Prof Judy Wakhungu named Kenya's First Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Energy

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Written by Henry Neondo

Prof Judi Wakhungu until today the Executive Director of the African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS) in Nairobi, Kenya now becomes the new Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Water and Energy. A woman who for years alternated with her sister Susan on being Kenya's number one lawn tennis player has however to wait a parliamentary approval.

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City of Medellin to host the Seventh session of the World Urban Forum in 2014, UN Habitat boss reveals

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Written by Erick Akasa

Dr. Joan Clos the United Nations Under-Secretary General and the Executive Director of UN-Habitat Thursday announced in Nairobi, Kenya that the city of Medellin will play host to the seventh World Urban Forum in 2014.

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Kenya to support Sustainable Urbanization

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Written by Erick Akasa

Kenya will continue to support sustainable urbanization as key part of the post-2015 global development agenda. “We believe that a post-2015 development agenda should be transformative to address the main challengers and opportunities that cities and towns in the 21^st Century face, we should find better ways to manage our rural environments in order to stem disruptive migratory flows to big cities,” the country's President Uhuru Kenyatta said when he opened the United Nations Habitat 24^th Session of the Governing Council.

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