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 Kenya
Kenya is a multi-tribal society and has a diverse pattern of tribes; in the north live Somalis and the nomadic Hamitic peoples (Turkana, Rendille and Samburu), in the south and eastern lowlands are Kamba and Masai cattle herders and the Nilotic Luo live around Lake Victoria.
Kenya's national parks and game reserves have long been famous for their variety and wealth of flora and fauna.
Kenya is one of the few African countries with a significant dairy industry.
www.air-2000.com /kenya.htm   (6615 words)

  
 Kenya
Kenya is a republic dominated by a strong presidency.
The Government-controlled Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) broadcast a video that showed Kamanda saying that President Moi should be shot if he did not leave office after his current term ended; however, a Kenya Television Network (KTN) news video of the same event indicated that the tape shown on KBC had excluded three words.
The Government refused to reverse its 1994 denial of registration of the Islamic Party of Kenya (IPK) on the grounds that the IPK was a religious-based party, and had been involved in a number of violent confrontations with police in 1992.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8386.htm   (13369 words)

  
 BBC - Weather Centre - World Weather - Country Guides - Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kenya is a country about as large as France and situated in East Africa between 5°N and 5°S.
Although Kenya lies athwart the equator, annual rainfall over most of the country is surprisingly low and rather variable from year to year.
Temperatures over much of Kenya are subtropical or temperate, because of the reduction of temperature with altitude, and are similar to those in California, summer in France or southern Britain rather than those elsewhere in equatorial Africa.
www.bbc.co.uk /weather/world/country_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT000300   (784 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Kenya moves to end telecoms monopoly
Communications Minister John Michuki has told the Communications Commission of Kenya, the national industry regulator, to start the process of issuing a second fixed-line licence, Reuters news agency reported.
Kenya is under pressure from international lenders to speed up its economic liberalisation programme and Telkom Kenya, which was first due for privatisation in April 2000, is considered a flagship reform project.
Telkom Kenya has just over 300,000 subscribers in a country of 32 million people and the company says it needs $5.85bn to install 3.7 million new lines if demand is to be met.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3211345.stm   (351 words)

  
 Kenya - Economy - Communications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This transportation mode handles about half of the freight traffic in Kenya, and offers competitive freight rates Kenya and neighbouring countries of Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and Zaire have established the Northern Corridor Transport Agreement which facilitates transportation of their goods to and from the port of Mombasa.
Railways : Kenya is served by a single track railway system running from Mombasa through Nairobi to Uganda with branches to Nanyuki, Kitale and Kisumu.
Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation provides international direct dialing and subscriber trunk dialing, mobile telephones, telex, facsimile, data communication and related services.
kenya.rcbowen.com /economy/communications.html   (411 words)

  
 The Anglican Church of Kenya - Communications Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Communication is one of the cornerstones of the Christian faith.
The Communications Centre under the umbrella of the Anglican Church of Kenya came into being in 1986 and has been in operation since then.
The Church in Kenya today remains the voice of reason, the voice of human concern and the voice of the conscience of society.
www.ackenya.org /communications.htm   (647 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kenya is a country of eastern Africa, bordering Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and the Indian Ocean.
The colonial history of Kenya dates from the establishment of a German protectorate over the Sultan of Zanzibar's coastal possessions in 1885, followed by the arrival of the British East Africa Company in 1888.
Despite British hopes of handing power to "moderate" African rivals, it was the Kenya African National Union of Jomo Kenyatta, which formed a government shortly before Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Kenya   (606 words)

  
 Winne.com - Report on Kenya, Changes his ways
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is a regulatory body for the Communications sector in Kenya.
It was established by the Kenya Communications Act 1998 following the issuance of the Policy Framework Paper, the Postal and Telecommunications Sector Policy Statement of January 1997.
Kenya is economically ahead of her East African neighbors in many facets except in telecommunications.
www.winne.com /kenya/to04.html   (1739 words)

