Kenyan Pundit

October 4th, 2007

Quick Hits

Posted by Ory Okolloh in Miscellany

- Macharia Gaitho is on point as far as his assessment of Kibaki’s campaign vs. Raila’s campaign. If Kibaki doesn’t shape up, and all signs are that his campaign team still has their heads up their you-know-where (and still hasn’t moved by the “how can we be ruled by a Luo” train of thought), he will lose the election and go down in history as becoming the first incumbent African president WITH a positive record / some tangible achievements to lose at the polls. The election campaign is beginning to look more and more like a replay of the referendum campaign as far as the tactics of the two sides (and unfortunately negative ethnicity)…and we all know how that went down.

- Speaking of elections, Jonathan Mueke, Westlands aspirant is profiled on Mzalendo. I was interested in his story, because he’s a young candidate who has embraced technology in his campaign…and has the guts to take on Gumo who has a propensity for winning elections by making guys get familiar with Karura forest (as one of my friends said when I was gushing about Mueke’s innovative campaign…”Yeah, but Gumo has a rungu.”)

- I’m sure this story about a Flickr and Creative Commons related lawsuit has been a hypothetical situation in a law school exam.

- Benga meets rock? There’s even an Obama song.

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October 2nd, 2007

How does this person get to be a travel writer?

Posted by Ory Okolloh in Kenya

Via Kenyanentrepreneur, what I wish was atypical but it is not…just outright biased writing when it comes to reporting on Africa ati Nairobi does not have one decent hotel???? Butler? Overflowing, impoverished population? Thank God for the well-meaning white folk who are in a tough struggle to save the giraffes.

Someone please get me a gin and tonic :-)

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