KENYA: Claims of torture by army and militia, as food shortages grip Mt Elgon
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR)has called for an investigation into allegations of torture committedby security forces deployed...
KENYA: Food shortages persist even as rains fall in northeast
Therains have started falling in northeastern Kenya, but this alone isunlikely to immediately resolve the food problems facing the mainlynomadic...
KENYA: Financing boost for small farmers
Smallfarmers and agricultural enterprises are the main beneficiaries of afinancing partnership launched on 6 May to help them break out ofpoverty and...
KENYA: Government to roll out male circumcision
The Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitiousnational programme to fast track the national rollout of malecircumcision as a means of preventing...
KENYA: Reconciliation key to returns
Peace-building and reconciliation efforts to alleviate ethnic tension must be stepped up before internally displaced Kenyans are pushed to return to...
KENYA: When there's no excuse not to use a condom
When the music's pumping, drinks are flowing andhormones are raging, condoms don't often spring to mind, until it's too late.By then, the shops are...
KENYA: Wild animals compete with humans for scarce water resources
Ahmed Diriye hadtaken his goats to a stream in Mogogashe near the northern Kenyan town ofGarissa and was waiting for them to drink when he was...
KENYA: Water crisis as dry conditions persist in the north
Serious shortages ofwater and pasture for livestock are being experienced in the northern Kenyandistricts of Isiolo, Mandera and Wajir as dry...
KENYA: Agencies appeal for funds as new government named
Relief agencies areseeking US$189 million for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and othersaffected by the post-election violence that rocked Kenya...
By H.E. Chirau Ali Mwakwere, Ambassador of Kenya (Former) Embassy of the Republic of Kenya, Abu Dhabi The promotion of investment, trade and tourism...