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New Constitution in Kenya |
| 12 August 2010 |
| Kenya has done it! Citizens have overwhelmingly voted in a new constitution. The new constitution heralds a new beginning for the country. It addresses political patronage, gender disparity, negative ethnicity and land grabbing; issues which have afflicted Kenya since independence. |
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On the Road for Peace |
| 17 September 2008 |
| 25 young Kenyans from 15 different communities are traveling the country to promote peace |
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Media focus on FGM |
| 05 September 2008 |
| MS Kenya partner Yiaku People’s Association have been talking against Female Genitale Mutilation in several nationwide media over the past few weeks. |
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Conflict has been buried alive |
| 07 April 2008 |
| Although politicians have signed a political agreement, disputes over land and resources on the local level have not been dealt with. |
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Goodbye to 'Hakuna matata culture' |
| 07 April 2008 |
| Kenyans should stop pretending everything in the country is okay and should start learning again, Peace Consultant Dekha Ibrahim Abdi appeals. |
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"We are not safe yet" |
| 07 April 2008 |
| Although the government coalition has been formed Kenya still faces major challenges, stressed His Excellency Danish Ambassador to Kenya Bo Jensen. |
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Women's voices were heard |
| 25 January 2008 |
| Represenatives from both national and international media were present when MS Kenya partner PeaceNet displayed statements from displaced women. |
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Displaced women talk of peace |
| 22 January 2008 |
| Around 100 displaced women from the Nairobi slums met to raise their voices on the current crisis in Kenya during an event organized by MS Kenya partner PeaceNet. |
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Donors threaten to stop aid to government |
| 17 January 2008 |
| Denmark among 14 Western donors who threaten to channel all foreign aid to Kenya through civil society and private sector and not through government |
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Kenya: Support the efforts for peace and dialogue |
| 02 January 2008 |
| Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke supports the recommendations by the EU’s election observers and supports the Kenyan organisations in civil society which work towards peace and dialogue. |
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Bringing two communities together |
| 05 December 2007 |
| Although tempers were soaring a peace meeting between rivaling Gabbra and Rendille outside of Marsabit took place in a good atmosphere. |
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Women hold the key to peace |
| 22 November 2007 |
| Women are both instigators and victims of conflict. Hence MS Kenya partner MWADO in Marsabit try to resolve conflicts by appealing to local women. |
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A vicious cycle must be broken |
| 22 November 2007 |
| In Northern Kenya mutually reinforcing linkages between conflict, poverty and democracy must be broken for development to break through |
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Missed death by an inch |
| 22 November 2007 |
| Young Maasai Daniel Spanana nearly got killed because of entering the neighbouring Samburu territory. |
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Refugees in their own country |
| 22 November 2007 |
| Conflicts between rivaling Gabbra and Borana around Marsabit, Northern Kenya, have made thousands of people flle their homes. They now in camps as internally displaced people. |
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Tradition stronger than firearms |
| 22 November 2007 |
| In Isiolo, Northern Kenya, fightings have been avoided for the past few years. Peace practitioners credit the improvements to a revival of traditional methods of negotiation among pastoralists. |
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Hatred that never seems to end |
| 22 November 2007 |
| Members of the Gabbra and Borana communities do not socialize much in Marsabit, a Northern town suffering from contunous clashes between the two groups, Ladies from both sides tell about their feelings for each other's tribes. |
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Peace is a matter of survival |
| 22 November 2007 |
| Resolving conflicts must be a main priroty of the governement representative in Marsabit, Northern Kenya as peace is a precondition for development of that region, says District Commissioner Njenga Miiri. |
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Kenyan-Danish theatre on democracy |
| 19 October 2007 |
| Two young people from the Pumwani slums, Nairobi, took part in celebrating the Global Democracy Day October 18th in Denmark |
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Yiaku women meet to discuss essential issues |
| 20 August 2007 |
| Around 200 women from the The Maa community of Mukogodo Division, Laikipia district converged to learn about various issues such as sexual offenses and commercialization of livestock. |
