Foreign Correspondent Margot Kiser
Letters to Annie from Kaftanistan
According to a recent Reporters without Borders index Kenya ranks at #90. After today, with the new security bill, its position no doubt plummeted closer to #180, the bottom position, which Eritrea now occupies. Kenya’s Jubilee government reacted to press coverage of Westgate Mall attack in 2013 (exposing Kenya Defense Forces looting items […]
Poor intelligence and evidence gathering, and a weak judicial process, have resulted in reliance on dirty-war tactics such as mass arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, rape, and extrajudicial killings.
Kenya’s Black Gold, ‘Texas Tea’ Last week Nairobi hosted the 3rd annual East Africa Oil and Gas Summit at the Kenya International Conference Center ( #KICC ). Among attendees at the two-day confab were independent exploration and production companies Simba Energy, Milio International, Halliburton, Africa Oil Corp, Tullow, and Horizon Energy. Government petroleum and mining ministers […]
I hadn’t been back to Lamu since early July, shortly after the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for massacring up to 60 people in villages on the mainland. A businessman from a well Koen political family whom I’d met in Nairobi for the first time recently winced when I told him I spend a […]
Link to published article, Kenya tourism tanks amid increasing violence http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/08/kenya-tourism-tanks-amid-increasing-violence-201481093454546196.html DRAFT of “Tourism and ‘Terrorism’ “– AJE Mombasa July 28th, 2014 MOMBASA – It is the first evening of Islam’s Eid al Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. Wealthy Mombasa residents – mainly of Arab descent – flock […]
Bet you didn’t know the “Big Five” refers to the five species of game hunters favor shooting; rhinoceros, leopard, Cape buffalo, lion, and elephant remain prey to human hunters in Tanzania and South Africa. Luckily, Kenya banned hunting in the 70s. Didn’t see rhino (since they’re now protected by armed guards within confines of private […]
Link to published article, Kenya tourism tanks amid increasing violence http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/08/kenya-tourism-tanks-amid-increasing-violence-201481093454546196.html DRAFT of “Tourism and ‘Terrorism’ “– AJE Mombasa July 28th, 2014 MOMBASA – It is the first evening of Islam’s Eid al Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. Wealthy Mombasa residents – mainly of Arab descent – […]
Kenya tourism tanks amid increasing violence Margot Kiser Attacks on tourists has contributed to a steep decline in tourism in Kenya. http://m.aljazeera.com/story/201481093454546196 Mombasa, Kenya – In July, a Russian visitor was shot dead near Fort Jesus, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mombasa’s Old Town. Police ruled the killing a robbery. Three weeks later, assailants shot a […]
Mombasa Police chief, Robert Kitur, confirmed to reporters that around 17.10 (5:10 pm) near the entrance of Mombasa’s Makiti market, three men – one armed with a pistol – appeared from a corner of a building and shot dead a 28-year old German woman, identified as Christine Testa, and a 33 year-old Ugandan male, who […]
