News from the Human Rights House in Kenya - 2005
Kibaki excludes critics from new cabinet
President Mwai Kibaki, right, revealed his new cabinet on Wednesday, leaving out ministers who campaigned against him in the 21 November referendum on a new constitution that he lost to the opposing camp. The new look cabinet brings back most of Kibaki’s loyalists, except for his long-time ally Chris Murungaru, the former minister who is currently entangled in a travel ban to the US and UK. 07 Dec 2005 »
HIV/AIDS a major health issue in western province
HIV/AIDS remains a major health concern in the Republic of Kenya despite the fact that a recent study showed a drop in the national prevalence rate. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the overall adult infection rate reduced from 10 percent in the late 1990s to 7 percent in 2003. Despite the reduction, which was mainly due to awareness-creation programmes, UNAIDS estimated that some 1.2 million Kenyans were living with the virus, of whom 100,000 are children. Some 650,000 children have been orphaned as a result of the disease. 05 Dec 2005 »
Fish trade aiding the spread of HIV/AIDS
Isaya Onyango, a 47-year-old fisherman, lives in Liunda village near the shores of Lake Victoria in western Republic of Kenya. He spends most of his nights in a dugout canoe, fishing the lake. His wife and children, who he visits occasionally, live far away in another village. Onyango says loneliness compelled him to start living with a female fishmonger he befriended on the beach, where most of the fish trade is carried out. 05 Dec 2005 »
Food on the table always helps
With only a quarter of Kenyans who need anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) receiving them from government, the race is on to ensure that many more people get treatment to fend off AIDS-related diseases. But, is a similar enthusiasm being applied -- particularly by officials -- to ensuring that ARV recipients are also provided with enough good food, without which ARVs cannot work properly? 02 Dec 2005 »
Grassroots women take over war against HIV/Aids
Grassroots women are now actively involved in many facets of the war on HIV/Aids. Experience has been the greatest eye opener for many grassroots women galvanising them to seek solutions to the runaway scourge. Various statistics by the Government, the United Nations and civil society research agencies have unanimously indicated that women have borne the heaviest burden of the HIV/Aids crisis. 01 Dec 2005 »
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