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Aid Approved for Kenya Highway, Geothermal Projects - AfDB is funding improvements to a 198-km road section in Ethiopia, from Hawassa to Ageremariam, which will connect with the Turbi-Moyale segment

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The government of Kenya and the African Development Bank have signed agreements totaling $366 million in financial aid for two projects: a geothermal steam field and a road upgrade, which will open landlocked Ethiopia to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa.  Kenya’s finance minister, Njeru Githae, and the African Development Bank (AfDB) regional director for East Africa, Gabriel Negatu, signed the agreements on March 12. Of the total assistance, a $186.7-million loan from the AfDB group’s African Development Fund will go for converting what is now a 122-kilometer gravel road to an asphalt-paved highway. The upgraded road segment, from Turbi to Moyale, will include bridges and a drainage system. It will have two lanes up to seven meters wide in each direction as well as shoulders. Separately, AfDB is funding improvements to a 198-km road section in Ethiopia, from Hawassa to Ageremariam, which will connect with the Turbi-Moyale segment.  Kenya and Ethiopia hav

A stroll through Awasa

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A stroll through Awasa February 9, 2012 arefe Leave a comment Go to comments Walking along the asphalted streets of Awasa, among the crowds of high school and university students, merchants, aid workers, and cycle commuter, it’s hard to imagine that not so long ago these streets were dirt tracks. Awasa was founded only fifty years ago. As the capital of the southern region, it rapidly became a boom town. Benefiting from the de-centralization policy of the government, a construction rush over the past decade has transformed the town, ushering in a new mood of optimism and enterprise. The new structures, interspersed with palm trees and newly opened restaurants, are making the town increasingly vibrant.The lakeside locations have especially made Awasa a favored destination for weekenders from Addis Ababa and the recently opened Lewi and Haile Resort are particularly popular. With over 126,000 residents, Awasa is one of the fastest growing Ethiopian towns. Smallest of the

በሲዳማ ዞን ቦርቻ ወረዳ አስተዳደር ባለፈው ግማሽ የበጀት ዓመት በህብረተሰቡ ማህበራዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊና በመልካም አስተዳደር ተቃሚነት ላይ ትኩረት ያደረጉ ተግባራት ማከናወኑን አስታወቀ፡

በሲዳማ ዞን ቦርቻ ወረዳ አስተዳደር ባለፈው ግማሽ የበጀት ዓመት በህብረተሰቡ ማህበራዊ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊና በመልካም አስተዳደር ተቃሚነት ላይ ትኩረት ያደረጉ ተግባራት ማከናወኑን አስታወቀ፡፡የአስተዳደሩ ጽህፈት ቤት ኃላፊ አቶ ተመስገን መንግስቱ እንደገፁት በተጠናቀቀው ግማሽ የበጀት ዓመት 13ዐ የህዝብ አቤቱታዎች ለወረዳው አስተዳደር ቀርበው እልባት ላይ እንዲደርሱ ተደርጓል፡፡ በተለያዩ ምክንያቶችና ጊዜያት የአካል ጉዳት ለደረሰባቸው ሰዎች ሰው ሠራሽ እግርና ባለ ብረት የአካል ድጋፍ ተገዝቶ አንደተሰጣቸው ጠቁመዋል፡፡የገንዘብ ችግር ያለባቸው 28 ሰዎች በይርጋለም ሆስፒታልና ጤና ጣቢያ ነፃ የህክምና አገልግሎት እንዲያገኙ መደረጉን አቶ ተመስገን መግለፃቸውን የዘገበው የወረዳው የመንግስት ኮሚኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ጽህፈት ቤት ነው፡፡ Source: http://www.smm.gov.et/_Text/14MegTextN204.html  

በወንዶ ገነት አካባቢ በሚገኘው በተፈጥሮ ደን ላይ ተነስቶ የነበረው የሰደድ እሳት ሙሉ በሙሉ በቁጥጥር ስር መዋሉ ተገለፀ፡፡

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በወንዶ ገነት አካባቢ በሚገኘው በተፈጥሮ ደን ላይ ተነስቶ የነበረው የሰደድ እሳት ሙሉ በሙሉ በቁጥጥር ስር መዋሉ ተገለፀ፡፡ በሲዳማ ዞን የወንዶ ገነት ወረዳ የመንግስት ኮሚኒኬሽን  የጽህፈት ቤት ምክትል ኃላፊ አቶ ዮሐንስ ጉራቻ እንደገለፁት መጋቢት 8 ቀን 2ዐዐ4 ዓ/ም ከቀኑ 6 ሰዓት ጀምሮ ባልታወቀ ምክንያት ተነስቶ የነበረው ሰደድ እሳት ለ2 ተከታታይ ቀናት በመቆየቱ በ2ዐዐ ሄክታር መሬት ላይ የነበረ የተፈጥሮ ደን ሊወድም ችሏል፡፡ በተነሳው የሰደድ እሳት ምክንያት በርካታ ብርቅዬ አዕዋፋትና የዱር እንስሳት ከቦታው መሰደዳቸውን የገለፁት ምክትል ኃላፊው የእሳቱን መንስኤ ለማጣራት የወንዶ ገነት ደን ኮሌጅ ጉደዩ ከሚመለከታቸው አካላት ጋር ጥናት እያካሄደ መሆኑን ተናግረዋል፡፡ የእሳቱን ኃይል በቁጥጥር ስር ለማዋል የፌዴራል ፣ የዞንና የወረዳው ፖሊስ እንዲሁም የኮሌጁ ሠራተኞችና የአካባቢው ህብረተሰብ ከፍተኛ አስተዋፅኦ ማድረሃጋቸውንም ገልፀዋል፡፡ የወንዶ ገነት ደን  ኮሌጅ ማነጂንግ ዳይሬክተር አቶ ወንድሙ አክሊሉ በአካባቢው በየዓመቱ ለግል ጥቅማቸው ሲሉ በደኑ ላይ የሰደድ እሳት የሚለቁ ግለሰቦች እንደሚስተዋሉ አውስተው ይህ ተግባር ህዝብንና መንግስትን የሚጐዳ በመሆኑ ከድርጊታቸው ሊቆጠቡና ደኑን በባለቤትነት ሊጠብቁ እንደሚገባቸው ገልፀዋል ሲል ሪፖርተራችን ካጀ ጀንቦላ ከበንሳ ቅርንጫፍ ጣቢያችን ዘግቧል፡፡ Source:  http://www.smm.gov.et/_Text/14MegTextN404.html

New State of the Art Southern Nationalities, Nations and Peoples Region Regional Laboratory in Hawassa City

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New State of the Art Southern Nationalities, Nations and Peoples Region Regional Laboratory in Hawassa City Fig 1: His Excellency President Shiferaw Shegute Right top corner: Rendering of the SNNPR Regional laboratory SNNPR President H.E Shiferaw Shegute, Ethiopian Minister of Health, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Ato Kare Chawicha Regional Health Bureau Head and Country Director of the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Tom Kenyon, and invited guests broke ground on the construction of a new SNNPR Regional Laboratory in the city of Hawassa in SNNPR on June 30, 2011 within walking distance from the Hawassa Regional Referral Hospital The New SNNPR Regional Laboratory will augment the current Hawassa Regional Laboratory, which is one of the six regional labs in the country to be upgraded to support DNA PCR and TB culture, DST and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory supporting four sub-regional laboratories situated in Hossana, Arbaminch, Mizan and Jinka. The Ne