Kenya Environmental & Political News Weblog

• Disaster as Kenya is Rejected by Global Fund on AIDS, TB & Malaria

  Posted: October 29, 2008, 11:44 pm by Phil

  Photo: Global Fund 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 [...]

• Kenyan Pubs: Its a Thin Line Between Sex Work and War Work

  Posted: October 29, 2008, 10:09 pm by Phil

  Photo: Keishamaza Rukikaire/IRIN 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

  Posted: October 24, 2008, 4:20 pm by Phil

  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

  Posted: October 24, 2008, 4:19 pm by Phil

  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

  Posted: October 22, 2008, 4:40 pm by Phil

  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

  Posted: October 22, 2008, 4:38 pm by Phil

  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

  Posted: October 17, 2008, 8:11 pm by Phil

  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

  Posted: October 16, 2008, 7:18 pm by Phil

  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 [...]

• Floods Displace thousands in Mandera NEP

  Posted: October 16, 2008, 7:17 pm by Phil

  Photo: Richard Lough/IRIN 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 [...]

• Kenya Government Launches Anti-malaria Campaign

  Posted: October 10, 2008, 2:35 pm by Phil

  Photo: Zofeen Ebrahim/IRIN 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 [...]

• Rising Demand for Male Circumcision

  Posted: October 10, 2008, 2:35 pm by Phil

  Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN 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 [...]

• UNEP Earmarks Mau Forest and Nairobi Dam For Recovery

  Posted: October 6, 2008, 7:20 pm by Phil

  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

  Posted: October 6, 2008, 12:39 pm by Phil

  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 [...]

• Kenya Internally Displaced Struggle to Rebuild Their Lives

  Posted: October 2, 2008, 1:59 pm by Phil

  Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN 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 [...]

• Circumcision Booms in Kenya

  Posted: October 2, 2008, 1:57 pm by Phil

  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 [...]

• Protecting the Environment Will Combat Poverty: Wangari Maathai

  Posted: October 1, 2008, 4:50 pm by Phil

  photo: Ricardo Medina The morning plenary session at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting last Friday was on the “Global Impact of Rural Innovation” and had quite a distinguished panel of speakers. Well, every session at CGI had impressive credentials, but this one was particularly inspirational. Here are some of the highlights from Wangari Maathai , founder [...]

• Young Consumers’ Guide to Eco-Friendly Living

  Posted: October 1, 2008, 4:49 pm by Phil

  UNEP and UNESCO Announce a New and Updated Edition of the Popular YouthXchange Training Kit Paris/Nairobi – October 1st, 2008.  How to balance looking cool and feeling cool with the need to combat climate are among the key tips in the new United Nations YouthXchange Training kit. This updated version of the guide also gets [...]

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