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Punish Parents Who Refuse To Have Children Vaccine against Measles-Parliament

Michael Gwarisa

MEMBERS of Parliament have advised government through the Ministry and Child Care (MoHCC) to invoke provisions for the laws that allow for the punishment of every parent who refuses to have their child immunized against measles. By Staff Reporter The call comes in the wake of a raging measles outbreak which has already claimed more

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The critical role of sanitation infrastructure in African cities

Michael Gwarisa

As cities in Africa continue to grow at a rapid pace, the importance of sanitation services must not be overlooked – we must get it right. By Agathe Nougaret   By 2050, the World Economic Forum predicts that more than 1.3 billion people in Africa will call a city home. Such a large number of

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How nurses recruited from Zimbabwe are being caught in UK ‘bonded labour’ schemes

Michael Gwarisa

NHS series: Care workers, lured from south east Africa to start their careers in this country, are being scammed and exploited by middlemen Zimbabwean care workers are being tricked into coming to the UK by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor. The scam, which plays

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