• The second paper, by Professor Stephen Rotich, also investigated the relationship between the drivers of clan-based conflicts and the role of Al-Shabaab, but in Garissa County. (rusi.org)
  • and the Garissa County Government and the Kenya Ministry of Health conducted a case-control study. (cdc.gov)
  • The social constructivist theoretical framework informed the study in determining relevance of social studies curriculum content in enhancing the value of responsibility among preschool children in Nairobi County. (macrothink.org)
  • Seroprevalence of non-typhoidal Salmonella disease and associated factors in children in Mukuru settlement in Nairobi County, Kenya. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of the study was to determine the proportion of children exposed to Salmonella Enteritidis or Salmonella Typhimurium O antigen among the apparently healthy children and patients and the associated host and environmental factors among children attending selected healthcare facilities in Mukuru, Nairobi County, Kenya . (bvsalud.org)
  • Similarly, the third paper, by Professor David Karienye, explored the relationship between clan-based conflicts and the role of external actors such as Al-Shabaab in Wajir County. (rusi.org)
  • Following the re-organization of Kenya's national administration, counties were integrated into a new national administration with the national government posting a county commissioner to each county to serve as a collaborative link with county government. (wikipedia.org)
  • Turkana County is located at the meeting of Kenya's blurred borders with Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • While reports of Al-Shabaab's activities were noted prior to 2012, it was not until Kenya launched its military offensive in Somalia (Operation Linda Nchi) that more consistent news of the group extending its operations to Kenya's North-East region began to emerge. (rusi.org)
  • A dusty frontier garrison town in central Kenya, it was the gateway into the badlands of Kenya's former Northern Frontier District. (crisisgroup.org)
  • Kakuma refugee camp was established in 1992 and is located in Kenya's northwest corner in Turkana County. (unhabitat.org)
  • A new report by the Mandera Peacebuilding Programme, implemented by Kenya's National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and Interpeace, presents the impediments to peace in the County, as identified by the people of Mandera themselves. (transconflict.com)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - In the shadow of a glossy, thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya's capital, street vendors struggle to make even 200 shillings ($1.68) a day and often pocket none. (wreg.com)
  • The project is being developed in a partnership between Meru County Investment and Development Corporation (MCIDC) and Windlab East Africa (which is owned by Windlab Limited and Eurus Energy). (power-technology.com)
  • It straddles the recently upgraded (paved) Pan-Africa highway that links the Horn (especially Ethiopia's huge and relatively untapped markets) to central Kenya and beyond to Central and Southern Africa. (crisisgroup.org)
  • This seeks to develop a new "northern" transport corridor between Kenya and Uganda and to better integrate Ethiopia and South Sudan into East Africa, and will include a new port being built near Lamu, oil pipelines and a refinery. (crisisgroup.org)
  • On Sunday, 16 Feb 2014 Kenedy Owino, NCFM's Liaison in Kenya, reported a victory for Intactivists in Africa. (ncfm.org)
  • Hon.Leonard Oriaro praised the initiative Intact Kenya is taking to save male babies and men in Siaya county,the whole of Kenya and Africa from the rite.He said he will organise a forum to popularise Intact Kenya and make it a fully recognised movement. (ncfm.org)
  • In Kenya, indeed in sub-Saharan Africa, early and timely case-finding and access to care are challenges occasioned by scarce resources and non-integrated healthcare systems which can still be overcome. (researchsquare.com)
  • 2017 in Photos: Backpacking in Kenya, Africa and Beyond. (kenyanbackpacker.com)
  • 2017 saw me go on adventures in Kenya and Southern Africa. (kenyanbackpacker.com)
  • County governments were established in all 47 counties after the general elections in March 2013. (wikipedia.org)
  • These Kenya County Budget Training manuals provide a series of participatory exercises for trainers and participants who wish to advance their understanding of the role of county governments and national government in managing public funds under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. (internationalbudget.org)
  • It is recommended that guidance and counselling should be continuously provided to tutors and students as a way of addressing the psychological and behavioural challenges brought about by Covid-19, tutors need to be trained on remote learning methodologies (digital skills) and county governments need to invest in setting up infrastructure to support online learning in VTCs. (ascleiden.nl)
  • Section 35 of the County Governments Act contains the qualifications for the appointment of a county executive committee member in Kenya. (afrocave.com)
