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Tana River (Kenya)

Type: City

Name: Tana River (Kenya)

Country: Kenya

Latitude: -1.5

Longitude: 39.5

population: 17,915

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Kenya: Polio outbreak in Somali refugee camp

Via ReliefWeb, a discouraging report from IFRC: Kenya: Polio outbreak DREF operation n° MDRKE026. The summary:A wild polio virus (WPV) outbreak was reported in Somalia on 18 April 2013, the country’s first case since 25 March 2007. A surveillance alert, ... [Published H5N1 - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Polio, Kenya, Somalia, Nairobi, Refugee Camp

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya charts new course beyond its wildest dreams

Not the big five: Kenya is famed for its wildlife, but rides on tame camels are also a tourist attraction in Mombasa. (Ivan Lieman, AFP)Our CoverageThe optimism accompanying Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidency is on every Kenyan’s lips. Young professionals, especially, ... [Published Mail & Guardian Online - May 24 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Nairobi, Mombasa, Nanyuki (Kenya)

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

Kenya: Disabled boy's undying dream to get education

. Boy’s mother says her son constantly asked her to take him to school something she decided to finally do. The mother carries the boy on her back to school in the morning and picks him in the afternoon. Class teacher says she is quite happy with his ... [Published East African Standard - May 23 2013]

Entities: Narok (Kenya), Kenya, Education, Malformation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Kenya Tana Clashes Sparked by Natural Resources Row, Panel Says

The deadly clashes in Kenya’s Tana River region last year were sparked by competition over natural resources and the perpetrators must be punished, according to a government-appointed panel investigating the violence.The government imposed a night-time ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 22 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Natural Resources, Tana River (Kenya), David Kimaiyo

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Traders want bribery stopped

Charcoal sellers in Tana River county have asked the government to stop junior police officers and forest officials who extort money from them.Their spokesman Abdirahman Hussein yesterday said it has become “extremely difficult” to do businesses due to ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bribery, Tana River (Kenya), Kenya, Corroboration

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Vetting of all police officers starts next month

A contingent of GSU officers on their way for a mission in Tana River in 2012. Photo/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 – Vetting of all police officers will begin in June, according to the chairman of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Johnston K ... [Published CapitalFM - May 20 2013]

Entities: Police Service, Police, Tana River (Kenya), David Kimaiyo

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta

Tana, Truth reports set for release, says Githu, President Kenyatta,

Two crucial reports on violence and human rights will be released in two weeks, the Attorney-General has said. Speaking in Geneva Friday, Prof Githu Muigai said the Tana Delta clashes and the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission reports would ... [Published Daily Nation - May 17 2013]

Entities: Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, Tana River (Kenya), United Nations Committee Against Torture, Geneva

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

AG set to release Tana Delta report

The report on the Tana Delta violence that left close to 200 people dead will be released within two weeks, Attorney General Prof Githu Muigai has said. He said the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission report will also be released at the same ... [Published Daily Nation - May 17 2013]

Entities: Tana River (Kenya), Geneva, Deadline

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Investing in peace: the Red Cross supports communities in Kenya

©Kenya Red CrossThe recent elections in Kenya saw millions of people queuing for long hours to vote, highlighting their commitment to influence social and political change.Sadly, this ballot paper has often come at a cost. Election campaigns in the past ... [Published British Red Cross - May 17 2013]

Entities: Kenya Red Cross, Red Cross/Crescent, Kenya, Elections

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

Kenya: Police probe leaflets warning of attacks

Trans Nzoia, Kenya: Security agencies are investigating those behind leaflets dropped in Trans-Nzoia County warning of impending attacks similar to those in Bungoma and Tana River.Intelligence officers, sources said, are piecing together information on ... [Published East African Standard - May 15 2013]

Entities: Kenya, Bungoma (Kenya), Tana River (Kenya)

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

Floods keep 5,000 Tana River pupils out of schools

MORE than 5,500 pupils have not reported to school in Tana River county since the floods begun paralysing learning activities in the area.County education officials said the children were from 18 primary and secondary schools which were marooned and others ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 15 2013]

Entities: Tana River (Kenya), Education, Disaster

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

Thousands displaced by floods

The Kenya Red Cross Society is now warning of possible landslides in some parts of the countryAbout 100-thousand Kenyans have been displaced by the floods as the country continues experiencing heavy rains.The Kenya Red Cross Society is now warning of ... [Published Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - May 09 2013]

Entities: Displacement, Lamu (Kenya), Kenya Red Cross Society, Kenya Red Cross

Quotes

"Instead of being portrayed as anti-conservation, I think they'll be allies of conservation."

