Archive for July 8th, 2008
New Kenya Law Could Raise Food Prices Further
Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Some of the products, with the standardization mark, on a supermarket shelf
NAIROBI, 4 July 2008 (IRIN) – Prices of food in Kenya, which have already risen by 50 percent since the start of 2008, could increase further following a new government regulation, a consumer watch group has warned.
From October, all food [...]
Kenya IDPs Hold Out for Better Compensation
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
IDPs are choosing to remain in the camps in the hope of a better government compensation package
NAKURU, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) – Jane Wanjiru Maina, a mother of seven, is tired of living in an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp in the show grounds of Nakuru, in the Rift Valley.
“The tents [...]
