Reports

Nairobi, 7th June 2000 Due to circumstances which are beyond her control Kenya is in the grip of very worrying natural calamities, which include extreme drought conditions, a spreading and deepening famine and a devastating AIDS pandemic. Over the last…

NAIROBI (June 6) XINHUA - For the next four months, three-quarters of Kenya will remain dry as the expected rains will not alleviate the current drought, local meteorologists have warned. The Kenya Meteorological Department predicted that water and power problems will…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Several thousand people in northern Kenya, majority of them children aged five years and below, are in danger of starvation unless they are urgently provided adequate supplies of highly nutritious food supplements, aid agencies warn. Aid…

LUSAKA (June 4) XINHUA - Zambia plans to supply electricity to Tanzania and Kenya, following reported drought in the two east African countries, Sunday Mail newspaper reported. Celestino Chibamba, Energy Deputy Minister, declined to elaborate on the government's intention to…

NAIROBI (June 2) XINHUA - At least 600,000 people in Kenya's North Eastern Province will be in danger of starvation if the prolonged drought persists, a senior provincial official said. The Daily Nation newspaper Friday quoted Provincial Commissioner Maurice Makhanu…

Turkana, May 2000 - Even the wind is burning hot, dry and dusty. There is no grass around for miles and miles. It is hard to believe that this was once green plains with cows grazing peacefully. Now the cows…

NAIROBI (May 29) XINHUA - At least six people and thousands of livestock have perished due to famine in Wajir District in northeastern Kenya, the Daily Nation newspaper said on Monday. A drought assessment report from the Arid Land Resource…

KENYA: Drought brings severe power rationing A 12-hour a day power rationing programme to last at least six months has been drawn up by Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) as a result of low water levels in the…

Tervil Okoko, PANA Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - African governments came under heavy attack Friday for impoverishing their citizens through loans secured to resuscitate environments whose devastation have been caused either through negligence or greed amongst leaders to grab and own…

NAIROBI (May 17) XINHUA - Kenyan economy is unlikely to pick up this year due to the ongoing drought, a report by the Central Bank of Kenya said. The East African Standard, a major newspaper in the country, Wednesday quoted…