Archive for October, 2008
Disaster as Kenya is Rejected by Global Fund on AIDS, TB & Malaria
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The country has lost out on US$130 million for HIV programmes
NAIROBI, 29 October 2008 (PlusNews) – Kenya will have to find new sources of funding to keep more than 200,000 people on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment after the country’s latest bid for support from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Kenyan Pubs: Its a Thin Line Between Sex Work and Bar Work
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Sexual violence against bar hostesses is widespread and accepted
NAIROBI, 29 October 2008 (PlusNews) – A man in a bar gets progressively more drunk and disorderly, his speech growing more slurred and his sexual advances to a waitress becoming more aggressive as he tries to get her to go home with him.
The scene [...]
Post Poll Skirmishes : UN Honours Kenya GSU Police Officer
Joseph Musyoka Nthenge employed negotiating skills to avert post presidential election violence
The United Nations in Kenya, on the occasion of UN Day on Oct. 24, has decided to award the 2008 “UN in Kenya Person of the Year” to Acting Senior Superintendent of Police, Joseph Musyoka Nthenge.
Speaking for the UN, the Acting Director General, Inga [...]
Kenya Pays the Cost of Bad Farming Policy
Anthony Kimani Muhia is as ambitious as he is entrepreneurial. The 32-year-old farmer from central Kenya has figured out much of what’s wrong with the country’s farming system, and he’s determined to change it, starting with himself.
His plot of land feels not much bigger than a handkerchief – about ¾ of an acre – but [...]
Interview: President Kibaki Talks About MDG Progress in Kenya
In September 2000, 189 world leaders attended the Millennium Summit at the United Nations and made a commitment to address the world’s most pressing development needs by 2015. Leaders pledged to eliminate gender inequality, environmental degradation and HIV/Aids, and to improve access to education, healthcare and clean water.
Last month the world’s leaders gathered again at [...]
Poverty-Africa: Leaders Cannot Close Their Ears
CAPE TOWN, – Eight years ago, the leaders of 189 countries pledged to work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, eliminating extreme poverty by 2015. The Stand Up, Take Action Campaign mobilises millions of people around the world to press for action to make this a reality.
The campaign is organised by the Global Call to [...]
Millions Take Action Against Poverty Worldwide
Over the next three days, more than 1 percent of the global population — 67 million people — will participate in mass rallies, sports events, concerts, and other actions around the world to promote the poverty eradication Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
To browse events worldwide and get involved in your part of the globe, visit the [...]
Kenya Govt Violated Guiding Principles in IDP Resettlement
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
An IDP puts up a shelter in a camp near the town of Eldoret in Rift Valley province: Human rights activists say the Kenya government has no specific law on internal displacement
NAIROBI, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) – Kenyan officials “violated with impunity” the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement during an operation [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Floods Displace thousands in Mandera NEP
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Thousands of people displaced by flash floods following heavy rains in Mandera are in need of medical assistance to prevent an outbreak of water-borne disease, an official of the Kenya Red Cross Society said
MANDERA, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) – More than 10,000 people have been displaced by flash floods following heavy [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kenya Government Launches Anti-malaria Campaign
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The Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide campaign to retreat at least 1.8 million bed nets with long-lasting insecticide to control the spread of malaria as the rainy season sets in
NAIROBI, 10 October 2008 (IRIN) – Kenya’s Ministry of Health has launched a four-day nationwide campaign to retreat at least [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Rising Demand for Male Circumcision
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Boys wait to be circumcised at Migosi health centre in Kisumu
KISUMU, 9 October 2008 (PlusNews) – Health facilities in Nyanza Province in western Kenya are struggling to meet the demand for medical male circumcisions since politicians threw their weight behind efforts to promote the procedure as a way of reducing HIV [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )UNEP Earmarks Mau Forest and Nairobi Dam For Recovery
Ecosystem renovation – bring it on back
A ‘lost’ lake in Mali and a Kenyan forest that is the water tower for key rivers and lakes in East Africa are among two country projects aimed at bringing significant degraded and denuded ecosystems back from the brink. The projects are among several being drawn up and spearheaded [...]
Today is World Habitat Day
The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October each year as World Habitat Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kenya Internally Displaced Struggle to Rebuild Their Lives
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Children carry firewood at the Nakuru IDP camp in April: Camp closure has left thousands stranded at transit camps or yet to fully resettle on their farms
NAKURU, 30 September 2008 (IRIN) – The decision to close camps for Kenyans displaced by post-election violence was hasty and has left thousands in Rift Valley [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Circumcision Booms in Kenya
Kenya government hopes to circumcise two million people in the Luo province where the practice is abhorred. Top politicians from the area confessed they have gone to have the foreskin of their male organs removed as part of an awareness to curb HIV/AIDS. They spoke to spur people on to go and circumcise. Standing before [...]
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