Worancha ወራንቻ

ፎቶ ከ ኪ/ላ የተወሰደ ነው   (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) የሲዳማ ህዝበ ውሳኔ የአስፈጻሚዎች ስልጠና እየተካሄደ ነው። እስከ መጭው ሃሙስ ድረስ በሚቆየው ስልጠና ከ5 ሺህ በላይ ሰልጣኞች ይሳተፋሉ። የኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ የቦርድ አባል ወይዘሪት ብዙወርቅ ከተተ፥ ስልጠናው በአራት ዋና ዋና ጉዳዮች ላይ ትኩረቱን አድርጎ እየተካሄደ መሆኑን ተናግረዋል። ለህዝበ ውሳኔው የሚያስፈልጉ የህግ ማዕቀፎች፣ የመራጮች የምዝገባ ሂደት፣ የህዝበ ውሳኔ ድምጽ አሰጣጥ፣ ቆጠራ እና ውጤት አገላለጽ እንዲሁም የህዝበ ውሳኔው ውጤት መገለጹን ተከትሎ የሚነሱ ቅሬታዎች የሚፈቱበት መንገድ ላይ ትኩረቱን ያደርጋል ብለዋል። ሰልጣኞቹም ህዝበ ውሳኔው ተዓማኒ፣ ገለልተኛ እና ከተፅዕኖ የፀዳ ሆኖ እንዲጠናቀቅ የበኩላቸውን እንዲወጡ ጠይቀዋል። ስልጠናው ሰልጣኞች በህዝበ ውሳኔው ምዝገባና የምርጫ ሂደት በቂ ግንዛቤ እንዲይዙና ህዝበ ውሳኔዉን በገለልተኝነት ማስፈጸም እንዲችሉ ለማድረግ ያለመ መሆኑም ተገልጿል። የህዝበ ውሳኔው ድምጽ መስጫ ቀንም ወደ ህዳር 10 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም መዛወሩንም ቦርዱ አስታውቋል።

The ongoing meeting by the Council of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Regional State (SNNPRS) approved a legal framework document which makes the city of Hawassa, currently the capital city of SNNPRS, accountable to the future Sidama Regional State (RST), DW Amharic reported. According to the legal framework document approved by the Council, Hawassa city will be a city under the Sidama Regional State, however SNNPRS will use the city together with the Sidama Regional State – which is, despite pending referendum, a forgone result – for two consecutive national elections until SNNPRS organized its future alternative capital city. The Council’s decision was voted in favor by 168, while 55 cast their votes against it. Twenty three members have abstained. With regard to property divisions, mobile and immobile assets which are under the existing regional state structure will be dealt with in accordance with the country’s common property legal system. AS

Bereket Beyene Gebre School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia Correspondence: Bereket Beyene Gebre School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia Email bereket2007beyene@gmail.com Introduction: Alcohol use is a major public health concern in global settings. It is very common among people living with HIV/AIDS, leading to physical and mental complications. Objective: To assess the magnitude of alcohol use and factors among HIV/AIDS positive adults visiting ART clinic at Mizan Tep University Teaching Hospital (MTUTH), Southern Ethiopia from October 2017 to December 2017. Methods: A facility based cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 332 HIV positive adults who came to ART clinic at MTUTH using systemic random sampling technique. Data were entered into EPidata 3.1 version and then analyzed by SPSS version 20. Binary logistic regressions have been used to identif

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia held its first ever Mobile Consular Service at the auditorium of the Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia for the convenience of the expatriate Sri Lankan community living and working in Hawassa on 29 September. The Embassy was officially established in February, 2017 in Addis Ababa, and Hawassa is 300 km away from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Approximately, 350 Sri Lankans attended the mobile consular service and the activities of the day included processing of applications for new passports, attestation of documents, police clearance certificates, issues pertaining to lost passports, assistance with regard to employment in Ethiopia, compensation and repatriation related issues of migrant workers and certification of application forms to open NRFC accounts in Sri Lanka. The mobile service also featured the activities carried out by the Embassy concerning the economic and public diplomacy programs initiated by the Ministry of Fo