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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Othaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Othaya is a Kenyan town about 100 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital.
It has a population of 21.427, of which 4108 are core urban (as of 1999) [1].
Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the third President of Kenya, was born in Othaya.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Othaya   (87 words)

  
 Kenyan farmers on the treadmill — liberalisation threatens food security and sustainable farming   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This report on the pesticide situation in Othaya, Kenya is based on interviews between August and October 1998 with farmers, pesticide traders and others1 by local farmer and community organiser, Stephen Wachira Waikwa, of the Itemeini Organic Farming Self Help Group.
Othaya Division is in Nyeri District in the Central Province of Kenya, approximately 160 Km north of Nairobi.
Anne Wamuyu, a farmer in Othaya, mixing pesticides in knapsack sprayer for application on vegetable crops.
www.pan-uk.org /pestnews/pn43/pn43p10.htm   (2163 words)

  
 Othaya Road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Manager and her team also regularly visit schools in the vicinity who are the target group as well as hosting quarterly open days for the teachers, school nurses and parents residing nearby.
The Othaya Road clinic has yielded good returns with an increase of 26 % in the total number of outpatients seen by Gertrude’s Garden Children’s Hospital in the 1-year period that the clinic has been in existence.
The success of the Othaya Road Clinic has led to the establishment of a second clinic in the eastern suburbs of Nairobi scheduled for opening in October 2004.
www.gerties.org /othayaroad.htm   (1004 words)

  
 POLITICS-KENYA: Early Lead for Opposition Presidential Candidate, Kibaki
Kibaki is expected to retain his Othaya seat, in Central Province, where he has been the member of parliament since 1974.
In Othaya, some 170 kilometres from the capital Nairobi, voters were already queuing before the polls opened at 6am on Friday.
Owners say the local bars have been full for the last three days, as Othaya residents celebrate what they hope will be the ushering in of a new era for Kenya.
www.madagasikara.de /1decengl/021228ipskenia.htm   (766 words)

  
 Profile of President Mwai Kibaki
President Mwai Kibaki was born on November 15th, 1931 in Gatuyaini Village, Othaya division, Nyeri, in the Central Province.
During this period Kibaki, moved his political base from Nairobi to Othaya and was re-elected in 1974 to represent Othaya constituency on a Kanu ticket.
Besides being MP, Kibaki was the Othaya Kanu branch chairman from 1974 to 1991 when he resigned from Kanu to found the Democratic Party (DP).
www.statehousekenya.go.ke /presidents/kibaki/profile.htm   (845 words)

  
 Kenya RISE TO POWER
From 1970 to 1978, he was assigned to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
He changed his political base from Nairobi to Othaya and was elected here in 1974 on a KANU ticket.
In 1979, 1983, and 1988 he was reelected an MP for the Othaya constitutency.
nationsencyclopedia.com /World-Leaders-2003/Kenya-RISE-TO-POWER.html   (392 words)

  
 Kenya Times Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The leaders led by Othaya Narc activist, Mary Wambui, Othaya Narc chairman, Karanja Mwangi and Othaya town council chairman Julius Bari said it was mischievous of the MPs to claim that the President is surrounded by unnamed advisors who have made him unpopular.
They termed the MPs’ claims as a propaganda campaign aimed at tarnishing the President’s image saying Kibaki’s leadership record since becoming president is unbeatable, and that he still enjoys overwhelming support among majority of Kenyans.
Karanja who is also chairman of the Othaya Constituency Development Fund (CDF) said they plan to mobilise wananchi to seek judicial intervention in defence of the President against such allegations.
www.timesnews.co.ke /16jan06/nwsstory/news5.html   (220 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
INTRO: Kenya's leading presidential contender, Mwai Kibaki, of the opposition National Rainbow Alliance, cast his vote this morning in his home district before heading for Nairobi to monitor the election results.
Kibaki himself voted from the backseat of his Mercedes, unable to walk since he broke his ankle in a serious car accident earlier this month.
There is a celebratory mood in Othaya, reflecting a widespread sense of confidence that Mr.
www.help-for-you.com /news/Dec2002/scripts/3f5f08ab.html   (156 words)

  
 Kenya Times Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
THE Othaya Narc activist Mary Wambui, who has been linked to the the controversy surrounding the deported two Armenian brothers, yesterday made her first appearance in public when she attended the funeral of her aunt in Nyahururu.
Accompanied by her daughter Winnie Wangui, the Othaya Narc activist caused a stir in Nyahururu town when her dark range rover with security detail in tow arrived at the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPC) church at around 11.00 am for the requiem mass of her 76-year old Aunt Hanna Wanjiku Karui.
Business came to a standstill in the otherwise quiet town when Wambui’s convoy of more than five vehicles, with more than ten security officers, later went to the Mairu Inya home of the deceased where the body was laid to rest.
www.timesnews.co.ke /15jun06/nwsstory/news21.html   (307 words)

  
 Africa    Selected articles on the state of religion in Africa
Business came to a standstill in Othaya town as apprehensive residents fled the area fearing a violent confrontation between the youths and adherents of the outlawed Mungiki movement.
They accused the aspirant, Mr John Wang'ondu who is vying for the Othaya seat on a Kanu ticket of harbouring the killers.
Meanwhile, national officials of the banned sect yesterday maintained they were not involved in the Nairobi and the Othaya violence in which four people died.
faculty.fullerton.edu /jsantucci/africa_mungiki.htm   (9366 words)

  
 Meetups near Othaya - Meetup.com
There are currently no top interests within 50.0 miles of Othaya.
See the top Othaya referrers for Sun Aug 13 04:45:50 EDT 2006.
Receive a free weekly calendar of upcoming Meetups near your city.
www.meetup.com /cities/ke/othaya?sort=name&radius=100   (45 words)

