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assurances that
corruption will end
NAIROBI, Kenya
(AP) Stepping up pressure on what it consid
ers a graft-ridden government, che World Bank
said Monday it was withholding a key multimil
lion-dollar credit and puttinginvestment projects
on hold until Kenya shows sincerity in battling
corruption.
Without the World Bank’s dlrs 71.6 million
and the dlrs 220 million in budgetary support
suspended recently by ‘he International Mon
etary Fund, the government could face increased
inflation and monetary upheavals in an election
year. |
“We both want to see some action on the
government’s part to show they are sincere in
reducing corruption, improving governance and
following economic reforms,” said Harold
Wackman, the World Bank’s country director
for Kenya.
The withdrawal of the structural adjustment
credit, which provides vital support for the bud
get, means the government will have to find
other sources of revenue and to cut expendi
tures.
This could result in the shilling’s further
decline against the dollar, a rise in consumer
nrices and endanger World Bank funding for
roads and the energy sector, Wackman said.
The government of President Daniel arap
Moi, whois seeking a fifth, five-year term in yet
to-be-scheduled elections, has come under the
heaviest pressure to enact economic and politi
cal reforms since foreign donors cut aid in 1991
to force Moi into lifting the ban on political
parties.
Under pressure from the opposition, clergy
and human rights and civic groups, Moi has
reluctantly agreed to review colonial-era laws
reformists say give the 73-year-old president
and his ruling Kenya Africa National Union
party an unfair edge.
Jackson may run
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She didn’t give her name.
Jackson served three terms as
Atlanta’s mayor.
State Labor Commissioner
David Poythress is the only other
Democratic candidate in the race.
Republican candidates include
Atlanta millionaire Guy Millner,
former Attorney General Mike
Bowers, conservative activist
Nancy Schaefer and Kennesaw
businessman Bruce Hatfield.
CDC unveils new ad campaign
to remind adults to be more active
(AP) Thegovernment can’t force
people on astair machine or tread
mill. But it’s trying to coax couch
potatoes off the cushions for a
while.
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention announced Tues
day a new campaign to remind
adults to get at least a half hour of
moderate activity a day, five days
a week.
Called “It’s Everywhere You
Go,” the campaign is a kit for health
professionals and community lead
ers. It has video clips of Olympic
gold medal speed skater Dan
Jansen, radio ads and a poster.
“This campaign focuses on the
simple ways to add physical activ
ity — taking the stairs instead of
the elevator or taking a walk with
Flrloln"ézgmieon_to talk
now is for both parties to find a
new way to look at the issues and
find a solution at the table."
ALabor Department official, who
spoke on condition of anonymity,
said Herman " “will be assessing
their progress and will be available
to both sides as needed."
While Herman was credited with
restarting the talks, the Clinton
administration has ruled out direct
intervention to end the strike.
UPS, which normally ships 12
million items daily, has been virtu
ally shut down since 185,000 Team
sters went onstrike Aug. 4 after the
two sides failed to reach agreement
Amnesty hearing for killers
of ANC leaderresumein S.A.
M Family of murdered liberation leader Chris Hani rejects
amnesty plea by killers.
By Pat Reber
AP Writer
PRETORIA, S.A.
A lawyer for the family of Commu
nist Party leader Chris Hani said to
day that his killers do not deserve
amnesty because they lied about be
ing solely responsible.
The 1993 killing of Hani, who was
perhaps South Africa’s most popular
black leader after President Nelson
Mandela, threatened to plunge the
country into chaos and derail the first
all-race elections the following year.
As it turned out, the only major
violence was rioting at Hani’s funeral
that left four people dead.
George Bizos, a lawyer hired by
Hani’s family, opened an amnesty
hearing for the two men convicted of
gunning down Hani outside his home
by presenting statements they alleg
edly made to police after their arrest.
Bizos said the statements by Clive Derby-
Lewis, a former Conservative Party deputy in
Parliament, and Janusz Walus, a Polish im
migrant and fierce anti-communist, contra
dict testimony from their trial and amnesty
applications.
The two men — whose death sentences for
Hani’s killing were commuted to life in prison
after South Africa’s new constitution abol
ished the death penalty _ have claimed they
alone were responsible for killing Hani. Derby-
Lewis’ wife Gabrielle was acquitted of involve
ment.
Bizos said the men’s statements show that
other people were involved in Hani’s shooting
and that Mrs. Derby-Lewis was an active
participant in the planning.