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Elders involved in conflict resolution |
| 07 June 2007 |
| MS Kenya partner PeaceNet most usually involve traditional leaders in conflict resolution. But the traditional mechanisms are affected by the judicial. |
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A role model who does not fight |
| 04 June 2007 |
| Charlie Soender Buchardt has been involved in a variety of different tasks as a volunteer in Isiolo under the MS Kenya programme. One of them was to work with orphans which has given him a unique understanding of the local culture. |
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Increasing poverty in new MS Kenya focus area |
| 28 February 2007 |
| Poverty is on the rise in Kenya's Eastern Province. A new report from UN shows the urgent need to fight poverty in this part of the country where MS Kenya has just entered. |
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'Democracy is decency and fairness' |
| 19 February 2007 |
| Democracy is an enormous word. Basic democratic values that MS wants to work for, are decency and fairness, was the message to the MS kenya Annual Meeting |
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Singer pulled crowd to MS Kenya stall |
| 24 January 2007 |
| Eric Wainaina, famous Kenyan singer attracted hundreds of people to the MS Kenya stall at the World Social Forum Tuesday January 23rd |
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Space for discussion |
| 04 January 2007 |
| Veteran activist Remberto Nolasco Pacheco from El Salvador shares his hopes and expectations for the WSF |
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Civil society resisting the pressure |
| 04 January 2007 |
| The third edition of the Zimbawe Social Forum held in September was reduced from a three day to a one day event. However in several regards the forum was bigger than ever. |
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World Social Forum in Nairobi |
| 03 January 2007 |
| The 6th edition of the World Social Forum begins in Nairobi on January the 20th and runs through to the 25th 2007. |
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Democracy as a way of life |
| 03 January 2007 |
| At the World Social Forum MS Uganda will illustrate how to use a series of easy-to-digest civic education material about democratic and non-democratic practices. |
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Human rights awareness raises in Turkana |
| 03 November 2006 |
| A survey documenting the extent of human rights violations in the remote Turkana region of Northern Kenya is to be carried out. The project is supported by MS Kenya and Danish based IWGIA. |
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Tree planting in Western Region |
| 09 October 2006 |
| Communitie members are involved when MS partner organisation Christian Community Services carry out tree planting campaigns. |
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Media Darling back in Kenya |
| 08 September 2006 |
| 26 year old Sammy Kyamana is back in Kenya after having hitch hiked around Denmark as part of an MS project. He likes many things about Denmark, but he definately does not miss the food. |
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Development should encourage Nomadism |
| 06 September 2006 |
| A constructive mind-set by those responsible for development planning than what we are seeing today is what Northern Kenya needs. |
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The democratic play |
| 17 August 2006 |
| John Mulaa, columnist with Kenya's second largest newspaper, the Nairobi based Sunday Standard, writes from Washington DC where he is presently working. |
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Martha Karua: I am an Optimist |
| 17 August 2006 |
Interview with Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Martha Karua, a key member of the opposition politicians who struggled for the reintroduction of multi-partyism in the 1990s, and later formed a coalition movement that won power in 2003.
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'Long live pastoralism' |
| 08 August 2006 |
| The pastoralist way of life is under increasing pressure all over the world. Last month pastoralists gathered to adress challenges and discuss ways forward. |
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On the road to peace |
| 17 July 2006 |
Hundreds of people gathered in the Northern town of Marsabit to launch a peace project in a district troubled by deadly cross border raids. MS is supporting the initiative toget with a variety of other organisations.
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The democratic play |
| 13 July 2006 |
| John Mulaa, columnist with Kenya's second largest newspaper, the Nairobi based Sunday Standard, writes from Washington DC where he is presently working. |
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Martha Karua: I am an Optimist |
| 13 July 2006 |
Interview with Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Martha Karua, a key member of the opposition politicians who struggled for the reintroduction of multi-partyism in the 1990s, and later formed a coalition movement that won power in 2003.
