The AfricaNews articles of Ferdinand Wanangwe

  1. Malaria in Africa-solution may lie in genetic science.

    28-12-2009 12:54 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    - By Ferdinand Wanangwe MALARIA SITUATION:World most killer disease malaria could be contained and be eradicated through genetic science engineering .Currently 3000 people die of malaria daily worldwide,mostly young children and pregnant mothers.The most affected areas re Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In the recent world health organization report on the effect of malaria,the WHO reveals that increased funding have seen remarkable control measures on malaria in Africa and south east Asia.The WHO report indicates that increased funding on diseases has has increased from $300million in 2003 to $1.7billion in the 2009.This has seen more house holds own insecticide treated nets (ITNs).Th…

  2. Fear for life Kenyan journalist letter to Kibaki & Raila

    13-12-2008 16:38 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    - Ferdinand N.O.Wanangwe P.O.Box 2796-80100 Mombasa-Kenya 12th Dec 2008 fwanangwe@hotmail.com. To: Kenya’s Head of state His excellency President Mwai Kibaki Kenya’s Prime minister : Rt Hon Raila Odinga CC:Coast provincial commissioner Mr Ernest Munyi Mombasa Dist…

  3. Kenya: Media row over new Bill

    11-12-2008 16:26 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    Kenya Members of Parliament have passed a bill that will limit the liberties of the media in the country. The Kenya Communications (Amendments) Bill 2008 is feared by many that it will gag the media which has been very liberal since multi-party system in Kenya. - The Communications Commission of Kenya will now be mandated to control what can be broadcasted and when it can be broadcasted by private television and radio stations and the CCK will be required to receive guidelines from the Minister of State Security on what content they can or not cover. Media experts in Kenya are now worried that this might take Kenya back during the single party system when politicians decide what is news …

  4. Kenya:$100m for undersea cable

    24-11-2008 13:56 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    A $100million undersea cable is set to be completed by June next year in Kenya. This is set to make the whole process of linking ICT cheaper and more convenient. Countrywide laying out of a fibre optic cable is also set to be complete by April, 2009. - These developments could see Kenya develop e-systems in the education and health sectors which are currently given more priorities by the Kenyan government. The project which is an initiative of the government of Kenya and Etisalat of the United Arab emirates in which the two parties have a greed to build the first undersea fibre optic cable between Mombasa and Fujaira in the Emirates though it will have to wait for the completion of two Da…

  5. Africa:Mkapa gets the point in leadership

    16-11-2008 12:40 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    - By Ferdinand Wanangwe in the coastal town of Mombasa-Kenya. Retired Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa must be lauded for his statement that time has come for African leaders to think correctly as it's time for our beloved continent to move in par with the rest of the world. Mkapa tald leaders in africa that they cannot afford to think wrongly and this should be in all aspects: Economically,Socially and Politically . Although the former president has seen the light on retirement his influence to african leaders is still very strong and he can help change leadership in this continent. Our leaders should also be made to learn from other continents like America,Europe…

  6. Vision 2030.Kenya must shun tribalism and control population

    14-11-2008 16:35 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    - Report by Ferdinand Wanangwe in Mombasa-Kenya. Rapid population growth and Cronic tribalism could be major challenges in realizing Kenya's dream the vision 2030 which was launched on june 10th 2008 and presided over by president Mwai Kibaki and prime minister Raila Odinga.This document which is supposed to guide Kenya in the next 22 years is in limpo if the government does not start with fighting tribalism and population growth. The annual state of the the world population report 2008 dubbed reaching common ground:culture,gender and human rights puts Kenya’s population at 38.6million and Going by the same projections Kenya’s population could hit 60million…

  7. Piracy and why the time for world to act is now.

    14-11-2008 16:14 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    - Report by Ferdinand Wanangwe in Mombasa-Kenya. Piracy is posing a real threat to global business, there is need for the world to act now, before the menace attracts a larger group in other countries. Very soon it may be a Global network of pirates. We are soon going to see fuel tankers being redirected to offload fuel in other countries and similar to other products. How will the world handle the issue? Currently the menace is prone in the Indian ocean waters of Somali near the Gulf of Eden, but what if it spreads? The big issue here is Who are pirates? and who are their sponsors With 12 ships still held captive in the gulf including the mv Faina the Ukcranian ship L…

  8. Kenya: Political parties fear The Hague

    13-11-2008 09:16 door Ferdinand Wanangwe
    The Waki report which has received condemnation from both two major parties in Kenya - the Party of National Unity and Orange Democratic Movement - seems to have backed off for fear of the Hague court taking over. - Both parties have now agreed that there is no easy solution but to form a tribunal to handle the case. They have up to February 28 2009, failure to which the Hague court in Netherlands will be mandated to handle the 2007 Kenya election violence as required in the Waki report. Nobody wants to go to The Hague among the ruling parties. Tribalism and culture of impunity was cited in the report as one of the major causes of the 2007 December general elections violence that almost s…