meta reported on Wednesday its first quarterly revenue drop and a plunging profit, as the social media powerhouse battles a turbulent economy and the rising phenomenon of TikTok. Meta had long delivered seemingly endless upward growth but after this income miss -- and reporting earlier this year its first decline in global daily users -- the company sounded a more modest tone.   Read More.....

 The monthly salary of President and the Deputy President has been maintained at Sh1.44m and Sh1.2m respectively as MPs to earn Sh710, 000.   Car grants for state officers and plenary sitting allowances for MCAs, MPs have, however, been abolished in a new Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) gazette notice. The government will save at least Sh382.2 million in plenary sitting allowances for the 416 members of the 13th Parliament.

 Judge Esther Maina orders Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua, who is UDA deputy presidential candidate, to surrender Sh202M to Govt. for being proceeds of corruption.

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 Zimbabwe has cleared the way for cannabis-based medical products to be sold for the first time as the southern African country eyes the industry valued at Sh148.5 billion ($1.25 billion).                         The Medicines Control of Zimbabwe (MCZ) has opened applications for cannabis and hemp producers, manufacturers, importers, exporters and retail pharmacists. The debt-ridden nation became one of the first African countries to legalise cannabis in 2018 but little has been done since to permit commercial production of the drug. Read More....  

 Kaimosi Friends University College (Kafuco) is set to be awarded a university charter at State House in Nairobi on Thursday, July 28, making it the first in Vihiga County.                     Kafuco will receive the charter in a ceremony to be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta and attended by several education officials. Principal Jack Nandi confirmed the new development, saying the college was approved following several inspections by the Commission for University Education.   Read More...  

  One year since his improbable victory, Pedro Castillo is mired in corruption allegations and congressional deadlock.                           One year into his five-year term, Castillo has survived two impeachment attempts , a whiplash-inducing change of cabinet ministers, and deepening economic and political strife. Last summer, Castillo, a political fledgling and son of illiterate farmers, stormed into Lima from his native Cajamarca in Peru’s northern Andes. An improbable frontman for his Marxist Free Peru party, he promised to rewrite Peru’s constitution, redistribute mineral wealth and resuscitate a nation reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic . His deeply unpopular far-right challenger, Keiko Fujimori , daughter of Peruvian strongman Alberto Fujimori, admonished voters that Castillo’s economic policies would steer the country into a crisis similar to Venezuela’s. But to many among Peru’s exasperated electorate, which had endured four presidents and two congresses in five