Lately it appears that there is no Kenya except by name: There are just several tribes cobbled to live uncomfortably together without any feeling, empathy, respect or affection for each other.
Posts Tagged “Kenya”
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David Kuria of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya discusses recent statements by his country's prime minister calling for the arrest of gay men and lesbians.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: David Kuria, Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, Kenya, LGBTI, Raila Odinga, Sarah Pray, video
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Kenya's prime minister has in the past been persecuted for his beliefs and ethnicity. Yet last week, instead of embracing the promise of equality enshrined in the new constitution, Raila Odinga turned against Kenya's gay community.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: Desmond Tutu, homophobia, Kenya, LGBT rights, LGBTI, Luo, Mugambi Kiai, Raila Odinga
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Political patronage is alive and well in Kenya despite provisions in the new constitution.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: corruption, Kenya, Mugambi Kiai, transparency
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Did William Ruto and several other Kenyan officials travel 4,000 miles to The Hague last week just to avoid the public humiliation of the International Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant?
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If the "war" against corruption is to be won in Kenya, the public must be involved in scrutinizing processes that aim to hold those responsible accountable for their crimes.
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Can Grace Mugabe teach Kenya a lesson about how to deal with entrenched and ossified power?
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability, Justice
Topics: African Union, Grace Mugabe, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Mugambi Kiai, Omar Al Bashir, Sudan
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Human rights groups are rallying behind two men in Kenya who were sentenced to prison for failing to take their TB medicine.
Topics: Erin Howe, human rights, Kenya, tuberculosis
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"Are my documents in order?" I asked the official. This was my fifth attempt in ten years to obtain a Kenyan passport. Now I was before the Criminal Investigations Department for an in-person "vetting." As a Nubian, it was no surprise that I had been selected.
Posted in: Africa, Rights & Equality
Topics: Adam Hussein Adam, citizenship, Kenya, Nubians, racism, statelessness
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According to a recent survey, more than 99 percent of Nubians in Kenya identify themselves as Kenyan. But the government thinks otherwise.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: citizenship, colonialism, discrimination, equality and citizenship, Kenya, Nubians, Sebastian Kohn, statelessness