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CMA Regulatory Nightmare

Gosh, swamped at work…been to Kenya and back again since the last post and haven’t even had a chance to write about that. Was attending the opening of our office in Nairobi (of course the Nation got it wrong, it’s not 1 billion kshs investment funds, but the total commitment including the investment fund will […]

October 30th, 2007 | Category: Kenya | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Quick Hits

– Hot on the heels on the lack of decent hotels in Nairobi is this piece on Paris Hilton’s trip to Rwanda. Let’s all get together and say a prayer for her to survive Africa.

– PC Magazine’s Top 100 blogs of 2007.

– Bankelele has a great post up on Nairobi town clerk […]

October 18th, 2007 | Category: Africa, Journalism, Kenya, Kenyan Politics, Miscellany | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

M-Pesa featured in the Christian Science Monitor

They expect to have 1 million customers by Jan 2008! Click here for the story.

October 16th, 2007 | Category: Kenya, Technology | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

How does this person get to be a travel writer?

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 […]

October 2nd, 2007 | Category: Kenya | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

Charterhouse Exposed and other storos

Hot on the heels of the Kroll Report, Wikileaks has now leaked documents related to the Charterhouse saga.

Charterhouse is still under statutory management, while the CBK investigates allegations of money laundering among other things. Three of the whistle blowers who first broke the story are now in exile after receiving death threats.

Unlike […]

September 27th, 2007 | Category: Corruption, Kenya | 139 comments - (Comments are closed)

Mzalendo featured on BBC Outlook

I was interviewed by BBC Outlook about Mzalendo yesterday, the questions were great and I think the interview came out pretty well (it’s always painful to listen to myself on radio/tv though). Click here to listen, the story is at the very end.

September 11th, 2007 | Category: Kenya, Kenyan Politics | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)

Looting of Kenya under Moi

I’m a bit late to this story…got the link two days ago but didn’t have a chance to blog (hat tip Banks) Kroll Report on grand corruuption under Moi is leaked on Wikileaks (click for all the gory details).

September 2nd, 2007 | Category: Corruption, Kenya | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

Civil society members arrested for protesting MP bonus

Click here for details.

[EDIT] One of KP’s readers has left a comment that I’m inclined to agree with no matter how strongly I feel about the need to vocally challenge our MPs shenanigans, the protesters should have formally alerted the police (Wanyiri Kihoro claims they did though, is this right or wrong?)…two wrongs […]

July 31st, 2007 | Category: Kenya, Kenyan Politics | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
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