Thursday, December 08, 2005

POLITICS: Ministers Reject Posts in Kibaki's Government

Has Kibaki neglected the needs of the people in Western Kenya as Orwa Ojode claims? Ojode neglected the post of Environmental Minister on the basis the there was not enough representation from Nyanza Province. Can this be tied to the fact that Nyanza Province was an 'Orange' (No) region?

Read more here

POLITICS: Kibaki Chooses New Cabinet

President Mwai Kabiki released the names of those he had appointed to his cabinet in an address to the nation on Wednesday, December 7th, 2005.

"...As I said in my statement to you following the results, the people made their decision, which would be honoured by my government.

I am aware that although most voters rejected the proposed draft, the desire for a new constitution is still strong among Kenyans.

My Government is committed to achieving this objective, and will facilitate dialogue and consultations to lay the foundation for a legal framework for a new constitution. I take this opportunity to wish all those appointed the best of luck in their new assignments.

And I wish to remind them that they have been entrusted with a heavy national responsibility, so they must always be guided by the desire to place the nation above self..."

To read the speech, click here

Some of the key posts can be found here

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Earthquake felt in Kenya

A tremor (6.8 on the Richter Scale) in Tanzania is felt in several cities in Kenya including Kisumu..

HEALTH: HIV/AIDS Still Prevalent in Western Province

NACC noted in its 2000-2005 HIV/AIDS strategic plan, however, "Successful IEC interventions for behaviour change are complicated by the fact that matters of human sexuality are closely tied to traditional beliefs and cultural practices...

In no other place in Kenya, perhaps, is this demonstrated as strongly as in Nyanza province in western region...

The province - with an average HIV/AIDS infection rate of 14.7 percent - continues to face a crisis and offers a lesson in the role culture and tradition play in the transmission of the HIV virus...

In villages surrounding Kenya's Lake Victoria, the pandemic continues to wreak havoc, awareness levels remain relatively low, traditions that facilitate the transmission of HIV persist, and medical facilities are too far away for many of those desperate for help...