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KCB Group reported on Thursday that its profits had grossly dropped by 43.1% in the past nine months attributed to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.

'The performance was largely impacted by increased provision on loans and advances in the wake of increased risk of credit default associated with the Covid-19 pandemic,' KCB said in a statement.

The lender raised its provision for potential loan losses 3.4 times to Sh20 billion from Sh5.8 billion, eating into its bottom-line.

The non-performing loans more than doubled to Sh96.9 billion or 16.8% of the total loan book.

The ramp-up in provisioning overshadowed robust earnings from the mainstay lending business, which saw total interest income jump 23% to Sh63.2 billion.

KCB's loan book expanded 18.7% to Sh577.5 billion but the lender invested most of its cash in government debt securities to mitigate the risk of defaults.

Its stock of bonds and T-bills surged 91.6% to Sh216.5 billion, contributing to the increase in total interest income.

Kenya confirmed its first case of coronavirus on March 12, setting off a series of public health measures that have hurt workers and companies' earnings including the closure of bars, ban on international travel and lockdown of counties like Nairobi and Mombasa.

Some of the restrictions have been removed but the economic damage is expected to linger for months.

KCB says it restructured loans worth Sh105 billion in the nine-month period to give financial relief to customers whose earnings have dropped due to the pandemic.

'While the pandemic is far from over and likely to continue into the next year, further straining the business and economy, we are projecting some recovery as the East African region finds some stability in living with the effects of the virus,' said chief executive Joshua Oigara in a statement.

'We will continue to support our customers through the crisis and enhance initiatives geared towards ring-fencing the business. Our approach is conserving cash and managing cost.'

KCB Group, for instance, suspended its interim dividend when announcing financial results for the half-year ended June in a move that saved it Sh3.2 billion.

The lender's interest expenses rose 20.7% to Sh15.4 billion, partly reflecting the impact of a 31.6% growth in customer deposits to Sh772.6 billion.

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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed the regions instability on greed for power manifesting through 'ethnicised and regionalised competition for political power.

Uhuru was delivering a state of nation address on Thursday in the capital Nairobi. He noted that Kenya's security is currently strong despite increased unrest across the region.

His remarks come at a time neighbouring Ethiopia is now in war mode with fears that the unrest may spread to southern neighbour Kenya and other surrounding countries.

The federal government in Ethiopia has been engaged in an escalating conflict with Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) pitting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed against the region's political leadership.

'The State of our national security is strong. Our homeland is secure from the varied threats against it. For this, on behalf of all Kenyans, and as Commander-in-Chief, I give thanks and praises to the brave men and women of our security services,' President Uhuru said.

He said Kenya is actively involved in reconciliation efforts in troubled countries, saying like he did with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, most of these counties need a handshake.

President Uhuru Kenyatta delivers his Seventh State Of The Nation Address during a Joint Sitting of Parliament in line with Article 132 of Kenya's Constitution.

The current instability within the region, Uhuru said, has been caused by 'ethnicised and regionalised competition for political power. As has always been the case, we are working hard to support peace and reconciliation processes where they are needed the most. We seek to export our peace and pragmatism to our region knowing that success will further secure our Nation.'

According to Uhuru, in order to prevent Kenya from sliding to such anarchy, He called for soberness among politicians, even as their advance their agenda. His appeal comes at a time the country is debating the Building Bridges Initiative Report (BBI), with already sharp divisions along political lines formed, over a document seeking to unite the country.

'We must always remember that the wages of bad politics is the people's suffering and ruin. Many neighbouring countries need a handshake, they need a politics in which competition is not turned into enmity. They need political leaders focused on including the young and desperate not inciting them to revolt against their country and their elders,' the President said.

The Head of State also noted successful efforts in quelling external attacks particularly terrorism.

'The terrorists continue to be routed, arrested and prosecuted. Their plots are detected and disrupted before they can cause serious harm to more innocent Kenyans. The war against crime and criminality continues apace, driven by a National Police Service that continues to undertake technological, human resource and skills reforms to better serve Kenyans.'

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Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, 73, died Thursday after reportedly contracting Covid-19, local media reported earlier.

