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WFP Republic of Congo Country Brief, April 2021 Format US$ 105,560.30 cash-based transfers made US$ 21.9 million six-month (May – October 2021) net funding requirements 71,162 people assisted in April 2021 Operational Updates As part of the SDG Fund Programme implemented by WFP Republic of Congo with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in April, health and community members were trained in integrated management of acute malnutrition. Among them, 31 health officials (16 women and 15 men) and 23 community members (5 women and 18 men) were train...

THE STANDARD BUSINESS Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation Chairman Prof Simon Gicharu addressing the press in Nakuru, October 19, 2020. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] The Rural and Renewable Energy Corporation (Rerec) is seeking to increase electricity coverage in rural areas across the country through partnership with county governments. The corporation has said it would match investments made by county governments in lighting up their respective areas. Rerec, mandated with increasing electricity coverage in rural Kenya as well as growing use of renewable energy, said its Matc...

Taxes, tarrifs can’t be raised, says Tarin Top Story May 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said on Wednesday Pakistan would ask the IMF to be soft on envisaged targets without hiking power tariff and slapping additional taxes. He said that Pakistan would not exit from the IMF Programme but would make an effort to convince the Fund on adopting a lenient view. The IMF and World Bank had so far been sympathetic, he said. “We will achieve the targets envisaged under the IMF Programme with our own devised strategy as instead of doing away with exemptions, we will broa...

Deal with IMF signed despite tough conditions Top Story May 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said on Wednesday Pakistan would ask the IMF to be soft on envisaged targets without hiking power tariff and slapping additional taxes. He said that Pakistan would not exit from the IMF Programme but would make an effort to convince the Fund on adopting a lenient view. The IMF and World Bank had so far been sympathetic, he said. “We will achieve the targets envisaged under the IMF Programme with our own devised strategy as instead of doing away with exemptions, we will bro...

WFP Republic of Congo Country Brief, February 2021 Format USD 95,057 cash transferred 59,648 people assisted In February 2021 Operational Updates • As part of the SDG Fund Programme implemented by WFP Republic of Congo (RoC) with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), 19 groups of indigenous people in the Lekoumou department were identified and participated in a training workshop. The joint programme aimed to contribute to the Government's efforts to improve living conditions and access to social protection for indigenous people in the Lekoumo...