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Kenya Sees Spike in Obama Administration-Funded Projects
U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor ^ | April 14, 2012 | Steve Peacock
Posted on April 14, 2012 4:32:01 PM EDT by Steve Peacock
Kenya Sees Spike in Obama Administration-Funded Projects U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor, April 14, 2012
Kenyan businesses lately have increasingly become recipients of U.S. government largesse, as the Obama Administration, among pursuing other endeavors, aims to expand "livestock-related economic opportunities" in the president’s former home nation. Although this and other recently released presolicitation notices for unrelated programs serve as advance alerts to potential vendors—and therefore do not offer cost estimates and other details— a review of U.S. government contracting actions nonetheless indicates a spike of activity in Kenya in a variety of sectors.
The White House is committing to a five-year effort to "improve the inclusiveness and competitiveness" of the livestock industry specifically in Marsabit and Garissa counties, Kenya, according to a presolicitation notice released April 12 that U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor located via routine database research. Although this and other presolicitation notices for unrelated programs serve as advance alerts to potential vendors—and therefore do not offer cost estimates and other details— a review of recent U.S. government contracting actions nonetheless indicates a spike of activity in Kenya in a variety of sectors.
The Feed the Future-related initiative, known as the Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands-Accelerated Growth, or REGAL-AG, program, will be carried out by contractors hired by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), according to the document.
The agency did not disclose the project’s estimated cost: "No additional information regarding this planned RFP [Request for Proposals] is available at this time."
USAID that same day separately alerted potential contractors to the launching of yet another endeavor in that nation, known as the Kenya Agricultural Value Chain Enterprises, or KAVES, program.
The KAVES presolicitation notice simply states the agency’s intention “to use full and open competition for the contract, which will be performed in Kenya. USAID intends to release the solicitation within the next 45 days.”
The agency pointed out that the presolicitation number will change upon release of a bid request, but the program name would remain the same.
Other recent contracting actions include:
1) Up to $50 million in U.S. Navy-coordinated military construction projects on the horizon at Camp Simba, Kenya, and at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
2) Deployment to Kenya of a privately contracted Regional Advisor for USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). as well as an Emerging Pandemic Threats Advisor.
3) A U.S. Trade & Development Agency-led search for a contractor to perform a “definitional mission” exploring possible funding of geothermal energy projects in Kenya and Rwanda.
The above-mentioned endeavors have taken place in recent weeks; however, other notable U.S.-funded Kenyan projects thus far in 2012 include the launching of a National Institutes of Health-led initiative to hire contractors to conduct genetic research of Kenyans with Type-2 diabetes. Separately, the U.S. Army embarked upon a market survey of potential vendors to provide helicopter flight-training simulators to the Kenyan government.
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bump for the liars like 180, "whork", blackass,
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bump for the liars like 180, "whork", blackass,
You are absolutely right....we should not do business with any other country in the world.... ::)
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bump for the liars like 180, "whork", blackass,
How did they lie?
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You are absolutely right....we should not do business with any other country in the world.... ::)
333... is against capitalism yet again ::)
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bump for the liars like 180, "whork", blackass,
what the MF are you bumping me for? Obama is illegally in office, he was born in kenya. suck my dick if you need somethign beyond that lol.
why not ask the 'repubs' on the board who don't have the ballsack to admit bama wasn't born on US soil.
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what the MF are you bumping me for? Obama is illegally in office, he was born in kenya. suck my dick if you need somethign beyond that lol.
why not ask the 'repubs' on the board who don't have the ballsack to admit bama wasn't born on US soil.
Outsourcing jobs to Kenya.
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333... is against capitalism yet again ::)
.... Dont really see how Federal funding of Kenyan projects is "capitalism"
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Outsourcing jobs to Kenya.
which of the projects is an outsource, and how many american jobs will be lost?
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which of the projects is an outsource, and how many american jobs will be lost?
Every single penny spent in Kenya in $ we either don't have or should be spent here.
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Every single penny spent in Kenya in $ we either don't have or should be spent here.
And everywhere else in the world right?
