wild fruits and honey, regulates rainfall patterns, reduces sedimentation load in our rivers and provide environmental stability. By 2003 Kenya forest had reduced to 1.4 million hectares which is less than 2% of the country’s land area 56.9 million hectares 15% of Kenya’s land area (Kenya Forest Working Group), this according to the united nations FAO group , Kenya is thus environmentally unstable. “Any country with less than 10% of its land covered by forest is environmentally unstable.” (United Nations
In early 1964, less than one month after independence, Kenya found itself in the midst of a civil war. Riots, attacks on police stations, and assassinations quickly placed the Northern Frontier District (NFD) under a state of emergency as pre-existent conflicts escalated. British political decisions from the colonial era played the largest role in dividing the country between the newly formed Kenyan government and the Somalis of northern Kenya, who desired to unite with the Somali Republic. In an
nutritionists and public health workers around the CHWs who are well trained and motivated is able to provide a superior healthcare to the comm... ... middle of paper ... ...2 health policy project USAID • KNBS(2003). The Kenya Household Health Survey • Wamai R.G.(2009). The Kenya Health System-Analysis of the Situation and enduring Challenges . JMAJ. 52(2):134-140 • ewww.who.int/topics/primary_health_care/en/ • www.un.org/en/documents/udhr • www.who.int/healthsystems/.../abuja_declarati. • www.who
Kenya has been a symbol of East African solidarity, as they gained a reluctant sovereignty after years of ram shaking batter with colonialist Britain. Many factors contributed to the gaining of Kenyan independence in December 1963, using both aggressive and passive styles of rebellion they rebuked colonial autocracy and gained their independence. During the 19th Century numerous European countries begun to take an active interest in African countries, Kenya and much of East Africa was soon swept
South Asians, predominantly Indians, have a long history in Kenya and East Africa as a whole. They first migrated to east Africa in the 1890s for the building of the Ugandan railway, and then began to concentrate themselves in trade and professional occupations, such as doctors and bankers, thus meaning they were, and somewhat still are, integral to the socio-economic condition of Kenya. Historically however, race relations between black Kenyans and Asians have been acrimonious. The reasons for
35 million. CARE International commenced its humanitarian program in Kenya in 1968. Since then they built a substantial development and humanitarian program, targeting around 1 million people in Kenya annually. CARE is a major partner of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and world food program (WFP), for water, hygiene, food distribution and formal education in the refugee camps in Dadaab near the Kenya-Somali border. CARE is currently present in 17 counties directly and 23
While Kenya was definitely one of the leaders in the race towards globalization in Africa, their progression forward was plagued with stops and starts that put them at a disadvantage. It was actually not until 1993 that Kenya fully integrated itself into the global market1. As Africa gained full independence from its colonial masters, “the global trading system remained highly inefficient, with advanced economies drawing on their technological edge to enjoy tremendous market powers: monopoly or
Future of Property Market in Kenya Over the last few years the property market in East Africa, and by extension Kenya, has witnessed a boom. However, it is uncertain in the minds of policy makers, investors, financiers and developers whether this exponential growth in the sector is indeed a boob or a bubble. Key pointers that indicate this is a boom and is in fact here to stay are highlighted in this paper. First, it is a fact that the property market growth in Kenya is demand generated. This is
that meets the needs of each community. In this paper, I will review the Chesilot Water Project, one of the successful community based programs explored in Were’s “Local Organization and Gender in Water Management: A Case Study from the Kenya Highlands.” Kenya is one of the most water scarce countries in Africa and the world. Therefore, there are many areas with inadequate access to safe and sufficient water. The WHO estimates that only 12% of rural Kenyans have household water connections (WHO/UNICEF
Kenya is located in Eastern Africa, it borders the Indian Ocean, which is between Somalia and Tanzania. Almost 32 million people reside in Kenya, Africa. The official language spoken by Kenyans is English. More languages are spoken here but those languages are those of people who have migrated from other countries. Kenya is Africa’s most popular destination when it comes to wildlife. Kenya’s capital is Nairobi which is the country’s economic powerhouse. Most people never really took the time to study
