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Stanchart in First Currency Swap for Micro-Finance Firm
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
tandard Chartered Bank (SCB) has signed the first ever currency swap in the market as Kenyan banks scramble for the once neglected micro-finance ... more
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Citizens Ponder Fertilizer Prices
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
row is brewing between the Kenyan government and fertilizer suppliers over how to cut down prices on farm inputs and make them available to the ... more
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KCB to Cross-List On USE
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
enya Commercial Bank (KCB) is seeking statutory approvals to list shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), a development that will allow local Ugandan investors to take up shares in the regional ... more
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Govt in Rural ICT Initiative
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
he Kenya government says it will increase funding to the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector in efforts to realise the Digital Village Programme that aims to boost employment in the ... more
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Economic, Finance Varsity
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
enya's business and finance specialised institution, Strathmore University, has officially received its university status after more than six years of operating on an interim license, widening the training network for ... more
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Low-Cost Cell-Phones to Be Launched
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
new ultra low cost mobile phone that is set to challenge other established phone models in the emerging and frontier market consumers is set to be launched in ... more
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Govt in Bid to Light Up One Million Homes
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
enya's state-owned power utility company says it will raise the level of rural electricity connectivity to above 20% in the next three years, owing to increasing demand for ... more
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Child Shot Dead in Failed Raid
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
attle rustlers shot dead a five-year-old child and injured another when they raided a farm owned by President Kibaki's relative in Laikipia West ... more
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Poverty the Greatest Threat to Stability of African States
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
hat Kenya and other African countries in general are faced with monstrous challenges associated with poverty is not in any ... more
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Some Victims Want Root Causes of Violence Adressed Before Resettlement
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
number of Rift Valley residents have accused the Opposition of attempting to derail the planned resettlement of internal refugees in the province, with some of the victims and locals vowing to resist being ... more
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To Stave Off Hunger, Urgent Agriculture Reforms Needed
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
he warning signs are there for all to see. Some 350,000 small-scale farmers are still living in camps for internal refugees; oil prices have hit the $120 dollar mark a barrel, pushing pump prices to an incredible high, and the cost of agricultural inputs has risen beyond what the ordinary... more
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Water Firm Loses Sh12m to Fraudsters
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
llegal water connections and fraudulent meter adjustments have cost the Mombasa Water and Sewerage Company Sh12 million in lost revenue, it emerged ... more
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There And About - Somali Pirates Face New Offensive
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
our nations a week today presented the UN Security Council with a draft resolution to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia. The draft, however, sidestepped an issue fundamental to solving the problem: ... more
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600 Teachers Quit Classroom for Better Jobs
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
undreds of teachers have abandoned the chalk for jobs in the private sector and the public service. The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association says nearly 600 teachers have left the classroom for the Public Service in the past six ... more
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Mungiki Talks - Let's Not Lose Our Heads
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
HE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS TREADING ON dangerous ground by opting to negotiate with outlawed militias. It is understandable that Mungiki - which represents the ugly face of Kenyan politics - needs to be contained by all means, including negotiations. But Kenyans are wondering where negotiation starts and surrender ... more
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Universities In Kenya, Uganda To Receive Major Research Grants
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
enya and Uganda will receive the bulk of a $40 million grant by the Wellcome Trust for research and science training in ... more
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Bank Gives Sh62 Billion for Food Aid
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
he African Development Bank (AfDB) will raise agricultural funding to Africa by Sh62 billion ($1 billion) to help address the food crisis in member ... more
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Act On Gender Policy, Govt Told
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
he Government has been asked to implement the national gender policy to increase school transition rates among ... more
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Showdown Looms Over Proposed Narcotic Plant Ban
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
very afternoon, Garissa town residents meet for a miraa (khat) chewing session. The twig is a way of life in this stuffy and sun bathed ... more
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Alarm Over High HIV Prevalence
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 05, 2008
frican scientists have challenged governments to revamp primary healthcare in the ... more
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