Another Assasination?
ALERT: AN ODM MP HAS JUST BEEN SHOT DEAD BY A TRAFFIC POLICE OFFICER IN ELDORET. UPDATE: It appears the killing is a crime of passion. The MP in question [...]
Mass Evacuations Continue
A man salvaged an immaculate Kenyan flag within the ashes of a burning house. © Anne Holmes Tuesday afternoon I was witness to a scene in Soweto Kibera, a slum [...]
Rift Valley Purges
A young man runs with a suitcase from burning houses in Nakuru. © Anne Holmes I haven’t been able to post for the last few days as I have been [...]
Nothing is Sacred
Women cry during the mass funeral. © Anne Holmes I started my day yesterday morning at the city morgue. ODM had called for a mass funeral and people who lost [...]
Another Quiet Day
Monday was fairly quiet in Nairobi. In Kibera they began rebuilding the railway line that residents tore up over the weekend. Mathare North was bloody in the morning with 2 [...]
The Situation is Getting Worse
A man brandishing a Machete in Mathari North speaks in front of a crowd. © Anne Holmes Mathare North was an absolute nightmare today and it doesn’t look as though [...]
A Day of Quiet in Nairobi
An Ethiopian girl eats lunch at the refugee camp of Nairobi Fair Grounds. © Anne Holmes The day was quiet throughout Nairobi with no reported clashes and people going about [...]
Last Day of Scheduled Protests Sees More Bloodshed
GSU and AP units charge into a residential section of Kibera shooting live ammunition and tear gas. © Anne Holmes The last day of outlawed protests in Kenya saw a [...]
Violence in Mathare Left Several Injured
I just received an eye witness report from a credible source on the ground who said last night in Mathare several people had been seriously injured with machetes, probably by [...]
UPDATED: Door to Door Raids and Police Brutality Leave Five Injured and one dead in Kibera
Military and police forces harassed residents of Kibera. © Anne Holmes Another day of violence in Kibera left one dead and five wounded according to MSF. In the Nairobi slum [...]
Fiirst Day of ODM Scheduled Protests Brings More Violence
A large group of people who alleged a mob was trying to loot them, gathered to watch as police moved in to fend the others off. © Anne Holmes At [...]
ODM Wins House Speakers
Mini Pub, West Nairobi. © Anne Holmes Local Nairobi residents celebrated last night when parliamentary election results announced Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party members won both House and Deputy Speaker [...]
Open Letter by Shailja Patel
An Open Letter to SAMUEL KIVUITU, Chairman of Electoral Commission of Kenya from Shailja Patel. Dear Mr. Kivuitu, We’ve never met. It’s unlikely we ever will. But, like every other [...]
