Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 30th, 2009
Clarification by Cultural Survival: Ellen Lutz, Executive Director of Cultural Survival has
responded to Bilinda Straight’s earlier comments on their report in the following terms:
Given our shared commitment to the Samburu and other groups living in Northern Kenya,
I am deeply concerned that any antagonism — especially public — should emerge in our shared
determination to prevent terrible [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 30th, 2009
Researchers on Northern Kenya severely contest the Cultural Survival Report
to the UN Human Rights Council on the Samburu: The truth will only be known
by an Independent Investigation into the Violence in Northern Kenya
Researchers actively working with Samburu, Turkana, Pokot and other populations adjacent to
Samburu on topics directly relevant to issues concerning violence, health, [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 28th, 2009
See http://blog.marsgroupkenya.org/?p=1595 for Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People by the Government of Kenya: A report to the United Nations Human Rights Council submitted on November 1, 2009 By Cultural Survival
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 27th, 2009
Observations on the State of Indigenous Human Rights in Light of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Kenya
Prepared for
United Nations Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review
November 1, 2009
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival is an international indigenous rights organization with a global indigenous leadership and consultative status with ECOSOC. Cultural Survival, [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Aug 13th, 2009
Ambassador Ranneberger, United States Ambassador to Kenya took online questions on Wednesday 12th August 2009. This is an extract of the webchat.
Question: Apart from AGOA what is your Government doing to improve trade between Kenya and the US?
Ambassador Ranneberger: AGOA is the main focus of our efforts to expand trade. Trade has expanded [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Parliament, Uncategorized, Youth, elections on Jul 13th, 2009
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Governance, Government, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Youth on Oct 10th, 2008
strong>US DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon
Presenter: Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell September 30th 2008
Q Where do you think that cargo [on the hijacked ship] was intended to go? And is that — is the intended destination a concern?
MR. MORRELL: I think the intended destination is less a concern than seeing this, [...]
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Posted in Civil Society, Corruption, Debt, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Uncategorized, elections on Oct 9th, 2008
Extracts from a US DoD News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4296
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Kenyans do not want the weapons on board the MV Faina, or an arms race, in the East African region. Punish those involved in illegal arms trade says the Kenya National Youth Convention. Media clip by Mars Web TV.
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Debt, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Laws, Mars Group, Publications, Youth on Oct 1st, 2008
STATEMENT OF THE KENYA NATIONAL YOUTH CONVENTION REGARDING THE ONGOING MV FAINA PIRACY INCIDENT
The Kenya National Youth Convention (NYC) demands answers from the Government of Kenya.
The Kenya National Youth Convention (NYC) considers the ongoing MV Faina incident to be an exemplar of the reckless and dangerous conduct of national affairs by elements [...]
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