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In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  Kenya (06/07)
From 1952 to 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the "Mau Mau" insurgency against British colonial rule in general and its land policies in particular.
Kenya's main exports to the U.S. are AGOA-program garments, but it continues to run a trade deficit with the U.S. Kenya faces profound environmental challenges brought on by high population growth, deforestation, shifting climate patterns, and the overgrazing of cattle in marginal areas in the north and west of the country.
Kenya has hosted and played an active role in the negotiations to resolve the civil war in Sudan and to reinstate a central government authority in Somalia.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2962.htm   (4070 words)

  
  Kenya - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
With independence, Kenya became a constitutional monarchy under the nominal sovereignty of the British monarch, with a prime minister serving as head of government.
In 1964 Kenya cut its ties to the British throne and became a republic with a president as head of state and government.
In 2004 Kenya’s defense establishment consisted of an army of 20,000 personnel, a navy of 1,620, and an air force of 2,500.
encarta.msn.com /text_761564507___73/Kenya.html   (848 words)

  
 Kenya GOVERNMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
According to the constitution of 1963, as subsequently amended, the government of Kenya is led by a president who is chief of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The president appoints the members of the cabinet (the vice president and the heads of the various ministries) from among members of the Assembly.
The Assembly is barred by edict of the speaker from debating the conduct of the president.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Kenya-GOVERNMENT.html   (298 words)

  
 kenya - 2-28
The EU Heads of Mission said that sending people to the gallows was a gross violation of human rights that it was at variance with modern civilisation and, therefore, unacceptable.
The heads said that all their countries abolished the death penalty and were vigorously crusading for purging of the same in all countries of the world.
The heads also lauded the Government for the release of 28 death row prisoners and the decree commuting death sentence of 195 death row convicts to life imprisonment.
www.ncadp.org /html/kenya_-_2-28.html   (209 words)

  
 Office of Public Communications - Office of Government Spokesperson
The Government will engage in dialogue and consultation to ensure that the Media bill will result in a good law for all Kenyans.
The Government acknowledges the integral role played by communication sector in facilitating the national socio-political and economic development.
Kenya to host 12th COMESA summit of Heads of State and Government.
www.communication.go.ke /default.asp   (303 words)

  
 UNDP in Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Government of Kenya recognizes that sustainable management of these resources will enable continued economic growth for many years to come and has consequently developed an exciting project with UNDP and the United Nations Environment Programme to deliver this.
The Poverty Environment lniitiative partnership in Kenya, which is part of the new UNDP UNEP partnership, is one of the first practical examples of the agencies working actively together and there is a lot of interest in both agencies to see how this develops.
The Government of Kenya welcomed the partnership because of the added benefits, which it brings in terms of increased resources and technical assistance as well as reducing the transaction costs on the Government.
mirror.undp.org /kenya/Biodiversity.htm   (451 words)

  
 INHEA: Kenya Higher Education Profile
Although Kenya is a multi-ethnic country, Kiswahili, a language that is spoken widely in the country, is the lingua franca; and English is the medium of instruction in the Kenyan education system, as well as the country's official language.
Until the early 1970s, university education in Kenya was free and the full cost was borne by the government.
The growth of the private university sector in Kenya has been fuelled by several factors, including: the limited opportunities available in public universities; the constant closures of state-funded universities; the need to complement government-managed higher institutions of learning; and the determination by some religious organizations to open higher learning institutions largely for their followers.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/profiles/Kenya.htm   (927 words)

  
 Judicial Responses to Genocide: International Criminal Tribunal
In the 1990s, especially, his government indiscriminately interred and persecuted Tutsi, solely because of their ethnic identity, claiming they were actual or potential accomplices of the RPF(10).
The Council reminded the government of its responsibility for a national reconciliation, and emphasized that the Arusha peace agreement constituted an appropriate framework for reconciliation(14).
The new Rwandan government was a coalition of 22 ministers drawn from the RPF (with nine ministers) and four other political parties(15).
web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v1/1/2.htm   (6666 words)

  
 Commentary: Kenya: Hope and Reality in the Life of a Nation
Kenya may well serve as an example for all African nations struggling mightily to throw off the poverty and corruption that has run rampant for decades throughout society, business, and government.
Kenya’s religious leaders know that they must be the ones who preach and teach responsibility and accountability.
The signs we are seeing in kenya may be promising, but religious leaders should not be settled at that, but keep engaging the government to remain steadfast in delivering its services.
www.acton.org /ppolicy/comment/article.php?id=127   (1914 words)

