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Diary 10 – Africa needs to find what works for us

By Anon

“I also want to say that I agree with the sentiments of Damte and only hope that we can learn from one another.

The sad events that have taken place in Kenya over the last few days have just displayed to me that democracy in Africa may not necessarily be the answer for […]

Diary 9 – I hate it!

By Erick

About making it personal, I’ll borrow a phrase from Half n Half:

I hate it that I saw a pic of a man carrying a little girl to safety, and was shaken. “There but the Grace of God go I”.

I hate it that the extremists are now holding the rest of us […]

Diary 8 – How does it feel to be witnessing this from the diaspora

By Tamtam

“I feel shit scared, and niko na wasi wasi 24/7.

I started a blog today, as my phone has been ringing off the hook with friends, colleagues, and relatives elsewhere checking on what is happening. It just felt easier to put things in one place.

I feel so powerless knowing that things could […]

Update Jan 8

I’m glad today’s rally was called off. Hopefully the negotiations will bear fruit though I worry that a flawed electoral process and result might be legitimized in the process.

I’ve received several reports from guys with relatives in Western/Nyanza saying that people who live in Nairobi and have been stuck there since the violence began […]

Diary 7 – We fight those who seek to divide us

By Anon.

In the chaos since the new years’ announcement that there is violence in Kenya, I have barely slept here in the U.S, nor am I at peace regarding the safety of Kenya. I am young enough to remember the Njoroge, Onyango, Chebet and Ali names in the primary school reader books that proposed […]

Diary 5 – We need a lasting solution

By Abass. [As KP I have asked readers to submit their own perspectives on the unfolding events. This is their voice.]

Mandera, in the far East of the country is where I was born. With many refugees from Somalia already living in our town, for a moment, I was pondering what if all of […]

Update Jan 7

I’m writing this late Sunday night. I’m exhausted. If I though liveblogging the elections and the aftermath was exhausting, rehashing what is going on in Kenya in every conversation is getting to me. But as a Kenyan there is nothing else to talk about is there? And I’m one of the lucky ones who has […]

Diary 3 – Will I have a home to go back to?

By Magotsi [As KP I have asked readers to submit their own perspectives on the unfolding events. This is their voice.]

After the fiasco that was the announcement of the presidential tallies stopped right before my eyes by Ruto on Al Jazeera Channel. I asked my wife what would prevent Kivuitu from going to […]