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?
Tags: health care in Kenya, Kenya hospitals, Kenya mother, Kenya Network of Grassroots Organization, Kenya woman, Kenyan Women, Ministry of Health, Pumwani Maternity Hospital
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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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Climate Change, Drainage basin, Environment, Forest, Kenya, Kenya and water, Kenya water crisis, Kenya water sanitation, of water Kenya, Semi-arid climate, Water crisis, Water in Kenya, Water Kenya
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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Tags: Africa, Kenya, Mau Forest, Mau Forest complex, Mau Forest Kenya, of Mau Forest, Society and Culture, the Mau Forest