Thecommission’samnesty committee broke
off the hearing to debate the statement’s
admissability.
Asked why the statements did not come out
before, Bizos told The Associated Press: “The
attorney general may have taken a stricter
view of the admissability of the documents in
a formal court trial.”
The hearing was postponed in June to allow
Hani’s widow Limpho to attend. It was moved
from Benoni, 30 miles east of Johannesburg,
where Hani once lived, to Pretoria after Hani
Millner wasrated the frontrunner
in two recent polls.
Millner, who spent millions of
his own money on unsuccessful
races for governor in 1994 and the
U.S. Senate in 1996, told Republi
can leaders Friday he will focus
both on winning the governorship
and on wresting control of one or
both houses of the Legislature from
Democrats.
In a letter to state GOP Chair
man Rusty Paul, Millner vowed to
raise “a minimum of SIOO,OOO to
help selected candidate races.”
the family instead of watching a
television,” said CDC Director
David Satcher.
Thekitalsoincludes theagency’s
consumer research that found the
target of the campaign — women,
ages 18 to 45, educated with a
moderateincome. That’s the group
that reports having little time for
themselves.
“Even though these adults want
to be physically active, barriers
such as long work hours, a lack of
confidence in their athletic abil
ity, safety issues and family priori
ties prevent them from achieving
their goal,” said James Marks, di
rector of the CDC’s National Cen
ter for Chronic Disease Preven
tion and Health Promotion.
on a new contract to replace one
that expired July 30.
The company, which earlier held
anews conference toshowcase mes
sages it had received from employ
ees who want to vote on the
company's last contract offer and
return to work, didn't immediately
comment on Wednesday's an
nouncement.
Matt Witt, Teamsters spokesman,
said there was no reason to believe
UPS was willing to change its con
tract proposal, which theunion has
criticized for not providing enough
limits on part-time work.
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supporters disrupted the June proceedings.
Derby-Lewis was to take the stand first in
the hearing, which is expected to run until
Aug. 22. Bizos told the AP that Derby-Lewis
had links to the extreme right and was a
“pathological anti-communist, anti-Jewish
conspiracy type.”
Bizos said he also would show thekillers did
not act on behalf of the Conservative I'arty,
which has distanced itself from the killing.
To grant amnesty, the commission requires
a full confession, full disclosure about the
details of the crime, proof that it was politi
cally inspired and evidence that the perpetra
tors feel remorse for their actions.
Hani inspired fear and hatred in right-wing
whites who were convinced he wanted toimpose
a socialist dictatorship in South Africa.
His killers say Hani was a military target.
But South African Communist Party official
Jeremy Cronin said he has submitted evi
dence to prove that Hani favored aneg,....ated
settlement to the country’s political turmoil.
Bizos was addressing the Truth and Recon
ciliation Commission, a panel set up by
Mandela’s government to collect evidence on
apartheid-era crimes by all sides. It can grant
amnesty to those who fully confess politically
motivated crimes.
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Workmen don’t have much time to make significant repairs
before hundreds of students invade the campus on Monday.
Photo by Harvey Wright
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schools —in particular, Richmond
Academy and 'T' W, Josey.
Dr. Charles Larke, the superin
tendent of Richmond County
Schools, dismissed the rumor and
stated, “Laney will open on sched
ule, and no one will be bused to
another school.” Dr. Larke did not
believe the construction would
pose a hazard for teachers or
studentsl
Laney principal,Dr. Rush Utley,
also said he did not feel that ongo
ing construction would be too
much of a distraction or otherwise
interfere with learning.
Therenovations will not be com
plete until late November or early
December according to Dr. Larke.
Both he and Dr. Utley were not
surprised that the repairs would
not be finished by the start of
school on Monday.
Some faculty members, however,
were under the impression the
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construction was supposed to have
been finished.
Many expressed outrage at the
condition of the campus. “This
environment is not conducive to
learning,” cried an educator. The
faculty members would only com
ment if there names were not pub
lished.
School board members, as well,
were unaware of the condition of
the campus. When told of the con
dition of the building, District 7
trustee Kenneth Echols re
sponded, “That bothers me! If it
(the school building) is not ready,
we need to say so!”
Board member Johnnie Jack
son, representing District 2, said,
“Initially, we were told that it
would be complete by the begin
ning of school.”
At least three other board mem
bers confirmed they thought the
deadline was opening day.
Contrary to what the board
members were told, the renova
tions to the building remain in
complete.