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Kiambaa election must worry Raila more than Uhuru POLITICS  President Uhuru kenyatta with ODM leader Raila Odinga. [Collins Oduor, Standard] Last week’s Kiambaa by-election may very well be the call of the bugle and the tolling of political bells, ahead of the August showdown next year. Kiambaa and Juja before it, are an inoculation against what is coming next year. It will steel up the Jubilee Party and its allies for a tough fight ahead, while sending the victors back to the political laboratories to prepare an even more lethal political germ. The Nasa principals, led by Raila Odinga of...

Flash flood watch in effect through noon Friday. Coastal flood advisory in effect from 11 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday. In Maryland, the National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning that included much of the Eastern Shore, and parts of Southern Maryland. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. A tornado watch issued Thursday night for the Lower Eastern Shore was extended, adn then ultimately canceled around 1 a.m. Friday. The watch expired at 11 p.m. in Calvert and St. Mary's counties in Southern Maryland. Oce...

THE STANDARD POLITICS President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioning Uthiru-Muthua health facility in Uthiru. February 12, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] President Uhuru Kenyatta makes an elaborate tour of Ukambani today after previous postponements. The president is on a development visit of Machakos and Makueni counties, which has been scaled down to cushion locals against risk of Covid-19 exposure. He will inspect key projects, including the multi-billion shilling Konza City in Machakos and Thwake Dam in Makueni. The Ukambani tour comes after it was cancelled twice and amid talk of disagreement ...

Flash flood watch in effect through noon Friday. Coastal flood advisory in effect from 11 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday. In Maryland, the National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning that included much of the Eastern Shore, and parts of Southern Maryland. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. A tornado watch issued Thursday night for the Lower Eastern Shore was extended, adn then ultimately canceled around 1 a.m. Friday. The watch expired at 11 p.m. in Calvert and St. Mary's counties in Southern Maryland. Oce...

Cow dung infection, not ‘evil eyes’ kills babies HEALTH & SCIENCE  During prenatal clinics, pregnant women are taught about the importance of cord care. [Courtesy] Monica Mueni, a 75-year-old mother of eight, had been using cow dung to cure her children’s umbilical cord after birth for years. This is just one of the many traditional ways used back in the day to dry the cord stump, but in many cases, it led to neonatal deaths after infections. Besides cow dung, traditional herbs were also used and within five or seven days, the cord would dry and fall off. “We would chew some leaves ...