The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) held a meeting to discuss the environmental aspects of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and explore opportunities for collaboration to tackle this new environmental and public health threat.
The discussions were centered on the need to build capacity in environmental surveillance, better stakeholder engagement, effluent management, research on new emerging issues of AMR and institutional collaboration. The meeting also discussed how environmental management can contribute to the national AMR interventions, under the One Health approach. The meeting was chaired by Mr David Ongare on behalf of DG-NEMA and AMR-Technical Lead, Dr John Mumbo. The ICARS was lead by Dr. Sunday Ochai, Dr. Titha Dzowela, Dr. Danilo Marino Lo Fo Wong and Dr. Veronicah Chuchu.
Peter Drury next season after we sign Mateus Fernandes:
Mateus to Cunha, Cunha to Bruno, Bruno to Fernandes, Fernandes to Matheus, and Matheus back to Mateus.
“Ireland didn’t qualify for the World Cup, but you know who did? The Ivory Coast.”
This Irish pub flipped its flag to support Ivory Coast at the World Cup.
Back in 2016, when we had just finished university, a friend and I went to MCA to visit another friend and, of course, appreciate a few baddies. We did not call them “baddies” back then. It was a weekend, and while we were drinking the usual rough spirits, a story was told to us. I still remember this day as if it was yesterday. One of the guys there was dating a girl from Naperi. The story was that a few months earlier, he had met her at Ginnery Corner. She was from Naperi and, judging from the photos we saw, she was stunning. That day, he walked her home past Queens, past the College of Medicine, and all the way to Naperi. He fell for her completely.
But those who knew her warned him that she was a no go zone. They told him that the precious fruit between her legs had already been tasted by many. Still, he was smitten and wanted to date her and eventually marry her. Still, because the rumours were so widespread, he confronted her. In response, she took him to her church, to a famous man of God in Blantyre, and confessed before him that her past had indeed been sinful, but that she had seen the Lord at Calvary and was now a changed person. With the pastor’s blessing, he continued dating her.
That was the story before us. We all laughed at him and thought he was a fool. “Bro, leave her. They don’t change!” we told him. He never listened. But we were all young in our early twenties and naive.
A few years later, I saw on Facebook that he had married her. Then, about two years ago, I heard they had divorced because, as many had predicted, she had been unfaithful multiple times. (Apparently, she had been caught sleeping with her gym instructor, her ex boyfriend, and even some shadow MP. At least those who she accepted when confronted. Others she denied). As if that was not enough, I heard that a DNA test on his firstborn had excluded him as the father. By chance, I met him at Amaryllis last month. The moment he saw me, he laughed and said, “Hide my ID, Mr P. I have a story for you.” He then narrated the whole saga while laughing throughout. To be honest, I felt relieved because it meant I could laugh about it too.
When we are young, we make many mistakes because we think we know better. Sometimes life teaches us lessons the hard way. The moral of the story is this: most people do not really change. They simply become better at hiding who they have always been!
James Milner retiring means 2026-27 will be the first English top-flight season since 1956-57 that will not feature a single player who played under Sir Bobby Robson.
🚨🚨| Kenyan fans of Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, PSG, Barcelona and several other clubs are reportedly planning a parade in town on Monday following Arsenal’s UCL defeat 😂🇰🇪