  • These grounds to remove a county executive committee member are under Section 40 (2) of the County Governments Act. (afrocave.com)
  • The post Ewaso Vilage: Poems, Stories, and Photography from Laikipia County, Kenya first appeared on BlackPressUSA . (postnewsgroup.com)
  • 1 Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA), University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya . (scirp.org)
  • Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI), College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 29053-00625 Nairobi, Kenya. (academicjournals.org)
  • Department of Geology, College of Biological and Physical Sciences University of Nairobi, Kenya. (academicjournals.org)
  • This image was captured in Machakos County, Kenya, located outside of the country's capital city Nairobi. (cdc.gov)
  • The inaugural Kisumu City Run 2023 is set to be a boon for the region's businesses, as 5,000 runners are expected to visit Lakeside County to take part in the historic footrace. (go.ke)
  • Thus, the urgent need for all stakeholders (National Museums of Kenya, Duruma Council of Elders, Kenya Forest Service and Kwale County Government) to collaborate in enhancing the conservation of the three coastal fragments. (gbif.org)
  • Turkana County is an arid region, long neglected by successive Kenyan administrations. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • However, in recent months, Turkana County has become a key area of interest for the Kenyan government and investors alike following reports that British-owned oil exploration company, Tullow Oil PLC, discovered an estimated 250 million barrels of crude oil there. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Garbage that has been dumped in the middle of nowhere in Turkana County. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • View of an an oil rig operated by Tullow in Turkana County, an arid region, long neglected by successive Kenyan administrations. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • A motor bike parked in front of a traditional hut which incorporates modernity in a remote part of Turkana county. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • A man and a woman on the main and only road in Lokichar, a frontier town in Turkana county. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Ekales Camp, one of many tented camps that Tullow has built for its staff operating in Turkana County. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Turkana County is dry. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • But Turkana County, the planet's oldest landscape known to have been inhabited by modern humans, is anything but empty. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • The intervention is in line with the Turkana County Ministry of Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Area Management's (MLPPUAM) vision to have an efficient and effective land administration system that promotes security of tenure, equitable access and control of land for sustainable socio-economic development of the County. (unhabitat.org)
  • Most of the land in Turkana county is unregistered community land held in trust by the county government. (unhabitat.org)
  • The first paper, by Dean Abdulrahman Hamo Mohamed, focused on the role of Al-Shabaab in inter-clan conflicts and the proximate causes and triggers for clan conflicts in Mandera County. (rusi.org)
  • The report, titled Voices of the People: Challenges to Peace in Mandera County , presents the first-hand opinions of grassroots communities across the County, captured in a yearlong Participatory Action Research (PAR) process that reached 730 community members through focus group discussions and 43 key informants. (transconflict.com)
  • What are the impediments to peace in Mandera County? (transconflict.com)
  • As of 2022, there are 47 counties whose size and boundaries are based on 1992 districts. (wikipedia.org)
  • A man pushes a bicycle past campaign posters for Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga, referred to affectionately as "Baba", the Swahili word for "father", and his running mate Martha Karua, in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, July 29, 2022. (wreg.com)
  • Thesis, Kenyatta University, Nairobi-Kenya. (gbif.org)
  • Ensuring and coordinating the participation of communities and locations in governance at the local level Assisting communities and locations to develop the administrative capacity for the effective exercise of the functions and powers and participation in governance at the local level The county governor and the deputy county governor are the chief executive and deputy chief executive of the county, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Incidentally, the decision to decentralise governance to 47 counties came in the wake of political violence rooted in historical grievances. (transconflict.com)
  • The counties are also single-member constituencies which elect members of the Senate, and special woman members to the National Assembly. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission says it has distributed 2,053 pallets containing ballot papers to 216 constituencies in 35 counties. (co.ke)