  
 Fish heads are good for children
Research has found that the consumption of stockfish heads has helped children improve their short-term memory, their ability to spell, as well as reduce classroom absenteeism because of a boost to their immune systems.
Dr Annalien Dalton of the Unit for Dietary Illnesses at the Medical Research Council developed a stockfish head fish paste, to be enjoyed on bread, as part of her doctoral thesis.
Dalton said the government and possibly the Department of Education should seriously investigate the use of fish heads as a cheap food source, which can also be a rich supply of protein, calcium and the long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA.
www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2006/june/fishheads.htm   (705 words)

  
 Kenya
The government should establish a special fund for the provision of the associated costs of primary level education to children from low-income families throughout Kenya, for whom the payment of book, uniforms, and "school fees" are prohibitive.
Kenya follows the "8-4-4" system: there are eight years of primary level education, standards 1-8, followed by forms 1-4 of secondary level education, followed by four years of university level education.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by Kenya in 1990, states that "no child shall be deprived of liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily."76 The child shall have the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority.
www.hrw.org /reports/1997/kenya   (17903 words)

  
 COMMONWEALTH: Who Heads the Pakistani Government?
Under the declaration by Commonwealth heads of government in Harare in 1991, the Commonwealth is committed to taking action against any regime that takes power in a military coup.
But CMAG could not initiate action against the government in Uganda over the current unrest over the arrest of the opposition leader because it is not activated ''unless there is a military or unilateral takeover,'' Commonwealth secretary-general Don McKinnon told media representatives here Friday.
CMAG, headed by Nigeria which itself was suspended similarly from the councils of the Commonwealth from 1995 to 1999 delivered a report Friday that was largely sympathetic to Pakistan.
ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=31180   (805 words)

  
 EPA-07
This is necessary to attenuate the costs of liberalization that would otherwise be substantial, given the level of current tariffs, importance of the EU as a major trading partner, and the significance of tariffs as a source of government revenue and instrument for industrial development, for many of the ACP States”.
This threat was successfully overcome because the government was able to raise tariffs from 35% to 60% to protect these livelihoods.
Kenya is striving to be industrialised by 2020 and we need the tools to take us there, yet EPAs are removing the very tools for development that the EU used in the past.'
www.epa2007.org /main.asp?id=305   (1800 words)

  
 Ethiopian Aggression on the border town of Moyale, Kenya
The Borans were angry at the benign indifference of the Kenya government in the face of wanton killings of their tribesmen by military incursions from Ethiopia.
The Kenya government also with poor human rights record, and staggering corruption can easily be fooled to the bait of false alarm of impending liberation movement close to its border.
If the government of Kenya is aware of any presence of foreign forces on Kenyan soil, it should exercise its duties and responsibilities of government and take legitimate action to insure sovereignty of the country is respected.
www.oromia.org /Articles/Ethiopian_Agression_on_Kenya.htm   (2426 words)

  
 USAID CP '98: Kenya
Although Kenya has achieved some degree of success in macroeconomic management over the past two years, the reforms are still fragile and could suffer reversals, especially if evidence of corruption and economic mismanagement is not dealt with transparently and through an objective judicial process.
Kenya's national family planning program has made outstanding progress in recent years, achieving one of the most precipitous declines in fertility ever recorded, from an average of 8.1 births per woman in the late 1970s to 4.9 in 1995.
Kenya has the ability to graduate early in the 21st century if the commendable economic growth of 5% is sustained over the next few years.
www.usaid.gov /pubs/cp98/afr/countries/ke.htm   (5917 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.
Kenya profile, press releases, directory of Kenyan diplomatic missions, government directory, speeches, President's profile, photo essays, words and history of the national anthem in English and Kiswahili, commentary by the Director Presidential Press Service.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/kenya.html   (9506 words)

  
 Central Bank of Kenya-The Bank at a Glance
The Central Bank of Kenya was established in 1966 through an Act of Parliament - the Central Bank of Kenya Act of 1966.
The Central Bank, for example, is required to advise the Government on monetary and fiscal policy issues and other economic issues that may have important ramifications on the Bank's monetary policy.
It is therefore responsible for formulating and executing monetary policy, supervising and regulating depository institutions, assisting the Government's financing operations and serving as Government banker, in line with contemporary central banking practice the world over.
www.centralbank.go.ke /about/cbkbrief.html   (1130 words)

  
 UNDP in Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The agreement in 2001 by Heads of State and Representatives of Government to support the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS marked a milestone in the history of the AIDS epidemic.
It sent a signal from governments that urgency would be needed in addressing the devastation of the global epidemic with leadership, honesty and action.
While nations around the world have made previous commitments to respond to HIV and AIDS within their own countries, this was the first time they gathered to recognize that AIDS was a global crisis requiring global action.
mirror.undp.org /kenya/worldAIDSday.htm   (372 words)

  
 Ex-Soldier, Warlord Becomes Somali Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ahmed a former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday as the new president of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a central government for the first time since 1991.
A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday as the new president of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a central government for the first time since 1991.
The heads of government from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Yemen attended the ceremony and voiced their support for Yusuf.
www.comcast.net /data/news/2004/10/14/116.xml   (509 words)

