Send this article to Twitter!I was watching this video below of a so called cattle pusher and I couldn’t believe what I was watching. So, these cattle pushers act as transporters for people in Nairobi who own slaughter houses. The slaughter house owners gets in touch with the market that sells cows, once the...
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Send this article to Twitter!So, if you’ve been paying attention to the news (or to your pocket book) you’d have noticed that prices on essential goods like food and gasoline are rising worldwide. In sub-saharan Africa, they are finally beginning to feel the pinch. In the Middle East (which is comparatively richer than many...
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Send this article to Twitter!The events in Ivory Coast and in Kenya with the ICC cases has left me wondering whether Africa can ever truly resolve it’s underlying problems. Kenya and Ivory Coast used to be the shining stars of that continent. Stable countries in a sea of war and confusion, but today, Ivory...
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Send this article to Twitter!The situation in Ivory Coast is giving me the chills because I can see how Kenya may have (or still could) end up all because of a disputed election. I’ve said here before that I don’t believe western democracy can ever work in Africa and they should give up on...
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Send this article to Twitter! I was watching this video of starvation in Baringo and watching the events in Egypt as well and at some point, you have to call a spade a spade. There are some cultures in the world that are “winners” and others that are just ”losers”. This is just the...
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Send this article to Twitter!Like everyone else, I’ve been watching the news about the earthquake in Haiti and once you get away from the stories about grief, loss and poverty, there’s another story that is also simultaneously being told and it is the story of countries ruled by black people and why they can’t...
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Send this article to Twitter!No. This headline is not a joke. Really. It’s not. I was reading a blog piece by this American expat who moved to Kenya when her husband got a job there with a private company. Anyway, to make a long story short, she doesn’t particularly like Kenya and gripes about...
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Send this article to Twitter! There’s a lengthy article in GQ magazine about the pirates in Somalia and as is the case with all these pirate stories, Kenya is always mentioned, both as a base for many of the middle men who are organizing these groups and as a conduit transfer hub for the ...
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Send this article to Twitter!The president of Liberia has just written an autobiography about her life. The book is called, “This Child Shall be Great”. You can listen to an interview she gives about the book here. I have not read the book yet, but it is definitely going on my reading list. I’ve...
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