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Democracy the pokot way |
| 12 July 2006 |
| The Pokot people is a nomadic tribe holding on to traditional systems of governance and democracy. A report on democracy from the periphery. |
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Democracy is as old as mankind |
| 07 July 2006 |
| Professor of History Godfrey Muriuki gives his contribution to understanding democracy in an African context. |
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Prices go up when fish cool down |
| 05 July 2006 |
| With simple cooling storages made of wickerwork and blocks of ice, fishermen in Mihuru Bay on the Lake Victoria shore have bought themselves time to negotiate a better price. Within three years prices have tripled and fish are no longer being discarded during the high season. |
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Day of the African Child celebrations |
| 16 June 2006 |
| All over the continent, the Day of the African Child was celebrated yesterday, June 16th in memory of the peaceful demonstration of children in Soweto, South Africa, 30 years ago. |
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Day of the African Child celebrations |
| 16 June 2006 |
| All over the continent, the Day of the African Child was celebrated yesterday, June 16th in memory of the peaceful demonstration of children in Soweto, South Africa, 30 years ago. |
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Peace please for the orphaned region? |
| 24 April 2006 |
| Monday April 10th will go into the calendar of Kenyans but more so into the diary of the pastoralists who usually name seasons after events. |
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Kenyan government threatens NGOs |
| 07 April 2006 |
| Among the organisations concerned is Northern Aid whose director is a member of the MS Kenya policy Advicory Board |
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ANPPCAN Kenya - video |
| 16 December 2005 |
| ANPPCAN is working for children's rights in Kenya, running a counselling service and a radio program among other activities. Interview with Charles Marwa. |
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Kenyans say no to proposed constitution |
| 05 December 2005 |
| On November 21st the Kenyan population rejected the constitution proposed by their government in the first referendum carried out in the country’s history. |
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The PAB Corner |
| 29 October 2005 |
| Two chairpersons from the policy advisory boards in Kenya and Tanzania answer questions |
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From garbage to jobs |
| 25 October 2005 |
| Waste management is vital for health and creates income in Majengo-slum area in Nairobi |
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Behind the electric fence |
| 22 October 2005 |
| Land rights in Kenya is a controversial issue. The musician Eric Wainaina make songs and poems about it. |
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MS Kenya inciting people? |
| 08 August 2005 |
| MS Kenya has been accused of incitement and subversion. The reason being MS Kenya's support to land rights activities. |
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5. Kenya |
| 02 August 2005 |
| MS Report 2004-05, Kenya: MS holds a vision of a world in which resources are distributed more equally than today. Hence, poverty eradication, human rights, and environment are the focal points of our work. |
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Is it for you and me also? |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Editorial: Politicians always move fast when it comes to bi projects like the East African community. But they have to remember who has voted them into office in the first place. |
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The fast guide |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Federation: The first East African Community didn't work. The new one will develop into an East African super state if the politicians get their way |
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Uniting East Africa |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Kiswahli: In spite of local obstacles, cultural reluctance, and the frequent use of English, East Africans still have their own common mother tongue |
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Holiday in Hell... |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Terror, rebels and robberies:Tourism in East Africa is an important factor for income. But it is a badly tainted image the three countries put in front of the tourists. |
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Born in anonymity |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Ambitious: A roadmap has been laid out for the EAC. East Africa will be one super-state in five years and elect a common president in eight years. Is that really realistic? |
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Joint military efforts |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Security: A common defence force for East Africa is a logical regional answer to the global question of terrorism. |
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A milestone for trade |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Customs union: The first steps towards a common market in East Africa are taken. |
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Caught fishing |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Lake Victoria: The big lake shared between the three East African countries is a constant area of conflict. |
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It's not for the people |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Do it yourself: With the current focus on business, Ugandans, Kenyans and Tanzanians may very well look in vain for benefits from the EAC. |
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Learn from the European Union |
| 10 April 2005 |
| Danish refelctions: The EAC will come across obstacles and create heated debate. That's why it is so important to make EAC a popular union, says Danish politicians. |
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Editorial |
| 20 January 2005 |
| Kenya ranks amongst the 10 most unequal countries in the world and the fifth in Africa, and the gap between the richest and the poorest citizens widening. |
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I knew it was meant to be |
| 19 January 2005 |
| Kenya, a country ranked by the United Nations Development Index among the 30 poorest nations in the world, is paying its MPs almost as much as those in the British Parliament. This in a country where Emma does not know where she'll get her next meal. |
