accessing financing for self-employment‚ poor governance‚ bad roads‚ high costs of health and education‚ HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is most prevalent among young and middle-aged Kenyans‚ the most productive segment of the population. Almost half of the people in Kenya are under 15 years of age. An estimated 700 Kenyans die daily of HIV/AIDS-related causes. HIV/AIDS leaves orphans and woman-headed households even more vulnerable to poverty. The burden of diseases such as HIV/AIDS‚ malaria and water-borne diseases
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INEQUALITY IN KENYA INTRODUCTION After independence‚ the few educated Kenyans easily acquired wealth‚ without competition‚ and major changes since then has spawned few rich people because this group perfected ways of ensuring that wealth does not leak out‚ including marrying among themselves. Distribution of benefits of economic growth has been one of Kenya’s biggest challenges in its quest for long term prosperity and stability putting the suitability of the trickle-down economics that Presidents
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Political Risk Analysis KENYA Table of contents 1. OVERVIEW 3 1.1. GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 3 1.2. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS 3 1.3. POPULATION 4 1.4. BACKGROUND OF KENYA’S ECONOMY (1960-2010) 5 2. POLITICAL CRITERIA 8 2.1. GENERAL 8 2.2. THE POLITICAL BALANCE OF POWER 9 2.3. PRESENT GOVERNMENT AND HIS ATTITUDES AND PROGRAMS 9 2.4. POLITICAL STABILITY IN KENYA 10 3. CRITERIA RELATED TO DOMESTIC ECONOMY 11 3.1. GENERAL INFORMATION 11 3.2. GDP 11 3.3. MOST IMPORTANT SECTORS AND PRODUCTS 12 3.4
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2007 Egypt 9.4 2009 Ghana 3.6 2008 Kenya 42 2009 Libya 13.0 2008 Mali 30 2009 Education Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching‚ training‚ research‚ or simply through self-directed learning In most developing countries‚ few children graduate from secondary school and many don’t even finish primary school. In Kenya‚ for example‚ only 50 percent of children
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KENYAN WILDLIFE In Kenya‚ one of the most important assets is its spectacular wildflife. There are more than 80 major species of kenya wildlife and over 1‚000 different species of birdlife. Many visitors principally come to Kenya to view the superb and extensive panorama of the flora and fauna. Kenya does recognise the vital importance of its visitors who bring with them‚ among other things‚ the much needed foreign exchange and of course the thousands of jobs created as a result. Kenya is at the forefront
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KENYA Introduction The modern history of Kenya however‚ did not start until the Cushitic people from Northern Africa moved into present day Kenya around 2000 BC. The Bantu arrived and settled at the Coast at around 200 AD. Later between the 10th-14th centuries Nilotic people arrived and occupied the Rift Valley plains. Arab traders started frequenting the Kenyan Coast in the first century A.D. By 700 A.D. Arab settlements had sprouted along the coastline giving way to intermarriages between the
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1Scramble for kenya Madge Volcy Mrs. Morse Africa 10/28/10 Imperialism is defined as one country’s domination of the political‚ economic‚ and social life of another country. In Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ imperialism was present and growing. The main countries involved in the imperialism in Africa were the French‚ German‚ and Britain. All of these countries were in a constant struggle to become the most powerful‚ to have the most riches‚ and control over high abundances
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Kenya Freshman Studies 101-09 November 30‚ 2009 Kenya In section three‚ also known as Kenya‚ starts off with Barack Obama being on a plane heading to Nairobi to visit the family that he never knew. Before Barack Obama goes to law school‚ although Barack Obama Sr. is now deceased‚ he still decides to start his trip to Kenya to confront some things that needs to be confronted. This is when Barack Obama’s journey comes full circle. In the process‚ he found much love and attachment from people
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faced with poverty in this lifetime. Some are more deprived than others. Kenya‚ a third world country is one of the most deprived areas in the world. The contributions to this issue are: poor education‚ lack of nutritional foods‚ high unemployment rates‚ and insufficient medical needs. Kenya has a very poor education system that are has affected so many young children in the Kenya school district. Many of the children in Kenya should are in primary and secondary schools which should are be funded
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ABDURRAOOF SWALEH BAWAZIR 12M01ALLB055 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW 208 MONGOI‚ MARCOS TERM PAPER THE LAW REGARDING BAIL IN KENYA AND ITS PRACTICE Introduction Bail is one of the rights protected by the Constitution‚ based on the notion that one is presumed innocent by the law until proven guilty. In general‚ an individual accused of a crime must be held in the custody of the court until his or her guilt or innocence is determined. However‚ the court has the option of releasing the
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