Post-elections situation in Kenya: press conference by Glenys …
Post-elections situation in Kenya: press conference by Glenys KINNOCK (PSE, GB), Co-President of the ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly, Alexander LAMBSDORFF (ALDE, DE) and Jan MULDER (ALDE, NL) (EPRef-55221)
ec.europa.eu/avservices/download/
audio_download_en.cfm?id=118851&src=6

Two killed as Kenya opposition defies rally ban
Euronews.net – Lyon,France
Fresh clashes between police and opposition protesters in Kenya have left at least two people dead. Trouble flared nationwide as demonstrators defied a ban …
www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=464999&lng=1

Ambassador Urges Power-Sharing in Kenya
The Associated Press –
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violence was down in Kenya on Wednesday, but the US ambassador said it was “not going to be easy” to persuade Kenya’s president and …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEHH63dS1D6Ha5RTLyBUwlcDVirQD8U758R00

UN asks for $42 mln in aid for Kenya refugees
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
Some refugees have described the violence in Kenya as genocide, an accusation that the government has hurled at the opposition. Holmes said that as bad as …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN16640869.html

Fresh protests as Kenya crisis grinds on
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Nairobi, Kenya – Police in cities throughout Kenya used tear gas and batons Wednesday to …
www.csmonitor.com/2008/0117/p06s02-woaf.html

Fight in parliament, Kenya govt tells opposition
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
By C. Bryson Hull NAIROBI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Kenya’s foreign minister urged the opposition on Wednesday to take their battle off the streets and into …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL16189535.html

EU lawmakers want to freeze aid to Kenya
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
The European Parliament “asks for the freezing of all further budgetary support to the government of Kenya until a political resolution to the present …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL16818238.html

Battle of the blogs in Kenya
BBC News – UK
On the other hand, on kenya.rcbowen.com, contributor Justice said the ethnic Kalenjin community should “immediately occupy their ancestral lands which …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7189291.stm

“Kenya isn’t Rwanda” – by Dr. Josh Ruxin
By Mike(EGR – MDG)
Even looking at Africa, you can argue that the countries that have recently gotten praise for combining democracy with growth — Ghana, Senegal, and Kenya — transitioned in slow stages from strongman or single-party rule to competitive …
e4gr.blogspot.com/2008/01/kenya-
isnt-rwanda-by-dr-josh-ruxin.html

Protesters and Police Clash in Kenya
New York Times – United States
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya sunk further into violence on Wednesday as police battled with protesters across the country, shooting several, …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/world/africa/17kenya.html?hp

Kenya: Polls Turned Neighbours Into Enemies
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
Amid the usual piles of fetid rubbish on the streets of Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum, there was clear evidence of the recent political violence in the …
allafrica.com/stories/200801160552.html

Kenya: Stop Chaos, ODM Backers Told
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
Thirty Orange Democratic Movement MPs and ODM-Kenya officials from Rift Valley and Nyanza provinces Tuesday asked their supporters to stop engaging in …
allafrica.com/stories/200801160545.html

Kenya: Dark cloud reveal silver lining
By Ndesanjo Macha
Mental Acrobatics writes about Kenya’s 10th parliament: “Tuesday afternoon the dark cloud of an illegitimate presidency in Kenya revealed its silver lining. Democracy hit back hard as Kenya’s 10th parliament convened for the first time. …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/16/
kenya-dark-cloud-reveal-silver-lining/

Lamenting violence in Kenya
2008-01-15 Renowned Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong’o give his views on the unrest that has engulfed Kenya since last month’s disputed elections. Writers must sometimes feel like the Greek prophetess Cassandra, …
www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/45426

Kenya: latest developments (13.01.08)
Statement by Foreign and European Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner (January 13, 2008) "In support of the communiqué from the presidency of the European Council of the European Union issued January 11, I wish to express my personal ...
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/
kenya_209/kenya-latest-developments-13.01.08_10587.html

