 Good evening to you and thank you for joining us on Y254 Updates. My name is Patricia Muriuki. Welcome to the broadcast. Over 24 county assemblies have so far approved the BBI Sponsored Constitution of Kenya Ahmed Bed Bill 2020. Bungoma, Nyeri, Muranga, Machakwas, Makweni, Nyamira, Nyandarwa, Garisa, Kirinyaga, Kitua and Mombasa counties are the latest to pass the bill. The building bridges initiative bill is now headed to the National Assembly and the Senate. The bill has so far only been rejected by the Baringo County Assembly. It's a voice of the people. Every election there was violence. BBI is going to bring this country together and hold this country together. Every election there was violence. BBI is going to bring this country together and hold this country together. We protested that this matter should go to the people of Baringo through public participation. It was a rush of a win of people who want to show off politically that they are with certain politicians and that they want to be the first people to pass just for clout. The MCS denied allegations that the proposal was rejected. Also at the party of national unity has kicked off a BBI sensitization campaign in Kiyambu County to educate citizens on the particulars of the document to make informed decisions. Being an intelligent person, you cannot support something that you don't know. We have taken it upon ourselves as a responsibility that we are going to give people information so that people can be informed. We have taken it upon ourselves as a responsibility that we are going to give people. The hand of state described Wakha Pei as he was popularly known as a progressive, trusted and devoted leader. Deputy President William Ruto maunt the juja MP as a selfless, bold and gifted with an affable personality. He said that he was principled, had working and a respected leader who was above party politics. Busea health workers have called off their strike after nearly 72 days of a stalemate. This development comes after they signed a return to work formula with the county government on ending more than the 70 days of the strike. Busea County and the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers and the Kenya National Union of Nurses reached the agreement to restore services and end patient suffering. Busea County Governor Sospita Ojamong assured the workers that they will receive their pay as a code for compliance moving forward so that all parties can work in harmony. Nasiwa waterudi kazin sisi kunadjukumu tutafanya. Kwa kikisha maalu wana popanya kazi kwa sawa maalipua wana pata. Maziadili anu atahezakwen liya kwa kikisha kumba migo muka mahi hi hiha hiwayzik fani katena. Na sisi piya tumewaza kudiadili anu na kua fikiya na na kawantiku amba, Zia ya suluhu siya kwen amgomu badi, bali, tuwen na majiliano, mara kwa mara. Five people died while four others were injured in a road accident at the Nidi Bridge on the Meru Nairobi Highway in the Rakanidi County. The accident occurred when a truck collided with a matatu on Monday at around 8pm, Mr. Alex Mugambi U is a the Rakanidi County Rescue Team Patron, so it only one passenger in the matatu survived the crash. Wendo asa moja na AMC na tanu, ka puwa nika ambiwa gadi angu moja, ya собствен maybe pata accidental, maa hindi niliku wan nili kuana toka embu, nika kibihi apo, ni kapata gadi riki kwa yere mebeba Abidia wa tano, nanderewa moja. Nani kama abidia wa ine, nanderewa, wote wa mefadiki apa-apa. Na, ila kitu ni mepata, ni atiniloli, ili kwa ime toka CM za kutoka Melu, ili kwa rori amazua. Ikapoteza Jia. Katikati apa ya Naraza ya Nyeri, kiyo gari, ikapategi gari ingine asienta, ili kwa ina toka chuka, ili kwa ina rekea chogoria. Ni kama ime ipeata sa ida ya kwen na chogoria. Arafu yo gari, ikakonga siyenda na watuatano mefadiki apa, na moja meri kibisa hospitali. Kwa watu a rori, ni kama kunao mepereko hospitali wna jua rori, ime ingia kwa muntokabisa. So akadimin mefika nirikuwa na sa ida ware wa rikuwa kwa gari tuone kama kunae, mi ingine apa kwa watano a kogwai. Akin tu kapata, wa watano, ni kama mefadiki apa. Kulingana niloli. Kwa sabahu loli di kwen na tere muka, kutoka marima, di kwen na rekea sa ida ya chuka. Ni kama ime skumo kando kando ya bara bara. Ni kama niloli, maybe me kosa in breaks, arafu, ikatu paya alafika. We take a short break on Y-254 Updates, don't go too far away, we have more stories lined up for you. Thank you for staying with us on Y-254 Updates. If you are just joining us, welcome back to the broadcast. Over 100 public service vehicle operators in Nanuki were trained on road safety in a bid to improve road transport services. The 2-day training was organized by the National Transport and Safety Authority, and traffic police aimed at building capacity and ensuring provision of safe, reliable and efficient road transport services. The training at Nanuki is part of the National Transport and Safety Authority's broader strategy of ensuring high safety standards and compliance with public transport regulations by motorists. ...required for the nationwide border border safety in the country, and specifically in calculating discipline, national values and mindset change amongst border border riders. In the border border sector maintains directly and indirectly over 8 million Kenyans. That's what percentage of the Kenyan population. That's a huge section. And the training will be done by NYS, and the whole agenda is to make border border transport system to be... A section of youths from Minaslam Nyahuuru sub-county welcomed the move by the president to extend the Kazimtani program. The group says the program will go a long way in helping the youth navigate through the economic hantimes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, which is under the State Department of Housing and Urban Development, was unveiled by the president in 2020 to provide social protection for workers whose prospects for daily or casual work had been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Minor location senior chief Joseph Murayawadzaka and Laikipia MCA Irene Washuka said the program came as a relief to the youths and young women. Muta字, katika maine mekua krin Tu meona Nyi Nkawת miinewe mu mekua