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Kakamega (Kenya)

Type: City

Name: Kakamega (Kenya)

Country: Kenya

Latitude: .29

Longitude: 34.73

population: 63,433

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Record turn out in this year’s Heart Run

Hundreds of Kenyans on Saturday turned out for the annual Mater Heart run concurrently held in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kakamega counties.This year’s run will see several children who require corrective heart surgery and others who need testing for heart ... [Published East African Standard - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Kakamega (Kenya), Kenya, Mombasa

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Devolution should not hurt public

Working out a fair split of resources across all the counties in the country was not going to be easy. For sure, Mr Micah Cheresem, the Commission on Revenue Allocation chairman, had provided a model, complete with a formula for equitably sharing of revenues ... [Published Business Daily Africa - May 23 2013]

Entities: Kiambu (Kenya), Kwale (Kenya), Hold Harmless

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Kenya: Solar power brings piped water to rural Western Kenya's doorstep

Source: Reuters - AlertNetCountry: Kenya KAKAMEGA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Residents of some rural communities in Western Kenya can now access clean piped water at their doorsteps, thanks to solar-powered engines that pump it from borehole ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 23 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Solar Power, Kakamega (Kenya)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Soita wants one Luhya party

FORMER Housing Minister Soita Shitanda yesterday said that Luhya leaders are exploring a single political party to be used by the community to ascend to power in 2017.Shitanda, the immediate former Malava MP said that the leaders had already met with ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 23 2013]

Entities: Soita Shitanda, Soita, Cyrus Jirongo

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

THE MAIZE DISEASE HITS AGAIN

The maize disease that saw Kenya's maize production drop by about four million bags last year has hit parts of the country again. Narok framers say the disease has already destroyed over 2,000 acres of the crop. They have warned of a likely acute shortage ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 23 2013]

Entities: Nyamira (Kenya), Kakamega (Kenya), Narok (Kenya), Nakuru (Kenya)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya: Farmers count losses as maize bug hits again

Source: Kenya Daily NationCountry: Kenya By GEORGE SAYAGIE gsayagie@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Wednesday, May 22 2013 at 23:56 IN SUMMARY Many families face starvation if urgent measures are not taken to eradicate virus from farms The maize viral ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 23 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Viral Diseases, Narok (Kenya), Necrosis

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Amos Wako

State to settle local authority debt

The national government will now clean up the mess left by the defunct local governments after the Senate passed a resolution that the State take over servicing and payment of debts they incurred. Senate also said no audit would be done before take-o ... [Published Business Daily Africa - May 15 2013]

Entities: Amos Wako, Kakamega (Kenya), Otieno Kajwang, Homa Bay (Kenya)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya: The untold story behind Bungoma death squad

From the streets of Bungoma town to sugar plantations of Mumias, motorbike riders are whispering his name.It also comes up among residents of Busia and Kakamega counties, but no one wants to be heard saying it. A number of residents spoke of the numerous ... [Published East African Standard - May 15 2013]

Entities: Bungoma (Kenya), Kenya, Mumias (Kenya), Kakamega (Kenya)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Drop pay demands, Uhuru tells public officers

President Uhuru Kenyatta has told public officers agitating for more pay to drop their demands. He instead told MPs and County Representatives to concentrate on serving Kenyans. "Rather than seeking more salaries, let us look at how we can serve the people ... [Published Daily Nation - May 09 2013]

Entities: Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, Src, Migori (Kenya), Siaya (Kenya)

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Magazines: Kakamega growers capture market with rare herbal plant

Kakamega,Kenya:A noble idea to get residents living around the endangered Kakamega forest into domesticating some plants with medicinal value has finally paid off, 12 years later.More than 2,000 farmers are now in the practice from an initial 18. This ... [Published East African Standard - May 06 2013]

Entities: Kakamega (Kenya), Camphor, MONDIA

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Attacks rekindle memories of terror gangs in the 1970s