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How to understand inequality in Kenya |
| 18 January 2005 |
| Inequality is not only the income gap between the rich and poor. It entails differences in access to education, health, access and enjoyment of political rights and representation. |
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Poverty is the process of dying a little each day |
| 17 January 2005 |
| The monthly budget of Naiyanoi who is single mother to 8 children is less than 300 shillings. To Naiyanoi poverty is a process of dying a little each day as more and more pressure is brought to bear on her frail body and tortured soul. |
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We are all born equal |
| 16 January 2005 |
| We must dismantle the barriers that define the rich as our leaders and the poor as voiceless servants, and the barriers that force us to think of men as more important than women or children. |
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The widening of opportunity |
| 15 January 2005 |
| In the 90’s Kenya was on the brink of implosion. It seemed as if Kenya was toying with that seemingly ‘African’ choice of destiny: to disintegrate or not to disintegrate? Fortunately for the country NARC was swept into power, everything became possible. Or did it? |
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History is not made according to my liking |
| 14 January 2005 |
| How can inequality be resolved, or at least, ‘mitigated’? The Minister of Economic Planning, Hon. Peter Anyang Nyong’o, shares his thoughts on this and other disquieting subjects… |
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Do you see the road? |
| 13 January 2005 |
| State corruption has rampantly been played in the civil service with great impunity. The cost has been socio-economic inequality on the people of Kenya. |
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The great equalizer |
| 12 January 2005 |
| Back in the 1980ties it was possible to tell the class almost every Kenyan merely by visual inspection. But with the arrival of cheap decent 2nd hand clothing, some of the best dressed are poor! |
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TOOL BOX - Learning through games |
| 11 January 2005 |
| We far behind the schedule and the guy just talks and talks... A few participants are still scrippling down notes, while the rest are either half a sleep or look preoccopied with planning what to do in the weekend... |
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BOOK REVIEW - Britain's Gulag: The Brutal End of an Empiere in Kenya |
| 10 January 2005 |
| This book is a must reading for the general public, decision makers and development practitioners working on advocacy and policy dialogue on equity and social justice in Kenya. The historical facts outlined on Mau Mau in particular, could not have come at a better time than now when the country is deadlocked on political and economic reforms. |
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MS WORLD - Celebration as 200 paralegals graduate |
| 09 January 2005 |
| The sun was smiling from a cloudless sky while more than 700 guests witnessed the graduation ceremony of 200 paralegals from Kisumu, Homa Bay and Madiany. The colourful function was arranged by Archdiocese of Kisumu (ADOK). |
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VIP INTERVIEW - It is your life |
| 07 January 2005 |
| With only 31 years, Zainabu Shoko from Taita Tavetais running a well established graphic design business in Nairobi. But she is more than a good implementer and business lady; she is a strong young woman with strong opinions. |
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Editorial |
| 20 October 2004 |
| Land lies at the heart of Poverty in Kenya |
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The white man’s country |
| 19 October 2004 |
| Like many stories of modern Kenya, the story of modern land ownership begins with the railway. It is a story of the heydays of the settler, the effect they had for better or worse… |
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The Maasai land dispossessions |
| 18 October 2004 |
| According to an old Maasai saying “there are only two things that cannot be given away, a son and land”. |
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Reclaiming ancestral land |
| 17 October 2004 |
| In 1904 the first Anglo-Maasai agreement on land was signed between the British and the Maasais, as sovereign nations. A hundred years later, the Maasais claim that the leases have expired and that their ancestral land should fall back to them. |
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Forestry - a plea for the shamba system |
| 16 October 2004 |
| Kenya’s forest cover has reduced drastically since independence. However, this reduction is not caused by the much debated shamba system. |
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Kenya - A country of episodes |
| 15 October 2004 |
| The claim for independence was also a claim for land. Nevertheless, when Kenya got its independence the majority of the Kenyans didn’t get any land. Kenya is a country of episodes says Odenda Lumumba coordinator of Kenya Land Alliance. |
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Talk less, engage more! |
| 14 October 2004 |
| Minister of Land Hon. Amos Kimunya is in the eye of a hurricane. However, Hon. Kimunya still keeps his spirit high and promises a new National Land Policy by mid 2005 and asks the civil society to talk less and engage more in policy formulation. |
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The 10-Mile land dispute |
| 13 October 2004 |
| A long-standing dispute over ownership of Kenya’s Ten-Mile Costal Strip, stretching from Vanga near the Tanzanian border to the furthest Island of Faza near Somalia, has forced locals to live as squatters on their own land. |
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The Slum |
| 11 October 2004 |
| If the government does not step in to improve the situation by providing decent housing to peoplen we will witness an escalation of rent revolts in the slum areas. |
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VIP interview - I won’t lean back” |
| 10 October 2004 |
| Hassan Shano is known as an outspoken pastoralist, who challenges authorities and speaks his case in national and international media. |
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Cultural Corner - Advocating for the poor |
| 08 October 2004 |
| The South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is dreaming about a better world. His dream is carried by confidence in other people and the belief that it matters to side with the weak. |
