Reports

LAMU, 31 October 2012 (IRIN) - A fledgling project to build a huge new port, oil refinery and transport hub on Kenya's northern coastline promises to deliver thousands of jobs and is a pillar of the…

ISIOLO, 31 October 2012 (IRIN) - Can pastoralists, who spend much of their lives itinerant, in search of pasture, become displaced? They can, and up to 400,000 pastoralists in northern Kenya are currently internally displaced persons…

Mashaka Lewela and Emmanuel Kisiangani, Research Intern and Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Nairobi On Monday 12 November 2012, the Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) plans to start the biometric voter…

Feed the Future | Science & Technology in Agriculture "The last time I harvested big cassava roots was in August 1996," says Mary Juma, a smallholder farmer from Busia, located in Western Kenya. "I could get 12…

KISUMU, 29 October 2012 (IRIN) - Every day, 180 trucks chug their way to the banks of a river near Lake Victoria and leave laden with sand. Their cargo fuels Kenya’s construction boom and the local…

In 2010, Ushahidi collaborated with partners to create the Uchaguzi-Kenya platform (an Ushahidi instance). It provided a channel for Kenyan citizens to communicate openly about the 2010 Kenyan referendum. The project was a success and opened…

Police Abuse Villagers After Attacks on Security Forces (Nairobi, October 25, 2012) – The Kenyan government should ensure a speedy and transparent investigation of alleged police attacks on villagers in Kenya’s North Eastern province, Human Rights Watch…

MOMBASA, 24 October 2012 (IRIN) - Kenyan security forces are conducting a wave of arrests of members of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), who are accused of incitement and acts of violence. Below, IRIN offers an…

Chep Makur Chuot was nine years old when his family fled their home in South Sudan. He spent the next 12 years in a refugee camp in Kenya, where WFP’s school meals programme helped him get…

Under the framework of the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO’s Projects, the Government of Japan provided US$347,810 to Community Road Empowerment(CORE). The Grant Contract was signed on October 12th 2012 at the Embassy of Japan between H.E.…