Reports

UGANDA: Acholi leaders urge government to dismantle IDP camps Parliamentarians and religious leaders from Acholiland in northern Uganda on Tuesday again urged the Kampala government to immediately dismantle 'protection villages' for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda, the government-owned 'New…

UGANDA: Museveni calls for access to EU, Japanese markets Speaking at the ongoing SMART partnership dialogue, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni called on the Euopean Union (EU) and Japan to remove trade barriers, saying that their protectionism was the biggest barrier to…

NEWS: KENYA: Workshop addresses stigma in the media Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) hosted a three-day workshop for Kenyan media practitioners between August 3-5 to explore the extent of stigma in HIV/AIDS media coverage and to examine the media's role…

UGANDA: MPs attack government on Karamojong disarmament plan Ugandan members of parliament on Wednesday attacked the government for failing to disarm Karamojong pastoralists in northeastern Kenya, whose raiding has caused chaos in neighbouring districts, the 'New Vision' reported on Thursday. The…

KENYA: Parliament rejects constitutional amendment bill Kenyan MPs on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment bill proposed by the government of President Daniel arap Moi, which it needed before introducing its Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Bill and to re-establish the Kenya Anti-Corruption…

NAIROBI, 15 August (IRIN) - The Kenyan government on Tuesday suffered an embarrassing setback when MPs refused to deliver the 65 percent majority needed to pass a constitutional amendment act, which it needed before introducing its contentious Kenya Anti-Corruption and…

Press release No.: 134/01 "The drought in Kenya is the worst in many years, and more than four million people are at risk," warned Minister of International Development Anne Kristin Sydnes in Nairobi today. The Minister also announced that the Ministry…

Improving rural livelihoods The water in the local stream in Kwa Ngengi used to be contaminated with animal dung, and the incidence of water-borne diseases was extremely high. 'We had to use a lot of firewood to boil our water, which…

Kenya's fantastic diversity of people and landscapes make it a popular holiday destination. However, the country is prone to drought, and most of the economic and social progress made since independence in 1963 has been lost…

UGANDA: LRA abductees return home from Sudan A group of 48 people, abducted by the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the north of the country and taken to Sudan, would soon be returned to returned to their homes, UNICEF…