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Editorial |
| 20 May 2004 |
| What is the role of civil society organizations (CSOs): that of watchdog or poodle? |
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A watchdog for society |
| 19 May 2004 |
| There is need for civic education particular amongst NGO leaders. Civil society proper is citizen’s organizations. Civil society is NOT in government. It is out there struggling. Dorthe Mortensen interviews Elkanah Odembo |
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The Role of Civil Society after the Political Transition |
| 18 May 2004 |
Most civil society organisations are urban based and single subject organisations often so preoccupied with their single and highly localised agenda that they have no interest in developing the necessary outreach capacity to address wider political issues. This lack of interest, a recent report shows, results in a significant negative impact on the nation…
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CIVIL SOCIETY AND KENYA’S POLITICAL TRANSITION |
| 17 May 2004 |
| After the toppling of authoritarianism, civil society needs to be extremely wary because authoritarian governments easily replace liberal ones and liberal governments do become authoritarian... |
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A revolution ending at “me” |
| 16 May 2004 |
| “It’s strange to see a dog unconcerned when a sheep is barking at strangers” (Proverb from Ghana, from “Wisdom of Africa” published by the BBC) |
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Reaching for the light |
| 15 May 2004 |
| A case of heterotropism in the Kenyan Civil Society. Plants grow both towards light and water while the civil society middle class tends to grow more towards donors than to communities. This is reflected in effective and efficient upward accountability as opposed to downward accountability. |
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The end of an era |
| 14 May 2004 |
| After more than 30 years of supporting health services in Turkana, Northern Kenya, MS Kenya is stepping down its support to mobile clinics firstly in Kaikor. However, MS will remain supporting the small CBO Akosi for a couple of years. Danish Development Worker Ole Holst, looks at some achievements gained and some implications for the future |
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No religion legitimizes conflict |
| 15 April 2004 |
| If a religion is to be judged on its role in conflict this should logically be done on the basis of its sources, not on the basis of extreme acts of a tiny minority of its self-proclaimed followers. |
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Development, Terrorism and Human Rights - a tale of two countries |
| 23 January 2004 |
| A Keynote Address by Willy Mutunga on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of MS, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 23, 2004. The address is a discussion about how two significant actors in the civil societies of the two countries view the issues of development collaboration, terrorism and human rights. |
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Editorial: Being smart without losing our soul… |
| 20 January 2004 |
| Anti-terror is the new paradigm for international development aid, but there are many potential pitfalls and conflicts that need careful considerations before Danish development aid is thrown into the global fight against terror. |
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Warning to the Rich World |
| 19 January 2004 |
| James Wolfensohn warns the West about a future of chaos, violence and terror, if no drastic actions against poverty are taken. |
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Development, Terrorism and Human Rights |
| 18 January 2004 |
| Whatever successes the human rights movements have made in the areas of women’s rights, civil liberties and other human rights areas are now in danger of being clawed back. |
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No Religion Legitimizes Conflict |
| 17 January 2004 |
| If a religion is to be judged on its role in conflict this should logically be done on the basis of its sources, not on the basis of extreme acts of a tiny minority of its self-proclaimed followers. |
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Interview: Aid and the War on Terror |
| 15 January 2004 |
| Hon. Billow Kerrow, M.P. Mandera Central (KANU) and Shadow Finance Minister answers questions on issues concerning aid to Kenya and the war against terror. |
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Letter from America |
| 14 January 2004 |
| Dubya is a fictional American from Texas now living in Washington. He is a card-carrying Republican who likes fly-fishing, barbeque grills, and writing on different global matters. Dubya is thinking of going for US President, 2004. His slogan: Lets do it again! |
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Give Kenya A Second Chance |
| 10 January 2003 |
| After the most peaceful and fair elections ever held in Kenya, the Danish Association for International Cooperation, MS, asks Danish politicians to again increase development assistance to the poor East African country. |
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Finally struggle for justice bears fruit in OSILIGI Kenya |
| 29 July 2002 |
| The fight for justice on a painfully long winding road is tedious but nothing is sweeter than when it finally settles for you. Ourselves and partner organisation OSILIGI (Organisation for the Survival of the Il-Laikipiak Masaai Indigenous Group Initiatives) have been fighting for the rights of over 200 pastoralists community in Kenya who have lost lives, limbs and property due to careless disposal of live bombs by the British military who come to |
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Ministry Of Defence Agrees To Pay Masai Bomb Victims £4.5m |
| 19 July 2002 |
| A deal was struck today between the Ministry of Defence and the lawyers representing some 228 Masai Bomb victims for them to pay £4.5m plus costs for the injuries, and deaths, arising from the British Army's use of the practice ranges at Archers Post and Dol Dol in central Kenya. In paying the money, the Ministry of Defence accepted limited liability for the injuries and deaths occurring. |
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Kenya: Land conflicts cause ethnic bloodshed |
| 01 October 1998 |
| Since ´91, ethnic violence has erupted with a ferocity and mind numbing regularity, not seen before in Kenya’s 30 years of relatively peaceful independence. The core of the conflict is the issue of land. |
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