  • Mandera is a County located in the arid and semi-arid rangelands of north eastern Kenya, along the country's conflict-prone tri-border with Ethiopia and Somalia. (transconflict.com)
  • This research provides a realistic picture of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on vocational education and training in public institutions in West Pokot County which is considered to be a marginalised and arid and semi-arid region in the North-western part of Kenya. (ascleiden.nl)
  • Interest on the investigation of groundwater depletion threat is growing globally and Langata sub County in Nairobi, the capital city of the Republic of Kenya, is not an exception. (scirp.org)
  • The Counties of Kenya (Swahili: Kaunti za Kenya) are geographical units created by the 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the new units of devolved government. (wikipedia.org)
  • The establishment and executive powers of the counties is provided in Chapter Eleven of the Constitution on devolved government, the Constitution's Fourth Schedule and any other legislation passed by the Senate of Kenya concerning counties. (wikipedia.org)
  • The counties' names are set out in the First Schedule of the Constitution. (wikipedia.org)
  • Under the new constitution, Kenya is now divided into 47 counties for administrative purposes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Implementation of specific national government policies on natural resources and environmental conservation Soil and water conservation Forestry Stormwater management systems in built-up areas Water and sanitation services Counties are mandated by the 2010 constitution of Kenya to enact legislation and laws that ensures management and controls of fire fighting. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Kenyan Investment Authority and Meru County Government (Kenya) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Windlab and Eurus Energy for the development of the hybrid project. (power-technology.com)
  • The County should progressively work towards the elimination of payment at the point of use for SRH commodities, especially by the marginalised and indigent populations, through social health insurance and government subsidies to private and faith-based health facilities. (haiweb.org)
  • We do not want the county government to be obstructed from fencing. (savetheelephants.org)
  • A small portion of land is public land held on behalf of the county and national government by the National Land Commission. (unhabitat.org)
  • The devolution of government in Kenya has emerged as a new conflict factor in Mandera, intensifying competition for political positions. (transconflict.com)
  • Away from the national spotlight, local media have lauded the Government of Makueni County, located in the southeastern Kenyan region with a population of approximately one million, for its recently implemented open contracting platform . (open-contracting.org)
  • Thanks to this new approach, anyone can see what the County government is buying and who got the contract. (open-contracting.org)
  • Access to medicines and medical commodities in Isiolo County, Kenya, forms a crucial building block of the health system. (haiweb.org)
  • However, modern contraceptive use among married women aged 15-49 years is much lower in Isiolo (28.7%), Mandera (1.8%) and Marsabit (5.6%) Counties, with unmet need ranging from 17.3% to 37.6% in these counties. (haiweb.org)
  • This research was conducted to study the availability, affordability and stockouts of 49 SRH commodities which are used for family planning , maternal healthcare , treatment of STIs , treatment of HIV/AIDS , in addition to several test kits and menstrual products , in Isiolo, Mandera and Marsabit Counties in Kenya. (haiweb.org)
  • Read through this report, which focuses in particular on the availability, affordability and stockouts of commodities in Isiolo County, Kenya. (haiweb.org)
  • Soon after Kenya enforced an early lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in early 2020, a huge corruption scandal engulfed the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), the Kenyan agency tasked with sourcing medical equipment to protect frontline workers from the virus. (open-contracting.org)
  • Kenya confirmed the 1st case on 13th March 2020. (who.int)
  • These tools help me in my daily work," says Julia Kimutai, a 38-year-old community strategy coordinator who works at the sub-county level in Kenya. (who.int)
  • Such rampant corruption remains endemic in procurement in Kenya. (open-contracting.org)
  • NTS disease is endemic in Kenya and is associated with sporadic fatal outbreaks in several regions of the country with poor resource setting. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2013, NCFM Liaison in Kenya Kennedy Owino successfully blocked mandatory circumcision legislation in Siaya County, Kenya. (ncfm.org)
  • The legislation would have required the mandatory circumcision of all males in the county, newborns to adults. (ncfm.org)
