Flag Description Three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red,
and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's
shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center; black
symbolizes the majority population, red the blood shed in the struggle
for freedom, green stands for natural wealth, and white for peace;
the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom.
Mwai Kibaki - President of
Kenya since 30th December 2002
Mwai Kibaki (born 15 November 1931) is a Kenyan politician who has
been the third President of Kenya since December 2002. Kibaki was
previously Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988
and also held cabinet ministerial positions Read
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Raila Odinga - Prime Minister
of Kenya since 17th April 2008
Raila Amollo Odinga (born January 7, 1945), popularly known to Kenyans
as Agwambo, is the Prime Minister of Kenya in a coalition government.
He was the main opposition candidate in the 2007 presidential election.
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Eradicating Sexual and
Gender-Based Violence in Kenya
Ann Njogu, a board member and founding member of Centre for Rights
Education and Awareness (CREAW), an AJWS grantee, has been instrumental
in building CREAW as an organizational leader in eradicating sexual
and gender-based violence to help Kenya become a country that
actualizes women's rights, increases women's access to legal education
and trauma counseling, and sustains a national peace-building
process.
Kenya sets general election for
March 4, 2013
March 17, 2012
Kenya fixed the date Saturday for the first general elections
since deadly post-poll violence four year ago, naming March 4,
2013, to end weeks of heated exchanges between rival politicians. Read
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Kenyan priest awarded rights prize
for work in slum April 16, 2012
Kenyan priest John Webootsa has been awarded a French-German human
rights prize for his work in one of the most overcrowded slums
in the East African country, organisers of the prize said Monday.
Webootsa has been promoting education for youths, employment for
women and legal aid for the poorest in the Korogocho slum for
the past seven years. Read
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Kenya strikes oil in remote northern
region March 26, 2012
Kenya struck oil in its remote northwestern Turkana region after
exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, but has yet
to establish commercial viability, President Mwai Kibaki said
Monday. Read
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Unilever Global CEO expresses confidence
in Kenyan market April 9, 2012
Unilever will not relocate its manufacturing plant from Kenya
despite the rising cost of doing businesses in the domestic market,
the firm's CEO Paul Polman, has said. Mr Polman, who visited Kenya
last week as part of his Africa-wide tour, said the consumer goods
manufacturer was focusing on increasing efficiency in the production
of its brands and was, in fact, increasing its investment in the
country.
There has been speculation that Unilever could follow the trend
of other manufacturers who have relocated to cheaper business
destinations. They include Colgate Palmolive, which has moved
its manufacturing to Egypt, Cadbury’s which has shifted the bulk
of its chocolate making operations to south Africa and Reckitt
Benckiser, among others. Source
Kenya
The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark
and second among Africa's highest mountain peaks.
The economy of Kenya is the largest by GDP in East and Central
Africa.[8][9] Agriculture is a major employer and the country
traditionally exports tea and coffee, and more recently fresh
flowers to Europe. The service industry is a major economic driver,
mostly the telecommunications sector, and contributes 62 percent
of GDP.
Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA
led Kenya from independence in 1963 until his death in 1978, when
President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional
succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969
until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU)
made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI acceded to internal
and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991.
The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from
power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence
and fraud, but were viewed as having generally reflected the will
of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December 2002
following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as
the candidate of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the
National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), defeated KANU candidate Uhuru
KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered
on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC coalition splintered
in 2005 over a constitutional review process. Government defectors
joined with KANU to form a new opposition coalition, the Orange
Democratic Movement, which defeated the government's draft constitution
in a popular referendum in November 2005. KIBAKI's reelection
in December 2007 brought charges of vote rigging from ODM candidate
Raila ODINGA and unleashed two months of violence in which as
many as 1,500 people died. UN-sponsored talks in late February
produced a powersharing accord bringing ODINGA into the government
in the restored position of prime minister. Kenya in August 2010
adopted a new constitution that eliminates the role of prime minister
after the next presidential election.
Constitution
27 August 2010; the new constitution abolishes the position of
prime minister and establishes a bicameral legislature; many details
have yet to be finalized and will require significant legislative
action
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
from Kenya
Prof. Wangari Muta Maathai
Prof. Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011) in 2004 became the first
woman from Africa to be honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. She
started the Green Belt Movement in 1977, working with women to improve
their livelihoods by increasing their access to resources like firewood
for cooking and clean water. She became a great advocate for better
management of natural resources and for sustainability, equity,
and justice. Prof Wangari passed away on 25th September, 2011, after
a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer. Read
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Peace Prize Ceremoney Video
Interview of Prof Mathai
Right Livelihood Award
(Regarded as the Alternate Nobel Prize ) Winner from Kenya
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi was a global peacemaker from rural Kenya. She
was engaged in peace work and conflict resolution in many of the
world's most divided countries. Her comprehensive methodology combined
grassroots activism, a soft but uncompromising leadership, and a
spiritual motivation drawing on the teachings of Islam. Dekha Ibrahim
Abdi passed away on July 14th, 2011, after a severe car accident. Read
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Kenya National Anthem Swahili lyrics Ee Mungu nguvu yetu
Ilete baraka kwetu
Haki iwe ngao na mlinzi
Natukae kwa Undugu
Amani na uhuru
Raha tupate na ustawi.
Amkeni ndugu zetu
Tufanye sote bidii
Nasi tujitoe kwa nguvu
Nchi yetu ya Kenya
Tunayoipenda
Tuwe tayari kuilinda
Natujenge taifa letu
Ee, ndio wajibu wetu
Kenya istahili heshima
Tuungane mikono
Pamoja kazini
Kila siku tuwe na shukrani
Kenya National
Anthem English Translation O God of all creation
Bless this our land and nation
Justice be our shield and defender
May we dwell in unity
Peace and liberty
Plenty be found within our borders
Let one and all arise
With hearts both strong and true
Service be our earnest endeavour
And our homeland of Kenya
The heritage of splendour
Firm may we stand to defend
Let all with one accord
In common bond united
Build this our nation together
And the glory of Kenya
The fruit of our labour
Fill every heart with thanksgiving. Source
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