Central Province (Kenya)

Africa's Biggest Wind Farm Project Runs Into Stormy Weather

Long term lenders behind the massive Lake Turkana Wind Power Project - Kenya's largest green-field wind power scheme - are now asking for a government guarantee to cover the risks in the private-sector funded project.

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The White-Highlands: Massive Land Grabbing By Politicians in Post-Independence Kenya Posted By :...

Failure by the British government and World Bank to provide enough money to buy all the land in the Scheduled Areas, also known as White Highlands, kick-started a private treaty land buying spree that tilted the balance in...

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Merge or Perish, Saccos Warned

Nairobi — Merge or perish, is the message Mr Joseph Nyaga, Co-operatives Development and Marketing minister, has for savings and credit co-operative societies. And towards this end, he said, the ministry is encouraging the more...

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Kenyans to Elect Four MPs Under New Law

Nairobi — The number of MPs will increase from 222 to 396 if the draft constitution becomes law. The draft, unveiled on Tuesday, also proposes to set up regional parliaments with a total of 278 members countrywide and county...

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Kenya: KDN Rolls Out Alternative Fibre Cable

Kenya Data Networks, the internet infrastructure provider, is laying a 700-kilometre fibre optic cable from Thika to Mombasa to act as a redundancy path to its cable. Work on the redundancy path that started in mid October is...

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Peter Karigi Gitau : Kenya

25 of $825 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 17, 2009 Peter is 39 years old and runs a motorcycle taxi business in the town of Tinganga, outside of Kiambu. He has been operating this business for the past year and a half and...

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Bundles of Joy Becoming Bitter Pills

Nairobi — Politicians, teachers and Catholic Church leaders are not amused: Married women in central Kenya do not want to have any more babies. The 2008/2009 Demographic and Health Survey report released last week indicates...

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The Palin Tax On The GOP

Max Blumenthal: How Sarah Palin Made Herself Indispensable While Destroying The Republican Party As Sarah Palin tells her side of the story in her new book, "Going Rogue", some former McCain campaign aides are already crying...

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In Case of Big Blaze in Nyeri, Help is 27km Away

Nairobi — The only fire engine big enough to fight a major fire at Nyeri Council is old and needs to be changed, making the town rely on one from Karatina council, some 27 kilometres away. The engine creaks under the weight of...

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Develop State-Backed Housing Plans in Towns

editorial Property developers in Kenya appear resigned to some home truths that are unique to this market. The first is that land will not come in sizes that allow for development of many units, unlocking the benefits of...

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