  • The Conference on Clan Conflict and Violent Extremism in the North-Eastern Counties of Kenya, held by RUSI in January 2019, shared research on the connections between clan conflicts and violent extremism and produced recommendations for policy and programming. (rusi.org)
  • On 22 January 2019, RUSI's office in Nairobi held a conference on Clan Conflict and Violent Extremism in the North-Eastern Counties of Kenya. (rusi.org)
  • Through effective multi-stakeholder coordination, resources available from various stakeholders supporting the County should be pooled to increase efficiency in utilisation. (haiweb.org)
  • The purpose of this first question was to determine the main challenges to peace in the County, from the perspective of the local populations and other stakeholders. (transconflict.com)
  • But a small county in the southeast of the country is leading reform and inspiring its neighbors as early results of open contracting reforms show increased competition and suggest greater efficiency, giving stakeholders the hope that implementing transparent, data-driven public procurement reforms is possible. (open-contracting.org)
  • Effects of Forest Fragmentation, Isolation, and Structure on the Richness and Abundance of Bird Communities in Major Coastal Forests of South coast, Kenya. (gbif.org)
  • UN-Habitat Project title : Enhancing self-reliance for refugees and host communities in Kenya. (unhabitat.org)
  • UN-Habitat has received funding from the European Union to implement a project called " Enhancing self-reliance for refugees and host communities in Kenya ", and is being managed by Urban Planning, Finance, Economic Development Section, under Urban Practices Branch of UN-Habitat. (unhabitat.org)
  • A qualitative study involving focus group discussions and in-depth interviews was conducted in the two predominantly Muslim communities of Lamu and Wajir counties, Kenya. (ugent.be)
  • This research paper shall conduct an analysis on the impact of the Pandemic response on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls in Kenya by considering the legal and policy framework guiding the pandemic response vis a vis the documented experience of communities of women and girls seeking to access sexual and reproductive health services. (lu.se)
  • Kibwana has since become a pioneer in the field of Kenyan procurement, becoming the first governor in Kenya to implement an open data procurement platform. (open-contracting.org)
  • National Museums of Kenya. (gbif.org)
  • Collaborating with the National and County Ministries of Health and other partners to support a MNHN care package that aims to increase antenatal care (ANC) quality and attendance, provision and consumption of IFA supplements in pregnancy, and newborn and postnatal care. (who.int)
  • Providing technical assistance at national and county levels. (who.int)
  • This work is in close partnership with the National and County Ministries of Health. (who.int)
  • The County should promote private sector participation in financing of healthcare through public-private partnerships and other mechanisms. (haiweb.org)
  • Introduction: Counties Slash Healthcare Budgets? (internationalbudget.org)
  • 2021. "Muslim Men's Perceptions and Attitudes on Family Planning : A Qualitative Study in Wajir and Lamu Counties in Kenya. (ugent.be)
  • B. Abdi, J. O. Okal, G. Serour, and M. Temmerman, "Muslim men's perceptions and attitudes on family planning : a qualitative study in Wajir and Lamu counties in Kenya," SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MATTERS , vol. 29, no. 1, 2021. (ugent.be)
  • Kenya has offered to send 1,000 police officers to help train and assist an overwhelmed Haitian police force, saying it hopes to "restore normalcy in the country. (wivb.com)
  • attack rate 5.1 per 1,000) in the history of Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya occurred. (cdc.gov)
  • It is estimated that the number of AIDS orphans in Kenya is 2.4 million. (globalhand.org)
  • KOHOP is implementing an HIV / AIDS project in Kothidha location, Asego division of Homabay County. (globalhand.org)
  • East Arc Mountains and Coastal Forest of Tanzania and Kenya Biodiversity Hotspots. (gbif.org)
  • For more than a thousand years, the Maasai and their Samburu neighbors have survived and thrived as pastoralists on the savannah near Mt. Kenya and the Maasai Mara borderlands of Kenya and Tanzania," the publishers wrote. (postnewsgroup.com)
  • Accordingly, this study aims to assess if there is a correlation coefficient between drought events and groundwater development trend in Langata sub County see Figure 1 (a) and Figure 1 (b). (scirp.org)
  • The Meru County Energy Park - Battery Energy Storage System is being developed by Eurus Energy Holdings, Meru County Investment and Development and Windlab. (power-technology.com)
  • Eurus Energy Holdings, Meru County Investment and Development and Windlab are the owners. (power-technology.com)
  • This research is essential as it creates a clear overview of the availability and affordability of a comprehensive package of essential SRH commodities in Kenya, which will contribute to the development of evidence-based policies to improve the SRH of women and adolescents. (haiweb.org)