Rawlings is said to have died after he contracted the deadly virus and was rushed to the intensive care unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.

The founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) was last seen in public on October 19, during the final funeral rites leading to the burial of his mother, Victoria Agbotui.

The former military leader was born Jerry Rawlings John on 22 June 1947. He ruled the country from 1981 to 2001 and also for a brief period in 1979. He has been Ghana's longest-serving head of state.

He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.

Rawlings initially came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d'état in 1979.

Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on 15 May 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place.

After initially handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on December 31, 1981, as the Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).

In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and became the first President of the Fourth Republic.

He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years. After two terms in office, the limit according to the Ghanaian Constitution, Mr Rawlings endorsed his vice-president John Atta Mills as a presidential candidate in 2000.

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Ibitego bya Bizimana Yannick na Mushimiyimana Mohammed bifashije APR FC kubona intsinzi ya 2-1 imbere ya Sunrise FC yatsindiwe na Yafesa Mubiru ikaza no kubona umutuku.

Wari umukino wa gishuti wagombaga gufasha amakipe yombi kwitegura umwaka w’imikino wa 2020-2021 aho shampiyona izatangira ku wa 4 Ukuboza 2020, ariko mu mpera z’uku kwezi APR FC ifite umukino na Gor Mahia muri CAF Champions League.

APR FC yakinnye uyu mukino idafite abakinnyi 6 bari mu ikipe y’igihugu Amavubi.

Igice cya mbere cy’umukino mu minota 15 ya mbere APR FC yarushije Sunrise FC ubona ibonana mu kibuga neza.

Ku munota wa 16 iba yabonye igitego ariko ishoti Buregeya yateye umunyezamu Shaolin arikuramo.

Nyuma y’iyi minota Sunrise FC nayo yatangiye gukina ndetse irasatira ariko kureba mu izamu rya Rwabugiri Umar bigora ba rutahizamu barimo umugande Hood na Niyibizi Vedaste kuko ubwugarizi bw’iyi kipe bwarimo Prince na Placide butaboroheye.

Ku munota wa 27 Nizeyimana Djuma yahushije igitego cyabazwe nyuma yo gucika ubwugarizi bwa Sunrise ariko ateye umupira unyura hanze gato y’izamu.

Ku burangare bwa ba myugariro ba Sunrise FC, ku munota wa 37 Bizimana Yannick yaboneye APR FC igitego cya mbere. Igice cya mbere kirangira ari 1-0.

Mu gice kabiri APR FC yasatiriye cyane ndetse yari yanakoze impinduka havamo abakinnyi barimo Ruboneka, Placide, Bukuru na Yannick Bizimana hinjiramo Lague, Danny, Yunusu na Keddy.

Aba bakinnyi bafashije cyane APR FC gusatira cyane cyane Lague wanyuraga ku ruhande rw’ibumoso, yahaye akazi ubwugarizi bwa Sunrise FC ndetse anabona amahirwe menshi ariko asanga umunyezamu ahagaze neza.

Sunrise nayo ntiyari yicaye yanyuzagamo igasatira ishaka kwishyura igitego yatsinzwe, yaje kukishyura ku munota wa 76 gitsinzwe na Yafesa Mubiru, rutahizamu mushya w’umugande iyi kipe iheruka gusinyisha, yagiye mu kibuga asimbura Wangi Pius.

Ku munota wa 90 Mugabo Emmy wa Sunrise FC yabonye ikarita itukura, ni nyuma yo guhabwa ikarita y’umuhondo kubera kwanga gutera umupira akabwira nabi umusifuzi akamwongera indi.

Kuri uyu munota Mushimiyimana Mohammed yaje kubonera APR FC igitego cya kabiri ku mupira wari uvuye muri koruneri utewe na Nsanzimfura Keddy. Umukino warangiye ari 2-1.

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The United States has donated more than Rwf200 million worth of medical supplies to Rwanda to protect doctors, nurses, other medical workers, and their patients from COVID-19.

  U.S. Ambassador Peter H. Vrooman led a handover of a portion of the supplies at Nyamata Hospital, delivering boxes of N95 and surgical masks, surgical and non-surgical gloves, and gumboots.

