 many thanks for tuning in to Y254 TV. It is the 22nd day of the 9th month of the year is 2022. A trust that you have been, okay, very good. That's the evening to you. My name is Dereva Hillary. Welcome to the news bit. The government plans to extend the fertilizer subsidy program to the long range to season next year while flagging off 1.4 million bags of fertilizer to various parts of the region. Deputy President Regali Gashago say the government is seeking to import more fertilizer to put more acres and afford crops to boost the yields. Facing unprecedented high food prices occasioned by both internal and external factors. The government is alive to the high cost of living that has persisted over the past years. The price of maize flower in particular which is our main step of food has been high for the better part of this year. Eratic rain force, high input costs, particularly fertilizer among other factors have led to reduce production of maize and other food crops. The preferring drought in arid and semi arid lands has worsened the food situation in that region of our country. This food and nutritional situation is of concern with our annual production for major food crops and notably maize, beans, wheat and rice falling way short of our national demand and consumption pointing to the reliance on food impulse. As a government we are focused to increasing agricultural productivity that will lead to increased supply and eventually lower food prices due to the forces of supply and demand. In this regard that one of our first pronouncement was to lower fertilizer prices to set the pace for the implementation of this intervention. Dubbed the fertilizer substance program. The national treasury has already failed 3.55 billion towards this intervention. Under this program the government through the national series and produce board will make available 1.4 million bags 1.4 million bags of 50 kg of fertilizer to farmers during the ongoing short range season at the prices are stabilated here below. The cost, the new cost of DAP will be 3,500 from nearly 7,000. The price of CN will be 2,875. The cost of urea again that was way beyond 7,000 will be 3,500. NPK 3,275. MOP 1,775 while salvage of ammonia will be 2,220. I appeal to farmers in the regions that are receiving the short range to reach out to local national series and produce depots and sub-depots to access the required fertilizer. Finally let me assure all farmers throughout the country that we are all private to all fertilizer requirements for the long range season 2023. The government has commenced consultations with key actors and stakeholders to ensure quality affordable and accessible fertilizer that will be available to all farmers across our great nation. The national government in conjunction with Busia County government have intensified surveillance and embarked on the scrutiny of travelers and truck drivers along the Kenya, Uganda border. This even has another death of one year old child suspected to have succumbed to Ebola like symptoms was reported by Uganda's health ministry. Port health, Busia border nama labor border. So those staff are already screening travelers up o kwao in terms of just looking at the signs of anybody who could be having signs of Ebola viral disease but to not occur to liars in the means of interior. Illia kwa mba watuote kwa wese ku ingi a Kenya through the official route kwa sababa hapo njotuko na screening in the end of the year. Nye mili kwa na omba kama sere kaling kwa zekana kila maali eyo kipimo e Ebola ikweko kwa sababu isaza eyo eniwana pita pia kupande wa katumkato pia opate kupim. Ebola walete machi. The Klaji has cautioned members of parliament against reintroducing the assitting mileage and car allowances saying that these will increase but in Kenyans who are already suffering these follows remarks by national assembly speaker Morsi Zvetangula who assure the lawmakers that their car allowances mileage reimbasment mortgage and other benefits will be reinstated. The church leaders led by Glory Outreach Assembly Bishop David, they're going to say the amp is should instead focus on addressing the numerous challenges Kenyans are currently facing. He also added that the introduction of the parliamentary hefty parks that were earlier on abolished by salaries and SRC will augment the wage bill which currently stands at 930.5 billion shillings annually. Palio ofisini na ni wudyamaliza tamwezi no menza kuitisha allowances. Ina onyeshana kwa mba aweki masilaia wa Kenyam ele wuna weka ili wubinafsi na pengine nitamaa kwa lugengine ina kwangoza. Ni sisi tungi womba sana wacha masulaia wana inchi waka idaiawe ya kwanza ama ya kipa umbele katika ile bunge isi zon ambayo mingia yatatintu. We wish that our leaders and parliamentarians that the leaders from the front in becoming patient with the new government and with our economy to build itself but there is no way you can ask us as citizens to become patient with you in office so that you can build the economy that you have told us was in ICU and then from the other side you just talk about increasing your salaries and work like other Kenyans who are sacrificing themselves and provide servant leadership. And in keeping with parliament the national treasury attribute the rising pending bills in the county country to poor revenue collection by counties national treasury to kuriatani says most county government means the revenue collection targets forcing them to solely rely on disbandment from the national treasury to finance the opponents a situation that has seen a stock of pending bills increase. County councils and the municipal councils of those times they collect more revenue than the current one and yet those are not tailor made I mean they are small organizations ill-equipped less experienced without necessary capacity to manage that they do not do it and they have such a big budget you end up collecting spending money that you do not have and the process accumulate lots of pending bills which now