African tribes losing ground to conservation [Published Al Jazeera - May 23 2013]

"The report identifies conflict over resources as one of the major causes of the ethnic violence" according to an e-mailed statement from the presidency

Kenya Tana Clashes Sparked by Natural Resources Row, Panel Says [Published BusinessWeek - May 22 2013]

"This will greatly change our lives. You can access credit from any part of the country" Abbas Godana, a school teacher in Kenya's remote eastern Tana River district, told AFP

Kenyan mobile phone bank a winner (AFP) [Published West Australian - May 07 2013]

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KITUI - County kingpins demand tarmacking of road [Published Daily Nation - 11 hours ago]
Kenya charts new course beyond its wildest dreams [Published Mail & Guardian Online - May 24 2013]
Kenya: Disabled boy's undying dream to get educ... [Published East African Standard - May 23 2013]
African tribes losing ground to conservation [Published Al Jazeera - May 23 2013]
Kenya Tana Clashes Sparked by Natural Resources... [Published BusinessWeek - May 22 2013]
Traders want bribery stopped [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 22 2013]
Vetting of all police officers starts next month [Published CapitalFM - May 20 2013]
Asylum seekers may spell disaster [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 18 2013]
Police must step up intelligence on criminal ac... [Published East African Standard - May 18 2013]
Tana, Truth reports set for release, says Githu... [Published Daily Nation - May 17 2013]
AG set to release Tana Delta report [Published Daily Nation - May 17 2013]
Investing in peace: the Red Cross supports comm... [Published British Red Cross - May 17 2013]
Stop this annual tragicomedy of disasters [Published Arusha Times - May 17 2013]
Kenya: Investing in peace: the Red Cross suppor... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 16 2013]
Kenya: Police probe leaflets warning of attacks [Published East African Standard - May 15 2013]
Floods keep 5,000 Tana River pupils out of schools [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 15 2013]
Annet hat-trick seals it for Malindi Action in ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 14 2013]
22 forests gazetted as tree planting boosted [Published Daily Nation - May 13 2013]
Copa Cola to feature 58 ties this weekend [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 11 2013]
What new government should address first at Coast [Published Pambazuka News - May 09 2013]
Thousands displaced by floods [Published Kenya Broadcasting Corporation - May 09 2013]
100,000 Displaced In Kenya Floods [Published Bernama - May 09 2013]
Kenya: Floods lock out 6,000 pupils from school [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 07 2013]
Kenyan mobile phone bank a winner (AFP) [Published West Australian - May 07 2013]
A FLOODED NATION [Published Daily Nation - May 06 2013]
SOS for the victims of Tana floods [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 06 2013]
Kenya: 8,000 evacuated from floods [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 01 2013]
Kenya: Two drown as floods death toll rises [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 29 2013]

Blogs

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Kenya: Polio outbreak in Somali refugee camp [Published H5N1 - 3 hours ago] Via ReliefWeb, a discouraging report from IFRC: Kenya: Polio outbreak DREF operation n° MDRKE026. The summary:A wild polio virus (WPV) outbreak was reported in Somalia on 18 April 2013, the country’s first case since 25 March 2007. A surveillance alert, ...
To succeed, Kenya only needs to look within [Published blogs.worldbank.org - Mar 07 2013] “So how are you enjoying living in paradise?” Michael Geerts, the former German ambassador to Kenya asked me the other day. He was posted in Nairobi during the difficult years in the end of the 1990s, and continues to stay in touch with a country ...
39 Dead in jihadist slaughter in Kenya, LA Time... [Published Atlas Shrugs - Dec 22 2012] Once again the enemedia is scrubbing the news of Islamic jihadi slaughter. This is complicity and criminal. The enemedia employs its sharia speak for such atrocities "ethnic clashes." Chris writes me, "The LA Tiimes (editor@latimes.com) and the reporter ...
Kenya Red Cross: 39 People Killed in Clashes [Published The China Blog - Dec 21 2012] NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 39 people were killed when farmers raided a village of herders in southeastern Kenya early Friday in renewed fighting between two communities with a history of violent animosity, a police official said. Thirteen children, six ...
Kenya Red Cross: 39 People Killed in Clashes [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Dec 21 2012] NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 39 people were killed when farmers raided a village of herders in southeastern Kenya early Friday in renewed fighting between two communities with a history of violent animosity, a police official said. Thirteen children, six ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Scores die in Kenya 'revenge attack' [Published BBC News Video - World - Dec 21 2012]