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And everywhere else in the world right?
Yes. I don't believe in Foreign aid or this type of stuff when we are broke almost beyond repair.
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Yes. I don't believe in Foreign aid or this type of stuff when we are broke almost beyond repair.
should israel receive US money/foreign aid, 333386?
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should israel receive US money/foreign aid, 333386?
No.
WE ARE BROKE
WE ARE BROKE
WE ARE BROKE
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Outsourcing jobs to Kenya.
another off the wall thread......you are too dumb to realize that Africa is the next big market in global business,,,,,,the chinese are investing heavily in Africa....the covert message in your thread is that the U.S. government is giving welfare to Africans....EPIC AND MONUMENTAL BACKFIRE.....
as a matter to fact no president did more for Africa than GEORGE W BUSH....he is worshipped in Africa and just got back from a trip there where he was treated as if he were still the POTUS
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Every single penny spent in Kenya in $ we either don't have or should be spent here.
tell the chinese that.... ::)
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tell the chinese that.... ::)
China is a bubble and not what you think they are.
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China is a bubble and not what you think they are.
I sure hope youre right
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Yes. I don't believe in Foreign aid or this type of stuff when we are broke almost beyond repair.
okay..fair enough...so where are your threads on the foreign aid we give to Israel, Egypt, pakistan....etc
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE U.S. GIVES FOREIGN AID TO RUSSIA, CHINA, BRAZIL,INDIA,!!!!!!!!..all of these countries are in the BRIC economic bloc ....
The funny thing is that again..you and others on here are so focused on what black people are getting that these other nations are robbing us blind
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okay..fair enough...so where are your threads on the foreign aid we give to Israel, Egypt, pakistan....etc
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE U.S. GIVES FOREIGN AID TO RUSSIA, CHINA, BRAZIL,INDIA,!!!!!!!!..all of these countries are in the BRIC economic bloc ....
The funny thing is that again..you and others on here are so focused on what black people are getting that these other nations are robbing us blind
You want me to post even more threads than I already do now? Really? ;D ;D ;D
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You want me to post even more threads than I already do now? Really? ;D ;D ;D
no..just pointing out your latent racism again...carry on
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no..just pointing out your latent racism again...carry on
I'm not racist - I hate everyone equally. Shit - I hate most wops and ginzos more than most.
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I'm not racist - I hate everyone equally. Shit - I hate most wops and ginzos more than most.
what the HELL is a ginzo???
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what the HELL is a ginzo???
Dago, wop, guniea, greaser, goombah, zip, guido, etc.
Remember this gem?
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Outsourcing jobs to Kenya.
Setting up a strategic base isn't outsourcing.
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should israel receive US money/foreign aid, 333386?
No.
WE ARE BROKE
WE ARE BROKE
WE ARE BROKE
In my opinion, its very un-american of you not to support the israeli state like that. they do a lot to help america and are our strongest ally in the world.
have you always felt this way? are you working with any political organizations to promote your anti-israel beliefs, or is this just something you spread on message boards?
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.... Dont really see how Federal funding of Kenyan projects is "capitalism"
Investing in projects to make money is not capitalism?
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Obama pushes $50 million more for Kenya
WND ^ | May 20, 2013 | Steve Peacock
Posted on May 20, 2013 9:43:40 PM EDT by Steve Peacock
But officials admit new program could just create more corruption
Strengthening Kenya’s county governments, at cost to U.S. taxpayers of millions of dollars, could spark the redistribution of political power across the African republic, whose national government is viewed as one of the most notoriously corrupt in the world.
Efforts to bring about such decentralization, however, may inadvertently create 47 equally corrupt county systems, the Obama administration has acknowledged.