Sustainability and Charcoal cutting in Kenya
In our area of Kenya, clearing woodland for charcoal is a rather new phenomena. The charcoal that is cut and prepared here is made for sale in the south near cities like nanyuki or meru. There, a bag of charcoal can sell for about 350 ...
http://digg.com/environment/Sustainab
ility_and_Charcoal_cutting_in_Kenya

Kenya Musicians Leading Alternative Protests
By daniel molokele(daniel molokele)
“It questions why the great people of Kenya are fighting each other, it asks why a people once together are shedding the blood of women, children and the elderly,” Kamanzi said, translating some of the lyrics which are sung in Swahili. …
danielmolokele.blogspot.com/2008/01/
kenya-musicians-leading-alternative.html

Kenya braces for opposition demos
AFP –
NAIROBI (AFP) — Kenya’s opposition geared up for three days of mass rallies beginning Wednesday to protest against the disputed re-election of President …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTqXQIdJkZRDLp1cKcNTAKcQgazA

Police teargas opposition protesters at Kenya coast
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
MOMBASA, Kenya, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Police used teargas to disperse youths in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Wednesday who were gathering to protest …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL16455980.html

Uganda returns favour by taking Kenya’s refugees
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
By Francis Kwera MALABA, Uganda (Reuters) – Two weeks after violence erupted in Kenya over a disputed election, refugees are still trickling over the border …
africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN623723.html

Kenya: Leaders Must Soften Positions to Resolve Row
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
Meanwhile Kenya continues to burn. Eminent African personalities led by former UN Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan are expected into the country today. …
allafrica.com/stories/200801150987.html

Kenya: UN Dispatches More Aid as Crisis Continues
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
UNHCR, in concert with the Government, the Kenya Red Cross Society and other NGOs, continues work on camp management. It organized a one-day training …
allafrica.com/stories/200801160012.html

Kenya, M-PESA and Independent Media
By Alex Steffen(erica@worldchanging.com)
The stories coming out of Kenya since last month’s disputed presidential election have been upsetting ones, pitting the young and ignored against both an aging political class and an establishment press that kowtows to the urban elite. …
www.worldchanging.com/archives/007786.html

Kenya braced for wave of protests
BBC News – UK
Opposition activists in Kenya are set to begin three days of banned mass rallies across the country against the disputed presidential election result. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7190777.stm

Kenya’s coastal resorts become ghost-towns
Reuters – USA
By Duncan Miriri MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – In 16 years of working at resorts along Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, hotel manager Mohamed Hersi has never seen …
www.reuters.com/article/company
NewsAndPR/idUSL1559729220080116

Kenya: Anxiety Hits Region Over Claims of Foreign Troops’ Presence
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
… radio station that he had spoken to President Museveni over the matter and that he had been assured no Ugandan security agents were operating in Kenya. …
allafrica.com/stories/200801151119.html

Region worried by unrest in Kenya
Daily Nation – Nairobi,Kenya
Apart from the serious effects the instability in Kenya has had on the economy of our landlocked country, Ugandans feel sad seeing the once peaceful country …
www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmg
contententry.asp?category_id=23&newsid=114661

Kenya faces nationwide opposition protests
Reuters South Africa – Johannesburg,South Africa
Kenya’s political crisis has jeopardised its democratic credentials, angered donors, driven tourists away and hurt one of Africa’s most promising economies. …
africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL15671112.html

Kenya: Mr Marende is New Speaker
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
Mr Marende polled 105 votes against Mr Kaparo’s 101 votes in the third and final stage of the voting to become independent Kenya’s sixth Speaker. …
allafrica.com/stories/200801151114.html
200801151114.html

Kenya: EU Warns Over Donor Support
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
The European Union (EU) has threatened to reduce aid to Kenya if a solution is not found over the disputed presidential elections. …
allafrica.com/stories/200801151013.html

Kenya: What Are the Lessons?
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
The diplomats are talking diplomatic language; the ordinary people in Kenya and the Ugandans suffering because the main sea route is unusable do not…
allafrica.com/stories/200801151062.html