A New Genus of Hominins Found in Kenya Whenever finding new fossils, most people get excited in learning more about the mysterious history of life on earth. No one fossil finding may be more important than another, but when discovering a fossil that adds a new genus name to a species, it gets exciting. This is especially true when the fossil gives more insight to the evolution of humans. In Kenya, a new genus of hominins was found. The new genus was assigned because this hominin had a combination
African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya is a sober recounting of Britain’s attempt at imperialism in Kenya. Not just a British-version of colonialism in Kenya, what sets this book apart from accepted histories of colonialism in Kenya is Elkins’ deviation from the accepted version of the Mau Mau rebellion. Imperial Reckoning presents the Mau Mau rebellion from the point of view of the
environmentalist, and member of the Kenyan parliament. She was appointed Assistant Minister for Environment, Natural Resources and Wildlife in Kenya in 2003 after campaigning for the restoration of democracy. Maathai was a qualified professor of veterinary medicine, and she founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970's, seeking to promote environmental conservation in Kenya and Africa. She became the first African women to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for "her contribution to sustainable development
Clark in Oregon - because the brochure mentioned that there were several dozen overseas programs available through the school. Though I could have gone to India, Indonesia, Ecuador, Australia, Korea or many other countries, I decided to apply for Kenya because the year before I had read a book about nomads and the program included a unit on nomadic pastoralism and ecology. After rereading this book much later, I discovered it to be an incredibly sappy, melodramatic and condescending ... ...
The Important Discovery of Kenyanthropus Platyops - The Flat Faced Man of Kenya A recent finding on the western shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, a semi-desert area, could hold bold new implication for the origin of man. The finding was the skull of a very early hominid which displays facial features of both modern man and early, more primitive ancestors. The findings have been dated to approximately 3.5 million years, a time period once thought to be dominated by human ancestors that
In his book “Cattle Brings Us to Our Enemies”, McCabe does a 16-year stint in East Africa, specifically in Northern Kenya, doing research on the Turkana. He does this through STEP, the South Turkana Ecosystem Project. In “Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies”, McCabe follows four families through his years in Kenya and notes how they live in a very demanding environment. He uses ecological data to analyze how and why the Turkana people make decisions about their everyday life. McCabe focuses on four main
Kenya is a former British colony that is located on the Eastern part of Africa. The administrative capital of Kenya is Nairobi and is one of the most diversified cities in East Africa. Other major cities in Kenya include the port of Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret, all of which play an important role in Kenya's march toward economic growth and development through the provision of administrative functions. Kenya is one of the important and rather developed countries. If we talk about South-East
British colonised Kenya, they claimed the fertile highlands that belonged to the Kikuyu and Kamba people who were the main group of agriculturists in central Kenya and allocated it to white settlers. The Kikuyus were not compensated for the land that they lost and were not allowed to lease or buy back their land. The British government did nothing but make empty promises to the people. (Bailey, 1993). This made them bitter and led to the creation of groups such as the Mau Mau and the Kenya African Union
Mke-si-mume: Neocolonialism and Sexual Practice in Kenya The Republic of Kenya, voted one of the top five hottest tourist attractions in the world and labeled as one of the most promising and developing third world countries in Africa. This beautiful country has been a source of major controversy and debate as it takes a step into the 21st century. The topic of discussion that has sparked such great interest ranging from the President of Kenya up until the United Nations is the subject of homosexuality
HAS THE INDIAN “DUKA SYSTEM” INFLUENCED KENYAS DEVELOPMENT. Kenya displays beautiful modern and traditional architecture. It boasts an array of charmingly designed mosques, temples shrines and monumental buildings from the earlier years, some of which are said to have come as a result of India’s presence in Kenya. This already sets the scene of how strong India’s influence on Kenya was. The impact of the ‘Indian architecture’ in Kenya is undeniable, following the completion