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PesaCheck Fellowship – Nairobi, Kenya | Opportunities by Code for Africa
https://opportunities.codeforafrica.org/2016/12/16/pesacheck-fellowship-nairobi-kenya
PesaCheck Fellowship Nairobi, Kenya. Dec 16, 2016. Do you want to be a public watchdog, and help hold people in power to account? Are you interested in explaining important health and development issues to ordinary Kenyans? Come join East Africa’s first indigenous fact-checking initiative. Is sponsoring a one-year part-time Fellowship for an outstanding individual who will join the. Why is this important? If we want better public services, we need better information. Why? The PesaCheck Fellow will tap ex...
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Biscuit Index
https://biscuitindex.codeforkenya.org/tea-or-tb
Tea or TB wards? What MCAs tea budget can do to help TB patients. Otiato Guguyu, 4th Aug 2016. Every morning Benedicta Ayuma gives a thanksgiving prayer for her five year old son who is sick with TB. Since he was diagnosed more than eight months ago, Ayuma has been making sure she gives Joseph the medication that he has been prescribed. Apart from co-infection due to HIV/Aids, the spread of TB is due to ignorance and lack of awareness, failure to adhere to the strict treatment regimen, delayed treatment ...
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Biscuit Index
https://biscuitindex.codeforkenya.org/feeding-frenzy-as-counties-spend-millions-on-hospitality
Feeding frenzy as counties spend millions on ‘hospitality.’. Otiato Guguyu, 4th Aug 2016. Do you know how much your county has been spending on tea, mandazi, samosas and hot lunches for your MCAs and governors? Are you aware that the national and county governments have allocated huge chunks of the taxes they collect from you everyday for catering services (receptions), accommodation, gifts, food and drinks? For example, in 2014/15 Bungoma county had allocated Sh332 as its hospitality budget which is nea...
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Biscuit Index
https://biscuitindex.codeforkenya.org/mcas-malaria-budget
What MCAs tea budget can do to help fight Malaria in their counties. Otiato Guguyu, 4th Aug 2016. Eight out of every ten people are at risk of catching Malaria. On average, a malaria-stricken family spends an estimated quarter of its income on malaria treatment not only on medication but also due to loss of income. At least 1 million adults who are sick with Malaria would be treated if the Sh241.9 million being spent hospitality/catering by counties was spent on buying Malaria drugs. One of the challenge...
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Biscuit Index
https://biscuitindex.codeforkenya.org/how-mcas-mandazi-addiction-is-killing-kenyas-poorest
How MCAs mandazi Addiction Is Killing Kenya's Poorest. Otiato Guguyu, 4th Aug 2016. Kenya only has only eight fully equipped MRI facilities where you can get radiation treatment for cancer one in each of the eight provincial and referral hospitals and two at the Aga Khan Hospital and Nairobi Hospital. Global standards are ten to fifteen machines per one million inhabitants. In Kenya, there is one machine for every 4.4 million people. But that’s not all. If you need dialysis, for common ailments like ...
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Biscuit Index
https://biscuitindex.codeforkenya.org/county-spending-arv
How counties spend on tea can buy ARVs for 6,000 HIV people. Otiato Guguyu, 4th Aug 2016. Nearly one in three persons newly infected with HIV is a teenager or youth, aged between 15-24 years. Every day, 800 people get infected. They join the ranks of the 1.6 million who are living with the disease. While most of those who find out their HIV-positive status go ahead to seek life-saving antiretroviral therapy treatment, not many of them are able to afford the cost of the ARVs which can prolong their lives.
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