impacts on the general state of the economy at the county level. Now two more disturbing issues had is from Kajedo County have decried the exorbitant prices of hay grass this is as the Kajedo Hay Growers Cooperative Society one of dangerous sewer grass being sold to unscrupulers sorry so to unsuspecting hudders by unscrupulers traders hay traders have taken the advantage of the current drought situation in the region to make a kill from the desperate livestock farmers. A mgwande enyere hai to itesa kwasabapim ondhe mohja hápundhele rungornha usamgwande kwa shilikia ilfutahili oglieras wo kuni Angasi anasidi Ngwande anakuha muyi yuesana arambusi Anakuha ki angasi nasidi kabisa ngwande anakufa also adding what we call the cash plus which is cash transfer which is going toными y a understand give some income to the communities that are very vulnerable Meanwhile Wojokw ante a government Now, since the drought situation in the region has reached an alarming stage with the residence chairing at Estervation Ajakonte Gov. Ahmed Abdulai said 90% of residents have been affected with a total of 28,000 depending on cash transfer from government and other development partners. ngaise naguul정mufu zutimusitua. Niaz doha ngaise pikiata niye wato pesivali na wataa mbaise kakuadumia mbaise hak고ja ngaise Zutimu nai kwaAU ngaise kwaAU Ngaise mbaise ngaise ngaise ngaise kwaAU ngaise kwa mамиi wa kwa majiku wa vajati. Yimu inuja ni wa kufo yupa. Mi Warsin 20-i 2,5 iya m��도, 5 jumoni, mafiki ya 2.5 tulita, 1.5 tulita, yimu ya 2.5 tulita, 2.5 tulita. Yimu ya 2.5 tulita, yimu hesa ya 2.5 tulita, 2.5 tulita, We will be elevated to a level where it will be a very significant cog in the wheel of running government. Truck drivers applying the Northern Corridor are crying fall over increased insecurity in webuye and kaberengu traffic congestion that the Buddha as a result of the Ebola Alat has slowed the movement of trucks at the Buddha which has seen criminals take advantage of the situation to harass and steal from truck drivers they are now calling for government intervention to remedy the situation. We will be elevated to a level where it will be a very significant cog in the wheel of running government. We will be elevated to a level where it will be a very significant cog in the wheel of running government. we will be elevated to a level which has seen criminals taking advantage of the situation to harm and steal from truck drivers. ye pighasha betaula. So, n enough from these bums, does the town have their**** Lanfields to be cleared이야. Abdul Samad say that the movie is aimed at cleaning up the coastal city of Mombasa that has been struggling with the sanitation over the years. Transfer points will now be directly for Magari. Kwa time flanipaga time flan. The public will be informed by this week. This week it's on the way. Kwa tahanza kujuli shua. Takazako we om ta flanu uta kona zipele kama flanu, time flanipaga time flan. Nya kati za utupadi taka ofyo. Where we am by hukomombasa zime kwisha? Tume sema ya kuatuta toa ili ada Magarima kubwa. Ya ili ima kampunia na ulipa kule muakirungi. Na izi kampundo gondoguma tuk tuk nami kukoteni. Hakunam tu kulipa ada yo yote kuya katika transfer point. Kwa sabuwa ondo na sababisha, kwa sabia zile karama. Unto anza ubwaga-bwaga barabarani. Kila mojiya dafti reskia ke, lakini isweni sababu wa kuchafuom jihetu. Hae ni majukumu ya kila amtu. We will not attututu tendeke zanas azote na izi mambu ataka. And this is a... Ikio zile kampuni tumwewave those fees. They will take personal responsibility wakipatikano wa namwaga. Apart from that, we would want the CBOs to have a business mind and ensure that we look at this as seed money towards building a better tomorrow. So if we say that takani maali, then let us walk the talk. It's now Kutepastasiv in the news bit to be taking a very short break. See you on the other side of these komashis. Stay tuned. Thank you for staying tuned. This is Y254 TV, you watching in news bit. University Education Principal Secretary Simon Nabokwese is now urging that in the parliament to reveal the University Amendment Act of 2021 which seeks to allow scholars with doctorate of philosophy, PhD and special skills to work beyond the retirement age of 70 years. Nabokwese say such schools have experienced with... have expertise which should be harnessed in research consortiums in universities. The research portfolio. How we can motivate research scientists so that they come up with the renovations. Renovations that can be admired and appreciated across the world so that we also commercialize innovations. We're also considering that we are a fast growing population and we're therefore increasing demand for university education. How do we make it of greater quality? How do we internationalize university education and create linkages with the industry and the potential employers so that university products do not link around looking for jobs and being jobless for... Focusing on research because the interface between what happens in the classroom and what happens in the field and laboratories for the economic development and as we innovate as we do research then we'll patent and publish and when many people in the university do that then that also adds value to the university in terms of the income through patents. We'll also be looking for issues to do with research, innovation and commercialization in the university sector among other issues. We'll also be comparing experiences with other countries. We have presenters coming from South Africa and many other countries to share with us experiences in their countries and how they deal with some of the issues we have. The National Legal Aid Services partnered with the European Union through the Legal Aid Delivery Program to build the capacity of state legal officers in delivering free legal aid services to the indigent and marginalized groups. The program is such to run for five years and targets of vulnerable Kenyans are from 12 counties. They are able to get