Phonecard Hell

If you are in my situation…..you still call Kenya “home” even though you’ve spent enough time wherever you are that you are unlikely to understand why this single line post got 17 comments, then you might be familiar with this situation……
—-you just got a callback alert from Kenya….the person on the other side has just [...]

Microfinance with ties to Kenya shuts it’s doors – including Kenya field office

Unitus, a microfinance non-profit headquartered in Seattle Washington, with field offices in Nairobi, Kenya announced yesterdaythat it will be laying off 40 employees and closing it’s Seattle, Bangalore and Nairobi offices.
The non-profit has been in operation for 10 years and was affiliated with Yehu Microfinance Trust, Jamii Bora Trust and several other MFIs  in the [...]

Kenyan to Spend Life in US Prison for Murder

Courtesy, The Standard
Lynn, Massachusetts.
A Kenyan has been found guilty of brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend as their two children watched in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A Lawrence Superior Court sentenced Patrick Waweru to the mandatory term of life in prison after he was found guilty of first-degree murder for the October 2007 stabbing of Esther Kinyanjui.
Waweru, 31, [...]

Death Announcement: George Otieno Odongo

It is with great regret that we announce the death, in Sydney, Australia, of Mr.George Otieno Odongo. Mr. Odongo is brother to Karen Odongo (Dallas, Texas), Engineer Maxwell Odongo (Kenya), Mrs. Esther Odundo Owuor (former headmistress Kisumu Girls), Lorna Odongo (Kenya) and several other siblings in Kenya. Mr. Odongo is [...]

This is the America I used to know…..I want it back

It’s a simple, feel-good local story you’ve probably heard told many times before:  a couple of Americans on a mission trip to Kenya, come across a child with some birth defect and it tugs at their heart.
At first hesitant, they snap a photo with the child, return back to their home-base, talk to friends, colleagues, [...]

American-Somali terror suspect arrested in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya —
The Kenya Police have today confirmed the arrest of an American of Somali origin who is on a terror watch list.
He was arrested as he and two associates attempted to fly to Somalia.
Nicholas Kamwende, the chief of Kenya’s anti-terrorism police arm, confirmed Thursday’s arrests but declined to give details.
Another Kenyan police official identified the American [...]

US: History in the Making

The US House of Representatives has passed the most sweeping health care bill in more than 50 years.
In a campaign-style comeback, President Barack Obama revived the healthcare debate after most thought the republicans had successfully derailed the effort and sent the Obama administration running scared with a major defeat early in his presidency.
With the ball [...]

Wangechi Mutu is much, much more than just “a mid-career African artist”

Murray Whyte, a Canadian art critic and entertainment writer attached that label on Wangechi Mutu when he reviewed her solo exhibition, “This You Call Civilization?” currently underway at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
He considers the red carpet reception that AGO has given Mutu, a waste of resources for a “mid-career African artist living in New [...]

Economy mbaya – but you can still have fun with the kiddos

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Kenyan seminarian collapses and dies of heart attack in class

Thomas Ongige, 37, was attending class at Saint Joseph College Seminary in the afternoon on February 18, 2010 when he suddenly slouched on his chair and fell to the ground.
Paramedics were called and he was rushed to Advocate Condell Medical Center. All attempts to revive him failed and he never regained consciousness. Ongige is suspected [...]

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