Malaria has long been endemic to Kenya’s humid coast and swampy lowland regions, but it has only rarely reached villages on the slopes of Mount Kenya. In recent decades scientists have noted an increase in epidemics in the regions that formerly did not have to worry about Malaria. Experts attribute the spike in malaria to [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Experts Say Climate Change Fueling Malaria in Kenya
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US warns over Kenya’s crisis
Posted in Elections, Kenya on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Story by JEFF OTIENO
Publication Date: 1/13/2008
The United States has fired a diplomatic warning shot to Kenya, saying it will stop conducting “business as usual” if the current political crisis persists.
US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Dr Jendayi Frazer, speaking in Nairobi: Diplomatic sources said it was still too [...]
CyberPatrol – Parental control software – block MySpace
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CyberPatrol lets you monitor and control how, when and to whom Internet access is allowed, filtered or blocked, as well as choose where they surf online.
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What should you do when you forgot password of a web site?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many friends asked me the question: “What can I do if I forgot my password of MySpace”
Someone forgot MySpace password, someone forgot yahoo password, and someone forgot some other web site’s password.
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Blind, Wheelchair-Bound Student Doesn’t Fail to Inspire
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For someone his age and who had been blind and crippled since birth, Patrick Henry Hughes is one of the most talented musicians one can find. The music his hands draw from that piano is so lovely and lyrical and haunting, so rich and complex. It is beyond anything you can imagine.
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Kenya: End Police Use of Excessive Force
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Kenyan government should urgently and publicly order the police to stop using excessive, lethal force against public rallies, Human Rights Watch said today. HRW urged political leaders on all sides to call on supporters to demonstrate peacefully. Kenyan security forces have a duty to rein in criminal violence and protect the peaceful protestor.
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Remember the Forgotten Victims of the D.R. of Congo
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
War and continuous conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo have left many victims. These people are predominately widows and children who have little to no resources. Kisumu Project Inc and COSCCET are in the process of trying to bring victims from Mitwaba to Lubumbashi, DRC to testify against the Mai Mai cannibalistic rapist chief [...]
In Life’s Web, Aiding Trees Can Kill Them
Posted in Ecosystems, Kenya on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“When elephants were removed from a research site in Kenya, a mysterious decline in the colonies of good ants and a growth in the colonies of bad ants emerged. “ What proof that human beings who are trying to assist an ecosystem are actually damaging it. Let’s hear it for Mother Nature and her ability [...]
In Life’s Web, Aiding Trees Can Kill Them
Posted in Improving the World, Kenya, tagged Ecosystems, Kenya, wildlife on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When elephants were removed from a research site in Kenya, a mysterious decline in the colonies of good ants and a growth in the colonies of bad ants emerged.
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Kenya wildlife may have eaten victims of post-poll violence
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kenya’s world-famous carnivorous wildlife -big cats and scavenger mammals and birds -may have made off with and devoured the bodies of human victims of recent post-election violence, the Kenyan Red Cross said Thursday. There are also an unspecified number of uncollected bodies due to accessibility difficulties.
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