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Blogging Kwani Lit Fest

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.

Google News Kenya now up.

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Update on Civil Society Campaign against Police Violence

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 […]

Support Civil Society Activists

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, […]

Young Kenyans express themselves

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 very rare that young Kenyans […]

Violence in Kenyan high schools

In the last few days Kenyan headlines have been dominated by reports of increasing levels of violence and riots in high schools. Things appear to have reached a crisis point with the obligatory formation of a “committee” to investigate the cause of the riots. According to some news reports, students are responding to rumours that […]

Why has no one arrested Ntimama yet?

The incriminating clip can be watched here.

Where is Alfred-full-page-color-press-ad-against-war-criminals Mutua? Not to mention politicians from both sides? This is the kind of loose talk that will get the country into trouble a few months from now.

Don’t the police have nothing better to do rather than arrest and beat up activists (before they […]

Did anyone else catch this?

Apparently Ntimama was caught on tape making threats regarding the Mau eviction order. Anyone else catch this?