Five delegates have been hospitalised after fainting during a chaotic registration process at the International Conference on Population and Development, which opened on Tuesday morning. Thousands of other delegates have also missed the opening ceremony and most of today’s events. Participants took an average of four hours queuing outside the Nairobi county Assembly, where the registration is being confirmed and badges issued. The five delegates who fainted received first aid at the ambulances outside the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, where the conference is taking place. The meeting was officially opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta at 10 am, but by midday, hundreds of participants were still being rained on outside county assembly waiting for badges.

Source: The Star November 12, 2019 10:36 UTC