23rd November 2009, ()
We met Emmanuel Dennis – the convener of the National Youth Convention – and asked him what he thinks will happen in 2012. He told us of Parliamentary cartels, and how difficult it must be to change someone like Michuki. You can find out more about the National Youth Convention on their Facebook Page.
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19th November 2009, ()
Boniface Mwangi, whose work you’ve probably seen at the “Kenya Burning” photo exhibition and book about the post-election violence, is the director of Picha Mtaani, an award-winning photo-journalist, a husband and a father. He believes Kenya is ‘a nation of by-standers’. Find out why.
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08th November 2009, ()
Just A Band’s second album – 82 – features a song called “Usinibore”, written by Blinky Bill; a member of the band. “I think we’re all very tired of seeing politicians who’ve been there from the 60s still clinging to power and not doing anything to better our lives. That’s something that affects all of us. If the country starts to burn like it did in 2007, we all go down with it.”
He sat down with us to talk about his views on “whiny” Kenyans, and how desperately we need a new breed of politicians in this country.
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06th November 2009, ()
George Gachara is Co-founder and Project Coordinator of the Picha Mtaani initiative, and and advocate of youth leadership in Kenya. In this interview, he gives us his views about the role of the media in Kenya, and his prediction about what will happen in 2012.
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03rd November 2009, ()
Here’s some of the most poignant writing we’ve seen in a while (on a friend’s Facebook note). She’s not a ‘real’ writer, just an angry Kenyan. Will Kenya’s future writers be found on Facebook?
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