The new protective medical supplies were funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and handed over to the USAID Ingobyi Project, which works with the Ministry of Health in Rwandan district hospitals, health centers, and at the community level. 

The supplies, known collectively as Personal Protective Equipment — or PPE — are critical for Rwanda's frontline healthcare workers to stop the spread of COVID-19. 

The PPE allow healthcare workers to protect themselves and their patients, including those who need routine or emergency medical care during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The handover event took place at the Nyamata Hospital in Bugesera district, one of eight hospitals where USAID has funded isolation units designed to treat patients with highly infectious diseases like COVID-19. 

Ambassador Vrooman was joined at the event by the Ministry of Health's Director General of Clinical and Public Health Services, Dr. Zuberi Muvunyi, as well as Nyamata Hospital officials and representatives from USAID Ingobyi, USAID Rwanda, and the U.S. Department of Defense.

The donation was supported by the U.S. Department of Defense's Overseas Humanitarian Disaster Assistance and Civic Aid (U.S. OHDACA) funding. 

This funding is a unique humanitarian assistance program that builds Rwanda's Ministry of Heath effectiveness to prepare and respond to COVID-19. 

U.S. OHDACA funding to Rwanda demonstrates and advances the strong U.S. commitment to health in Rwanda.

Today's U.S. donation of medical supplies is part of the more than 11 billion Rwandan Francs that the United States has contributed to the COVID-19 response in Rwanda. 

This support includes the construction of handwashing stations in districts across Rwanda; support for public communications to fight COVID-19; vehicles to support contact tracing; medical equipment such as 100 state-of-the-art ventilators, patient monitors, hospital beds, and intensive care units; and other medical supplies such as biohazard bags, alcohol, hand washing soap, and personal protective equipment.

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Abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994 mu Rwanda, mu Murenge wa Mururu na Nyakarenzo, Akarere ka Rusizi, bavuga ko ubutabera bwuzuye kuri bo ari ubuherekejwe n'indishyi z'akababaro. Bavuga ko by'umwihariko ku manza ziburanishirizwa I Mahanga babona zitwara akayabo k'amafaranga nyamara ugasanga hirengagijwe ikijyanye n'indishyi ari nacyo gishimangira ubutabera bwuzuye.

Aba baturage, ibi babigaragaje ubwo basurwaga n'umuryango RCN Justice et Democratie uri kumwe n'umuryango w'Abanyamakuru baharanira amahoro-Paxpress, mu rwego rwo kubasangiza amakuru nyuma y'urubanza rwa Rukeratabaro Theodole, ukomoka muri aka gace, akaba umunyarwanda wahamijwe ibyaha bya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi n'urukiko rwo mu gihugu cya Swede, aho yahawe igihano cy'igifungo cya 'Burundu'.

Abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi bo mu Murenge wa Mururu na Nyakarenzo, bashima ko bimwe mu bihugu by'amahanga bigira uruhare mu guta muri yombi abakekwaho ibyaha bya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu Rwanda, by'umwihariko bashima ko Rukeratabaro yafashwe ndetse urubanza rwe rukarangira akatiwe igihano cy'igifungo cya burundu ari nacyo kinini n'ubundi ngo yari guhabwa iyo aburanira mu Rwanda kuko igihano cy'urupfu cyakuwe mu mategeko y'Igihugu.

Ubutabera bwaratanzwe ariko ntabwo bwuzuye kuko nta ndishyi z'akababaro

Umwe mu barokotse yagize ati' Ni byiza ko urubanza rwabaye, Rukeratabaro agahamwa n'icyaha ndetse agahabwa igihano cyo gufungwa, ariko se ibyo yangije, ibyo yasahuye, abantu bose yagize impfubyi n'abapfakazi n'ubu ngubu batarashobora kwiyubaka, ubwo koko twavuga ngo babonye ubutabera?, aha rero biba bishatse kuvuga ko tuba tugaruka ku ndishyi z'akababaro'.

