July 2004

I wonder what would happen if
Seven of Nine
and T’Pol
ended up on the same Starfleet ship. Oh boy!

Obama the Über-candidate

Kenyan (father): black vote, immigrant vote
Kansas (mother): mid America vote, man of the people vote, blue collar vote, rural vote
Hawaii (where he grew up): west coast vote, pacific island vote, small state vote
Chicago, Illinois (where he is standing): urban vote, black vote again, big state vote
Black wife: black female vote
White mother: white female vote
Columbus and Harvard: academic vote, white collar vote, establishment vote
Energetic, good looking: youth vote
Uniting, inclusive: Republican vote

The Darfur crisis explained. A good starting point if are new to the issues and a handy reference point for those of us who know a little bit about what’s been going on there. For the latest developments on the crisis visit Sudan: The Passion of the Present.

The UK government is sending a booklet to every home on what to do in the event of a terror attack.
The best advice delivered right to your doorstep. Or is it?

It is Official. Obamamania is here.
CNN pundits give him straight A’s!
[Even Clinton could only manage B's].

I can’t work out who is happier
Nehanda Dreams

or

Kenyan Pundit.

These Americans eh.
Last night Ed Kennedy credited “the ideals of our founders” with the fall of the Berlin wall, the end of apartheid in South Africa and the protest in Tiananmen Square. Was surprised he didn’t credit America with creating sunlight, happiness, oxygen and orgasms.

Barrack Obama, the Democratic Party’s senate candidate for Illinois and if you believe the hype the official Next Big Thing (even Michael Jordan endorses him), makes the keynote speech at the Democratic Party Convention tonight.
As his father was Kenyan, Kenyans have claimed him as our own, “Kenyan-linked”, “Kenyan-American”, or mistakenly, “Kenyan-born”. Wallace Kantai makes a convincing case in the East African Standard on why that makes us hypocrites.

Christoph Grandt’s Kenya Photos

Check out:
Voice in the desert blogging from Burkina Faso and
Ethiopundit taking me back to my time in Addis.

Anyone want to take me to see Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra in concert tonight at the beautiful Bridgewater Hall, Manchester? It only costs 17 quid I promise to be a good boy!

I spent most of last week and the weekend at the Umbro International Cup Manchester, the largest football tournament in the UK. I was there in my capacity as unofficial head supporter, main opposition heckler, and tactics discusser for the two Kenyan teams, the under 13’s and under 15’s from Planets FC. Both teams did extremely well in this their first international tournament. The under 13’s went out in a heart breaking penalty shootout in the quarter finals. While the under 15’s were awarded a walk over in their quarterfinal match with 5 mins left when they were 1-0 up due to the violent and racist nature of their opponents, were eventually knocked out in the semi final. The team management and coaches run a very professional show and I have no doubt that next year both teams will come back stronger and I’ll be there cheering them on. Planets FC is part of Ligindogo a football league for children based on Ngong Road, Nairobi.

Alex de Waal, director of Justice Africa (London) and author of Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan, 1984-5, (updated version out this autumn), writes in The Observer on the Darfur crisis.

The article explains the historical origins of the conflict and the groups involved with the unique insight of someone who knows the history, the people and the region inside out. The article proposes some solutions to the crisis which he feels are more realistic than those currently pursued.

The article dismantles the Arab -v-African description of the conflict.

Now why am I not surprised to see that perpetual troublemaker, Gadaffi, involved in all of this?

New to the Kenyanblogs webring Ken Njuguna’s Cock And Bull Stories. A continuous effort to record a collection of thoughts that are inspired by events that happen in an ordinary day. All the stories are written with a light touch and a pinch of salt. Ken’s hope is that you will find something there to brighten your day.

White people? All crazy!
Black people? Yup, crazy as hell as well.