Rift Valley

David Ndung'u : Kenya

25 of $275 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 21, 2009 David is 29 years old and married to Virginia Njambi. They have a five-year-old child. David operates a barber shop in Naivasha. He has been in this business for the last...

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Francis Njogu : Kenya

75 of $425 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 21, 2009 Francis Njogu is 39 years old, married to Lucy Muthoni and they have four school-age children. He has been operating a welding workshop where he makes doors and windows...

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Ethiopian “Virgin Land’ For Sale - By Andrew Rice

According to the World Bank, as much as three-quarters of Ethiopia’s arable land is not under cultivation, and agronomists say that with substantial capital expenditure, much of it could become bountiful. Since the world food...

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Kenya: Centum Posts Fall in Earnings

Nairobi — Centum Investment Ltd has reported a 72 per cent drop in pre-tax profit for the six months period ended September 30, 2009. One of the oldest and largest investment companies in the country, Centum's pre-tax earnings...

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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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Ruto Moves to Clear Name in Poll Chaos Report

Nairobi — Agriculture minister William Ruto Friday moved to court seeking to expunge his name from a report linking him to post-election violence. In an application certified urgent, Mr Ruto says the report by the Kenya...

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UPDATE 1-Kenyan Centum H1 pretax profit slides

NAIROBI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Kenya's Centum Investment said on Friday its half-year pretax profit fell to 114 million shillings ($1.5 million) from 407 million a year earlier. It said operating costs rose 74 percent in the six...

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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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Alice Ahenda: A tribute

We are saddened to hear that Alice Ahenda, who worked for our partner the St. John's Sports Society (SSS) in Nairobi, Kenya, has died in a road accident The car Alice was travelling in crashed near Eldoret on the morning of...

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Six Suspected Kidnappers Held by Police

Barnabas Bii and Bernard Kwalia Nairobi — Six people suspected to be involved in a kidnapping syndicate have been arrested. Officers found security attire, money, and household items in their hideout in Turbo in the outskirts...

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