The great panties blast!

PadBank poster

Did you know that for many girls in Kenya, sanitary pads are an unaffordable luxury? Many girls miss many days of school because without pads, their monthly periods immobilise them. Others resort to recycling disposable pads or using handkerchiefs, or tissues or pieces of mattress. As if this … [Read more...]

Why I support Kenya28Feb

See more Kenya28Feb videos here. Record a video telling Kenya why you support Kenya28Feb and send it to unite@28feb.co.ke for upload onto the official Kenya28Feb YouTube channel. Alternatively, upload it onto your YouTube channel and use the tag Kenya28Feb … [Read more...]

Stand For Kenya

Kenya28Feb

On the 28th of February 2011 at 1pm Kenyans will unite to sing all three verses of our beautiful and powerful National Anthem. On the 28th February 2011 the world will watch as Kenyans stand UNITED; 1pm, 1 nation, 1 people, 1 anthem, united in 1 prayer for 1 Kenya. Visit the Kenya28Feb … [Read more...]

Promulgation parade

During the promulgation ceremony the military showcased some of their hardware. We were promised a parade that would dazzle us. Not so. I hear the procession was eventually downgraded because of poor visibility, which made it impossible to show us the jets. Oh, well.. … [Read more...]

Kenya Decides 2010:Thomas Omolo- Shoe-shiner. Voter.

Thomas Omolo is a shoe-shiner in Nairobi's Kenyatta market. Omolo voted at 6.30am before reporting to work. He is voting for change in his life and for future generations. … [Read more...]

Kenya Decides 2010:Class benches

classroom furniture

Classroom furniture gave way to the Kenya referendum at Kawangware Primary School. Photo by Nekesa Were … [Read more...]

Tusker Shmusker!

Sports sponsorship can more often than not only be driven by one of two things; a commercial decision or a philanthropic act. A cold tusker for anyone who is not sure what EABL’s incentive was in sponsoring the Safari Sevens tournament. For love or money? Let’s just say for the sake of … [Read more...]

Jukwaani: story tellers, rappers and hip hoppers.

story telling ‘The Tale of Fumo Liyongo’ performed in Kiswahili by Zamaleo Sigana Storytellers. The story told for centuries along the East African Coast traces one man’s confrontation with dictatorship iresspective of the inherent angers. I like story telling. When it is done right, it … [Read more...]

Random Thoughts On A Journey

Do you ever look at people around you wondering what they are all about, wondering what is going on in their lives, wondering why they are the way they seem to be? I took a bus trip and sat in seat 9A.. The ride on the bus was rough. In fact, it was as tumultuous, I thought, as the situation in … [Read more...]

Jamhuri Day?

I attended the Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium on 12th December and as the helicopters flew by towing banners with messages congratulating Kenya on forty five years of freedom, I was overwhelmed with feelings of pride and love for my country. But just then, D got a message from … [Read more...]