Kenya

Pio Gama Pinto had to die because he was perhaps the near perfect African socialist in a Kenya that was probably 95 per cent capitalist, if only subconsciously.

The reactions to the International Criminal Court Appeal Chamber’s ruling last week are a good example of the doublespeak that has come to characterise our politics.

A few years ago, a mentor of mine gave me a lesson in Kenya’s diplomatic rule of thumb.

Who grabbed the Kenya Police canteens? Before the Independence of Kenya in 1963, there were canteens at every police station all over Kenya, with all kinds of commodities for consumption, at subsidized prizes.

In this interview, Kenyan activist John Wafula holds the view that: “FGM is not a culturally enriching choice but rather a tool to isolate women and girls for disempowerment, domination and stagnation.

Burundi Solidarity Group Memorandum to East Africa Legislative Assembly
Kenyan activists want regional parliament to act on Burundi

From: Burundi Solidarity Group
To: The East African Legislative Assembly
Subject: Concerns about gross human rights violations in Burundi

Your Excellency, 2015 was a bad year for Kenya. All the pillars of our nationhood were tested and most were found wanting. Some collapsed, some were seriously weakened, while others were desecrated beyond repair.

INTRODUCTION

The EU describes it as a landmark deal that will improve the global conditions for trade and benefit developing countries in Africa and around the world by getting rid of trade distorting export subsidies in agriculture.

14 DECEMBER – A day before the official opening of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, global activists urged developing countries to stop expecting solutions from the WTO as negotiations face another impasse after the US, EU, Canada and Australia blocked