April 2009

Uganda, Kenya to World Court Over Island?

Submitted by AA Kenya on Tue, 21/04/2009 - 23:02
Uganda, Kenya to World Court Over Island? - UGANDA has suggested taking the dispute over Migingo Island to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if bilateral talks fail. [All Africa : Kenya]

Lake Turkana Plan to Produce Wind Power

Submitted by AA Kenya on Sun, 12/04/2009 - 23:34
Lake Turkana Plan to Produce Wind Power - Lake Turkana Wind Power plans to produce 300MW by 2012 by harnessing renewable wind power in northern Kenya. The project, once complete could meet about a quarter of at Kenya's total energy demand, now standing at an estimated 1,200M. Chris Staubo, a director at LTWP talks to us about the project and renewable energy in Africa. [All Africa : Kenya]

Churches Warn Nation Could Fall Into Worse Chaos

Submitted by AA Kenya on Sun, 12/04/2009 - 23:33
Churches Warn Nation Could Fall Into Worse Chaos - Kenyans go into the Easter season amidst growing fears that the bitterly divided coalition government could collapse and plunge the country into worse violence than was witnessed last year. [All Africa : Kenya]

Coalition Cracks And Armed Militias Threaten Stability

Submitted by AA Kenya on Sun, 12/04/2009 - 23:33
Coalition Cracks And Armed Militias Threaten Stability - In a rare front page editorial on 10 April, Kenya's biggest selling daily newspaper urges political leaders to sort out their differences in order to avoid the "path of death and destruction" [All Africa : Kenya]

UN-Habitat Pledges to Assist Housing Project

Submitted by AA Kenya on Thu, 09/04/2009 - 00:29
UN-Habitat Pledges to Assist Housing Project - NATIONAL Housing and Social Amenities Minister Fidelis Mhashu and members of the Zimbabwe delegation attending the 22nd session of the UN-Habitat Governing Council on Tuesday met the United Nations housing agency's executive secretary Ms Anna Tibaijuka to discuss funding and capacity building issues. [All Africa : Kenya]

Government Crisis Deepens As Key Kibaki Ally Resigns

Submitted by AA Kenya on Thu, 09/04/2009 - 00:29
Government Crisis Deepens As Key Kibaki Ally Resigns - Wrangles within Kenya's government have deepened after a senior cabinet minister quit in what appears to be the clearest sign yet that President Mwai Kibaki's wing of the ruling coalition is frustrating the reform agenda. [All Africa : Kenya]

Coalition Cracks Threaten Stability

Submitted by AA Kenya on Thu, 09/04/2009 - 00:28
Coalition Cracks Threaten Stability - Deepening rifts in Kenya's coalition government and a failure to press ahead with promised reforms have given rise to fears that the country could slide back into the kind of violence that claimed more than 1,000 lives and forced about half a million people from their homes after elections in December 2007. [All Africa : Kenya]