Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsEssay – Part 3 of 3 Kenyans can now reflect on the changing alliances of the US military inside Somalia before and after the Ethiopians were defeated by nationalist elements. Abdi Samatar has written extensively on the ebb and flow of the fabrication of terrorism. It is [...]
Kenyan Women Pulling Together Against Poverty
April 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Isaiah Esipisu KIAMBU DISTRICT, Kenya, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) – When it works, it’s spectacular: Esther Ngonyo Njuguna’s dairy project stands as testimony to the potential of microcredit schemes to boost rural incomes. Eight years ago, Mama Njoki – "Njoki’s mother" as Njuguna is affectionately called in [...]
KENYA: ICC Suspects Cautious at ‘Heroes Welcome’
April 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Robbie Corey-Boulet NAIROBI, Apr 11, 2011 (IPS) – Two alleged organisers of violence around Kenya’s December 2007 elections violence delivered impassioned speeches during a raucous political rally in Nairobi on Monday, just days after an International Criminal Court judge advised them to refrain from inflammatory language. Unlike [...]
KENYA: Sustainable Energy in the Heart of the Slums
March 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Mar 29, 2011 (IPS) – Talk about foul foundations: the Katwekera Tosha Bio Centre is built on the stuff that goes into toilets. This community centre in the Nairobi slum of Kibera goes well beyond solving sanitation problems – it is a model for [...]
KENYA: Women Hold the Key to Rural Prosperity
March 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Isaiah Esipisu KIAMBANI, Kenya, Mar 24, 2011 (IPS) – John Kyalo Mulwa couldn’t support his family from his six hectare farm, so he quit farming to open a bar. But he turned the land – and decision-making on it – over to his wife. Turns out she’s [...]
Q&A: Studying Kenyan Farmers’ Efforts to Adapt
March 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Zukiswa Zimela interviews JUDI WAKHUNGU, executive director, African Centre for Technology Studies NAIROBI, Mar 24, 2011 (IPS) – Climate change has become an important part of the development agenda. In Africa, farmers and consumers alike are feeling its effects on productivity and food security. Professor Judi Wakhungu is [...]
Integrating HIV Care with Broader Maternal and Child Health
March 20, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Isaiah Esipisu NAIROBI, Mar 20, 2011 (IPS) – From the outside, little has changed at the Maternal and Child Healthcare Clinic: pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers wait patiently on wooden benches. A chorus of infant call-and-response betrays the less long-suffering approach of their children to the wait. [...]
KENYA: Community Turns Garbage Into Energy Source
March 16, 2011 By
Global Political Economy Net / IPS By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS) – A community-based organisation in the Kenyan slum area of Kibera set out to clean up garbage and deal with waste water; Ushiriki Wa Safi ended up creating a community cooker that turns waste into an energy source. Open sewers and [...]
KENYA: Budget Too Small to Cover Health Needs
March 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Mar 10, 2011 (IPS) – Professor Anyang Nyong’o might have guessed that a trip to the United States for treatment for prostate cancer would provoke a furore: he is the Minister for Medical Services. Health activists are outraged that high-profile politicians are able to [...]
WOMEN’S DAY: Reflecting on Struggle for Equality in Kenya
March 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Mar 8, 2011 (IPS) – "It is yet another significant day in the life of women across the world in the struggle for gender equality and equity. It is for this reason that women look forward to marking yet another International Women Day," says [...]