  
 Letter to President Obasanjo on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Human Rights Watch, November 27, 2003)
In view of your stated personal commitment to values of good governance and human rights, and in view of Nigeria’s importance and influence within the Commonwealth and within Africa, Nigeria has a critical role to play in ensuring that these issues are fully addressed.
Human Rights Watch is also appealing to the Commonwealth Heads of Government to use its meetings with you to press for an end to impunity and for institutional human rights reforms in Nigeria.
In South Africa, the government is lagging in its commitment to provide post-exposure prophylaxis to rape survivors, and girls are deterred from attending school because of high rates of sexual violence and harassment.
hrw.org /press/2003/11/nigeria-ltr112703.htm   (2619 words)

  
 Heads of Government Database - DFAT
Heads of Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
You may list the Heads of Government and other officials by country.
To do this, select a Country using the input field below.
www.info.dfat.gov.au /info/hog/hog.nsf/ListbyCountry?OpenForm&Seq=1   (79 words)

  
 afrol News - Kenya heads for government crisis
afrol News - Kenya heads for government crisis
The "no" vote and the sacking of government needed to lead to new elections, they hold.
He refers to the old constitution of 1963 as Kenya's legal framework, saying there is no power vacuum.
www.afrol.com /articles/17405   (502 words)

  
 Kenya - Government/History - Mzee Jomo Kenyatta
Taa ya Kenya or Swahili for the 'Light of Kenya' was the man who brought the light of independence to Kenya.
As the founding father of Kenya, and its undisputed leader, he came to be known as Mzee, Swahili for a respected eider.
His life is the life of the free Kenya nation chronicled here.
kenya.rcbowen.com /government/kenyatta.html   (1504 words)

  
 Chinese President Finalizes Kenya Oil Deal - CBS News
The deal allows for China's state-controlled offshore oil and gas company, CNOOC Ltd., to prospect for oil in Kenya, which is just beginning to drill its first exploratory wells on the borders of Sudan and Somalia and in coastal waters.
China has a keen interest in Africa's oil and minerals as its economy heads into a fourth year of 10 percent growth: Earlier this week, Hu signed a series of major business deals with Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer.
Roth singled out China's investment in Sudan, whose government is accused of urging militias from nomadic Arab tribes to attack ethnic African farming villages in the Darfur region _ a charge it denies.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/04/28/ap/world/mainD8H97BL82.shtml   (662 words)

  
 Government of Uganda
The leaders called for good governance and peaceful coexistence among African countries and called upon the World Bank and other development partners to support member states which are suffering from the consequences of conflicts to reconstruct their economies.
The Heads of State and Governments, the Vice Presidents and the Minister paid tribute to the President of the World Bank and the institution for the support so far extended to a number of African countries.
This would allow governments to commit themselves to sustain the efforts in areas such as rural roads and basic health and education, confident that there would be adequate resources over reasonable period of times.
www.worldbank.org /afr/dakar98/presseng.htm   (1216 words)

  
 Central Bank of Kenya-Profiles of Chief Bank Officers
She is renowned for her courage, forthrightness and the pursuit of integrity in public service, and is fondly remembered by the Kenyan public for the uncompromising stand she maintained in the handling of the Goldenberg case, and her eventual eloquent deposition on the issue at the Goldenberg Commission.
In her long and illustrious career in public service, she continues to be a role model, an excellent public servant and a person of unquestionable integrity whose rise to the apex of Kenya's financial system remains a source of pride to the Central Bank of Kenya.
He joined the Central Bank of Kenya in May 1992 and rose through the ranks to the position of Principal, Management Accounts in Finance Department in 1993 and later worked in Banking Department in 1996 at the same capacity before returning to Finance Department as Director from January 2001 to August 2004.
www.centralbank.go.ke /about/profiles.html   (2207 words)

  
 President Mwai Kibaki and Government of Kenya
President Mwai Kibaki now heads a country that is on fast track to a middle income status.
President Mwai Kibaki went to Mathari School (now Nyeri High School) between 1944 and 1946 were he also grew his own food as all students in the school were expected to do.
head of government: President Mwai KIBAKI (since 30 December 2002); Vice President Moody AWORI (since 25 September 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
www.joinafrica.com /countries1/Kenya/government.htm   (607 words)

  
 Government Switzerland Europe Regional
Guardian UnlimitedBotswana court finds in favor of Bushmen evicted from ancestral landsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 4 hours agoThey ruled 2-1 that the government was not obliged to provide basic services like water to anyone returning to the reserve the size of Switzerland.
- Federal government is headed by the seven members of the Federal Council.
Each heads a department of the federal administration.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Europe/Switzerland/Government   (480 words)

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