WSF: great talk, no walk

25Jan07

A follow up article by Al Kags.
A little more than a week ago, I asked a question – or a series of questions that left me castigated left right and centre by the online socialist community. My question was specifically related to the World Social Forum but generally to all other conferences. I asked that [...]

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Kibaki will probably win this elections

23Jan07

By Udi Kagwe
It is difficult for anyone to deny that Kenya is at a good place today. Certainly much better than in years past. A brisk walk around Nairobi reveals working city traffic lights, clean parks (yes, even the Jevanjee Gardens are in impeccable order), painted and well repaired roads.
Driving to Mombasa, as many of [...]

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The Races: The start of a series

21Jan07

Kenyans are for the next two years in for a veritable treat as far as entertainment is concerned. For eons, competition has been the surest form of entertaainment for the average human – and the two years 2007 and 2008 are going to be highly entertaining years for Kenyans.
The entertainment on schedule is the Kenyan [...]

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Multi-party Democracy: Public Attitudes, Civic Awareness and Participation

14Jan07

The Steadman Group recently carried out a survey on the public’s attitudes of Multi-party democracy issues, Civic Awareness and the public’s participation in Democracy. The survey was commissioned by The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD).
For your information, you may download the full report of the survey here.

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Church Must Get a Grip – The Hominids Stay.

13Jan07

The Heads of the evangelical churches in Kenya, led by the Bishop Boniface Adoyo, who is the leader of the Christ is The Answer Ministries of the Nairobi Pentecostal Church, want the world acclaimed hominid fossils of the “origin of man” – undoubtedly among Kenya’s few true claims to fame, hidden away in [...]

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World Social Forum Comes to Africa – so what?

11Jan07

by Al Kags
The 7th Edition of the World Social Forum is going to be held in Africa for the very first time – in Nairobi’s Kenyatta International Conference Centre no less. At least 70,000 delegates from around the world are expected to descend upon Nairobi from the 20th of January this year until the 25th [...]

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