Monthly Archives: December 2006

wapi? (part 11)

(yes, somewhere in Nairobi :-)

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the DIY phone booth

Cross posted on Afrigadget.
I was travelling in an upcountry minibus today when the guy seated just next to me pulled out his new mobile phone he recently purchased in Embu, Kenya.
Safaricom, the biggest mobile phone network provider in Kenya …

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jam rescue 2

This scenery…

…shall just remind me of peaceful Embu downtown.
If you watch closely enough, you can see a “promotion” going on at the left side of the road where two dudes tried to sell raffle tickets and promised some things …

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Elungat’s paintings

Commuting between Embu and Nairobi during these hectic weeks at the end of the year 2006 almost made me forget about blogging one fine and important event I came across in Nairobi last weekend.

Kenyan painter Peter Elungat and designer …

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Embuesque

Sukuma + some meat: 30 /=
plain Chapati: 10 /=
Soda dogo : 20 /=

A beautiful view on *kitsch* signboards with strange messages: priceless :-)
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Remember this post on the matope infested road to our office?

Well, sijui if its for the judge …

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