Kenya
Situation Overview Environmental indicators Pastoral and Marginal mixed farming areas of the district remained dry. No pastures in Mukogodo and parts of Rumuruti. Rural economy indicators Prices of cattle started improving in comparison to last month. Due to high demands following the…
Kenya
Situation Overview A dry spell occurred all over the district up to the third-quarter part of the month and received some scanty rainfall of about 15 mm towards the last quarter. Crops (cereals and legumes) planted by the Agro-pastoralists in the…
Kenya
East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) Foundation has donated Ksh 5.7 million ($80,000) towards AMREF's water and basic sanitation activities in Kenya. Receiving the cheque from the EABL Foundation Trustee, Mr Josephat Ngile, AMREF Kenya Country Director Ms Mette Kjaer…
Kenya
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 26 June (IRIN) - Food security among Kenyan livestock farming communities remains precarious despite the improved availability of water and pasture following the recent rainfall, a famine early…
Kenya
By Julie Mwabe NAIROBI, Kenya, 21 June 2006 - Amina Abdi, 7, a student at Ganjoni Primary School in Mombasa, Kenya, shut her eyes tightly and clenched her little fists as she received her jab. "It wasn't too bad,"…
Kenya
By Judith Shikanda, CCF-Kenya Staff Bit by bit, pound by pound, the little girl's health returns. When the Christian Children's Fund team met Dorcas in November 2005 in Kenya, the 3-year-old girl could not walk or stand without assistance. Dorcas' tiny…
Kenya + 3 more
Refugee camps in Kenya and Chad are facing increased pressure due to growing instability in both regions, CARE International warned on World Refugee Day. In particular, the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya has seen close to 3,500 new arrivals in…
Kenya
The Ministry of Health in Kenya has sounded an alarm on the increase of malaria and tuberculosis (TB) cases in Kajiado District. Area public health officer, Paul Tikolo, said malaria prevalence had shot up to 27 per cent from 23…
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Horn of Africa Three years of failed rains led to severe drought across the Horn of Africa, creating food shortages for up to 15 million people. The pastoralists who live across northern Kenya, south-eastern Ethiopia and southern Somalia are…
Kenya
By Evans McGowan, ACT International Makueni District, Kenya, June 9, 2006 - A woman and nine children emerge from inside and from behind a mud house. There are no men in this family - in general, they are a…
