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Archive for April, 2008

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For those of you who have been keeping up with my regular posts, thanks for stopping in. I will be taking a break from my reporting on Kenya and shall [...]


Kenya Rocked by Mungiki Surprise Attacks

The cities of Nairobi, Nakuru, Naivasha, Nyieri and Eldoret were all affected by yesterday’s Mungiki demonstrations. A day after President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga named the cabinet [...]


Pulling the Railway Line

A young man hacks at bolts holding the railway line together in Kibera slums. © Anne Holmes Residents of Nairobi’s Kibera slum continued to pull up the railway line late [...]


Tensions Rise in Kenya

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Stalled negotiations over the naming of cabinet ministers by Prime Minister Designate Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki under the power-sharing deal struck in late February of this year, has [...]