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KENYA: Jacinta Wanjiku: "They think they can touch me anywhere they want"

NAIROBI Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Jacinta Wanjiku, 40, has been a waitress for 15 years, but lost her most recent job two weeks ago; she told IRIN/PlusNews that she was probably sacked because she is getting older and the management wanted to replace her with a fresher face to attract male customers. "It's a job; it pays the bills and feeds the kids and the tips help, but on the whole, it comes with many problems. "The salary is poor - at my last job I was paid only 4,000 shillings...

Ethiopian Looks beyond 2010 to $1.5b Revenue

The management of Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) has outlined a new five-year strategic plan to reach an annual revenue of 1.5 billion dollars following the remarkable achievement in what the airline calls "Vision 2010".

Province urged to clean up finances

AUDITOR-general Terence Nombembe yesterday applied pressure on the Eastern Cape government to do more to improve the management of its finances. Nombembe said he was aware of the negative perceptions perpetually attached to the province. Our objective of being here is how to get the Eastern Cape, in particular, the whole of government in general, to have clean audit reports. Nombembe was giving an analysis of the audit outcomes for the provinces 13 departments for the 2007/8 financial year at...

‘My achievement doesn’t come by chance’, …Says NMATC best graduating student

Nuha S Barrow, Management student at the Nusrat Management and Accountancy Training Centre (NMATC) has said that his achievement in his final year exam did not come by chance instead, it came by hard work. Mr Barrow made this remark in a recent interview with the Top Class Columnist at the Daily Observer. "I have never recorded any failure during my course of studies at the NMATC and the highest level which is the Graduate Diploma, I got the best result within the whole institution," he...

Margaret Hampton and Sue William Back in The Gambia

Mrs Margaret Hampton a visitor from the West Midlands Country of England has made a further visit to The Gambia. Margaret has visited The Gambia several times in the past. She became involved in raising building funds for the AGI AWA BAH Nursery school in Bakau.  She raised the money through many sponsored walks in her hometown of Walsall. She is looking forward to renewing her long friendship with Mrs Jallow the School Founder, and her staff. She will be presenting Mrs Jallow with the...

NAM’s Sensitised on TB Case Management

The National leprosy and Tuberculosis Control program (NLTP)yesterday organised a two-day workshop for National Assembly Members on TB casemanagement at the Paradise Suites Hotel. Delivering his key note address at the occasion, the chiefnursing officer at the Department of State for Health and Social Welfare saidthe aim of the training is to get NAM’s to understand the state of TB and theefforts being made to control the disease in The Gambia so that TB will remaina top national priority. Mr....

SME skills development training ends

The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and Reliance Financial Services in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group, have been organising a series of training sessions since June 2007 to enhance the capacity of small and medium businesses (SMEs). During the course of the training, participants were lectured on subjects revolving around basic bookkeeping, business plan preparation, sales and marketing and access to finance. The year-long...

Sandele Eco-lodge and Resort officially opened

Sandele Eco lodge and Training Resort was recently officially opened in the village of Kartong, Kombo South, Western Region. Speaking at the ceremony, the Secretary of State for Tourism and Culture, Mrs. Nancy S. Njie, congratulated the investors Gerri Mitchell, Maurice Philips, the Management of the Sandele Resort, the team of contractors and people of Kartong for a job well done. She said this high-class facility is indeed a source of pride to the tourism industry of The Gambia’s...

New Disaster Management Bill for Gambia

A ‘Disaster Management Bill’, a Bill that sets up a formalstructure for integrated and co-ordinated disaster management for The Gambiawas on Wednesday 22ndOctober 2008enacted by the National Assembly.The bill focuses on prevention, preparedness, response,mitigation, and recovery from disasters or emergency situations as well as themanagement of the effects from such events. The Vice President and Secretary of State for Women’sAffairs tabled the bill before National Assembly Members. This bill...

Atsar Kunda Guest House Set For Services

Atsar Kunda guest house, under the management of Mrs Susan Stage, is currently serving its best to its customers without hitting their pockets hard or even imposing expensive fees. The guest house, which is situated in KololiVillage about 50 metres from the highway and 5minutes walk from 7miles from the sandy beach, is poised to take its customers by surprise by giving them the best. In an interview with the Proprietor, Mrs Susan Stage revealed that the guesthouse is suitable for anything that...