Akomeza ati' Iyo urebye usanga harakoreshejwe amafaranga menshi cyane kugira ngo Rukeratabaro abone ubutabera, ariko noneho ukibaza ayo mafaranga yamutanzweho ngo abone ubutabera, bikaba bigaragara ko abo yiciye, za mpfubyi, ba bapfakazi batariyubaka, bakiri mu bibazo by'ingaruka zo kubura ababo, n'abo yangirije imitungo kugeza n'ubu batarabasha kwiyubaka, mu by'ukuri koko bo babonye ubutabera!?, bakwiye guhabwa indishyi z'akababaro'.

Undi muri aba barokotse Jenoside avuga ko Rukeratabaro bamuzi neza, ko mu byaha yahamijwe birimo n'icyo gufata ku ngufu abagore n'abakobwa ngo muri abo harimo abasigaranye ubusembwa kuko yageze no kurwego rwo kubacuruza ku zindi nterahamwe zo muyindi mirenge mu rwego rwo kubashinyagurira. Aba ngo bamwe bavanyemo ubusembwa na n'ubu bakigendana.

Ati' Aba rero iyo batabonye na za ndishyi nibuze ngo zishobore kubasindagiza muri bya bibazo bafite, urumva ni ikibazo. Ntabwo ubutabera nyabwo koko twumva ko twabubonye'.

Abarokotse Jenoside, bavuga kandi ko nubwo basanga guhabwa ubutabera bwuzuye bigomba kujyana no guhabwa indishyi, banavuga ko nko mu rubanza rwa Rukeratabaro abaregeye indishyi ari bake cyane ugereranije n'abo yahemukiye.

Kuri izi mpungenge n'ibibazo Abarokotse Jenoside bafite ku butabera, aho bavuga ko bukwiye kujyana n'indishyi kugira ngo ubuhawe yumve ko bwuzuye, Me Juvens Ntampuhwe, umuhuzabikorwa w'umushinga Justice & Mémoire wa RCN, umuryango w'ababiligi uharanira ubutabera na Demokalasi, avuga ko ku kirego cy'indishyi uwaba waracikanwe nawe aba yemerewe gutanga ikirego na nyuma y'uko urubanza rw'inshinjabyaha rwamaze gucibwa.

Ntampuhwe, avuga ko ibi amategeko abyemera cyane ko ibyaha Rukeratabaro yahamijwe ari ibyaha bidasaza, ko n'ibirego by'indishyi bishingiye kuri ibyo byaha nabyo bidasaza. Ibi ngo bishobora kandi no kuregerwa mu rukiko rwo mu Rwanda bitagombeye kujya mu rukiko rwo muri Swede aho yaburanishirijwe.

Perezida wa Ibuka mu karere ka Rusizi, Ndagijimana Laurent ashimira RCN n'umuryango w'Abanyamakuru baharanira amahoro-Paxpress uburyo bakurikirana imanza z'abanyarwanda bakurikirwanwaho ibyaha bya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu Rwanda ziburanishirizwa mu mahanga, by'umwihariko kuri Ruheratabaro Theodole n'uburyo babasangije amakuru y'urubanza rwe kuva ku ntango kugera rusojwe, ndetse na nyuma bakaza gusangiza amakuru abaturage.

Ndagijimana, ahamya ko kubera uku gusangiza amakuru y'urubanza abaturage, baba abarokotse Jenoside ndetse n'abo mu muryango wa Rukeratabaro, byatanze umusaruro mwiza kuko ari urubanza ngo rwakurikiranwe neza ndetse rukagaruka rugahuza abaturage ku mirenge yabo, aho buri wese aziko ari urubanza rwabayeho, ntawe urupfa n'undi kuko nyiricyaha ahari kandi yagihaniwe.

Ndagijimana Laurent, avuga ko ikibazo kigikomeye ari ikijyanye n'indishyi muri izi manza, zaba iz'ibyangijwe ndetse n'iz'akababaro gasanzwe. Asanga ko mu gihe ntazo n'ubutabera buba butuzuye. Iki ngo ni ikibazo abona ko gikwiye kwicarirwa. Ati ' Mbona kugeza ubu ngubu ari ikibazo gikwiye kugibwaho impaka kikagira n'umwanzuro gifatirwa'. Akomeza avuga ko iyo bigeze ku ndishyi usanga abantu bashakisha uburyo bwinshi bwo kugeragezanya kugira ngo zidatangwa.