Ndaisprin, misigia kua Ant Bitchabitew do nir closure alia wa nufana Kazimitani. Tu meona maine mbaadli가 werdakamanyuki wa meka watu wazuli kwaii futemployo by okazi nde laye oper appreciate kizaidiya X bingabea. Uapati ya karma rotation habikами kishaita tenawa narudi stuff, habiji ya nama seceps, The program has also been held for terming runway crimes in the region. Women in West Bokot County are set to benefit from the Ushanga Initiative launched by the Cabinet Secretary of Sports, Culture and Heritage Amina Muhammad utward the area. The initiative is set to benefit 3,500 women who create a channel and trainers on beadwork are dispatched to the grass roots. CS Muhammad, while on the tour, said that the Ushanga Initiative and already empowered women from several other counties in purchasing beads and machines. The CS reiterated that they are going to market Ushanga initiative products to both the local and international markets to help empower women from pastoral communities for them to improve their livelihoods. Iliwaweza kuzi uza hezi bida in Chini, Pia Ngambo. Kwaibutu sendla kwa sa idea, tumiaza ha tuwa wachi, tuwa shikam kono, tuendele nao, paka tuwone pinyo tafika. It's a traditional talent, it's something that they have done throughout their life. So our intention was to use what they already have to add value and make sure that they improve their livelihoods. On matters business, average tea prices for factories managed by the Kenya tea development agency have dropped by 13.3% to Kenya shillings 243.31 in the last 7 months in January as continued high production in the region coupled with global oversupply excess pressure on the price. The average price dropped from 280 shillings and 58 cents for a similar 7 month period in the previous financial year coupled with the persistent oversupply and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brainleaf deliveries by farmers afflating to the KTDA remained high, recording a marginal drop to 726 million kilos in the 7 months compared to 770 million kilos delivered for a similar period a year earlier. On our international desk, US authorities arrested the wife of Jilt Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo, a man on Monday at an airport outside of Washington on narcotics smuggling charges. The justice department said that Emma Coronel that he won faces one charge of conspiracy to traffic cocaine, heroin and marijuana for importation into the United States. Guzman was a leader of the Sinaloa Katel, one of Mexico's most notorious drug trafficking groups. He ran an operation that delivered hundreds of tons of narcotics into the United States and was behind multiple murders of those who crossed him according to court filings. He was extradicted to the United States in the year 2017 to start trial and was convicted and sentenced to life in prison two years later. Coronel, according to the justice department, took part in Katel activities and also allegedly assisted in two plots to help Guzman escape from Mexican prison. Moving on, Facebook has said it will restore news articles to its users in Australia. This comes after the social media giant had blocked news to Australians since last Thursday in response to a proposed law which would make it and Google Pay news publishers for content. Facebook reached a deal with the government on plans to make tech giants pay for journalism. The agreement sees four changes made to the proposed media code including adding a period of mediation before government arbitrator intervenes in a dispute between tech companies and the publishers. So that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation. The Australian government backed down on several elements of their media code including how disputes between publishers and tech giants would be resolved. Disagreements over fees are now subject to two months of mediation before a government arbitrator makes a decision. Despite the concessions, ministers argued that the main aspects of the bill live on. Absolutely critically, the code maintains its key measures. Namely, it's a mandatory code, a world-leading code. Secondly, it's based on two-way value exchange. And third, it involves a final offer arbitration mechanism. This landmark bill aims to ensure that Australian media outlets can recover some of the advertising revenue that they've lost to tech giants. The government in Canberra argues it is currently fighting, quote, a proxy war for other countries who want to introduce similar measures in advance of the bill coming into force. Google has already signed deals worth tens of millions of euros with Australia's major news publishers. A week after their very public break up, Facebook and Australia are friends again. The social media giant had blocked users from sharing Australian news articles after object... On matters COVID-19, 194 people have tested positive to the disease out of a sample size of 3935 tested in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed positive cases are now at 104,500. The cumulative test so far conducted at 1,273,281 from the cases 146 are Kenyans while 48 are foreigners. In terms of distribution of the cases by county, we have Nairobi leading with 192 cases. Kambu County 9 cases. Meru County 7. Kizumu County 6. Kilifi County 6. Kaipiwa County 5. Mombasa County 4. Kajando County 4. Nakuru County 2. Rukana and Wasingishu and Machakwa County each at 3 cases. Kisi County 2. Lamu, Muranga, Nandi, Taita Taveta, Tranzoya, Busea and Embu County started at one case per counting. 39 patients have recorded from this disease. Sorry, 39 patients have recovered from the disease which brings the total number of recoveries in the country to 85,665. That is 6 are from various health facilities while 3 are from home-based and isolation care. We have 344 patients who are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide while 1,283 patients are on home-based care isolation. 55 patients are in the intensive care unit 26 of whom are on ventilatory support and 23 on supplemental oxygen and 6 patients are on observation. That is all we had for you tonight on Y254 Updates. My name is Patricia Murioki. Do have yourselves a very good night. We meet again tomorrow at the same time.