many countries. I was visiting Nairobi‚ Kenya few years back and I was shocked to discover how common corruption in the government was. People could not do any legal transaction without bribing the officials. Corruption within the government is among the worst in Africa‚ and regional instability threatens to throw the country into turmoil again. (Palmer‚ 2011) The government is simultaneously embroiled in a seemingly permanent corruption scandal. Indeed‚ Kenya placed among the most corrupt countries
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Masai Tribes The Masai people are a Nilotic ethnic group residing in Kenya and Northern Tanzania. They are the most well known tribe of the African ethnic groups. Their elaborate dress sense and array of colours that are distributed amongst the tribes clothing‚ is memorable for their expression through what they wear. The language spoken by the Masai people is Maa and they are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Northern Tanzania‚ which are English and Swahili. Despite often being
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weeks old finding yourself on the side of the road buried in some smelly trash or thrown into a deep‚ dark‚ muddy hole near the busy streets of Nairobi‚ Kenya. No sign of your parents‚ food‚ or shelter. You are ultimately helpless. I. Credential Statement: Last year during spring break I had the privilege to go on a mission trip to Nairobi‚ Kenya with eleven other classmates. II. Thesis: I’ve been preparing for this trip and was so excited to finally see how God could use me to serve others
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Shimba Hills. Athi River is thesecond longest river (540km) in Kenya and its tributaries constitute the main rivers of thecatchment. Perennial rivers include Mbagathi‚ Ngong‚ Ruiru‚ Thiririka‚ Nairobi‚ Mathare‚Ndarugu‚ Kiboko‚ Kibwezi‚ Lumi and Tsavo rivers. Emphemeral tributaries include the Thwake‚Kaiti‚ Muooni‚ Makindu and Mtito Andei rivers. Lumi River in Taveta fed by the Njoro KubwaSpring forms a transboundary water resource between Kenya and Tanzania. In the Coastalzone besides Sabaki/Athi‚ Mkurumudzi
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MY FIRST TRIP ABROAD It was on a Monday morning‚ the 1st day of December‚ 2010.I had spent two years preparing and saving money for this memorable day. I was going to be my best moment after my wedding day. The whole village where I was born “Makupa”led by our local chief Mr. Ndoto‚ my brothers‚ sisters members of the Clergy both young and old men and women‚ no wanted to miss that memorable opportunity of escorting me to Jomo Kenyatta international Airport. One would have thought that there was
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and well-being of his people and country. Biographical Information Born James Thiong’o Ngugi to Thiong’o wa Nduucu and Wanjika wa Ngugi‚ Ngugi is the fifth child of the third of Thiong’o’s four wives. Ngugi was born on January 5‚ 1938‚ in Limuru‚ Kenya‚ and was one of the few students from Limuru to attend the elite Alliance High School. While at Alliance‚ he participated in a debate in which he contended that Western educations were harmful to African students. The headmaster subsequently counseled
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Available at: http://www Narayan‚ D. and Chambers‚ R. and Shah‚ M. and Petesch‚ P. (2000) ‘Voices of the poor crying out for change’ 1st ed Oxfam (2002)‚ ‘Rigged rules and double standards’‚ p.9‚ [Online] Available at: http://www. Salmon‚ K. (2009)‚ ‘Kenya Grapples with Brain-drain Troubles’‚ World education forum‚ [Online] Available at: http://www.unesco.org/education/wef/en-news/kenya3.shtm‚ [Accessed 05 December 2009]. Sawyerr‚ A. (1999)‚ ‘Globalisation and social sciences in Africa’‚ African sociological
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Mohamed Ibrahim Racial and cultural minority class Professor Ferguson 2/26/2013 Discovery culture Assignment part 1 Bio Well my name is Mohamed I was born in Somalia and I grow up in Kenya I have four brothers and four sisters and I’m the youngest person in my family. My life is very inspiring because of the way I was been raised and where I grow up. I have lived the world’s largest refugee camp for over 18 years because of the instability and civil war that occurred in my motherland
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Kibera Case Study:- [pic] Kibera is a slum divsion in the City of Nairobi‚ Kenya. It is located 5 kilometres from the city centre. It is the largest slum in Nairobi and the second largest in Africa. A 2009 population and housing survey reported that Kibera’s population as 170‚070. It is hard to acccurately compute the population due to the fact that the slum hasnt been officially reconised by the Kenyan government. Furthermore because it is a slum‚ residents may not be able to read or write
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Environmental Issues SCI/362 June 16‚ 2013 Colney and Pitts is a pharmaceutical company that is located in California. Colney and Pitts are planning to set up a manufacturing plant near the Aberdares mountain range in the eastern highlands of Kenya. Their main purpose is to use this facility to manufacture medications for prostate cancer. Located in the Aberdares Mountain is a native tribe called The Kikuyu. After much research and extensive surveying of the area‚ it was determined that a type
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