Category Archives: east africa

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democracy kitu gani?

Posted on December 7, 2005 by jke

(Kenya’s) President Mwai Kibaki has unveiled his new-look Cabinet.(…) In a speech delivered from State House, he said it was necessary to reorganise his government in order to make it more cohesive and better able to serve the people of … Continue reading →

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Kîrimû nî ta mwatû

Posted on November 27, 2005 by jke

Since there seem to be some vacancies in Kenya’s political scene, I’ve already written a short message to my golfing buddy Mwai and told him to assist me with this matter I’m having: I am a german citizen, yani, politics … Continue reading →

Posted in burudani, east africa, politics | 10 Comments

Bertiers

Posted on November 15, 2005 by jke

So I was just trackbacking a google search request on kenya+referendum+blog I’d found in my site stats and landed on Ruud Elmendorp’s blog – a Dutch video journalist who has published some of his nice videos on his website. Among … Continue reading →

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Balalalalalalaaaaaa

Posted on November 3, 2005 by jke

Interesting, I was just reading an article on Sheikh Khalid Balalas struggle while on exile in Europe and was instantly reminded of those days back in the mid 1990s. I happened to live in Frankfurt am Main by that time … Continue reading →

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Penye nia kuna njia

Posted on November 3, 2005 by jke

One of those great "Haiyaa! / Ii ukanii!? / ati?! / woooiiiii?! / wth? / kweli? / aterere.. / aisee…"-moments I love about Kenya….. And yes, bananas DO grow on electricity poles. Yani, this seems to be the most plausible … Continue reading →

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