  
 Office of Public Communications - Office of Government Spokesperson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The outgoing Cuban Ambassador to Kenya, H.E Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, has hailed the good relations that exist between his country and Kenya.
The Government acknowledges the integral role played by communication sector in facilitating the national socio-political and economic development.
Sudanese VP hails Kenya for peace in the New Sudan.
www.communication.go.ke   (361 words)

  
 Mountain Voices: oral testimonies from Mount Elgon, Kenya: local themes: communications
One belief, for example, is that the growing trend among young people to marry whom they want, without their parents' consent, is the result of them increasingly attending schools and universities outside the area.
Radio is an important means of communication, several people talking about its capacity to broaden people's knowledge of the outside world, as well as its entertainment value.
The Sabaot feel that they are isolated physically, economically and politically from mainstream Kenya, and that this severely limits their development options.
www.mountainvoices.org /K_th_Communications.asp   (526 words)

  
 Silenced - Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Kenyan Media sector reeled with shock as the Statutes Law Bill (Miscellaneous Amendment Bill) was rushed through Parliament, forcing publishers to submit copies of their publication to the registrar before distribution and driving the cost of newspaper publishing bonds from 10,000 shillings (150 euros) to one million (15,000 euros).
Terror attacks in Kenya in 1998 and 2002, compounded by the global anti-terrorism campaign has, however, initiated a new set of events that could prove a setback to the country’s transition.
Kenya’s new anti-terrorism bill recently prompted an outcry by Muslims, the main opposition party, human rights lawyers and activists who say that the Suppression of Terrorism Bill, published in the Government Gazette on 3 July 2003, is ‘repressive’ and ‘draconian’.
www.privacyinternational.org /article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-103568   (1023 words)

  
 Communications - Economy - Kenya - Africa
The English Kenya Times and the affiliated Swahili Kenya Leo are owned by the Kenya African National Union (KANU), the ruling party.
The state-owned Kenya Broadcasting Corporation operates radio and television stations serving most of Kenya; it offers programs in English, Swahili, and vernacular languages.
The Kenya Television Network serves the Nairobi area.
www.countriesquest.com /africa/kenya/economy/communications.htm   (237 words)

  
 ICANN | ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement (.ke)
Sammy Kyungu, SS, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Communications, to M. Stuart Lynn, CEO and President, ICANN, KENIC Limited is formally recognized by the Kenyan government as the appropriate designee to be the.ke delegee.
To implement an allocation of the respective responsibilities of the Communications Commission of Kenya and ICANN with respect to the.ke top-level domain on that basis, and in view of the communications described in Sections 1.4 and 1.5 above, KENIC Limited and ICANN now enter into this Agreement to formally reflect their commitments to one another.
The Governmental Communication at the commencement of this Agreement is described in Section 1.4.
www.icann.org /cctlds/ke/sponsorship-agmt-20dec02.htm   (3099 words)

  
 Kenya to offer 3rd GSM license
Kenya is to offer a third GSM license, to compete with the incumbents Safaricom Kenya and KenCell Communications.
The Communications Commission of Kenya has invited experienced operators of mobile telecommunications systems to participate in a prequalification process, which will result in the award of a nation-wide GSM900/1800 licence.
The Kenya Communications Act of 1998 and the Kenya Communications Regulations of 2001 establish a framework for the licensing and regulation of the telecommunications sector in Kenya.
www.cellular.co.za /news_2003/020503-kenya_to_offer_3rd_gsm_license.htm   (333 words)

  
 Kenya Tender For GSM Cellular License
In accordance with the Kenya Communications Act of 1998 and the Ministry of Transport and Communications' 1999 Postal and Telecommunications Sector Policy Statement, the Government of Kenya wishes to secure the provision in Kenya of a second GSM network in order to stimulate competition and encourage expansion of the sector.
This is due to the lack of adequate land line infrastructure and the falling of cost of cellular communications.
Also, Kenya is the largest telecom market in the region and all of the major cellular phone equipment manufacturers have a presence there.
www.cellular.co.za /news_1999/news-06161999-kenya_gsm_tender.htm   (198 words)

