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/ 27 November 2006
Historical injustices that have resulted in landlessness among Kenyans have been the focus of recent public discussions on a land policy — the first to be drawn up in the East African country. Previously, Kenya has had no clearly defined laws on how to manage land, leading to a breakdown in land administration. Disparities in land ownership, tenure insecurity and squatting have occurred, often resulting in conflict.
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/ 24 November 2006
In just two months’ time the World Social Forum (WSF) will get under way in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, marking the first instance in which Africa is acting as sole host of the event. With the East African country also home to Kibera — sometimes referred to as Africa’s largest slum — it could be argued that there is no more appropriate venue for the 2007 WSF.
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/ 20 November 2006
International talks on climate change held at a conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ended on Friday without having established a solid timetable for cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions after the Kyoto Protocol expires. This was one of several contentious issues at the negotiations.
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/ 13 November 2006
Marginalised communities attending a United Nations conference on climate change being held in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have given accounts of how their lives are being altered for the worse — something they blame on climate change. ”We are almost being left as climate refugees,” an Indian delegate told journalists.
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/ 1 November 2006
The women in Kajiado were sceptical — unwilling to believe that cardboard containers lined with aluminium foil on the inside would cook food when placed in the sun. But, their minds were changed during a recent demonstration of the unassuming containers. These solar cookers were loaded with several pots filled with meat, rice, eggs and other kinds of food — the pots black in colour to absorb heat, and covered in plastic bags to retain warmth.
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/ 8 September 2006
With dozens, if not hundreds, of organisations likely to attend next year’s World Social Forum — and almost as many issues clamouring to be addressed there — nailing down a programme for the January 20 to 25 event promises to be a daunting task. Nonetheless, organisers of the event are starting to do just that.
”We are here in Africa. We live in the mainstream, we pay taxes like everybody else in the mainstream, we relate with people in the mainstream. We are a naturally occurring phenomenon in the universe,” said activist Donna Smith of gay people in Africa, at the second Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights this week in Nairobi.
"Yes, I get the ARVs, but I cannot afford to put a simple meal on the table," says Wa Kimani. "This is why I had to register at two treatment sites, so that I could get ARVs [anti-retroviral drugs] twice: utilise one set from one site, then sell the other batch from the second site, so that I can get something small to put in my stomach."
A new plan to address corruption in Kenya has been adopted in the East African country — this as the government continues to be criticised for overseeing widespread graft. The National Anti-Corruption Plan was drawn up by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, a government body mandated to investigate graft.
The dark clouds threaten a downpour. Already, light showers have started. But Margaret Wangui, her two-year-old daughter strapped tightly to her back, is not running away from the rains. She is fleeing the city council askaris (guards) who are cracking down on hawkers.