According to Kagwe, Kenya has become a trailblazer across Africa in accelerating a switch from tobacco farming to nutritious and eco-friendly alternatives such as beans. He said that despite contributing about 1 percent to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), tobacco had worsened the burde...
By Declan Walsh and Abdi Latif Dahir in Nairobi, KenyaSun Nov 19 2023 - 04:17 Unicef chief calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire Catherine Russell declares that ‘inside the Strip, there is nowhere that is safe for Gaza’s one million children’ By Michael JansenThu Nov 16 2023 - 06:00 ...
Over 2,000 participants, drawn from governments, UN agencies, civil society, academia, industry and think tanks, are participating in the two-day conference, to be held under the theme of "Shaping a Future of Global and Sustainable Progress." As the first UN civil society conference to be h...
Read:Kenya drops from list of top 10 suppliers of UN agencies Kenya’s battle for the seat comes barely a month after it lost the IMO secretary-general post to Arsenio Velasco of the Republic of Panama who takes over on January 1 next year. “Kenya reaffirms its commitment to support th...
Also in today’s edition: We look at Alice Albright’s work at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, discuss financing for climate, and crunch the numbers around sexual and reproductive health and rights in development. Plus, Science Week is put on hold in Kenya. + Upcoming event: Join us on...
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) managing director Daniel Manduku has assured that no ship will be locked out of the port due to coronavirus, saying strict surveillance mechanism has been put in place to ensure the port is protected from corona virus infections. ...
in addition to expert assessment based on desk research.The survey generated comparable data and enhanced political buy-in and sense of ownership among responding countries/agencies leading urban policy.To develop the third edition,UN-Habitat and the OECD decided to use country surveys as the main ...
An HIV-uninfected birth cohort was established between 2003 and 200521, which served as the source for the control samples used in this study (n = 9). Participants of this cohort were enrolled in the same geographical region (Nairobi, Kenya) and characterized by similar socio-economic fac...
5-12, the party ordered factories and other government agencies to wean themselves off of imports so the country’s economy could be more self-sufficient. But RFA reported last week that because the congress decided to invest heavily in North Korea’s tourism sector, government officials were ...
- Obed Koringo, Climate Policy Advisor, CARE (based in Kenya) “As countries plan to meet during COP28 in the United Arab Emirates later this month, the stakes are extremely high, especially on the delivery of past commitments and pledges on adaptation finance. Wealthy countries need to produ...