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 […]
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As Kenya Elections Near, Some Struggle To Find Their Place In The Homeland – It’s A Story Well Told
Kenya’s first presidential debate aired on Monday February 11. Reports say it was easily the most watched local TV event of recent years in Kenya. I guess it would not have been a genuine Kenyan debate if, as it did, it didn’t linger a little long on the question of ethnicity/tribalism. But maybe that also […]
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 […]
Somalia Doesn’t Have To Fight To Conquer: Somalis Are Already Africa’s Small Kings And Queens
We are told that the 20-year madness and bloodletting in Somalia has been fuelled by clan turf wars, criminality, Islamic Jihad, piracy, and even national resistance against foreign powers (the USA, Ethiopia, African Union Peace Mission, and lately Kenya). A less talked-about driver for the conflict, is the desire to create a Greater Somalia; […]
