Tag: Kenya
Kenyan Poll Body Slams Arrest Of Vote Contractors | Barron’s
Couldn’t help but think of Venezuela’s 2018 presidential race that re-elected Nicolas Maduro to a second six-year term, and that was thought to be rigged. However it would appear that Smartmatic the multinational that builds and implements electronic voting systems is one of the good guys. Kenya’s electoral authority has condemned the “brazen” arrest in […]
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The U.S. has no Ambassador in Kenya?
“It’s a zero-sum game between Ruto and Raila with everything hanging in the balance.”
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Richard Leakey had dreams and worries about the future of mankind
Given all that he’d achieved I wondered how he’d been overlooked for a knighthood. “The Brits don’t like me,” he said. “My father was pro Mau-Mau.”
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US demands right to attack Islamist fighters gaining foothold in Kenya – The Times of London
America is seeking clearance to launch drone strikes against Islamic militants operating in Kenya, according to Pentagon sources, as part of efforts to counter jihadists’ growing reach into Africa.
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2 Men Found Guilty of Aiding in 2013 Kenya Mall Attack
The timing of this verdict is interesting given the imminent US presidential election.Since the attack in 2013 the Kenya and US govs have presented zero evidence (to the public anyway) that any of the four attackers as seen on CCTV were killed. If there were (DNA evidence) the Kenya gov would have been reminding us […]
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Why is the U.S. Military Authority Seeking to Expand its Counterterrorism Drone War to Kenya?
The New York Times has reported that the U.S. military aims to broaden its counterterrorism drone war in Kenya. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/shabab-drone-authorities-kenya.html#click=https://t.co/Lam9HALEWU Why now?A couple of things come to mind; damage control (publicity) ahead of presidential elections, and competition with China’s expanding military footprint in Africa.Seems to me that the US conducting drone strikes inside Kenya is […]
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A Coal-Fired Power Plant in Lamu?
In 2017? If it goes through it will be the first in East Africa. A consortium of Kenyan and Chinese companies is proposing to construct a 1,050 MW coal-fire power plant, only 13 miles from Lamu town. A mega-port now under construction is bad enough but nowhere as degrading to the environment and livelihoods as […]
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Remembering the August 7th 1998 Al-Qaeda bomb blast in Nairobi
Dr. Silverstein remarked that he hadn’t heard a sound like that since the Norfolk hotel was bombed by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 1980.
