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Recipient: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Shipment Date: 10/25/2002 Value: $312,312 The sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera, situated in an area bordering one of the city's poshest neighborhoods, is home to an estimated 600,000 people. Homes in the slum often…
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Overview Kenya's Parliament was dissolved on October 25, 2002 to pave way for the General Elections on December 27. The presidential, parliamentary and civic elections will take place simultaneously on the same day. The Electoral Commission has said Presidential nominations should…
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NAIROBI, 30 October (IRIN) - A major funding shortfall has forced the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, to scale down its refugee protection facility in Kenya. However, the agency on Wednesday said it was optimistic that donors would make pledges to…
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NAIROBI, 25 October (IRIN) - Outgoing Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi on Friday dissolved the country's parliament, effectively signalling his plans to call general elections before the end of the year. The elections will mark the end of Moi's…
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NAIROBI, 24 October (IRIN) - An independent commission has called for the return to their homes of thousands of people displaced by violent clashes around the time of Kenya's last two general elections, in 1992 and 1997. "To inspire confidence…
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KAKUMA, Kenya, Oct 14 (UNHCR) - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie leaned forward eagerly as a young Sudanese girl quietly recounted her tale of how she had fled war and hunger in her homeland and finally made her way to…
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With the water situation across Kenya getting worse every day, rural communities in Njoro and Lare areas of Nakuru District have started initiatives to access clean water. The project will assist 800 households - poor farmers dependent upon agriculture…
Kenya
SUMMARY Pastoralists and arable farmers eagerly await the onset of the 2002/03 short-rains season, hoping to consolidate food security gains achieved during the 2002 long-rains. Although the food security of pastoralists has substantially improved during 2002, their recovery…