Politics continue in the Parliamentary Select Committee Negotiations on Kenya’s Draft Constitution. ODM’s backing down on the structure of the executive, plus courting Martha Karua, mean that there are some major changes to come in the devolution chapter.
Given all of the give and take that is happening at this bipartisan meeting, you would think that the nasty politics of 2005 would be averted, but I’m also cautious of getting my hopes up. I’m excited to see what comes out of the discussions of the devolution section.
And yes, I realize that I’m a huge nerd about Kenyan politics. Deal.
At Home He Is a Tourist
Dispatches from Kenya, Cambridge, and New York City.
Kenyan news always cracks me up a little bit, but the neon swimsuits and lion sound effect really push this one over the top. I didn’t make either of those up.
Given that my new project is on Kenyan local governments, the winner=me.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
As I was going through my parents’ audio cassette collection, I discovered an old favorite- “Merry Christmas from The Beach Boys”. However, once I started listening to it, bad/good things started to happen, depending on your optimal ratio of Beach Boys to beach noise.
Who needs Ikea? Locally-designed and built furniture in the new SAFI Project office.
“ The difference between a broker and a facilitator ain’t nothin’ but a fee.
Experience (filtered through Salt ‘n Pepa’s “None of Your Business”)
You know things are bad when this is one of the more reliable ways to transport goods.
Fixed gear bikes- around here they’re a necessity, not a trend.
I’d like to dedicate this one to Google Video chat, the Africa Underwater Fiberoptic Cable, and all of my people in Long Distance Relationships…
A Tale of Two Toilets…
Here is the exterior of the Building that houses the SAFI Project (the NGO that I co-founded), along with a glimpse of what goes on inside (in this case, designing a training protocol for survey enumerators).