  
 IANA | Letter from Sammy Kyungu to Stuart Lynn | 18 October 2002
The Kenyan government through Communications Commission of Kenya commits to fulfill its role as envisioned in the "Principles for the Delegation and Administration of Country Code Top Level Domains" adopted by the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) on 23 February 2000.
As you know, Communications Commission of Kenya has been the Kenyan participant in the GAC since 2001 and supports the GAC as the appropriate vehicle for governments to participate in the ICANN process.
Letter dated 21st June, 2002 from Communications Commission of Kenya to the Ministry of Transport and Communications confirming KENIC as the appropriate entity to administer the.ke ccTLD and further requesting the Ministry of Transport and Communications to subsequently endorse KENIC to ICANN as the appropriate delegee of the.ke ccTLD;
www.iana.org /cctld/ke/kyungu-to-lynn-18oct02.htm   (1126 words)

  
 Patrick Omutia, Kenya Collegeof Communications Technology, Kenya, Emerging Communication Technologies - Opportunities ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The worldwide liberalisation of the communications market, coupled with the globalisation trend, offers a great challenge to operators in the field, and especially so to the telecommunications industry, where several services are converging.
This type of multi-speed, multi-point, multi-stream level of communication can only be supported on networks that can apportion their bandwidth and route information flexibly as needed, on-demand.
The switches are used primarily for voice and narrow-band communications.
www.connect-world.com /Articles/PatrickOmutia.htm   (1478 words)

  
 APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is the day that the Kenyan Government, in a totally incomprehensible manner dissolved the Communications Commission of Kenya's Board of Directors and relieved the Director General of his duties.
The Communication Commission has been enacted by Parliament in 1998 to license and regulate the communications sector in terms of the Kenya Communications Act (No. 2 of 1998).
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Communications.
africa.rights.apc.org /index.shtml?apc=21870se_1&x=31222   (3194 words)

  
 Kenya on the Internet
Historical background to Kenya's Constitution, academic essays on the Constitution, the Constitution as it was in 1963, the Constitution (as of 2002), the issues to be discussed in public hearings, reports of the public hearings, discussion papers by Kenyan professors, public lectures, issues regarding gender, minorities, the disabled, submissions by political groups, civil society groups.
Kenya's foreign policy, history (past foreign ministers and permanent secretaries), public holidays, facts about Kenya with a clickable map, brief political history, presidential profiles, words and an audio file of the national anthem, diplomatic missions in Kenya, Kenya's missions abroad, list of treaties, full text of Presidential speeches, the Foreign Affairs Bulletin.
He was a colonial administrator in Kenya in 1958 and has played a leading role in alerting the world to the loss of biodiversity.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/kenya.html   (9399 words)

  
 Kenya Online: Kenya Reference Links
A safe haven for HIV children in the town of Karen, Kenya.
A factsheet about Kenya, including information such as religious affiliations, languages spoken, ethenic divisions, climate and the Kenya Scouts Association.
AMREF's mission, in partnership with communities, governments and donors, is to improve health care for the underserved in Africa through service delivery, training and research.
www.members.tripod.com /andrecon/kenya/kenyareference.htm   (461 words)

  
 APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor
At the same time a National Convention on ICTs has been taking place and this could not have come in a timely manner as delegates at the convention spent a good time of the first day condemning this action and demanding for the board to be reinstated of the board with immediate effect.
This could have been interpreted by the public to mean that Ministry along with the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission may have differed with the CCK report and thus did not result into prosecution of the fraudulent operators.
A short analysis of what is happening in Kenya now in relation to the independent of a regulatory authority confirms the finding of a report by the Link centre last year titled..'ICT Sector Performance in Africa'.
africa.rights.apc.org /index.shtml?apc=21870se_1&x=31222   (1128 words)

  
 www.TheExpatriate.org - information center - Kenya fact sheet - communications
Liberalisation of Kenya's telecommunications sector started in earnest in 1998, with the enactment of the Kenya communications Act.
Three entities were established out of the defunct KPTC namely Telcom, Postal corporation of Kenya and the Communications Commission of Kenya, CCK.
The Kenya internet exchange points [KIXP], one of the exchanges is already operational and has over 10 ISPs already connected to it.
www.theexpatriate.org /info/kenya_fact_sheet_7.asp   (592 words)

