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  • Kenya Threatened by New Urban Disaster

    Posted: September 24, 2009, 11:15 am by Dosma
    Rapid urbanization is changing the face of poverty in Kenya “If the government does not acknowledge this crisis, it will get even worse. Failure to address this now will leave Kenya paying for generations to come.” Philippa Crosland Taylor Head of Oxfam GB, Kenya Kenya is facing a new urban timebomb, with millions of Nairobi residents [...]

  • From Nairobi’s Kibera Slums to ‘Canaan’

    Posted: September 23, 2009, 12:59 pm by Phil
    Photo: Jane Some/IRIN Pius Okello points at the entrance of his new home At least 1,300 slum dwellers from Kibera – Nairobi’s largest informal urban settlement – have been moved to new blocks of flats under a slum-upgrading programme. “I can’t believe I have left Kibera for good! My new home is so clean, we have a [...]

  • Anger and Anxiety in Kenya Over “leaky” Condoms

    Posted: September 14, 2009, 1:58 pm by Phil
    Photo: Laura Lopez Gonzalez/PlusNews An electronic test found holes in the condoms Kenyan AIDS authorities are struggling to restore public confidence in condoms after an alarming news report recently showed locally stocked brands to be defective. KTN, a local TV station, showed the condoms, purchased from vendors in the capital, Nairobi, being tested by the Kenya [...]

  • Kenya Launches Multimillion Dollar Appeal to Restore Vital Mau Forest

    Posted: September 9, 2009, 1:16 am by Phil
    Over 25% of Forest Cover Lost to Ecosystem Encroachments Threatening Natural Capital, Wildlife and Livelihoods in Kenya and the Region UNEP Pledges Continued Support and Calls for Urgent Action at Strategic Partners Forum Nairobi, 9 September 2009 – A multimillion dollar appeal to save the Mau Forests Complex has been launched by the Government of [...]

  • Solving Kenya’s Food Crisis, One Indigenous Crop at a Time

    Posted: September 2, 2009, 6:43 pm by Phil
    In Kenya, persistent drought is threatening food security for some 31.5 million people, and more than one million face imminent starvation. The United Nation’s World Food Program has requested $230 million for aid, but that seems too little, and perhaps too late for many. Kenya’s government, looking for about $525 million in supplemental food funds from an [...]
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