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Poptech Day 1 cont…

Session 2 is now underway. Here’s info on the session: We’ll look at the scientific race quietly underway to develop life, molecule by molecule, from scratch in a test-tube. Presenting are Norman Packard and Theo Jansen. Norman Packard is the CEO and co-founder of ProtoLife (www.protolife.net, which is trying to construct cells from non-living material. […]

October 20th, 2005 | Category: Poptech | Comments are closed

Poptech Day 1

After a marathon day of traveling, I finally made it to Camden Maine. Small (cute!) little town. Will try and have some pictures up at some point. Had dinner with a couple of interesting folks last night including Zivanai Masango a musician from Zimbabwe who is now based in New York, David Gweyu, a former […]

October 20th, 2005 | Category: Poptech | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Referendum posts interruptus

So I was supposed to do two more posts on the referendum – one on devolution and one on the youth…but that was before I forgot my FES cheatsheet at this place where i was do-ee-a-ring on the highspeed connection and then once I got the cheatsheet back and made it all the way to […]

October 18th, 2005 | Category: Kenya, Kenya Constitution and Referendum, Poptech | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Constitutional Referendum Part IV

The next presentation by Dannitah Ghita from the League of Kenyan Women Voters dealt with the status of women in the constitution. She felt that overall there was a “net loss” for women when you compared the Bomas Draft with the Wako Draft. She listed the following as some of the gains for women:

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October 14th, 2005 | Category: Kenya, Kenya Constitution and Referendum, Kenyan Politics | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Constitutional Referendum Part III

A few weeks ago I attended a workshop on the proposed new constitution that was sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The forum was free and open to the publc. The workshop focused on 6 thematic areas of the new constitution – Representation, Women’s Issues, Devolution, Land and Natural Resources, Media, Executive Powers and Youth. The […]

October 13th, 2005 | Category: Kenya, Kenya Constitution and Referendum | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Constitutional Referendum Part II

A few weeks ago I attended a workshop on the proposed new constitution that was sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The forum was free and open to the publc. The workshop focused on 6 thematic areas of the new constitution – Representation, Women’s Issues, Devolution, Land and Natural Resources, Media, Executive Powers and Youth. The […]

October 12th, 2005 | Category: Kenya, Kenya Constitution and Referendum, Kenyan Politics | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

The rise of Africa’s women politicians.

Via the Christian Science Monitor.

October 12th, 2005 | Category: Africa | Comments are closed

Caroline Mutoko and the role of radio in Kenya today

Here’s the piece.

October 10th, 2005 | Category: Kenya, Kenyan Politics | 130 comments - (Comments are closed)
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