  
 Helping Kenya Extend Access to ICTs to Rural Areas
However, Kenya’s rural regions vary greatly: some are remote and sparsely populated, others are near the fringes of urban areas.
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the country’s independent regulator, is committed to bringing affordable ICT access to all Kenyans, especially the 80% who live in rural areas.
Through workshops, international best-practice research, regional audits of telecommunications services and facilities, a baseline rural needs and demand study, regional market assessments and extensive stakeholder consultations, this project is giving CCK solid data upon which a realistic UA policy and implementation plan can be based.
www.idrc.ca /es/ev-34313-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html   (564 words)

  
 Geo Safari - Kenya safari - Geo Safari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Men of action who, like Hemingway in the 1930's, penetrated an untouched wilderness, and found wisdom, dignity and deep poetry in a paradise caressed by light and air in their most special form.
Coupled with a sophisticated infrastructure of hotels, transport systems and communications, this makes Kenya one or the most delightful countries to explore.
Kenya has all the ingredients for the vacation of a lifetime - pleasant climate, unique wildlife, diverse landscapes, bustling city life and, above all, friendly people.
www.jambokenya.com /geo/locations.html   (142 words)

  
 ALIN: Arid Lands Information Network >>>>   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Consequently, a group of organisations working in Kenya held a series of meetings leading to the formation of the Kenya CSO WSIS Caucus which aims to represent CSOs in Kenya in the sub-regional and global meetings working towards the WSIS in Geneva, December 2003 and Tunis, Tunisia in 2005.
The Caucus is working towards ensuring an all-inclusive sustainable ICT policy in Kenya that takes into account the needs of the people living in poverty, women, youth, differently-abled people, rural communities and the formation of an all inclusive Information Society.
Fundraise for the participation of the Kenya civil society delegates in the WSIS process and liaising with government and private sector representatives to ensure that Kenya's national priorities are effectively represented at the Summit.
www.alin.or.ke /activities/lobby.htm   (921 words)

  
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As Kenya is not currently connected to submarine fibre, the regulator will therefore need to award international (data) satellite gateway licences in order for the licensees to obtain bandwidth.
For the time being however, the government's policy on VSAT is that 'the use of VSAT for intra-corporate data communications within Kenya is open to full competition...Operation of international commercial VSAT networks and service is, however, still the preserve of the national operator, Telkom Kenya...until 2004, subject to the adherence to licence conditions'.
As the current monopoly, enjoyed by Telkom Kenya, comes to an end at the end of this month, we will need to move fast on liberalization, especially with regard to creating a reliable and cost effective international gateway.
www.telecomdirect.pwcglobal.com /do.php/8878?tpl=/look/printfriendly.tpl   (912 words)

  
 Siemens Communications - Siemens sets up Carrier Ethernet network in Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Siemens Communications is the world’s innovation leader in convergent technologies, products and services for wireless, fixed and enterprise networks.
KDN was established early in 2003 in the wake of the liberalization of the Kenyan telecommunications market by the Sameer Group, a major Kenyan conglomerate and a pioneering provider of affordable, mobile telephone services in Kenya.
After investing approximately $10 million in sophisticated data communications infrastructure, in July 2003 KDN launched commercial Leased Line, Frame Relay, and IP Data services aimed at businesses and large institutions in Nairobi and other areas of Kenya.
www.siemens.com /page/1,3771,1240244-1-1436_0_0-0,00.html   (498 words)

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