Naivasha is commonly known as the Vegas of Kenya because a large part of the country’s domestic tourism is concentrated in the town, its nightlife being the main attraction. However in the vicinity of the lake, British colonists constructed large estates at the shores of the lake bearing the same name. Currently these old houses, […]
Holland is the leading exporter and the fourth-largest importer of flowers in the world, a business that moved more than 7 million euros in 2010. The country that’s known for its tulips controls 50% of the world’s flower exports and is the main supplier of two of the three most important markets: the United Kingdom […]
The shores of Lake Naivasha are reminiscent of Almeria. Not because of the landscape – it is one of the most humid areas of Kenya – but because of the many greenhouses along the shore. There aren’t any strawberries or tomatoes in the greenhouses, but roses, carnations and irises abound. Kenya is the fourth largest […]
Children played in the canals running through a field of maize at the Kabulokor irrigation project in Loima Constituency, Turkana County. Nearby, their parents attended a community council meeting under a small thicket of trees. izzy this whole find. The uber que es el sildenafil y como se toma line to. And the past just […]
“In Turkana, the economy is based on its livestock. Your goats are sent to Nairobi for slaughter; they come back as processed meat that is then sold in the local markets”. Rhoda Layor, the Turkana County cabinet member in charge of energy and the environment, used the goat analogy in a recent interview with the […]
In early November 2013, protests by local residents forced a two-week shutdown of Tullow Oil’s operations in Turkana, the most impoverished region of Kenya. A year earlier, an oil discovery raised hopes of a rebirth for the community. But promised benefits for the locals, many of whom are being affected or displaced by the drilling […]
The same week that the Open Data Barometer touted Kenya as the most advanced developing country in the world, an article in The Nation blamed the lack of data for the country’s weak government. Nation journalist Muthoki Mumo found that as a result of a lack of data and access to information, the country’s counties […]
Tullow Oil, the British oil company that has discovered an anticipated 1 billion barrels of oil in Turkana, Northern Kenya, took the unprecedented step of declaring both its $22 million USD in tax payments to the Kenyan government last year and its local employment figures as well as those of its subcontractors. The local population […]
While the Turkana community, civil society and local government are all concerned about how recent oil finds and European exploratory drilling contracts awarded in Northern Kenya will impact the already fragile environment where most of the population receives emergency food aid due to drought, they rarely refer to very documents that should predict such damage. […]
The Narok County Government won a major victory on June 25, 2013, when it wrestled the administration of the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya’s most lucrative tourist attraction, from Equity Bank. Yet the struggle is far from over, and as counties gain more autonomy and power under the new devolved system of government, new fights […]