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The London G20 Protests
I get back into London tomorrow evening and really hope to be on time to witness some of the G20 protests. There is something very ironic about the coverage on the destruction of property by some of the protesters since if there are real destroyers of wealth, they are in the very buildings the crowds [...]
The bitter tears shed when I compare my trip from home to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport and from London’s Heathrow to my flat.
Back to the African Bullets & Honey monster after more than a month away from its ravenous hunger. I only got back to London early this morning after a month in Nairobi. Allow me to once again – because I believe I have blogged about this before – give you a glimpse of the inevitable [...]
Super Mum: The London Years
Read on for more on the ‘brain drain’ and the peerless mama mbugua…and then go to this link for another story on her.
Nursing a problem
Salil Tripathi
Tuesday August 9, 2005
Guardian Unlimited
Charity Kirigo Kimani worked long hours as a nurse at the national hospital in Kenya, finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet.
A mother of three, [...]
The London Visit is at the Heart and Soul of Kenyan Politics
The British government has banned Transport Minister Chris Murungaru from stepping on UK soil. Joining him are a senior security official, a high-ranking civil servant at the AG’s office in a list including up to five ministers whose visas to Britain may also be revoked.
Though much of the coverage of this story has revolved [...]
7/7/2005: London’s Terrorist Attacks
The city is at a virtual standstill and is eerily calm in light of the multiple bombings this morning. I was on the way into the city centre by bus when we were ordered to disembark and told that there had been an explosion on a similar double-decker bus and several on the underground.
Sirens [...]
Kenyan Blogger Party in London and Nairobi
I know that many bloggers like to be anonymous on account of their sick thoughts and libellous posts. Be that as it may, I am going to host a small party for Kenyan bloggers at one of my palatial homes in London during the course of July or early August. The point of [...]
The Weekend I spent in the Queen’s Compound at Windsor
By the time sixty University of London postgraduates finished squeezing into buses rented to ferry them on a two-day retreat, I sensed significant events were in the offing. The prospect of guesting at a former game lodge on the grounds of Windsor Castle had frankly excited me, but I was trying to keep it [...]
Stop Moaning: The English Response to Years of Defeat
How did the English ever manage to conquer such a large swath of the world? London can barely run itself much less entire continents, I should know because I live here.
Train tracks are held in place by blocks of wood, rusty nails and a brick. The train system, like virtually every other public service [...]