Kaouther Ben Hania’s feature film “Four Daughters» is eligible for the 2024 César Awards when the first round of voting opens on January 2, 2024 in seven categories: Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Original Screenplay, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound.
The nominations for the 2024 Césars will be announced on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, the day after the announcement of the nominations for the 2024 Oscars. The second round to select the winners will take place between February 1 and 23, 2024, with the 49th Césars ceremony, organised by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, taking place on Friday, February 23, on the stage of L’Olympia in Paris.
In addition to its two nominations for the Prix Lumières (Best Documentary and Best Music), “For Daughters» was presented in competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in 2023, where it won four awards (Cinéma positif, François Chalais, L’Œil d’Or and the Prix de la Citoyenneté) and has just been shortlisted for the 2024 Osca
rs for Best International Film and Best Documentary.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
The Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET) has called on the Commission for Domestic Taxes to push for the revision of the legal notice that requires persons living with disability to renew their income tax exemption certificates every three years.
KUSNET Secretary General James Torome said the exercise to renew the certificate is too hectic for all employees living with disability who have to pass through a lengthy process to get the vital certificate.
Torome who spoke to journalists at his Narok office today wondered why this vulnerable group is forced to renew their certificates yet some forms of disability are irrevocable.
‘The bigger question that rings around our minds is that there are disabilities that are irrevocable. If you push people living with disabilities to go see a doctor to make a recommendation after three years, we are saying that you are not giving justice to where it belongs,’ he said.
In case the certificate is not renewed, the unionist said, this special group of
people loses around 16 per cent of their basic salary.
He observed that a person living with disability is first required to go to a nearby hospital where they get a recommendation letter, and then wait to be invited to the National Council of Persons Living with Disability where they are issued with a certificate.
Torome requested Members of parliament to champion the revision of the bill in parliament.
‘This is not only affecting teachers, but all employees who live with a disability who are required to renew their certificates every three years,’ he said.
Among the things required when registering for an income tax exemption for persons living with disability are a medical report, a letter from the employer, disability membership card, and a tax compliance certificate.
When the council receives the application, it arranges for the vetting committee to assess the applicant and give a recommendation to the commissioner on the applicant’s eligibility for income tax exemption.
The commission ascertains t
he correctness and completeness of the application and if satisfied, a tax exemption certificate is issued.
When the application is not approved, the applicant, if dissatisfied, may appeal to the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury.
Source: Kenya News Agency