Reports

HIGHLIGHTS - The intensity of the OctoberDecember short rains led to bumper harvest in Ukambani and other areas. - Lives, property and Infrastructure were affected by the heavy rains. - Cholera reemerged in seven districts in 2010 - Government allocated KSH 4.5 billion towards…

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report contains the main findings of the rapid baseline survey for pastoralist drop-outs within Garissa Municipality in North Eastern Province (NEP) of Kenya. The survey was commissioned by the International Organization for Migration…

NAIROBI, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of pastoralists in northern Kenya will soon be better cushioned against the effects of recurrent drought thanks to a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) [http://www.ilri.org/research/Content.asp?CCID=41&SID)9] pilot programme in the upper eastern region of…

28 Jan 2010 23:38:50 GMT * Parliament to have more power to check executive * MPs agree on two-tier system of government By Antony Gitonga NAIVASHA, Kenya, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Kenyan legislators have agreed to recommend scrapping the position of prime…

By Air Force Senior Airman Josie Kemp Special to American Forces Press Service LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Jan. 28, 2010 - A tiny bug bite recently prompted a boy in Kenya, Africa, to walk alone for eight hours and…

NAIROBI, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) - In the year since Mehmoud Hassan arrived in Nairobi from Baidoa in southern Somalia, he says he has been arrested more than 10 times by the Kenyan police and paid more than US$300…

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Press Release issued by Kenya Red Cross Secretary General, Abbas Gullet, on Wednesday, 27th January 2010 A Kenya Red Cross Society's (KRCS) volunteer, Mr Michael Sululu, based in Bungoma Branch in West Kenya Region was shot dead by a policeman…

By Rod Huntress NEW YORK, USA, 27 January 2010 - Partnerships play a vital role in UNICEF's efforts to halt and reverse the HIV/AIDS pandemic. When it comes to delivering messages about HIV prevention, the organization's work with media and…

Appeal target (current): CHF 432,589 (USD 415,950 or EUR 292,289) has been allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 30,000 people. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are…