Burning the Master’s House
by Onyango Oketch
Now let the blame game begin. Schools in Kenya are going up in flames, together with the ideologies they espouse. We might say nothing new in these. …
New Multimedia Slideshow
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 …
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 …
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
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, …
US Foreign Policy and the Kenya Peace Deal
by Anne Holmes
Before Kofi Annan enters the history books with merits on a job well done in Kenya, before you buy into the propaganda of American goodwill in this …
ALERT: Demos Rock Downtown Nairobi
A large mob of several hundred people poured into the streets of downtown Nairobi today in support of jailed mungiki leader Maina Njenga. Clashes with police ensued.
UPDATE: Several hundred …
ALERT: US Bombs Kenya Somali Border
REPORT: One AC-130 bomber flew over the Somali-Kenyan border yesterday Sunday March 2, 2008, in an airstrike upon the Somali town of Dhoble, killing 6 and injuring 20 according …
Power Sharing Deal Struck
Supporters of ODM cheering outside Harambe house were dispersed with tear gas this afternoon as President Mwai Kibaki and Hon. Raila Odinga signed a power sharing deal. The deal …
Negotiating Talks Break Down
Internally displaced persons at a camp just outside Nairobi’s slum of Mathare © Anne Holmes
Chief mediator Kofi Annan announced today that he was suspending talks in order to deal …
Constitutional Crisis in Kenya
By Prof. Alberto Bencivenga
(http://www.ogiek.org)
Whoever reads Mr. S. N. Waruhiu’s book “From Autocracy to Democracy in Kenya” will be impressed by the amount of information and by the clarity of …
Three Consecutive Nights of Raids in the Slums and More Reasons for Concern
Residents of Huruma gather around the body of a man shot dead by police in a late-night confrontation. © Anne Holmes
The Nation published an article yesterday about the police …
Tensions Return
A mob in Mathare North attacks a man they accuse of being Mungiki. © Anne Holmes
An overnight raid by police sparked a minor violent scene in Mathare North this …
What’s Next for Kenya?
Kisii Warriors in Chepilat on Tuesday. © Anne Holmes
Standing by. That’s what I’m doing these days. The negotiations with Annan have helped to quiet things down a bit in …
They Are Young
By Onyango Oketch
Move over grand pa
They are young. They are angry. They are articulate and sophisticated. Nearly three quarters of them live in the sprawling slums of major Kenyan …
Saved From a Lynching
My first day on the ground in Kenya, I went into Mathare with a group of photographers after hearing that there had been some problems. Two mobs were facing …
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 …
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 …
