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Kenya leads Africa rural connect in third round

afrol News, 27 October - The Africa Rural Connect (ARC), a new online community hosted by the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), announced today the third-round winners of its online contest to select the best ideas submitted on how to help solve rural Africa’s greatest challenges in agricultural development. The first- and second-prize winners were from Kenya, while the third prize went to a resident of the United States.

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Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme

afrol News, 26 October - The Kenyan authorities have launched an investigation into an alleged mismanagement of more than Sh100 million (US$1,4 million) meant for resettlement of internally displaced persons following the 2007 post elections violence.

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Court frees Kenyan sect leader

afrol News, 23 October - Kenyan sect leader, Maian Njenga has been freed earlier today after prosecutors dropped multiple murder charges against him. Mr Njenga was accused by police of ordering the killing of 29 people at a central Kenyan village in April this year.

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Kenya fails the 2010 electricity target

afrol News, 22 October - The East African economic basket, Kenya, has admitted that is has failed to achieve its target of connecting about 20 percent of the rural population with electricity by 2010.

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Kibaki appeals for unity ahead of global summit

afrol News, 15 October - Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki, has appealed for Africa’s common stance in pushing Africa’s agenda in the upcoming global Climate Change conference scheduled for Copenhagen later this year.

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ICC prosecutor invited for talks in Kenya

afrol News, 14 October - Kenya’s coalition government has invited the International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno O'campo for negotiations on trying the main suspects of the 2007 post-election violence.

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Lake Nakuru becomes Africa's first IBA-branded National Park

afrol News, 12 October - Lake Nakuru National Park, famous for its population of up to 1.5 million non-breeding Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor, has become the first National Park in Africa to be branded as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

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African music awards to boost war against AIDS

afrol News, 9 October - Music stars at this weekend’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) in Nairobi, Kenya, can have a significant impact in educating young people about HIV and changing their behaviour, a top UNAIDS official said today.

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IFAD signs additional funding to fight poverty in Kenya

afrol News, 30 September - A US$15.60 million loan has been approved to help Kenyan communities out of the current wave of multi-phased poverty and hunger.

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Kenyan govt all out to fight cattle rustling

afrol News, 15 September - Thirty-One people have been reported killed in a cattle rustling battle between the herdsmen in the northern district in central Kenya.

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Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains

afrol News, 11 September - The United Nations is helping Kenya prepare to mitigate the impact of potentially lethal torrential rains anticipated for the last three months of the year due to the El Niño weather pattern.

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Kenya launches appeal to save Mau forest

afrol News, 9 September - Kenya has launched an appeal for $81 million to fund efforts halting the degradation of its Mau Forests Complex, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.

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EU commissioner in Africa to boost science partnership

afrol News, 7 September - The EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potoènik will today start the official visit to the African Union and Kenya from 7 to 9 September, during which he will hold high-level political meetings and will visit EU-supported research centres in Nairobi (Kenya) and in Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia).

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Bringing technology and agronomic knowledge to African farmers

afrol News, 26 August - At the opening session of the Pan Africa Chemistry Network (PACN) Sustainable Water Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Syngenta has emphasised the important role of technology and agronomic knowledge for the development of productive agriculture in Africa.

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WFP appeals for urgent assistance for Kenya

afrol News, 25 August - The World Food Programme (WFP) has today appealed for more than US$230 million to provide emergency food assistance over the next six months to 3.8 million Kenyans affected by deepening drought and continued high food prices.

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» 24.08.2009 - Kenyan census kicks-off
» 20.08.2009 - Kenya launches poverty drive projects
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 06.08.2009 - US assures women of support in food production
» 21.07.2009 - Activists urge health professionals to halt FGM
» 09.07.2009 - Annan submits Kenyan post election lists to ICC
» 09.07.2009 - Kenyans in court over Anti-Counterfeit Act
» 06.07.2009 - Kenya, most corrupt East African state - report
» 17.06.2009 - Water shortages could frustrate efforts to control cholera – Minister
» 12.06.2009 - Kenya’s small farmers get World Bank support
» 11.06.2009 - Kenya given August deadline to institute tribunal
» 04.06.2009 - US govt blocks new flights to Kenya, Liberia
» 04.06.2009 - European bank withdraws funding from Ethiopia’s dam
» 02.06.2009 - Kenyan peas withdrawn from market
» 02.06.2009 - Kenya's banks invest US$ 452m in South Sudan

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