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The Wagalla Massacre
TJRC: The Wagalla Massacre
On 11 January 1985, the Principal State Counsel, M. Ole Keiwua, wrote on behalf of the Attorney General to Ibrahim Khamis Adan and Alinoor Yussuf Mohamed Hussein through their lawyers, Munikah and Company Advocates, asking them, in accordance with the rules of civil procedures, to supply specific information about the death of their fathers.
The Ambassador is recalled
The Ambassador is recalled

The appointment of Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat to chair the TJRC is the clearest statement yet that both President Kibaki and the 10th Parliament are unequal to the task of fixing our foundational problems.

Is the Mau Mau compensation lawsuit worth the trouble?
Is Mau Mau compensation lawsuit worth the trouble?
The so-called, "Mau Mau compensation lawsuit" had led a ghost-like existence since at least 1999 in the Kenyan and international press, now and then re-materialising like a ghost-light over the large and bleak swamps of history that hold the bones and the rotten flesh of tens of thousands of victims on both sides of what was known as Manjeneti (the "Emergency").
A flagging nation
A flagging nation

You'll have seen Keguro's latest. I don't buy it. I'll be upfront about my prejudices: I think Kenyatta and Mboya made substantially correct choices at the founding of the post-colonial state; for brains and influence, they're the two most important Kenyans ever.

Solo 7: a Kenyan story for Independence Day
Solo 7: a Kenyan story for Independence Day
Maybe there is a Kenyan public, with some sort of shared moral understanding (Corruption Is Bad). Why, then, don't the appeals resonate? Apathy? Despair about the effectiveness of political action?
Jamhuri Day is meaningless: Kenyans are not yet free
Jamhuri Day is meaningless: Kenyans are not yet free
In 1888 the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEA) was granted a royal charter to administer and commercially exploit British territory in East Africa on behalf of the British monarch. The company was eventually responsible for managing the production and exportation of raw materials; (a substantial chunk of) its sphere of influence ...
Dedan Kimathi and Me IV: The Lion in Winter
Dedan Kimathi and Me IV: The Lion in the Winter
The initial guard over Dedan Kimathi was myself, a police corporal, and two constables at the Nyeri Hospital; for a couple of day we were considered adequate. 

Post-independence land-grabbing uncovered
Post-independence land-grabbing uncovered Post-independence land-grabbing uncovered
Business Daily has published a must read on historical land grabbing and resettlement issues in post colonial Kenya. 


Revisiting History: Celebrating Kimathi Day
Revisiting History: Celebrating Kimathi Day Revisiting History: Celebrating Kimathi Day

This week, Kenya marks the anniversaries of two arrests. One will be marked by a public holiday and celebrated with fanfare, while the other will be almost completely ignored. The lives of the two suspects, the circumstances surrounding their arrests, and the differing reactions we have to them today, are symbolic of the contradictions at the centre of Kenya’s path to independence and beyond.

 




The Revolution in Middle Age
The Revolution in Middle Age The Revolution in Middle Age

On 16 January 1979, Iranians woke to headlines declaring that Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi had been deposed. Crowds of jubilant citizens danced in the street, waving newspaper front pages and currency with the Shah's visage excised. This was the culmination of days of demonstrations against the Shah's regime, seen as a capricious rule under which Iran had been treated as the Shah's plaything, and where he had been overly influenced by the United States.

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Did we learn anything from post-poll violence?
Did we learn anything from post-poll violence? Did we learn anything from post-poll violence?
The question before us one year after the outbreak of electoral violence in Kenya is straightforward:  What have we, as Africans, learned? Or thinking about Zimbabwe’s attempts at a Kenya style settlement, have we in fact learned the wrong lessons?


Ethnicity abounds: Kenya's identity crisis
Ethnicity abounds: Kenya’s identity crisis Ethnicity abounds: Kenya’s identity crisis
But race is an issue I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now…’ Barack Obama, speech titled ‘A More Perfect Union’, 18 March 2008


The Rise and Fall of Kenya's Liberation Struggle-From 1963-2008
The Rise and Fall of Kenya’s Liberation Struggle-From 1963-2008 The Rise and Fall of Kenya’s Liberation Struggle-From 1963-2008
As we approach Jamhuri day to commemorate Kenya's liberation from its colonisers in 1963, our fallen heroes must turn in their graves.


Britain's Mau Mau
Britain's Mau Mau
Kenya was always Britain’s most troublesome African colony because it was neither one thing nor the other.


Ukweli Hauogopi tisho wala nguvu za majeshi
Ukweli hauogopi tisho wala nguvu za majeshi
Brothers and Sisters, we meet at a difficult time for many Kenyans - and perhaps it is appropriate to rise for a moment of silence in honour of those Kenyans, some 1,600 souls, who lost their lives during the post-election period.


Dedan Kimathi and Me III: Kionyo Patrol, early days
Dedan Kimathi and Me III: Kionyo Patrol, early days

For four or five days, while the local population established the Police Station, we slept in the open and suffered the encroachment of cloud that went with our 8,000-foot-high location.  Conditions were cold and damp.  The eleven of us lay in a circle around the Land Rover that contained our radio link to Meru.  Unidentified animal life circled around us, presumably curious about our intrusion into their area.  On one occasion Albino, an Acholi who was armed with a Greener...



Dedan Kimathi and me II: Meru Dedan Kimathi and me II: Meru

In the second installment of a series, Peter Swan recalls his service at an exciting time in Kenya's history.

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Kenya, still a long way from nationhood
Kenya, still a long way from nationhood Kenya, still a long way from nationhood
Elections are all about choosing persons who can best represent the interests of the electorate in government. True representative democracy dictates that elected leaders have only one duty, to effectively advocate and defend the interests of their constituents. To act contrary to this social contract is an abdication of their very raison de etre.


Dedan Kimathi and Me
Dedan Kimathi and Me

In the first installment of a series, Peter Swan recalls his service at an exciting time in Kenya's history.




Nilotes I have known, from Obote to Obama
Nilotes I have known, from Obote to Obama Nilotes I have known, from Obote to Obama
A career is born on the Nile


KAU's Cultures; Success and Failure
KAU KAU's Cultures; Success and Failure
The Imaginations of community and constructions of leadership in Kenya after the Second World War.


Ethnicity, Tribe, and State in Kenya Ethnicity, Tribe, and State in Kenya

Most Kenyans blame political trickery for their present crisis of nationhood.




Kenya Police: The Legacy of Colonialism Kenya Police: The Legacy of Colonialism
The history of policing in Kenya is rife with tales of wanton brutality, complicity of the police force in petty and organised crime as well as the abuse of human rights.  



A brief History of Kenya - Part I

The journey to nationhood, for Kenya, begins long before one day in December 1963. A long and tortuous and painful journey that begins with an arbitrary line being drawn on a map. 




Capturing Dedan Kimathi
Capturing Dedan Kimathi
I was trawling through the blogosphere when I came across this blog here written out entirely in the Gikuyu language.



Changing names
Its taken me a while to write this article. I have been mulling over it forever, trying to find the words to introduce it. I have not found them yet, well until just there.


Ending African History
Ending African 'History'
French President Nicholas Sarkozy addressed "Africa's Young" in a speech at the University of Cheik Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, on July 26, 2007. Africans widely and roundly criticized the speech, little noted by the U.S. media, as racist and condescending.



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