http://www.uk.oneworld.net/article/country/404/ en_GB_uk Kenya http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83879 Kenya has approved a controversial biofuel project that environmentalists say could destroy some of the country's most pristine wetlands. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83854 An immediate increase in assistance is needed for the people of Mount Elgon in western Kenya and an end to the indiscriminate violence they have been enduring for almost two years, says a leading international medical group. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83651 Once one of the few Maasai girls able to attend school and now the chairperson of a leading coalition of indigenous peoples' organizations in Africa, Mary Simat embodies the changing gender norms of the Kenyan Maasai community. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83561 Kenyans talk about how they feel they are denied basic human rights - views that are particularly revealing given the violence that followed the country's disputed election results. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83401 As the baton of violence heads over to Zimabwe, Bronwen Manby looks at the African Peer Review Mechanism in relation to Kenya, its shortcomings such as lack of follow-up and political teeth and the urgent lessons from its engagement with Kenya. From Pambazuka News http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83363 This Sunday, Kenyan President Kibaki announced a power-sharing cabinet and named opposition leader Raila Odinga Prime Minister, following weeks of negotiations over the December election crisis. From: The Standard http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159653/1/ Ongoing changes in the licensing regime are holding back Kenya's potential to become a regional e-commerce hub, industry players said. Entrepreneurs say most of the changes are making it harder for them to compete and are tilting the market in favour of their rivals. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83239 A rebel group driving a little-known armed conflict in the Mt. Elgon region of western Kenya and the Kenyan military sent to protect people from the violence are "responsible for horrific abuses" against civilians, reports an international human rights monitor. From: HRW http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83079 It is astonishing to hear that some crazy person, or people, have suggested a Kenya Cabinet size of 44, says an anti-corruption blog. From The Mars Group http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159058/1/ If the Kenyan lawmakers had debated and approved the recent ICT Bill put before parliament, some of the communications issues raised by the recent political crisis in that country would have been more easily dealt with, argues KICTANeT's Alice Wanjira. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83016 The Kenyan government must bring to justice those responsible for "organized political and ethnic violence" and "unlawful killings by Kenyan police" during the post-election crisis, says an international human rights monitor. From: Human Rights Watch http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82856 Despite the power-sharing deal signed two weeks ago, hundreds of displaced Kenyans living in temporary shelters in Nairobi are still unable to return home. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82832 A group of school teachers are working together to ensure the education and rights of child laborers living in the Kenyan capital's slums. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82789 The Kenyan government has refuted a BBC report alleging the state sanctioned militia violence in certain parts of country during the ongoing post-election crisis. From: The East African Standard http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158378/1/ As Kenyans celebrate the political breakthrough over power-sharing, a crisis posing a risk to 35,000 people is looming in the north and south-east over water scarcity and pressure on grazing pastures.