Introduction
* Henry Makori is an editor with Pambazuka News.
The numbers are in, but who cares?
Some parents in Kenya would pay a hefty bribe or use their secret networks of influence to have their son enlisted with Kenya Defence Forces. And then the family turns up at their church to offer special prayers of thanksgiving to God for the “miracle breakthrough” of their son’s employment.
Tagged under Human Security Al-Shabaab, War on Terror, Terrorism, KDF in Somalia, AMISOM, Military industrial complex
Racist!
It is an easy insult
Black people questioning our oppression by White people are racist
We should not speak about our oppression
We are not supposed to accuse anyone
Or we will be labeled racist
By the racists themselves
Tagged under Pan-Africanism Racism, Black Power, White Supremacy
A mzungu on horseback was killed in Kenya last week.
Tagged under Land & Environment Laikipia invasions, Indigenous people Kenya, Samburu Kenya, Maasai treaty, Director of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro, Tristan Voorspuy, Mzungu, Kenya Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Sengwer
“The future will have no pity for those men who, possessing the exceptional privilege of being able to speak words of truth to their oppressors, have taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indifference, and sometimes of cold complicity.” -Frantz Fanon
"I'm admitted in St. Mary's Hospital, Langata, Ward 1, Female Medical Ward. Unfortunately, it appears that I took one of the last available beds, if not the last one. The doctors' strike means that most public hospitals are not admitting patients ...
Dangerously broken
Tagged under Democracy & Governance Kenya Kenya, élections, Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, IEBC, People Power
AN ATHEIST’S PROPHECY
Tagged under Governance Kenya
Two people fall in love. Intensely. They exchange hundreds of passionate letters over more than 30 years. Create time to be with each other. They break the barriers of distance and busy schedules to meet. Undertake projects of professional mutual interest. Risk deep personal commitments.
Tagged under Governance