Everyday Kenyans Taking Stock In a Growing African Economy
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NAIROBI -- One ordinary afternoon in a bright, marble-floored lobby downtown here, the following conversation took place between two women, a government worker and a self-employed soapmaker.
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Kenyaâs countryside seems to be settling into a state of lawlessness that is more reminiscent of the checkpoint culture in Somalia or Darfur, Sudan.
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The dusty, lion-colored plains and snowy mountain peaks of East Africa have appeared in numerous Hollywood blockbusters. Now, Kenyans fed up with being the background for high-budget films about white people running around an African playground are telling their own stories.
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Developing countries are starting to flex their financial muscles and invest overseas.
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NAIROBI -- They grew up in farming villages -- Teddy Chwanya in the rolling hills of western Kenya and Samuel Mathu amid the cattle and flower farms of the country's lush central region.
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MOMBASA, Kenya  - Tourists arriving in Mombasa on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast were expecting to find the usual colorful fruit and vegetable markets lining the streets.
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Why a trip to Kenya by the Illinois Senator, and possible future U.S. President, was more than just a homecoming
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GENEVA, Jun 29 (IPS) - "As you are suffering from over-consumption, I  am suffering from under-consumption. We need to strike a  balance," said Mary Wahu Kaara from the Kenya Debt Relief  Network with reference to the North and the South.
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Kenya raised its annual expenditure to nearly 30 percent of its Gross Domestic Product in budget proposals Thursday designed to spur development in the east African nation.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki trailed his main rival on Friday in the race to lead east Africa's biggest economy for the next five years, according to early tallies by local media.
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NAIVASHA, Kenya -- Benson Onyango slipped behind the door of his house, terrified as he watched about two dozen young men chase his friend down the dirt paths of their neighborhood in this lakeside town. His friend stumbled to the ground, and the gang began beating him with clubs and iron bars.
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All around the periphery of the Indian Ocean last Sunday morning, people were going about their lives in the most prosaic and familiar of ways: shopping for vegetables, watching cricket on television, hauling in fishing nets, lounging at poolside.
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Strong growth across Africa helps make up for a decline in sales of the black stuff in its home country.
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Hang out with Kenyans for a while, and you will soon start hearing tribal jokes.
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Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed if it is to catch up with the rest of the world.
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NAIROBI -- The modern, media-savvy political campaign has arrived in sub-Saharan Africa.
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NAKURU, Kenya -- Along a crowded sidewalk in this city, Esther Thuo and a friend were discussing their choices in Kenya's upcoming presidential election.