Entries from January 2009

A Snapshot of Kenya in January 2009, before Obama’s inauguration

January 15th, 2009 by Neema | No Comments

In these days leading up to Barack Obama’s inauguration, Kenyans have left the euphoria of November to reflect on the possibilities the Obama moment has brought for change in their particular lives. Concerned Kenyan Writers, an online collective of writers and scholars who came together during the 2007 post-election violence, have engaged in lively debates [...]

Kibaki signs the “Media” bill, Media continues to play war.

January 5th, 2009 by Neema | 2 Comments

I’ve just tried to watch the 9pm news tonight and mostly failed, the first twenty minutes went to the media bill, choreographed a little with an interview type session within the news talking about how draconian and evil the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008 is. The guy being interviewed (will try to check who the [...]