Kenya

She had a very positive and supportive exchange with Gay Kenya.

What’s in a name? For most of us, our names are signifiers of our heritage and the multiplicity of identities that course through our veins each day. They may be clear indicators of which ‘group’ we ‘belong’ to, our connections with others by birth and through other forms of partnerships.

‘I buried my elder sister last week and the famine is about to claim another’ (Margaret Lodan pointing at her sister Makede Awoi’s grave, (Daily Nation Monday, 1 August, 2011)

INTRODUCTION

By nominating Professor Githu Muigai to the office of the attorney general (AG), President Mwai Kibaki has accomplished something of a rarity for a meek but sleek politician: he has flipped the finger at Kenyans and flipped the finger at Kikuyu lawyers and all Kenyan women lawyers.