Rukeratabaro Theodore, yavukiye mucyahoze ari Segiteri Winteko, Komine Kimbogo, Perefegiture ya Cyangugu mu 1969. Mu gihe cya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu Rwanda 1994, yari Umujandarume. Nyuma ya Jenoside yahungiye muri Swede mu 1998, aho yaje no kubona ubwenegihugu bw'iki gihugu muri 2006. Ubushinjacyaha bw'u Rwanda bwatangiye kumukurikirana ku byaha yakekwagaho muri 2010.

Hoherejwe inyandiko imushinja muri 2014, aho yaje gutabwa muri yombi mu 2016 afatirwa muri Swede. Ibyaha yashinjwaga ni ibyo yakoreye muri Komine Kimbogo. Mu rukiko, yashinjwe n'abantu 30, mu gihe abaregeye indishyi ari abantu 16. Ibyaha yashinjwaga mu rwego rwa mbere ni; Ubwicanyi, Ubufatanyacyaha mu bwicanyi, Gufata ku ngufu abagore n'abakobwa, Gushimuta Abatutsi, Gutegura, gushishikariza no Gushyira mu bikorwa Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi. Yaburanishirijwe muri Swede ndetse agera mu bujurire ariko birangira akatiwe igihano cy'Igifungo cya 'Burundu'.

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Impirimbanyi zo kurengera ibidukikije muri Kenya zishimiye itegeko rya perezida ribuza gutema igiti bivugwa ko kimaze imyaka 100 cyari kigiye gutemwa kubera umuhanda uri hejuru y'uwundi uri kubakwa.

Izi mpirimbanyi zimaze ibyumweru zigaragambya zamagana itemwa ry'ibiti biri mu murwa mukuru ahari kubakwa umuhanda wa 27Km uzaba uri hejuru y'uwundi ugamije kugabanya umubyigano w'imodoka i Nairobi.

Iki giti cy'imbuto bita 'fig' cyangwa 'figuier' kiri hagati mu muhanda wa Waiyaki Way mu burengerazuba bwa Nairobi, abashinzwe ibikorwa remezo bari bagishyize mu bigomba gutemwa. Gusa iki si igiti nk'ibindi, kirazwi cyane aho kiri kuko bivugwa ko kimaze imyaka igera ku 100.

Imyigaragambyo y'impirimbanyi yatumye abategetsi ba Nairobi bavuga ko kizarandurwa bakagitera ahandi ho kukibungabunga. Nabyo ntibyari bihagije ku baharanira ubusugire bwacyo.

Ejo ku wa gatatu tariki 11 Ugushyingo 2020, Maj Gen Mohammed Badi, ukuriye urwego rwa Nairobi Metropolitan Services ishinzwe ibikorwa remezo by'umujyi, yasohoye itegeko ryatanzwe na Perezida Uhuru Kenyatta rivuga ko; 'Ibikorwa by'iterambere byose bizakorwa hano bitagomba gukora kuri iki giti'.

Yavuze kandi ko icyo giti ari 'ikirango n'umurage w'umuco n'ibidukikije bya Kenya.' Bamwe mu mpirimbanyi bahise batangaza ibyishimo byabo ko icyo baharaniye bakigezeho.

Kompanyi y'Abashinwa yatangiye kubaka umuhanda uzaba uteretse hejuru y'inkingi zishinze, uri hejuru y'umuhanda mugari uva ku kibuga cy'indege ugana mu burengerazuba.

Nkuko BBC ibitangaza, Bwana Badi yabwiye abanyamakuru ko bazavugana n'abari kubaka uwo muhanda ngo ntibazakore kuri icyo giti. Yavuze kandi ko kizubakirwa uruzitiro kugira ngo bakirinde kandi abantu bakomeze kwishimira ubwiza bwacyo no kukibona.

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