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KENYA: Stigma holding back the fight against TB
SIAYA Thursday, November 19, 2009 (IRIN) - When Dorothy*, a single mother of five, told her neighbours in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she had tuberculosis (TB), she expected sympathy and maybe even offers of help. Instead, she found herself so severely ostracized, she felt she had to move out....

KENYA: The million man cut
KISUMU Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government is expanding services to meet the growing demand for voluntary medical male circumcision after the launch of a national campaign a year ago....

In Brief: Hundreds flee attack in east Kenyan town
ISIOLO Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Isiolo, eastern Kenya, following an attack by armed men that left 11 people dead in Kisima locality, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said....

KENYA: Women weighed down by culture
GARISSA Monday, November 16, 2009 (IRIN) - Armed with a university certificate, Hubbie Hussein Al-Haji returned to her pastoralist community in Garissa, northeastern Kenya, expecting to serve as a veterinary health assistant. But she was refused the job....
  
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Eight prisoners die of cholera at Kamiti
Eight prisoners died at the Kamiti Maximum Prison following an outbreak of a diarrhoeal disease....

Ruto, Poghisio fault State on Mau
Cabinet ministers William Ruto and Samuel Poghisio have accused the Government of applying double standards on the Mau issue and vowed not to rest until the people are compensated and resettled....

Managing your money with confidence
Susan is a single 29-year-old information technology specialist. She is paying mortgage, owns a car and counts herself lucky to have a job that pays her well. ...

Fish industry threatened
The Sh9.4 billion fish industry faces collapse due to dwindling stock of Nile perch....
  
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