Archive for the ‘Social Issues’ Category

Kenyan Women Detained In Hospitals

Aug 23, 2009 Infrastructure, Kenya Health, Patriotism, Social Issues, The Economic

Kenyan Women, whose only offense is guilty of being too poor to afford the fees charged for delivering children are still being unlawfully detained indefinitely at Kenya hospitals.
One of the Kenya’s largest referral maternity hospital Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi, is notorious for detaining women and keeping them in inhuman conditions. They suffer psychological torture as the hospital is not sensitive to the mothers who are grieving for losing a child and also the diet they are subjected to isn’t healthy for the lactating mothers.
In a recent visit members of the Kenya Network of Grassroots Organization found over 20 women illegally detained for lack of money – some had been there since June 2009.

1. What can we do to stop this repetitive torture to new mothers whose problem is being too poor to afford the maternity charges?
2. What can the Ministry of Health do to stop this torturous system of detaining poor Kenyans indefinitely in hospital for non-payment of exorbitant health care bills?
3. Is it not a high time that we started a health care in Kenya especially for the poor people in the community?

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Female Genital Mutilation In Kenya

Aug 10, 2009 Social Issues

Female genital mutilation (FGM)in Kenya and arranged marriages for some Kenya girls as young as 8-years-old has never been a strange phenomenon. Some girls in believe that if they do not undergo circumcision they would never get a partner and would end up as outcasts in the Maasai community.

There has been many campaigns against this practice by anti- FGM NGOs, but this practice is still very prevalent within some communities. According to young Masai men known as Morans, they can only marry a girl if she is circumcised.
Research reveals that FGM has many immediate and long time side effects on these Maasai women and girls.
Several critics have perceived the fight against FGM to be organized by publicity seekers.

What do you think we should do about these practises?
How can we help in changing the mentality of a community especially these young morans?
Should the Government enact a law abolishing this practice?

Water in Kenya Crisis

Aug 8, 2009 Environment, Governance, Social Issues, The Economic

Lack of adequate water in Kenya has become the source of sometimes violent conflict particularly among pastoralist groups. The problem, however, is not confined to the arid and semi-arid parts of the country. All parts of the country are now experiencing serious Kenya water crisis with a combination of culpable factors. Among these are climate change, and destruction of water catchment areas and forests in the country as well as inadequate planning particularly with regards to rain harvesting.

1. What are the exact factors that contribute to the water shortage in Kenya?
2. What/who exactly is to blame for the water in Kenya shortage?
3. What measures should be place to address the frequent water shortage in the country?
4. What ways can we conserve water in our everyday life activities?

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Kenya Post Election Violence

Aug 8, 2009 Governance, Patriotism, Social Issues

The dispensation of justice in Kenya is a big, emotive and often times controversial issue. This issue has captured the public’s attention particularly with regards to the trial of people suspected to have masterminded the Kenya post election violence of late 2007 and early 2008 following the bungled presidential election of December 2007.
The trial of people suspected to have been behind the skirmishes that left a reported 1,300 people dead and over 350,000 displaced has dominated public debate, and opinion is divided over where they should be tried – the International Criminal Court at The Hague, or locally through a local tribunal, or a Kenya truth justice and reconciliation commission.

1. What is the best option for trying post election violence masterminds?
2. Would Kenyans get justice if the post election violence suspects were tried at The Hague?
3. What would be implications for the country if the suspects were tried at The Hague?
4. What are the best solutions for electoral violence, and other anomalies that seem to characterize Kenya’s politics, and political choices?

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Mau Forest

Aug 8, 2009 Environment, Social Issues, The Economic

The Mau Forest issue has and continues to dominate public discourse in Kenya. This is largely because the forest is one of Kenya’s most important water catchment areas whose wanton destruction has had deleterious consequences on the country’s environment and attendant issues like water and power production. Let us explore this important topic by looking and answering some of these questions below or you can comment and offer solutions on any other issue regarding the depletion of our national environmental habitats.

1. What should be done to restore the Mau Forest complex?
2. What should be done to ensure conservation of natural forests and in particular the Mau Forest in Kenya?
3. What criteria should be used to determine compensation for Mau Forest settlers?

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