Mother Teresa an atheist? |
I have not believed in God for a long time, not since when as a child I realised that the grown-ups around me were unable to explain the weaknesses in their intepretations of the religion they wished...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:08:00 GMT |
All in a Dreadlock |
They shot a man last night. Just on our street, I even heard the gunshot. I'm a Kenyan. A "Nairobian" even, so gunshots and tear gas and water canons and especially bodies lying around by the side of...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:34:00 GMT |
Inside Africa's Guantánamo |
This is the most lawless war of our generation. All wars of aggression lack legitimacy, but no conflict in recent memory has witnessed such mounting layers of illegality as the current one in Somalia....
Posted by on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:39:00 GMT |
Why I will not vote for Kibaki |
Later this year, the President will for one of the few times in his tenure as head of state consider the instruction of our constitution. He will dissolve parliament and call an election. In response ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:29:00 GMT |
Mungiki - VIDEO |
Members of the Mungiki sect were back in the public arena again last week. As is often the case, their encounter with the public was not a pleasant one.to read more and watch the video check out kenya...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:24:00 GMT |
International Women's day |
I am moved to tears as these women sing for my colleagues and I. By the look, some of them are my age mates though in their own words 'we are from two different worlds'.
They perceive me as one from ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:04:00 GMT |
Nationmedia Sex scandal-or: how NOT to do media criticism |
The blogosphere presently is full of stories about a "Nationmedia Sex Scandal". Or should one call it THE Nationmedia sex scandal?
This is also a most intriguing application of the rising importance ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:12:00 GMT |
New Man at the CKB helm |
To listen to those against his appointment, one would think Prof. Ndung'u has been brought out of the academic wilderness. The reality is that he has been the director of the Institute of Public Polic...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:00:00 GMT |
Brain Dump |
This complex of inferiority perpetuates neocolonialism. It is what makes a Kenyan bank official rush to the door to take a white man, who just walked in, straight to the teller's window while blacks s...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:41:00 GMT |
Separating the Boys from the Men |
In the report, the bullied boys give a detailed account of the torment that they suffer as a result of their status. The taunts the boys suffered prove that we have a problem in our society. In ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:36:00 GMT |