  
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In 1958 all land in Othaya Division, Nyeri District, Kenya, had been re-allocated to small-scale farmers.
This land reform, rapid population growth and partible inheritance increased the land fragmentation.
Eighty-five farms in Thuti Sublocation, Othaya Division, were during 1968 to 1986, officially divided into 219 plots.
www.humangeo.su.se /eng/publications/abstracts/2298.htm   (471 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Lobby groups in protest of illegal activities were formed, but, their methods of defiance to the government were not altogether successful.
In Othaya, the most widespread ‘fly by night’ operation was illegal logging from the Aberdare’s mountains.
In this respect Karima hill, as Trust Land, is under the jurisdiction of Othaya town council.
www.viltec.ch /bazaar/democratisation/forestkarima.doc   (699 words)

  
 Broadmining: Othaya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Othaya is about 120 kilometres south of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.
The current (third) President of Kenya was born in Othaya.
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www.lowide.com /Othaya   (60 words)

  
 Cheap car rental Naivasha - book discount car hire Naivasha, Kenya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
There are a variety of things to do around Naivasha, like visit Hell's Gate or Mt. Longonot National Parks, or spend time relaxing on the banks of the beautiful Lake Naivasha.
The Othaya Annex on the corner of Station Lane and Kariuki Chotara Rd offers single rooms for Ksh 200.
The two best bars in Naivasha are Sam's Holiday's Inn at the norther end of town just past the market, and Othaya Annex on Kariuki Chotara Rd. SamHoliday's has a bar with a TV and VCR, a restaurant, and a separate pool room/bar.
kenya.no1rentacar.uk.com /car-rental-naivasha.html   (511 words)

  
 AEGiS-15IAC: Linking Agro-chemicals and HIV AIDS to Learning Disabilities in Kenya.
Agro-chemicals and their subsequent abuse are greatly contributing to learning and development disabilities to children affected by the HIV AIDS scourge in Kenya.
Partial deafness, speech deficits, delays in growth and development, emotional and behavioral problems are just some of the problems seen so far.
Preliminary findings indicate that between 3 and 5% of school-age children directly or indirectly affected by the AIDS scourge suffer from Attentive Deficiency Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD).
www.aegis.com /conferences/iac/2004/B10013.html   (354 words)

  
 When the Whirlwind Passes
Maggie's encounter with Michael Othaya, the young heir to a multi-billion-shilling fashion empire, marked the beginning of a cataclysmic cycle of events that would involve sex, manipulation, conspiracy - and first degree murder.
Overly ambitious and genetically predisposed towards greed, the rich and famous Othayas were no strangers to controversy.But it wasn't until Michael and Maggie - a laundry woman's daughter - started romancing that the feuding family's civil war reached its pay-off...
Easily digested and written with a handle on humour, 'When the Whirlwind Passes' is doubtless one of the best crime novels to ever come out of Africa.
www.ebookmall.com /ebooks/when-the-whirlwind-passes-nderitu-ebooks.htm   (234 words)

  
 Kibaki, Mwai - Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Kenyan economist and politician, President Mwai Kibaki, was born on October 15, 1931 in Othaya, Kenya.
Kibaki belongs to Kenya's largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu, whose members include Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Jomo Kenyatta, his main opposing candidate in the 2002 presidential election.
He was re-elected as an MP for Bahati in 1969, and again as MP for Othaya in 1973, 1979, and 1983 and repeatedly until present.
people.africadatabase.org /en/profile/6256.html   (817 words)

  
 Othaya now taken over by criminals
Othaya has become such a huge den of criminals that the residents have been living in fear in the last one year.
Hardly a day goes by without a violent robbery being reported.
Are the police completely unable to stop the wave of crime here?
www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/print/news.php?articleid=11777   (72 words)

  
 Even Kibaki: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
We are told because it is Kibaki in power, excessive presidential powers wont harm nobody.
Even Kibaki as delegate number one is only a delegate by reason of being the Member of Parliament for Othaya, and not the Commander-In-Chief of the Republic.
Angry with Kibaki, who for a fleeting moment epitomised the magical Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite ideal that led the ordinary Kenyan to imagine all was possible with the transition.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Kibaki_Even_737046541.htm   (489 words)

  
 AMECEA News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Father Peter Kihara succeeds Bishop Peter Kairo who was the first Bishop of the diocese after its creation on 17th March 1983 and was transferred to Nakuru on 12th May 1997.
Father Peter was born on 6th February 1954 at Thunguri, Othaya, in Nyeri Archdiocese.
He went for his elementary education at Kigumo Primary School and later secondary education at Rurunguti and Othaya Boys Schools.
amecea.org /news10.htm   (1732 words)

  
 Satellite Clinics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
by Gertrude's is on Othaya Road, off Gitanga Road in Lavington.
This clinic is situated off the Outer Ring Road.
300 meters off Gitanga Road, Othaya Road, Lavington, Nairobi
www.gerties.org /satelliteclinics.htm   (42 words)

  
 ELIM PENTACOSTA CHURCH - OTHAYA - OTHAYA KENYA,CENTRAL PROVINCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
ELIM PENTACOSTA CHURCH - OTHAYA - OTHAYA KENYA,CENTRAL PROVINCE
Our vision is to reach the unreached, the poor and the rich through planting of the churches, evergelizing feeding the opharns e.g the HIV AIDS the affected and the infected.We have different branches in Kenya and Evangelizing in East Africa and also Church planting.
This Web page is sponsored by Net Ministries.
netministries.org /see/churches.exe/ch29275   (173 words)

  
 Find Nannies & Au Pairs in Othaya, Central :: Free Nanny & AuPair Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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www.greataupair.com /aupair-nanny/Central/Othaya.htm   (162 words)

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