Reports

The Ministry's Vision was officially launched by Minister Hon. Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi at K.I.C.C Nairobi on Wednesday, 30th April 2008. The Minister mentioned key issues that affect Northern Kenya and its environs. These include chronic poverty, insecurity, recurrent drought, starvation,…

HIGHLIGHTS - Leaders tour Rift Valley Province to preach peace and promote reconciliation ??Talks on institutional reforms under Agenda Four resume - 11,953 IDPs in Turkana District need more assistance - Government approves transitional shelter kit - UN appeals for $17 million for new arrivals…

The Kenya Red Cross Society's mission is to build capacity and respond with vigor, compassion and empathy to those affected by disaster and at risk, in the most effective and efficient manner. It works closely with the International Federation…

CRS continues to respond to the post-election crisis in Kenya. Recently, staff from CRS and the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret trained 18 volunteers to serve as hygiene promoters in camps in the Eldoret area of western Kenya. One volunteer,…

The accusation by local rights groups against the military of beating and torturing civilians arrested during security operations in Mount Elgon, didn't surprise Albinus Muga, director of the Justice and Peace Commission of the diocese of Bugoma, who stated…

Nairobi, 29th April 2008 - Nyanza region has had cholera outbreaks since last year where the first case was confirmed in Suba on 2nd December 2007. The outbreaks have been reported in 10 districts. The affected districts are Nyando,…

NAKURU, 29 April 2008 (PLUSNEWS) Harsh living conditions and the onset of the cold rainy season in Kenya are making it increasingly difficult for HIV-positive people displaced in the recent post-election violence to stay healthy, according to health workers in…

ELDORET, 28 April 2008 (IRIN) - Rosemary Kuria, 40, has managed to remain cheerful and energetic, despite camping with at least 14,000 other internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the showground in Eldoret, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Kuria, a mother…

ELDORET, 28 April 2008 (PLUSNEWS) Thousands of Kenyans who dropped out of HIV treatment programmes in January as a result of the country's post-election violence are gradually returning to clinics and the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that help prolong their…

SG/SM/11534 Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at a forum on 'The United Nations and the European Union: Joining Forces for the Challenges of the 21st Century' in Vienna, 25 April: It is a great pleasure for me to meet all…