Kenyan Pundit

• On Why Amnesty for Grand Corruption is a Bad Idea…

  Posted: August 29, 2008, 7:19 pm by Ory Okolloh

  Mars Group is (as always) on top of things. And is it just me, or is John Githongo’s operation rather lame? AOB: One of the best summaries of Obama’s speech that I’ve read from the pundits (for real some of the talking heads on TV deserve to be slapped).

• Look Ma I’m on TV!

  Posted: August 28, 2008, 8:32 pm by Ory Okolloh

  So my natural instinct is to want to go off and run and hide somewhere because my Ted talk is finally up on TED’s website…I barely remember what I said, I was so nervous and ish…and its also very personal. But I might as well enjoy my 15 mins of fame on the interwebs…maybe one [...]

• KNCHR post-election violence report names

  Posted: August 27, 2008, 7:21 pm by Ory Okolloh

  For those who are looking, more details/names can be found in the latest Africa Confidential…click on the link below (hat tip B!). ac-22aug08

• Report on the Kriegler Commission

  Posted: August 27, 2008, 12:55 pm by Ory Okolloh

  We are all Commission of Inquiry weary, but this piece gives some good insight on the ongoings at Kriegler and on why the stakes are too high for the real truth to be revealed. Also worth a read, this article in the Christian Science Monitor. kptj-truth-digest-bulletin

• Kenya in the Olympics

  Posted: August 26, 2008, 2:12 am by Ory Okolloh

  I want to join everyone in congratulating the Kenyan athletes for a tremendous performance…the marathon gold was the icing on the cake. And then I’m going to rain on the parade by asking why the hell there were more officials than athletes in the Kenyan contigent that went to Beijing? According to the Nation: [...]

• Whither the citizen war reporter?

  Posted: August 22, 2008, 1:10 pm by Ory Okolloh

  Evegeny Morozov, has an interesting piece in Open Democracy looking at the role of citizen journalists in conflict (specifically Georgia). He argues that citizen journalists are not the magic bullet that they’ve been trumped up to be as far as covering news in underreported conflict areas. While he does have some valid [...]

• Forum on Vision 2030

  Posted: August 19, 2008, 1:22 am by Ory Okolloh

  The Institute of Economic Affairs is holding a Public Forum on Vision 2030 on Wednesday, 27th August 2008 at 4.45 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. at The Sarova Stanley Hotel-Ball Room. The aim of the Forum is to present the Vision 2030 and critique the Economic and Political Pillars. Due to past work with scenarios and visions, IEA-Kenya was co-opted [...]

• Githongo Talk at Strathmore

  Posted: August 19, 2008, 1:26 pm by Ory Okolloh

  This Friday at 2.30 p.m. John Githongo will be giving a talk on “Re-defining Ethics in Africa – Key issues”. The talk is based in his research at St Anthony’s, College Oxford. Venue: Strathmore Business School, Lecture Hall Hat tip MM!

• Coverage of events in Georgia

  Posted: August 18, 2008, 7:33 pm by Ory Okolloh

  For those following the events in Georgia (I’m paying close attention since my Tbilisi in June), the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting has some of the best coverage I’ve seen.

• KNHCR report on post-election violence

  Posted: August 14, 2008, 7:53 pm by Ory Okolloh

  The full report is available here. Unfortunately, no politicians are actually named for reasons given here. EDIT: Link to the report fixed - sorry about that. Also apparently the politicians were named in last Saturday’s Nairobi Star…anyone have the names (God I miss blogging from Nairobi)?

• Quick Hits Aug 13

  Posted: August 13, 2008, 4:59 pm by Ory Okolloh

  - Kenyan Stories - clips from a film soon to be released by Carol Pineau (of Africa Open for Business fame) about entrepreneurs in Kenya competing in a national business plan competition. Hat tip Afrom! - How the Hillary campaign strategy fell apart. Very interesting read. - Food blog search. If you [...]

• Blogging Kwani Lit Fest

  Posted: August 11, 2008, 6:09 pm by Ory Okolloh

  Were you unable to make it to Kwani Litfest? Get a feel of what a great event it was via Arno Kopecky’s witty commentary.

• Resource for entrepreneurs

  Posted: August 8, 2008, 3:50 pm by Ory Okolloh

  Click here for details.

• Google News Kenya now up.

  Posted: August 8, 2008, 11:47 am by Ory Okolloh

  Click here for the link.

• Update on Civil Society Campaign against Police Violence

  Posted: August 7, 2008, 1:15 pm by Ory Okolloh

  BY SHAILJA PATEL A brief update on our progress so far in the civil society campaign against escalating state and police violence in Kenya. For background, please see the statement titled: “Kenya: Investigate Police Brutality”, at the bottom of this email. Triumphs (1) Three hours after we rolled out the Direct Action campaign yesterday, Prime Minister Raila Odinga encountered [...]

• Christian Science Monitor feature on Kenya

  Posted: August 5, 2008, 4:17 pm by Ory Okolloh

  Interesting series that will be looking at the role of African elders in resolving the Kenyan post-election crisis. Part I is here.

• Support Civil Society Activists

  Posted: August 4, 2008, 4:25 pm by Ory Okolloh

  Date: Tuesday August 5th Time of hearing: 9:00 am Venue: Kibera Court Directions: Coming from the direction of town on Ngong Rd, turn left on Mugo Kibiru Road (before Ngong Hills Hotel and Nakumatt Prestige Plaza). Go down Mugo Kibiru Road until the T-junction. Turn LEFT at T-junction, and continue until you see Chief’s Office, courthouse, and government [...]

• Young Kenyans express themselves

  Posted: August 1, 2008, 7:44 pm by Ory Okolloh

  I came across this interesting Digital Storytelling Project today (hat tip Bankelele!). The project aims to help the Undungu Society and the street children they work with get their voices heard through voices and pictures. Please visit the blogs and encourage the young authors to keep expressing themselves. It is [...]

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