HIV AS A NATIONAL DISASTER IN KENYA The term ‘national disaster’ refers to the detrimental effect of a particular phenomenon whether natural or not which affects the population of a nation negatively in terms of loss of human lives or massive harm or injury to a large section of the population. In the year 1999‚ former president Daniel Arap Moi declared HIV/AIDS a national disaster in Kenya and called for the establishment of the National AIDS Control Council. HIV is a virus which causes progressive
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Generations ago‚ Kenya had dozens of different religions until European colonization swept the country; its long lasting effect being that today 82.6% of the Kenyan population is Christian. No matter how long a culture has been living‚ in a blink of an eye it can easily be taken down by a group of outsiders. As Europeans “invaded” Kenya‚ the natives were pressured to convert to the newly presented ideas. Reluctantly‚ many natives were forced to adopt western culture if they wanted to avoid any further
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ACCESS AND EQUITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENYA A paper presented for The KIM SOM CONFERENCE 2009 Theme: Transforming Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges Sub Theme: Access and Equity in Higher Education By NAME : OWINO ROSE ATIENO DESIGNATION: TEACHER IN SECONDARY SCHOOL & EMBA STUDENT – KIM NAKURU HD334-033-0234/ 2008 Email address: atienowino @ yahoo.com Postal address: P.o.box 13091‚ Nakuru. Mobile no. : 0720203200 ABSTRACT In the last decade‚ a great
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A RESEARCH STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF INTRODUCTION OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM ON ENROLMENT IN ECD CENTERS IN MOGOGOSIEK ZONE BOMET COUNTY SUPERVISOR: MR. MALEL PRESENTED BY: CHEBET JOYCE INDEX NO: A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION (E.C.D.E) AT VALLEY TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE AUGUST 2011 DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE I‚ …………………………………….‚ declare
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Introduction Growing up in Kenya‚ that has the joint fourth largest HIV epidemic in the world‚ I had the opportunity to volunteer for an organization called ‘Care for Kenya’ that works in the largest urban slum in Africa. I conversed with women that discussed their challenges living in the slum; HIV was frequently mentioned as a growing issue. I became interested to learn more about the dynamics of how the virus is spread‚ specifically for Kenya. I came across the SIR model when researching the spread
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MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY OF KENYA FACULTY OF BUSINESS BACHELOR OF COMMERCE YEAR 2 UNIT: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN NAME: MARYANN WAMBUI REG NO: BUS-241-088/2012 ASSIGNMENT 1 TITLE: HOW COMPANIES USE BUSINESS SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: KENYA AIRWAYS CASE STUDY DUE DATE: 26th MAY 2013 LECTURER: PIUS WALELA Introduction: An information system refers to an arrangement of people‚ data processes and interfaces interacting to support and improve day-to-day
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The women of umoja in northern Kenya Most places Work from morning to 11 at night while men sleep under the trees In this village men are forbidden to live‚ they don’t rule‚ the rebellious women rule. A few kilometers up the road a men have set up their own village to keep an eye on the women. There buildings are made of plastic rubbish instead of cow dung. They struggle with doing the women’s work. About 200 women in the 1980and 90s 2000 of the women were raped by British soldiers when
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Landlord–tenant law is a part of the common law that details the rights and duties of landlords and tenants. It includes elements of both real property law and contract law. Modern landlord‐tenant law includes a number of other rights and duties held by both landlords and tenants. The relationship of landlord and tenant arises where one person‚ who possesses either a freehold or leasehold property interest expressly or impliedly grants to another‚ an estate
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Poverty continues to be a major issue in Rural Kenya; and a number of social factors influence the level of poverty experienced in surrounding communities. The supply of unclean water‚ the vulnerability of the villagers to water-borne diseases‚ the absence of communication channels‚ and the failure of the community heads to treat infected persons due to lack of sufficient funds to upkeep professional medical services – all give rise to further complications‚ such as high mortality rates and consequently
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Introduction Since independence in‚ Kenya has had its share of the struggle to make it possible for its population attains education for all. This was out of the realization that education of the population would help fight ills that faced the society‚ among them included; poverty‚ ignorance‚ and disease. In fact‚ the government treated education as a basic right for every Kenyan child. Education has ever since been regarded as a fundamental factor for human capital development. In response to this
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