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Still no good connectivity at home so the hiatus continues. Gabriella is also decidedly nocturnal for now so keeping watchie hours. Will try and post pics soon and one of these days do proper posts on motherhood.

In the meantime, please check out these two excellent reports on local corruption scandals - Anglo Leasing Pt II. and at Posta compiled by Mwalimu Mati (formerly of TI et. al) at Mars Group. I love seeing local organizations taking advantage of the internet to get the word out, hopefully other local organizations with good data will follow suit instead of letting reports rot in their offices without seeing the light of day.

AOB: Did Githongo ever relaunch his blog?

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Great piece on Mzalendo by Andrew Heavens who blogs who at Meskel Square.

The interview was done about a little over a week before baby KP was born…Mama was working hard until the end

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First, thank you all for your kind words. Have to figure out how to fight off the punks down the road. We are doing well though Mama has to learn how to survive on catnaps since the concept of sleep is out the window.

Still no ADSL at home. I’ve succumbed and got a MTN GPRS3-G card in the meantime…gots to have the internets… hopefully the bill at the of the month won’t be totally outrageous (not holding my breath though).

Some excellent news from Nairobi. My virtual friend, Riyaz Bachani and a few other folks are putting together the first ever Bar Camp Kenya (Nairobi). A BarCamp is “an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants.” Think of it as an Open Source (un) conference. For an idea of what goes on, check out the BarCamp Cape Town site.

I hope many of you sign up to attend. I haven’t forgotten about all the brouhaha surrounding the blogging indaba This is a local event, organized by locals so show your support…or stop whining the next time other folks take the initiative.

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DOB 23/02/07. Mama and baby are doing very well and hope to give regular updates as soon as Telkom SA deems it appropriate to install an ADSL line at home.

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