Attacks on villagers in two counties in western Kenya by armed gangs have rekindled memories of the dreaded Angola-Msumbiji group that unleashed terror in Kakamega and Vihiga in the 1970s. The recent attacks bore the hallmark of the ruthless Angola-Msumbiji ... [Published Daily Nation - May 05 2013]

Entities: Kakamega (Kenya), Memory, Security, Criminal

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Sh36 million plant to boost Kakamega fish farming

THE government will spend Sh36 million to put up a mini-hydro power plant in Kakamega central district.The facility to be constructed along River Sasala in Lurambi division under the Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agri-business Project will include ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 03 2013]

Entities: Kakamega (Kenya), Agriculture, Uganda, Kenya

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Coronavirus has also been reported in Britain, Jordan, Germany and France, where two patients are now in hospital. "We have not issued any travel advisories for coronavirus because there is limited human-to-human transmissions. The mode of transmission is unclear,” Dr Njeru said."

There's no bird flu in Kenya, says ministry [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 15 2013]

...Many speeches. Just as I thought it was over and I was getting ready for the next school, the principal announced, "Madam Wanner, our Grade 6 and 7 girls have composed a song for you and would like to perform it."

A 'Charlize Theron' Moment in Kenya [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 11 2013]

...He instead told MPs and County Representatives to concentrate on serving Kenyans. "Rather than seeking more salaries, let us look at how we can serve the people of Kenya" said President Kenyatta during the burial ceremony of Mutula Kilonzo in Mbooni, Makueni County Thursday...

Drop pay demands, Uhuru tells public officers [Published Daily Nation - May 09 2013]

...Section 14 (e) of the Political Parties Act 2011, states that any member of party who promotes "the ideology, interests or policies of another political party shall be deemed to resigned from the previous party. In the case of a coalition, the Act says it would not apply in case the political party member would do so in relation to the common objective of the coalition. In the case of Dr Khalwale, he has declared he will work with the opposition, the Minority Coalition on Reforms and Democracy. On Tuesday, Ms Elachi , a nominated Alliance Party of Kenya senator said Jubilee could not continue sponsoring the Kakamega senator accusing him of working with the opposition. She singled out his support for Siaya Senator James Orengo (ODM) who won the chairmanship of the committee on Implementation. The move comes at the midst of a heated controversy between Jubilee and minority Cord over representation in the two watchdog committees, Public Accounts and Public Investments committees. Members of committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs include:"

Jubilee seeks to withdraw Khalwale from House team [Published Daily Nation - May 07 2013]

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Ruto denies ICC shuttle diplomacy [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 17 2013]
Woman sleuth builds firm busting crimes [Published Daily Nation - May 16 2013]
State to settle local authority debt [Published Business Daily Africa - May 15 2013]
Kenya: Home prices remain high, 40 years on [Published East African Standard - May 15 2013]
Kenya: The untold story behind Bungoma death squad [Published East African Standard - May 15 2013]
There's no bird flu in Kenya, says ministry [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 15 2013]
Kari develops animal feed making machine [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 15 2013]
Cross-border trade, devolution bring prosperity... [Published Business Daily Africa - May 15 2013]
Kenya awarded for innovative health services [Published Daily Nation - May 14 2013]
Kenya: Remote counties major beneficiaries of d... [Published East African Standard - May 13 2013]
Kenya turns to mobile app to stop motorbike may... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 13 2013]
County officials meet SRC over pay demands [Published CapitalFM - May 13 2013]
The small man from Tharaka with a big job [Published Daily Nation - May 11 2013]
Politics: Khalwale may be down but not out [Published East African Standard - May 11 2013]
A 'Charlize Theron' Moment in Kenya [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 11 2013]
Don't tell me how to vote, says Khalwale [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 10 2013]
Kerrow to chair Senate, Finance team [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 10 2013]
State to mop up arns in Bungoma crackdown [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 10 2013]
Drop pay demands, Uhuru tells public officers [Published Daily Nation - May 09 2013]
Counties crippled by assembly pay boycott [Published Daily Nation - May 08 2013]
Jubilee seeks to withdraw Khalwale from House team [Published Daily Nation - May 07 2013]