Obama, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, nonetheless intends to dole out upwards of $50 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to help the Kenyans get it right, according to contracting documents that WND discovered via routine database research.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
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http://news.yahoo.com/48-kenyans-dead-witness-gunmen-spared-muslims-111827525.html
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Poachers kill one of the world's largest elephants in Kenya
Poachers hack the face and tusks off Satao, one of Kenya's most famous elephants, as conservationists warn elephant poaching "is at least 10 times the official figures”
Satao, believed to have been the world's largest living elephant
Satao's enormous tusks classed him among the largest elephants left alive in the world Photo: RICHARD MOLLER/TSAVO TRUST
By Zoe Flood, Nairobi
1:22PM BST 14 Jun 2014
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One of Africa’s last 'great tuskers’, elephants with ivory weighing over 100lbs, has been poisoned to death by poachers in Kenya after years of adapting his behaviour to hide himself from humans.
The bull, named Satao and likely born in the late 1960s, succumbed to wounds from poison darts in a remote corner of Tsavo National Park where he had migrated to find fresh water after recent storms.
His carcass yesterday lay with its face and great tusks hacked off, four legs splayed where he fell with his last breath, left only for the vultures and the scavengers.
Conservationists told how he moved from bush to bush always keeping his ivory hidden amongst the foliage.
“I’m convinced he did that to hide his tusks from humans, he had an awareness that they were a danger to him,” said Mark Deeble, a British documentary filmmaker who has spent long periods of time filming Satao.
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The elephant’s killing is the latest in a massive surge of poaching of the mammals for their ivory across Africa.
Richard Moller, of The Tsavo Trust, who had been monitoring Satao for several months confirmed that the elephant found dead on May 30 was indeed Satao, whom he called “an icon”.
“There is no doubt that Satao is dead, killed by an ivory poacher’s poisoned arrow to feed the seemingly insatiable demand for ivory in far off countries,” Mr Moller said.
“A great life lost so that someone far away can have a trinket on their mantelpiece.”
A soaring demand for ivory in a number of Asian nations has seen poaching reach levels that were last seen in the 1980s before the ivory trade was banned.
“The loss of such an iconic elephant is the most visible and heart-rending tip of this iceberg, this tragedy that is unfolding across the continent,” added Frank Pope of Save The Elephants in Nairobi.
The street value of elephant ivory is now greater than gold, running to tens of thousands of pounds per tusk. Organised criminals are increasingly running poaching gangs and networks, officials have said.
More than 20,000 African elephants were slaughtered in 2013, according to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has documented the killing of 97 elephants so far this year, but experts dispute the official figures.
Dr Paula Kahumbu, who leads the Hands Off Our Elephants campaign, wrote that – based on the reports she has seen – “elephant poaching in Kenya is at least 10 times the official figures”.
In March this year, renowned conservationist Richard Leakey described poaching in Kenya as a “national disaster” and that poachers were operating with “outrageous impunity”.
“They could not operate with the impunity we are seeing if you did not have some form of protection from law enforcement agencies,” he said, likening the crisis to the mass poaching of the late 1980s.
Mr Leakey disputes official statistics that claim that the number of elephants that have been killed has declined. KWS recorded that 302 elephants were poached in 2013 down from 384 the previous year, of a total estimated population of 38,000 in Kenya.
Earlier this month, police seized more than 200 elephant tusks in a warehouse in the port city of Mombasa, weighing over 4,400lb.
Two men have been charged in connection with the haul.
Nelson Marwa, Mombasa county commissioner, said that the ivory find was linked to terrorism and drug barons in the city.
Mr Leakey cited the Indian Ocean port as a “staging post” for ivory smuggled from countries across the region.
Until recently, poachers in Kenya faced lenient sentences and few were successfully prosecuted.
A study by WildlifeDirect, a Nairobi-based charity that Dr Kahumbu heads, found that over the past five years just four per cent of those convicted of wildlife crimes in 18 of the country’s courts were sent to jail.
There is hope that tough new legislation passed earlier this year will lead to higher conviction rates and tougher sentences.
“Satao was probably one of half a dozen of Kenya’s great tuskers, possibly the largest,” said Mr Deeble, who flew over the elephant’s carcass on Friday.
“It’s a devastating situation. Kenya’s last great tuskers need presidential protection. If Satao’s death can galvanise the focus on what’s actually happening here in terms of poaching, then he won’t have died in vain.”