We stopped by the Blankets and Wine Festival the other day and asked the people we met there what they would do if they were president for a day. Check out the surprising and mildly depressing result in the video below:
Here’s a short message from the Kuweni Serious Team.
Here’s Issue 5 of “Soma Hiyo Something” – concerning the Conduct of State Officers. For the longest time, it’s been very easy to be a civil servant who runs a business that supplies the Government at exorbitant prices – because you’re the one who approves the tenders yourself.
It’s also very easy to have a whole other day job while still in the pay of the Government – meaning you only turn up for work on pay day. Chapter Six of the Draft Constitution (Articles 75 – 78, specifically) deal with this and other aspects of leadership and integrity. Someone in our comic isn’t too happy to hear that.
We visited the Majengo and Ziwani neighborhoods some time last week and asked people we met all kinds of random questions. Two of the questions we asked everyone were, “Do you think your vote counts?” and “Are you planning on voting again?”. This is a collection of what people had to say. The guy at the end – he’s just joking… 
We stopped by the July 2010 Blankets and Wine Festival to ask random strangers what they love and hate about this country.
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]
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]