SODNET engagement in CEPA

SODNET has engaged KETAM and its partners in talks to promote CEPA (Campaign to end pediatric HIV/AIDS). The Campaign undertakes to employ the National Advocacy Action Plan (NAAP) which takes on the universal declaration of human rights to serve the Kenyan context and experience.

The Kenya National Audit exposes anomalies in way land was bought for Shs290m by council

Nation Newspaper, 15th October, 2009

Irregularities: Watchdog exposes anomalies in way land was bought for Shs290m by council.

Buying of Burial Land Faulted

A state watchdog has exposed serious anomalies in the purchase of cemetery land at a cost of shs290 million by City Hall. The Kenya National Audit office has written to the local Government permanent secretary Sammy Kirui demanding explanations on how the money for the purchase of 100 acre land in Mavoko Municipality was released.

Nairobi Water and Pipeline corporation suspends six managers over fire

The standard, 19^th October 2009

Water firm sends six managers home over fire

Six managers have been suspended from the National water and Pipeline Corporation. This comes barely three weeks after a mysterious fire razed down the company premises in Nairobi. Water assistant minister Mwangi Kiunjuri said among those suspended is an auditor and a financial officer.

Huge losses as blaze hits water offices

The Standard, September 25, 2009

Fire destroys water offices in the City

A fire gutted the Kenya Water conservation and Pipeline corporation headquarters, destroying valuable data and money. Police and witnesses said the fire began yesterday at 3am after the explosion from one of the offices. The destroyed offices include the managing director’s, accounts and other crucial departments along Machakos Road in Nairobi’s Industrial Area.

Social Watch calls for scrutiny on the Ministry of Water and Irrigation

Weekly Citizen, October 19-25, 2009: Follow up story on accountability work by SOCIAL WATER WATCH CONCERNING WATER AND IRRIGATION MINISTRY.

Panic hits Water and Irrigation ministry

A joint confidential letter addressed to the two coalition government principals President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga could have sparked panic at the lifeline ministry of Water and Irrigation.