Saturday, 21st November 2009

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Should be so as this will enable 'Wananchi' replace the non performing MPs who tend to forget their electorate as soon as they are sworn in. They only tend to realise how important the constituents are when elections are nearing. Henry Wogga, Mbeya - Tz ...

Henry Wogga, Tanzania

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Hunger Watch

Sarova Shaba Game Reserve in Isiolo. Thousands of cattle driven into the reserve by desperate pastoralists have succumbed to drought in the last four months. PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]

Desperate Isiolo residents watch as their livestock succumb to hunger. Hundreds of animals have died in the region following lack of water and pasture. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]

DC, residents appeal for more food aid

MP calls for aid, says 30,000 face starvation

Teams tips rice farmers on new skills

Disaster looms in Turkana as drought persist

Brace for worse famine, warns Unep

Ukambani farmers smile all the way to their farms

South Rift: Rain welcome, but we still need donations

Seven districts at the Coast face scarcity as shortage of water threatens learning

No green results in Nyanza as food prices remain high

Central listed among the starving regions

Children forced out of school in Mt Elgon as families survive on a meal a day

How Kenyans reacted to official neglect of the hungry

I will die if you do not return, says Nangole

Orphans’ home seeks help through Mercy Train

Hunger pangs as food prices hit the roof

More Hunger Watch

Malnutrition alarming, says survey

Call for seeds that defy drought

More Kenyans join Standard Group to end famine

Barclays to use cycling to end water problem

Farmers raise red flag over poor harvests

KCS donates another Sh500,000

MPs fail to honour food donation

Orphans’ home seeks assistance

Residents drink dirty water to survive drought

Music fete to help raise funds for Mercy Train

Mercy Train receives Sh1 million boost

Eldoret displaced persons release body of woman who ‘starved’ to death

GlaxoSmithKline gives Sh500,000 to ‘Mercy Train’

Koibatek residents receive Sh1.9m food donation from Swamirayan Temple

14,000 displaced persons in Nyandarua appeal for food aid

100,000 face hunger in Naivasha, says DC

Red Cross, Chevron donate food to 2,000 families in Igembe

Famine reduces men to beggars as families broken

Avoid dependence on relief food, minister tells residents

Students skip meals to donate food

Farmers in Kilifi predict poor harvest due to delay of long rains

Thousands starving in North Rift after decline in production of cereals

Hunger, Aids add misery to slum dwellers’ lives

Farmers face hunger as storm wipes out crops

Track star launches drive against hunger

Business

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Sports News

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Today's magazine

Woman's Instinct

Forensic dentist and beauty queen

She struts the runway like she was born to do it and makes heads turn with her enchanting features, long mane and the fact that she is usually the only Asian on most catwalks in Nairobi. But 29-year-old Amrit Khalsi has another life: She traded the haute couture designer outfits for a lab coat and the runway for the Kenyatta National Hospital morgue.