  • To address this gap in research, RUSI, in partnership with Garissa University College, supported the development of three academic papers to examine the evolving nature of clan conflicts in NE Kenya and analyse the extent to which violent extremist (VE) groups such as Al-Shabaab exploit such conflicts. (rusi.org)
  • Prominent among these grievances was the skewed allocation of resources and the over-concentration of power in Nairobi, a situation that had long marginalised far-flung counties like Mandera and stymied their development. (transconflict.com)
  • To do so, Makueni County looked outside for support and started working in partnership with Development Gateway in 2018. (open-contracting.org)
  • The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall not conduct a separate election for the deputy governor but shall declare the running mate of the person who is elected county governor to have been elected as the deputy governor. (wikipedia.org)
  • In each of these outbreaks, transmission occurred in multiple settings (e.g., workplaces, homeless shelters, a substance-abuse treatment center, a publicly supported hospital, and a county jail). (cdc.gov)
  • In smaller outbreaks, reported cases occurred primarily among adults in a workplace, a county jail, and a college. (cdc.gov)
  • CARE essentially allocates the per diem and transport of local County Public Health Officers (CPHOs), who are responsible for carrying out the CLTS method in the community: pre-triggering, triggering and (some) post-triggering follow-up. (careevaluations.org)
  • A member of the county executive committee shall not hold any other State or public office. (afrocave.com)
  • The Meru County Energy Park - Battery Energy Storage System is a 5,000kW energy storage project located in Meru, Kenya. (power-technology.com)
  • In patriarchal societies like Kenya, understanding men's perceptions and attitudes on family planning is critical given their decision-making roles that affect uptake of contraception. (ugent.be)
  • County Climate Risk Profiles are a key tool to guide climate smart agriculture (CSA) investments and priorities at the county level in Kenya. (cgiar.org)
  • Please view NFER's report on teacher attendance in Embu County, Kenya . (nfer.ac.uk)
  • Methods : A cross-sectional study was conducted at the out-patient of Nyeri County hospital. (researchsquare.com)
  • This paper focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the education system in Kenya with reference to vocational training institutions. (ascleiden.nl)
  • Rising prices for food and fuel, exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and following the economic pain of the COVID-19 pandemic, add to the traditional ethnic tensions in a vote called so closely contested that Kenya might go to a runoff election for the first time. (wreg.com)
  • The findings from these papers were then presented at the conference on Clan Conflict and Violent Extremism in the North-Eastern Counties of Kenya. (rusi.org)
  • Following a qualitative approach, each of the papers focused on one of the three counties that constitute the North-East region. (rusi.org)
  • Speaking at the Mwalimu Guest House in Siaya town on Friday when Intact Kenya paid him a courtesy call ,Honourable Leonard Otieno Oriaro,the Ward Representative for Central Alego ward in Siaya county said that the bill must be aborted at conception since it will violate the right to genital integrity of men and male babies born within Siaya county. (ncfm.org)
  • The vote "will be an opportunity for Kenya to showcase its democracy to the world," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, arguing for "a peaceful and transparent democratic process. (wreg.com)
  • Kenya Coastal Forests: The Report of NMK/WWF Coast Forest Survey. (gbif.org)
  • CARE Kenya - within the Kenya RAPID program - has been assigned 65 villages outside of Garissa town, to support the implementation of the CLTS method, and ultimately support the achievement of Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages. (careevaluations.org)
  • To promote availability, the CHMT should ensure that the County and health facilities have the essential list of SRH commodities and products and refer to this in acquisition, financing, and other access-enhancing interventions. (haiweb.org)
  • Since 2012, the NE region of Kenya, which borders Somalia, has suffered a number of devastating terrorist attacks. (rusi.org)
  • In Kenya, candidates aren't required to publicly account for campaign donations or spending. (wreg.com)
  • Although this section describes MNHN, wherever possible, Nutrition International's work in Kenya follows a comprehensive and integrated approach, with a strong focus on the first 1000 days, from pregnancy through 2 years of age. (who.int)
  • All of this is focused on a community in southern Kenya, Ewaso Village, which has become an important place of spiritual connection for the author over the years of his travels," according to a news release. (postnewsgroup.com)
  • NI has supported MNHN programming in Kenya since 2011 and support is ongoing. (who.int)