AFGHANS STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DUE TO LONG PERIOD OF VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY

Afghans struggling with mental health

Minister calls for greater support from aid agencies and partners.



Kabul: Afghanistan is struggling to cope with mental health issues that afflict an estimated two-thirds of its population after decades of violence, the country's health ministry said yesterday, amid commemorations of World Mental Health Day.

"We hope in the future at least one trained [mental] health professional will be working in every health facility and every patient will have the opportunity to be screened and get proper counselling and treatment for the mental health and psychosocial problems," acting Health Minister Suraya Dalil was quoted as saying.

"We hope that the donor agencies and other Afghanistan health partners support us to enhance the mental health of those Afghans who have been affected during the war and conflict years."

FAITH JOHN (SIERA -LEONE)WEST AFRICA

BEAUTIFUL COAST

KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK'S AGRRESSIVE ADVERTISING IN KERICHO TOWN

The kenya commercial bank was running a very agressive campaign for their new product,the bankika juu account.The Bank was trying it level best to get as much customers from the public as possible .They used all the techniques that one can think of to catch the attention of the residents of kericho town .Music ,commedy and so on ,plus the easy conditions for opening and maintaining the account in their bank.The bank won quite a following from the residents of the town though!!!

KERICHO TOWN SLOWLY RECOVERS FROM THE EEFECTS OF THE RECENT POLITICAL CHAOS

Life is slowly going back to nrmal in kericho town from the effects of the recent political chaos that rocked the country.THe chaos left life in this town abnormaly high with the basic commodities for survival be priced at tripple the normal prices .The worst affected was fuel and the basic food stuffs ,that is maize and the fish that are popularly known as omena or dagaa .The fish that normally go at ten shillings per one two hundred and fifty gramms tin of blue band magarine,were priced at twnety shillings for the same quantity .And the charcoal that used to cost only twenty shillings per a two kilogramme tin of kimbo cooking fat was until recently priced at forty shillings for the same quantity.Andthe maize flour that used to go at twenty shillings per a kilogramme in the slums ,was  priced at twenty five shillings for the same quantity of flour.

From between two and three weeks ago,things have changed and slowly by slowly the prices are getting back to normal .The prices of charcoal have gone back to the thirty shillings for the same aquantity of charcoal while the prices of maize flour have dropped down to where they were before ,that is at twenty shillings for the same quantity of flour.

The things that have not yet dropped in prices are houses which some of the residents have been heard complaining that ,some land lords have been claiming alot of money from them for very poor quality houses.

So,slowly by slowy ,the town is healing from the eefects of the chaos and it is expected that soon the life ,generally ,in this town will be back to normal.

KERICHO SCHOOL TOPS IN MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

The kericho highlands primariy school came back home from the recently completed music and arts festivals that were held in kitale kenya with a tenth position in their classical music category.Mean while their neighbours,the Saint patricks primary school ,in the same town, did very well in their falk song and dance presentation .They got a first position in that category.The saint patricks primary school are the only hope for the district in the festivals .

A COWS SKIINED CARCASE STUFFED IN A BUSH IN KERICHO KENYA

The carcse of a jersy cow was discovered in the bushes along the rivere tha runs between the Nyagacho living areas of kericho and the town center.It was n't known instantly what the cause of the death of the cow might have been but the cow had been properly skinned ,but the meety was'nt carried away .It wasn't known whether it was a thief who had run out of the time to finish the preparation procedurs before he could carry away the meet or the cow had ddied because of disease .

There hasn't been any official information about the death of the cow from the authorities .