an opportunity to visit communication authority tent where we have set up and they are being taught on the safe use of internet. We know with technology a lot of devices come in and our children have to keep on being taught every other time on how to use internet. Apologies for that mix up. Now the communication authority of Kenya CA is maximizing the ongoing 94th Kenyan Music Festival to create awareness and education and educate rather learners on a safe internet use. CK has introduced the Child Online Protection Team at the festival. The City of Kenya are one of our partners this year and they come in with the theme Child Online Protection and they are interacting with the children of this republic all over you can see the classes they are holding practically with the students so that when the children are not in the halls performing they are able to get an opportunity to visit communication authority tent where we have set up and they are being taught on the safe use of internet. We know with technology a lot of devices come in and our children have to keep on being taught every other time on how to use internet in and within a safe environment and we really want to thank communication authority for coming up. To have this filtering and blocking software these tools you are able to actually limit what they can see, what they can respond to what they can access so it allows you control over what is there but the biggest tool always remains awareness awareness when you make them aware they will know what is right and wrong. What they have told me about the internet is that there are things we should abstain from the internet like watching pornography I have learned about how to abstain like someone whom you don't know like he is trying to catch up with their attention in their own life and also about the offline internet. A joint committee of Kikuyu Elders and church pastors have agreed to kikuyu Elders to hold the construction of Ruiro Gidongori in Yambari highway due to its proximity to the road. The removal of the tree which is considered sacred by the Agikuyu community was necessitated by the breaking of its branches which fell on nearby houses and on electric power lines along the busy road. Kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders kikuyu Elders ya mwiki ya mwiki Cha po, kapagi wa danuja maafibu jia, mwiki wa maafibu jia hai kwa kiku. Mifiki ya maafibu h Patri. Shibu intjumili aga mo amendmenti, kwa mwiki wo kenyereveni ka maafibu hana sumna ga maafibu kwa mwiki maafibu gafu hanya sa , kwa mwiki wa maafibu kwa mwiki maafibu kwa mwiki maafibu kwa mwiki kwa mwaafibu kwa mwiki maafibu kwa maafibu kwa mwiki 32% respektively for the period of July and August 2022. Kenyahu has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea on the development of a smart city master plan at the Konza Technopolis. The MOU also covers development framework for the 5,000 acre smart city as well as a feasibility study on the Integrated Controller Centre. Integrated Controller Centre and also the smart mobility. And these are some of the needs that are required not only at Konza Technopolis but across our emerging towns and cities in Kenya. The MOU is to establish a core relationship between the two governments in the terms of ICT, making Konza Technopolis the Silicon Savannah and the Korean government is trying to emphasize that it will support its best to make sure that this happens. South Technopolis platform will be able to drive the initiative to ensure our country can reap the benefits of technology and bring efficiency and a more effective way. East African-based business advisory and investment from Komoko has announced plans to work with half a million medium and small micromitro prices MSMEs in Kenya by the year 2030. The firm targets to invest 40 billion shillings in supporting small businesses. Different dynamics which create thriving businesses. Access to finance is one of those things. Creative entrepreneurs that have a lot of skills and support is another thing. And also the enabling environment that the government can create really does open up new opportunities. We had one name in Rwanda, a different name in Kenya, another name in Ethiopia but really entrepreneurs throughout East Africa see themselves as working in a large market and so the entrepreneurs that are in Mombasa actually want to be able to export to Rwanda and Ethiopia. The entrepreneurs that are in Ethiopia want to have access to Mombasa and other parts of Kenya. It's really hard to be a small business owner. Running a business has so many challenges whether it is knowing how to manage all your finances, finding the right staff, making sure the product is exactly what your customers want, providing good customer service. All of these things are day-to-day challenges. And now we're from Kenya so we're in debt default is becoming our real possibility for the Ghana. Experts are further earning that any kind of domestic debt structurally could severely threaten the local banking sector. The West African country turns to the International Monetary Fund IMF to help in July as its balance of payments position deteriorated and hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against economic hardship. And at the same time Sri Lanka's annual inflation rate surged to more than 70% in August as it struggles with its worst economic crisis in over seven decades. So bad is the crisis that the country has been unable to afford the key imports including fuel of fertilizer and medicine. And finally in a spot of Scotland Beach Ukraine 3-0 at Hamden Park to move to top of the Group B-1 in the UEFA Nationals League at a total of 10 marches that are on catch tonight with the Friends, Croatia, Poland, Belgium among the teams in action. And that's post story marks at the end of our broadcast tonight. Many thanks for staying with Newsbeat. See you again. It's been a pleasure. Good night. Enjoy the rest of your programming. My name is Dereva Hillary. Goodbye and good night.