Kenya’s Professionals call for a supreme natural resource law
The Association of Professionals in East Africa, the Kenyan Chapter has initiated a plan aimed at developing an umbrella law to guide the management of natural resources. According to Dr Daniel Ichangi, the Chairman of APSEA said the recent discoveries of oil, coal, titanium and other minerals necessitate the need to have an overriding law. [...]
East African countries urged to curb intra-conflicts
East African countries have been urged to utilize their regional body in order to curb a wave of intra-conflicts and terrorism which are detrimental to economic development, peace and stability. The call was made in a telephonic conference at the US Embassy on Monday this week by Ambassador Johnnie Carson who is the US, Assistant [...]
Toolkit for environmental education for Kenyan Faiths developed
A non-governmental organisation is developing an environmental education toolkit to help the Kenyan faiths come up with appropriate curriculum for use in educational facilities they run. Dr Dorcas Otieno, the Executive Director, Kenya Organization of Environmental Education (KOEE) said in the sidelines of the ongoing meeting of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation in Nairobi, [...]
Civil Society angry at Kenya government’s attempt to develop a Health Act
A committee in Kenya’s Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation charged with drafting the Heath Bill has come under scathing attack from members of the civil society for being autocratic and failing to take alternative views from the technical people working outside government circles. At a recent meeting of the CSOs, the groups proposed the [...]
TB-HIV co-infection management training programme launched in Kenya
The Kenya Medical Research Institute in collaboration with the WHO-Afro regional office Monday began a six-weeks regional training programme on management of TB, TB-HIV and drug resistant TB in Nairobi, Kenya. According to Dr Micheal Kiptoo, Director, KEMRI, the training aims to strengthen the capacity of health care workers from public, private and NGO sectors [...]
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