Stories about Kenya from August, 2005
Kenya: Imagine you are a girl
Arjen Westra (AfrikaReporter) hopes that the rights of women will be better protected in Kenya's new constitution.
Kenya: A blow for civil society?
The Kenya Democracy Project reacts with irony and concern for civil society after the government dissolves an NGO umbrella body.
Kenya: Quotations from women
“As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.” For the author of these lines, and for other quotations from influential female writers, see Mshairi.
Kenya: Best (and worst) stockbrokers
Bankelele reviews stockbrokers in Nairobi, in a post entitled “Where to buy shares”.
Software Freedom Day
Emeka Okafor at Timbuktu Chronicles reports on open source initiatives across Africa on Software Freedom Day.
Kenya: Making an exit
M at Thinker's Room shares the trials and tribulations of Kenyan passport applications, in preparation for a trip to Botswana.
Kenya: Catholic land-rights activist freed
Kenya Democracy Project reports on the freeing (on bond) of Father Gabriel Dolan and 23 other land-rights activists from the Rift Valley.
African Bullets and Honey on the trials of Kenyan athletes
MMK, over at African Bullets and Honey, decries the attitude of the Kenyan government to its athletes in the wake of the World Championships in Helsinki.
Kenya: Blogging, Kenyan Women & Opening of Democratic Spaces…
The Kenya Democracy Project puts up a long post about Kenyan women who blog.
Kenya: Trees: a great investment
Bankelele writes about tree farming in Kenya.
Kenya: Chocolate Teapots
Thinker's Room wonders why weren't Kenya's politicians at a ceremony observing the August 7, 1998 bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi.
The BBC sponsors African blogs
The BBC has a long tradition of encouraging readers and listeners of their Africa service to talk about their views of the continent, running features like “Why I Love Africa”, where Africans and afrophiles are invited to share their positive visions of the continent. They've recently gone a step farther...
Kenya: KBW: 100 not out
Mentalacrobatics celebrates the fact that the Kenyan Blogs Webring has grown to more than 100 members.
Kenya: The London Visit is at the Heart and Soul of Kenyan Politics
Kenyan Transportation Minister Chris Murungaru has had his UK visa revoked last week; African Bullets and Honey looks at the psychology of the London visit for Kenyan politicians.
