“Killings by the police in Kenya are systematic, widespread and carefully planned. They are committed at will and with utter impunity,”
Philip Alston, the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings offered a stinging indictment of Kenya’s police force in a written statement at the end of a 10-day trip to the country.
A day earlier, the government-funded [...]
An official Kenyan delegation will not be invited to attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama which will take place on January 20, 2009 in Washington DC.
The office of US Ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger released statement saying this is accordance with past practice. “In keeping with past practice, the chiefs of diplomatic missions in [...]
In Africa, money, ethnicity and family connections still count more toward success than does hard work. Bribes usually trump talent; corruption tops integrity.
Young Africans hoping to follow in Obama’s footsteps — even those with the same name — may face disappointment and disillusionment.
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Sarah Hussein Onyango Obama , 86, a person whom the president-elect calls “Granny.” will fly from her native Kenya to attend the inaugural festivities, the Kenyan government announced on Tuesday
mrs Obama isn’t actually related to the next president by blood — she was the third wife of Barack Obama’s paternal grandfather. She will join representatives [...]
One in every three Kenyans is in danger of starvation in Kenya after harvests failed because of drought and also the post-election violence, which affected the country’s bread basket districts in Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley provinces.
The government declared a national emergency and will lift the import duty on maize until the next major harvest. [...]