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Kenya Election 2013: Raila Odinga And The Vaclav Havel-Lech Walesa Problem

The recent Kenya election was easily the most watched and commented on in East Africa for a long time.Finally, last Saturday the Supreme Court upheld the election of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee alliance as the next president. After the March 4 poll, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced Uhuru winner […]

April 3, 2013 9 Comments Short URL Central Kenya, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenya election 2013, Kikuyu, Kikuyu people, Lech Walesa, Raila Odinga, Rift Valley, Uhuru Kenyatta, Vaclav Havel, William Ruto Fast & Furious, Rogue Stuff

Like Others Before Him, Meles Failed To See That There’s A Smarter Way To Be A Dictator In Africa: The Limits Of The ‘Authoritarian Bargain’ (Part II)

On September 2, 2012, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was buried in the capital Addis Ababa. It was an emotional event, and the high and mighty of Africa all assembled, and messages poured in from all over the world. However, many Ethiopians who hated Zenawi, a man they viewed as an autocrat and dangerous tribalist, […]

September 8, 2012 3 Comments Short URL Addis Ababa, and South Korea, authoritarian bargain, Central Kenya, China, Daniel arap Moi, Delta region, developmental dictatorship, East Africa, Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), famine, Google Talk, Houphouet-Boigny, Kaliti Prison, Korem, Luwero Triangle, media, Meles Zenawi funeral, Mo Amin, Nigeria, opposition, repression, Return to Korem, Salim Amin, Singapore, Skype ban, Taiwan, tribalist, Yoweri Museveni Heroes & Villains, Rogue Stuff

The ‘Pussy Whipped’ And Battered Men Of Central Kenya: What Capitalism, Mau Mau War, And The Free Market Have To Do With It

Where men are threatened in Kenya, you can expect Maendeleo ya Wanaume (Movement for Men’s’ Rights), a conservative lobby group led by the colourful Mr Nderitu Njoka, to show up. So it was that recently, Maendeleo ya Wanaume warned that it was going to mobilise Kenya’s suffering men to boycott food in their houses starting […]

February 28, 2012 10 Comments Short URL 460000 cases of men battered in Central Kenya and 300000 in Nairobi in 2011, access to food, African future, Beyond The Miracle Of The Market: The Political Economy Of Agrarian Development In Kenya, Central Kenya, contraception in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, Field Marshal Idi Amin, Gachoka MP, homeguards, jobless, Jomo Kenyatta, Kalenjin, Kenya, Kenya independence, Kenya-Uganda Railway, Kikuyu, Kings African Rifles, Maendeleo ya Wanaume Nderitu Njoka, man beaters, Mau Mau Uprising, military rule, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Nyeri, patriarchal societies, Rev. Mutava Musyimi, Rift Valley, Robert Bates, tactical infidelity, Uganda Aliens & Stars, Rogue Stuff

Fish Men vs. Fishermen: A Tale Of How Chinua Achebe’s Gods Got Tired Of Dishing Out Free Goodies

Mention fish in Kenya – the eating of it, the fishing of it, and the trading in it – and one automatically thinks of western Kenya. And if you want to get into the small details, you will learn that Kisumu City is the “fish capital” of Kenya. Nearly all Kenya’s fish processing factories, used […]

January 30, 2012 4 Comments Short URL Bantu, between 1998 and 2008 Lake Victoria water level fell by more than 1.5 metres, Central Kenya, central Uganda, Chinua Achebe’s gods, dynamite fishing, East Africa, feeder rivers and streams, Fish, fish capital of Kenya, fish feed, illegal fish, Kabale, Kikuyu, Kisumu City, Lake Victoria dying slow, Mwanza, Nyeri, Tanzania, Ugachick, water hyacinth Aliens & Stars, Robbers & Barons

Kenya Election 2013: Raila Odinga And The Vaclav Havel-Lech Walesa Problem

Like Others Before Him, Meles Failed To See That There’s A Smarter Way To Be A Dictator In Africa: The Limits Of The ‘Authoritarian Bargain’ (Part II)

The ‘Pussy Whipped’ And Battered Men Of Central Kenya: What Capitalism, Mau Mau War, And The Free Market Have To Do With It

Fish Men vs. Fishermen: A Tale Of How Chinua Achebe’s Gods Got Tired Of Dishing Out Free Goodies

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