“Kenyans Crave Normality”

01st March 2010, (0 Comments)

In Part Two of our interview with John Githongo (See Part One here), John describes how “Kenyans crave normality”, yet “very few of us can afford that normality. The vast majority of Kenyans are living a much more complicated and difficult life.”

Get the transcript here. [Adobe PDF]

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“It’s Possible For People To Talk Themselves Into A War”

23rd February 2010, (4 Comments)

John Githongo has been an anti-corruption campaigner for many years. He recently founded Inuka Kenya – a trust that aims to recapture the powerful moment of hope felt by all Kenyans in 2003 and convert it into lasting change created by and for Kenyans.
In Part One of a 2-part interview, he shares his thoughts on – among other things – a thriving ‘gloom industry’, and how “It’s possible for people to talk themselves into a war.”

Get the transcript here. [Adobe PDF]

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“We Need To Get People Who Are Not This Greedy”

18th February 2010, (2 Comments)

Michael Soi is a visual artist based in Kenya. He graduated from art school in 1996, and has been making visual commentary on Kenyan social and political trends. We sat down with him one rainy afternoon and discussed what he thinks Kenyans need to do in 2012.

Get the transcript here. [Adobe PDF]

The Revised Harmonized Draft (presented to the Committee of Experts on 29th January, 2010) DID retain the ‘right of recall’ clause that Soi refers to. However, the clause was rewritten to allow Parliament itself to legislate the rules of the recall.

Download the Revised Harmonized Draft here, and read the report detailing all the changes made to the Committee of Experts Draft. Also, keep up with what the Committee of Experts are up to on their website and on (shock!) their Facebook group!

UPDATE [FEBRUARY 25, 2010]: The Committee of Experts re-inserted the ‘recall clause’, ignoring recommendations from the PSC noted above.

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“Blood Is Not Going To Clean Bloodstains”

09th January 2010, (9 Comments)

Njoki Ngumi – who wrote “Someone Lied to you, Mwananchi” – explains why she doesn’t like to read newspapers, and wonders what will happen to us all in 2012.

Get the transcript here. [Adobe PDF]

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“You Can’t Go To College Without An ID”

15th December 2009, (2 Comments)

Following reports of the illegal sale of Kenyan identification papers to foreigners, the government issued a directive to restrict issuance of identification papers to ethnically Somali individuals (whether from Somalia or Kenyan-born). We met Abdullahi Ahmed, a Kenyan journalist, who explained how directives such as these are affecting Kenyan citizens of Somali origin.

Abdullahi also discussed how rampant anti-Somali discrimination (such as that highlighted by the directive above) probably provides a basis for the youth from Kenya’s neglected northeastern region to fight in Somalia.

Get the transcript here. [Adobe PDF]

Read media references to these two stories here and here, and here.

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