Kenyans Unite to Support Destitute Former Female Champion Boxer
Region: KenyaBy Richard Wanjohi On 3 September 2012, Kenyan television station Kiss TV broadcast a moving interview with former female professional boxer Conjestina Achieng, who made a name for Kenyan boxing across the continent. Achieng is currently destitute and suffering from mental illness. The former boxing champ has like many former sports personalities, seen the authorities turn their back on her even after ... more
Views: 1106Kenya: Javelin Throwing Olympian Hones Skills Using YouTube
Region: Kenya
By Richard Wanjohi This is part of our Special Coverage London 2012 Olympics [1]. Julius Yego, the African and Kenyan national javelin champion, broke the national record over the weekend in a field athletics meet in Finland. After using YouTube to hone his skills and techniques, Yego's record improved to 81.12 metres. SportsKenya [2] blog compiles Yego’s exploits: Participating in an event which h... more
Views: 1306African Countries Eager to Compete in 2012 Olympics
Region: Kenya
By Richard Wanjohi A little less than 17 days to go for the 2012 Olympics and the whole world is revving up for this sporting bonanza to be hosted by London – for the second time in their modern day history. For Africa, there are many prospects and for some countries, these games will be a culmination of years of preparation as well as renewed rivalries. Afritorial gives [1] a historical perspective of how ... more
Views: 1568Two Kenyan Suspects Off The Hook?
Region: KenyaDespite prosecutor’s pledge to look again at rejected cases, focus now likely to shift to trials of four others accused of election violence. By Nzau Musau, Simon Jennings Although the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, says he will continue investigating two top Kenyan officials, observers doubt these cases will be revived and instead expect the court to focus on four... more
Views: 1055Africa And Its Political Complexities
Region: KenyaToday there is a great upwelling of outrage worldwide resulting from the viral video exposing the almost unspeakable crimes against women and children committed by the African Rebel Leader Joseph Kony. Although this powerful and transformative message will hopefully finally help to save some of the Dark Continent's “Invisible Children”, it bears mention that this documentary exposes a crisis that... more
Views: 1114Speaking Out For Rural Women
Region: Kenya
Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji, Executive Director, WomanKind Kenya partners with MADRE, an international women’s rights group to provide on the ground grassroots level aid to displaced families in Kenya. Many of the families Womankind Kenya serves have come from Somalia. According to the United Nations more than 1.4 million persons were displaced as a result of devastation caused by civil war and a lack o... more
Views: 1613ICC Confirms Four Kenya Cases
Region: Kenya
Members of both political factions accused of responsibility for 2007-08 violence to stand trial. By Blake Evans-Pritchard - International Justice - ICC A decision to bring four suspects to trial at the International Criminal Court, ICC, for inciting violence in Kenya in 2007-08 has been widely welcomed by rights activists in the country. At a January 23 hearing in The H... more
Views: 1501Viagra: Latest Discoveries
Region: Kenya
In many societies where a man controls the sexual experience, one is always required to perform well in bed. Men with erectile dysfunction tend to have problems with erection and hence cannot function properly. Thanks to a number of medicines like Viagra that can boost a man’s performance in bed and maintain his ego. Viagra functions by inhibiting the function of an enzyme called phosphodiesterase 5 in the male ... more
Views: 1140Gadaffi female body guards
Region: Kenya
In as much as critisms are hitting Libya from all directions concerning Gaddafi’s death, much has not been explored about the war. Just like many people knew Gadaffi, the women choice because of his body guards of women and great richness. Many of us are left wondering, if Gadaffi body guards were women, what happened to them during and after the war? According to The Sunday Times of Malta, reports indicate that... more
Views: 1710Side effects of Xaletro
Region: Kenya
Xarelto belongs to the anticoagulant group of drugs. Anticoagulants tend to prevent clot formation in blood vessels by inhibiting a hypercoagulable state. This drug is used to prevent blood clot formation in patients who have undergone knee replacement surgery or total hip replacement. The usual dose of Xaletro is 10 mg (one tablet) taken orally, once a day. The drug can either be taken with or without food sinc... more
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