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Cane for the Factory
Land in northern Ghana to produce ethanol for export to Sweden
Posted by NGO News Africa on: Monday, December 21, 2009
Large tracts of land in the northern part of Ghana will be used to cultivate sugarcane for the production of ethanol for export to Sweden, the GNA has reported the Vice President as saying. The [...]
Back of the Truck
Men transported at the back of a lorry in Nairobi.
Pushing Loads
Two men transport produce on their bicycles on the outskirt of Nakuru Town as children play in the background.
Rail Tracks
“Across the lines
Who would dare to go
Under the bridge
Over the tracks
That separates whites from blacks”
Lyrics by Tracy Chapman.
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), also Kenya Railways (KR) is the national railway of Kenya. Established in 1977, KR is a state corporation.
The mainline of the KR is based on the original Uganda Railway. Its 930 km (578 mi) main track [...]
Preparing for a Get Together
A man transports chairs at Matunda, a small town near Kitale, Kenya.
Awaiting the Bus
Commuters await a public transport vehicle along Nairobi’s busy Mombasa Road.
Water Run
THINKING OF IYI ODA
Poem by Nduka Otiono
Where is the road that leads to Iyi Oda
Village stream that watered my being
Where is the water that clings to your feet
A child in need of loving Kindness?
I shall return to you Iyi Oda, peaceful brook
Where every morning was a conference
Of boys and girls lost in their innocence
Unmindful of [...]
Mkokoteni
A hand cart also known as “Mkokoteni” in Swahili rests by the side of a road along the Nairobi-Thika Highway in Kahawa.
Highway Detour
Dust rises from the passage of trucks on a detour off the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway near Molo. The area is under a huge road construction project to repair the highway.
Porters Carrying Maize
Porters carrying maize (corn) in Kitale, Kenya into a store to await transport to a national distributor. November and December represent the maize harvesting season in this region. The former Trans Nzoia District where Kitale is located is a major maize producer in Kenya.
Awaiting Transportation
A man and two women await for a bus along the Eldoret-Nakuru highway.
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