Stories about Kenya from June, 2006
Kenya: Stocks & Investment options
Kenyan blogger, Bankelele posts the latest tips and news on the Kenyan stock market and local investment deals
Kenya: Sexual assult in school
MentalAcrobatics comments on a story of violence in a Kenya school where a group of students had badly injured a fellow student in a “brutal sexual assult”.…..The teenage boy, a student at Upper Hill Secondary School, was admitted to Nairobi Women’s Hospital after he was brutally sodomised by five fellow...
Kenya: Armenian saga
Magaidi comments on the Armenian brothers saga which continues in Kenya. He predicts a big hue and cry by the government, coverage by blogs but in the end “The government won’t do anything concrete (except for the ‘formation of a commision of inquiry and suspension of irrelevant people’) and we...
Kenya: A Day in Parliament
New Kenyan blog Mzalendo which monitors the Kenyan parliament has a report by Bankekele “A Day in Parliament”
Kenya: Armenian mercenaries
Yebo Gogo reports on a story of Armenian mercenaries in Kenya who were deported last week. There have been various reports in Kenyan newspapers including one where the brothers were supposedly in Kenya to “transform a section of Kenya’s security forces into a crack commando unit”
Kenya: Madaraka Day Parade
Thinkers Room comments on the Madaraka day celebrations in Nairobi, in particular he is highly critical of the “parade”
Kenya: World Cup Indeed
MentalAcrobatics manages to link maths to football – well its here – World Cup 2006 and I have already missed 6 minutes !
Kenya: Perils of coffee picking
For the coffee addicts of the world, Cock and Bull Stories posts on the harzards of picking coffee – “When they tell you; ‘Finish you food, there are kids starving in India’, they should also add, ‘Drink up you coffee, there’s probably a boy in Kenya whose genitals are hanging...
Kenya: African blogosphere
Kenyan Pundit sings the praises of an innovative and fast developing African blogoshphere.
Kenya: World cup rules for men
On the eve of the 2006 World Cup which starts tomorow in Germany, Kenyan blogger, Mshairi posts a list of rules to “the men of this world” concerning their behaviour during the 4 week tournament. “From 9 June to 9 July 2006, kindly note I will be unavailable for football...
Somalia: Warlords no where to run to
Yebo Gogo reports that Somali warlords fleeing the Islamic militia that have taken over Mogadishu are running out of places to run to as Kenya operates a “zero tolerance” attitude towards the warlords.
Kenya: Art & Artists
Kikuyumoja’s realm begins a series of posts about art and artists from Kenya
Kenya: Schmucks
Thinkers Room has a rant at Kenya's MP who he describes as “schmucks.”.……”These yahoos would have us believe that they will stop being the same tribal cabals. That they will suddenly become nationalists. That they now will be smart enough to hit the water if they fell out of a...
A Monopoly-like Game to Carve out Africa
Mocking Africa, a French Monopoly-like game, Kangni Alem repeats the game's description [“Your goal is to explore, to conquer and to develop [the] new colonies. You will be able to betray alliances to exploit the lands of your adversaries, the goal being to own the most land at the end...
Latest in the Francophone African Blogosphere
PAN-AFRICAN For the United States of Africa Le Pangolin is fervently advocating for the dissolution of the current borders that separate African countries and that, he believes, weaken each individual African country: Je suis pour des Etats-Unis d’Afrique par zone géographique ou linguistique, car cela va permettre d’impliquer l’ensemble des...
Kenya: Banking and investment
Bankelele posts his weekly roundup up of banking and investments stories from Kenya..
Senegal: Blogging Mayor Proposes North-South Talks on Migrations
Reflecting on Senegal's drowned migrant crisis and migrations towards the West in general, Robert Sagna, the Mayor of Ziguinchor, Senegal blogs (Fr): “Developed countries (…) build quasi-impenetrable walls through “visas”. Visas (…) are not the right solution. (…) The youth from the South has chosen emigration. It is our responsibility...
