AlJazeera english report a study from Amnesty International about the risk of being raped by many women in Kenya who do not have the necessary privacy in toilets (they often have to use public facilities with poor privacy) and when they bath. Women “need more privacy than men when going to the toilet or taking ...

A Bill passed by the Kenya’s Government last week, if signed into law by President Kibaki, will radically change the manufacture, consumption, and advertising, bar licensing, drinking hours to warning signs on beer bottles. It was sponsored by one of the MP John Mututho, and seeks to regulate every aspect of the alcohol business. The Bill ...

President Mwai Kibaki on Friday called for extensive sensitization campaigns among public servants from the five East African Community members as a foundation of ensuring the success of the regional body. Kibaki said that it is extremely important to harmonise the mental framework of public servants in the region as a vital cog to the regional ...

Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak met with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Sunday in Cairo, amid an escalating crisis over control of the waters of the river Nile. Mr Odinga, who arrived in Cairo late on Saturday, discussed with Mubarak “cooperation between Nile basin countries, especially in the fields of agriculture and irrigation.” The meeting was attended by ...

This little list just show how different development is between Kenya and the UK. ...

Image via Wikipedia By Katy Fentress, Freelance journalist Kenyans continue to debate the issue of abortion and how it should be defined in the constitution, after a revised draft of the document was announced last Friday. A person’s right to life begins at the moment they are conceived, states the new version of the constitution. This change of wording marks ...

Full Name Republic of Kenya Capital Nairobi Form of Government Semi-Presidential Republic Date of Independence 12 December, 1963 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 580,367 km2 (47th)224,080 sq mi Total Population (2008 estimate) 37,953,840 (36th) Time Zone EAT (UTC+3) Currency Kenyan Shilling GDP (nominal, 2007 estimate) $27.026 billion GDP Per Capita $779 Human Development Index .521 Languages Swahili, English Etnic Groups Religions 78% Christianity, 10% Islam,10% Indigenous Principal Cities History Cuisine Music Literature TV station Citizen TV, Family TV, KBC Channel 1 KTN Miracle TV NTV NTV Uganda Wikio Wikio ...