Peter Muiruri
Freelance Feature Writer at The Guardian
Words paint a picture, photos tell the story.
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2 weeks ago |
standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri
For the last 25 years, successive governments have made the provision of affordable housing a key cog in their manifestos, buoyed by grim housing statistics. At 21.3 per cent, Kenya is among African countries with the lowest home ownership among urban dwellers, while the country has had an annual housing deficit of 200,000 units. On the other hand, developers can only offload 50,000 units to the market. However, the country lacks a clear roadmap for reducing the deficit.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Peter Muiruri
The World Bank is embarking on a multimillion-dollar programme in response to alleged human rights abuses against Tanzanian herders during a flagship tourism project it funded for seven years. Allegations made by pastoralist communities living in and around Ruaha national park include violent evictions, sexual assaults, killings, forced disappearances and large-scale cattle seizures from herders committed by rangers working for the Tanzanian national park authority (Tanapa).
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1 month ago |
standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri
Youths in Kenya are generally in a better mental state compared to their peers in high-income nations, a new report reveals. According to the Mental State of the World 2024 Report, young adults in Kenya score between 50 and 60 on a 0-100 mental health quotient (MHQ) scale, in a world where youth mental well-being has been in steep decline since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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1 month ago |
standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri
Poor infrastructure development, fragmented marketing strategies, and discordant visa regimes continue to hamper the full development of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) market in Africa. Lack of statistical data and an unstable political climate also make it difficult to sustain the market due to shifting policies by successive governments.
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1 month ago |
standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri
A visitor to Zanzibar’s Abeid Amani Karume International Airport would mistake it for a global aviation hub. Apart from the visual appeal, the airport aprons are full of aviation giants such as Turkish Airlines, Qatar, Fly Dubai, Air France and several charters from Europe including TUI Airways. These airlines are playing a key role in opening up the island to the world’s curious explorers.
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