NJORO, 5 October 2011 (PlusNews) – They arrive at university looking forward to the freedom and challenges that come with life on campus, but researchers say few Kenyan “freshers” are prepared to navigate the murky waters of adult sexual relationships. “In recent research, which has yet to be filed, we found that 70 percent of freshers [at Egerton University, in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province] know how HIV is transmitted, but almost 90 percent have never attended [a] seminar or forum on HIV,” said Bernard Kibor, HIV/AIDS coordinator at the university. According to the Kenya demographic and health survey 2008/2009, 47... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, October 5th 2011 |
By Nangayi Guyson in Kampala Uganda – Kenya’s deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has denied claims that he incited violence after the 2007 election, in a preliminary hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC). According to BBC, he told judges at The Hague that some of the prosecution’s evidence were wrong and asked the case to be dismissed before the ICC brings him to trial. The violence began as clashes between supporters of the two rival presidential candidates – Raila Odinga and Mwai Kibaki and ended up leaving more than 1,200 people dead and 600,000 fleeing their homes in weeks of unrest after the 2007 election. Mr Kenyatta,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, September 30th 2011 |
26 July 2011 – The international medical aid agency Medécins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) is deeply concerned by the relocation of Somali refugees in Dadaab to Ifo 3 extension camp. The relocation, which began yesterday under the auspices of the UNHCR, has been carried out with little transparency or consultation with other agencies on the ground and the refugee community. Some 200 families per day are being relocated to Ifo 3, a camp with little existing basic services, including water and sanitation. It is expected that the camp will hold a total of 60,000 refugees, which is 20,000... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 26th 2011 |
DADAAB, 13 July 2011 (IRIN) – About 1,300 Somalis are arriving at the Dadaab refugee camps in northeast Kenya every day. The help they are seeking – refuge from a severe drought and the effects of years of conflict – is being handed out as fast as possible. But in a camp complex that has already been stretched well beyond its limits, the new arrivals need more assistance than can be provided. The nutritional state of older children, as well as under fives, is of concern, but the local Kenyan population is faring little better. “The number has skyrocketed,” a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, July 14th 2011 |
By Nangayi Guyson – Kampala – A Kenyan human rights activist who was denied entry into Uganda in April has sued the government before the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over alleged violations of guarantees of free movement and non-discrimination of an East African citizen. Mr Samuel Mohochi is one of 10 Kenyan rights activists who were reportedly denied entry into Uganda to meet Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki over what they described as illegal continued detention of bomb blast suspect Al-Amin Kimathi. Mr Kimathi, the executive coordinator of Muslim Human Rights Forum, is one of 17 suspects remanded, pending... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, June 20th 2011 |
