In Kenya there are many problems occurring effecting people every day. These problems have progressively worsened over time. People are making a stand for human rights but is it necessarily enough to stop people from doing critical things to others. There are three specific human rights violations that should be recognized and handled in Kenya. We should care about Kenya because they have lost the right to own things, police brutality and torture is happening to innocent people. But three violations are not even close to cover all the human rights violations in Kenya. Kenya has progressively got worse about these violations over the years and something that would be great is for someone to make a major stand and stop all of the violations occurring. Losing such things such as their right own homeland has happened to Kenyan natives. Larger groups of people or tribes have shoved Kenyan natives out of their homeland because they decided they needed their land to expand. Everything their ancestors and them have worked on and all of a sudden it all is taken away due to the fact that someone has a lot more power over the natives. Removal of communities from their homeland is aconsequence of development projects that fail to go recognized (Minorities Under…). Many people in the United States usually shouldn’t have to worry about this issue much due to the fact no one would try this. Mark Lattimer says, "In every world region, minorities and indigenous peoples have been excluded, repressed and, in many cases, killed by their governments," (Minorities Under…). So not only is it nonnatives forcing Kenyans out of their homeland it is also their own government doing this. The government should take into consideration of your human righ... ... middle of paper ... ...e trying to prevent these things from happening. However, these violations are very serious and should be taken into consideration. Works Cited "Kenya: Time for Change." Amnesty Now. Nov. 1997: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 05 Nov 2013. "Minorities Under Siege: Pygmies Today in Africa." IRIN News Service (Geneva, Switzerland). April 2006: 1-16. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 05 Nov 2013. Odhiambo s, Agnes. " Human Rights Watch." Kenya: When Childbirth Leads to Disability and Despair. Human Rights Watch, 20 august 2013. Web. 5 Nov 2013. Simpson, Gerry. " Human Rights Watch." Kenya’s 600,000 Terrorists . Human Rights Watch, 29 May 2013. Web. 5 Nov 2013. Vesely, Milan G. "Ending the Nightmare." Toward Freedom. May 1998: 10-12. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 05 Nov 2013. “You Are All Terrorists." Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch, 29 May 2013. Web. 5 Nov 2013.
...12) Since Vik and Emmanuel have brought good changes to the lives of the catadors and people with disabilities in Ghana, I believe the rest is up to the people who can make it even better for the next generation. “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Eric Foner, The Story of American Freedom, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company Ltd., 1998), 82.
Eric Foner, The Story of American Freedom, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company Ltd., 1998), 64.
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how the growing Chinese presence in Kenya affects the United States’ international interests. In order to do this, we must look at how China was able to create such a presence, what the U.S. did or failed to do to alleviate this, Kenya’s view on both the U.S. and China, and if the U.S. would benefit from expanding or decreasing economic investments in the country.
The mass Genocide of the Tutsi people was an intrusion of all types of human rights first and foremost the taking of one's life. The Tutsi people were tortured, stolen from, had their...
After reading the book which mentions the maternal and neonatal situation in Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world, is pitiable. (1) Child birth takes place under lantern light, in Mud bricks with profuse sweating without electricity, no running water, no emergency backup. With only the grace of God and the skill of a midwife that child birth takes place in remote villages in the country of Mali, West Africa, having the third highest total fertility
Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty. 3rd ed. Vol. Two. New York: Norton &, 2011. Print.
Growing up in Tanzania has really shaped the person I am today. The two most important values I acquired while growing up in the developing country was appreciation and compassion. Not a day goes by that I don’t acknowledge how fortunate I am to having access to quality education, food, shelter and other basic necessities. Through my experiences in Tanzania I was reminded again and again that justice is not simply given, and that strong advocates are needed to help give a voice to those who are silenced. Therefore, my memories of Tanzania stirred my desire be the voice for those in
Poverty. Imagine living on less than 2 dollars a day, having little to no education, being sick with diseases like cholera and HIV/AIDS, or having poor living conditions (Berrebi, D). Well, about 17,663,800 Kenyans live this nightmare according to a 2012 CIA study. Kenya, ranked the 39th poorest country in the world on a report by Global Finance Magazine, and countries like the U.S. along with organizations like The Borgen Project, and The Hunger Project are providing aid to help with reducing the number of people in poverty. The international aid to Kenya has reduced the number of people under that $2 threshold, but there have been negative impacts on the economy and financial corruption gets in the way of effective aid.
Williams, Robert E. "From Malabo to Malibu: Addressing Corruption and Human Rights Abuse in an African Petrostate." Human Rights Quarterly 33.3 (2011): 620,648,925. ProQuest. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
A number of policy interventions have been originated since independence to address the growing employment problem in Kenya, and with that, make an attempt at bettering the lot of the Kenyan youth. The earliest among these were the Kenyanization policies adopted at independence in which it was envisaged that young Kenyans would quickly take over duties and responsibilities from departing colonial staffers. Other policy measures included promotion of growth and development of the informal and jua kali sector in the 1990’s.
Welch, C. E. JR. (1995), Protecting Human Rights in Africa. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Kenya is a country located in the continent of Africa. It is believed that people first roamed Kenya more than 2 million years ago. Cushitic migrated from North Africa to Kenya. Although they were one of the first people to migrate to Kenya they have always been a minority. Arabian traders later emerged in Kenya and took over the country quite rapidly. They were searching for ivory, rhino horn, gold, and slaves to trade with other countries. The focal areas of trade within Kenya were Mombasa, Malindi and the Islands Lamu. As a result of their invasion, they left behind a Muslim culture for Kenyans to adapt to. Kenyans were also taught Kiswahili or Swahili to better communicate with Arabians; which in turn allowed Kenyans to make more money. Later, the Portuguese invaded Kenya and took control from Arabia. They wanted power over the Indian Ocean and control over trade in and out of Kenya. The Portuguese tried to influence Catholicism. During their reign, they
Bohannan, Paul, and Philip Curtin. Africa & Africans . Long Grove: Waveland Press, Inc. , 1995.
On the eastern coast of Africa lies a land full of sunny blue skies and large plains in which zebras and elephants roam. This land is the country of Kenya. Outside of Kenya’s cities and towns lies many samples of natures beauty. Unfortunately, the people living in this land are troubled by their struggle with the government and trying to form a democracy. Matthew Carotenuto stated, “Much of the world had historically viewed Kenya as an island of peace and economic potential in a roiling sea of stateless chaos.” What he means is that people have long seen Kenya as a peaceful place that is surrounded by countries suffering from all sorts of violence and unfortunate circumstances. What many people do not know is that Kenya has a long history for political violence going way back to when the country was colonized. Understanding that Kenya’s past violence was due to their struggle for social and political authority helps us understand some of their violence issues today. According to Maina Kiai, violence broke out after Kenya’s 2007 election. Many people had thought that Kenya was a more peaceful country compared to others in Africa because they were working towards a democracy. Currently Kenya is a republic (“Kenya” The World...). Another thing Kiai mentioned is that one of Kenya’s major political problems is that Kenya's constitution gives the president full power to elect anyone he wants into a political position for any salary he chooses. Scott Baldauf and Robert Crilly also explain how Kenya is trying to become a democracy but its political system is weak and allows the president too much power, making the nation a dictatorship in disguise. This leads to many ethical issues within the governments systems. We should care about Ken...