- TITLE: CONTROVERSY IN MATUGA ELECTIONS WRITER: Susan Aquila writing for Africanews.com The tallying of votes that was concluded at the government training institute in Matuga- Coast Province, at 4:30 this morning saw Mr. Ali Chirau Makwere of the Party of National Unity, emerge the winner of the parliamentary seat. The elections have been marred with violence, first in the case of former Malindi civic leader Mr. Peter Ponda Khadeza, who was shot and seriously injured by suspected political hirelings. In the second case, five people among them Party of National Unity officials were roughed up on the night preceding elections. The attackers waylaid them as they drove to Ukunda from Kwa…

- TITLE: KENYAN YOUTH TALENT ACADEMIES WRITTEN BY: Susan Aquila for Africanews.com “Talent Academies” is an initiative of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports that was launched on 11th March of this year. The Ministry initiated the project after carrying out a research in 2009, on issues affecting the youth in Kenya. The research sponsored by UNICEF found that Kenya has a “youth bulge” where the dominant age group is between 15-29 years; most of who are without jobs, angry and vulnerable to delinquent behaviour and violence as was evident during the disputed 2007 election, where widespread violence was witnessed. Secondly, the research found that the Kenyan edu…

- TITLE: MATUGA ELECTIONS COME TO AN END WRITER: Susan Aquila writing for Africanews.com DATE: 13/07/2010 The tallying of votes that was concluded at the government training institute in Matuga- Coast Province, at 4:30 this morning saw Mr. Ali Chirau Makwere of the Party of National Unity, emerge the winner of the parliamentary seat. The elections have been marred with violence, first in the case of former Malindi civic leader Mr. Peter Ponda Khadeza, who was shot and seriously injured by suspected political hirelings. In the second case, five people among them Party of National Unity officials were roughed up on the night preceding elections. The attackers waylaid them as they drov…

- TITLE: MENDING HEARTS, SAVING LIVES. WRITER: Susan Aquila Written for: Africanews.com The Mater Dettol Heart Run is a run that raises money for a fund that helps children with cardiac problems to get the surgery that they need in order to survive. Established in Kenya in 2006, the Dettol heart run is an initiative of Mater hospital, which partners with various corporate sponsors annually to organize for the runs. A large number of Kenya's children suffer from cardiac problems that often require open-heart surgery. While this surgery is available in Kenya, it is often too expensive, costing an average of 500,000 Ksh, thus making it impossible for Kenya's poor to afford. So fa…

- TITLE: NEWS STORY- KENYA’S IDPS GIVE UP ON THEIR GOVERNMENT WRITER: Susan Aquila WRITTEN FOR: Africanews.com A glimpse of hope could be seen in the faces of the 200 IDPs who are going to be resettling in a piece of land which they bought out of their own meager savings and earnings. After giving up on the government’s promises to relocate them over one and a half year ago, the group decided to put together the little money they had and secure a piece of land to live in. Although Kenyans are celebrating the bravery of these few IDPs, majority of the IDPs are greatly being affected health wise, as many live in makeshift tents that give way to water when it rains, and the se…