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Why so much noise in Kenya about current rains which are not heavy as El Niño

Why so much noise in Kenya about current rains which are not heavy as El Niño

Why so much noise in Kenya about current rains which are not heavy as El Niño

In Kenya, “El Niño” rains of 1997-98 were on average 280% to 2522% above the long rains mean rainfall of 250 millimeters, in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and over 1000 millimeters in the highlands. The current heavy rains have averaged 136% and 290% of the short rains mean rainfall of 180 millimeters, in the…

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What we don't see in newspaper headlines: Horticulture Production in Taita Hills from 1989 to the 1990s

What we don’t see in newspaper headlines: Horticulture Production in Taita Hills from 1989 to the 1990s

What we don’t see in newspaper headlines: Horticulture Production in Taita Hills from 1989 to the 1990

Many of us have known small scale horticultural farmers in Kenya for their hard work but wonder why they “always look poor”. Examples are among the following: French beans farmers at the Yatta furrow, tomato farmers at Karatina/Kerugoya, snow peas farmers in Kieni and Naro Moru, small scale…

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Let us go fishing in “the cradle of mankind” - Lake Turkana  

Let us go fishing in “the cradle of mankind” – Lake Turkana  

Let us go fishing in “the cradle of mankind” – Lake Turkana  

Anthropology sources say that Turkana is the cradle of mankind based on fossils collected from the area. Lake Turkana is 300km long and 50km wide. It has a depth of 358 feet – making it the the deepest lake in Kenya. Additionally, it is the largest lake in Kenya (although, Lake Victoria, which is shared with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda…

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How “The Ngorika settlers” implemented a sustainable community-owned water project

How “The Ngorika settlers” implemented a sustainable community-owned water project

How “The Ngorika settlers” implemented a sustainable community-owned water project

We have read/experienced different types of water shortage problems especially in Nairobi and in some rural areas. The Ngorika Water Project in Nyandarua District of Central Kenya is a model water project whose design, implementation and management for sustainability is worth emulating. Let us look at the…

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Diaspora Stories: Why The Beef Industry In Kenya Collapsed

Diaspora Stories: Why The Beef Industry In Kenya Collapsed

Diaspora Stories: Why The Beef Industry In Kenya Collapsed

After independence, the Kenya Government established “The Agricultural Finance Corporation” (AFC),  as a statutory body to assist in the development of agriculture by making loans to individual farmers, co-operative societies or agricultural industry companies.  AFC loanswere generally secured over land. One of the large-scale lending…

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Pressure On Diaspora Parents: Sea world In Florida Or In San Diego

Pressure On Diaspora Parents: Sea world In Florida Or In San Diego

Pressure On Diaspora Parents: Sea world In Florida Or In San Diego

Our school-going children put pressure on us to take them to Sea World in Orlando, Florida during summer holidays. They apply more pressure after listening to stories of one or more of their classmates’ fun and adventure after a visit with their parents to Sea World in Orlando. Additionally, since children of diaspora parents,…

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How community-owned tourist facilities contribute to conservation in Kenya

How community-owned tourist facilities contribute to conservation in Kenya

How Community-Owned Tourist Facilities Contribute To Conservation In Kenya

Kenya is blessed with great biodiversity represented by its extra-ordinary variety of animals, plants and ecosystems ranging from reefs to moorlands and from desert to forests. Human/wildlife conflicts have existedsince time immemorial as people and wildlife compete for land and marine resources and clashing land uses as…

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Diaspora Stories: Monotheist Kenyan Christian Meets The Polytheist Maya Culture

Diaspora Stories: Monotheist Kenyan Christian Meets The Polytheist Maya Culture

Diaspora Stories: Monotheist Kenyan Christian Meets The Polytheist Maya Culture

Most of the inhabitants of Kenya believe in a supreme supernatural God. All Bantus including Kikuyu, Kamba, Meru, Embu traditionally believe in a supreme God – Ngai or Mulungu. The Luo, also, believe in a spiritual supreme being whose name is Nyasaye or “he who is praying” or Jok, a term that designates the souls of…

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