Kenya

The Human Rights Watch (HRW), WITNESS and the Endorois lawyers have described a ruling by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights condemning the expulsion of the Endorois people from their land in Kenya as a major victory for indigenous peoples across Africa.

The Commission ruled that the Endorois' eviction from their traditional land for tourism development violated their human rights.

The Chembe Urban Security Competition 2010 on the Betavine Social Exchange encourages innovative mobile solutions to assist residents in urban communities in East and Southern Africa address a specific or general security problem.

Omidyar Network will give US$1.4 million over two and a half years to Ushahidi, for a so-called ‘crowdsourcing’ system in Kenya.

Ushahidi, which means ‘testimony’ in Swahili, plans to spend the money improving its open source system to collect and pass on citizen-generated information, particularly during a crisis.

Ushahidi was first developed as a web site tracking violence in Kenya after its election nearly two years ago. Developers plan to adapt the system for use by NGOs and others around the world to use in trouble spots.

Google Earth Outreach, a programme that helps NGOs and public benefit groups learn to use Google Earth and Maps as powerful communications tools to educate the public and policy-makers, is conducting free training on Using Google Maps and Google Earth on 5 November 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya.

NGOs will hear first hand from organisations that have used Google Earth for outreach and advocacy in Africa. They will also learn how to implement Google Maps and Google Earth in their own projects.

Who should attend?

Human rights groups have joined calls to stop building of the Northern bypass in Kenya's Capital Nairobi pending the resettlement of people living on government land.

The 13 groups, led by Amnesty International, say the eviction of more than 3 000 Githogoro slum dwellers near the upmarket Runda estate should be put on hold pending the resolution of a case filed by Kituo Cha Sheria.

The groups say the government is acting contrary to international conventions and the right to decent housing by ordering the residents to move.

Politicians named in the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) list of post-poll chaos suspects will collectively sue to have their names expunged.

Tourism Minister Najib Balala, Assistant Minister Elizabeth Ongoro and MP Omondi Anyanga said they would fight to get justice done.

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