Comments on: Drama at the WSF

By: Kenyan Pundit » Things that make you hmmm…

Kenyan Pundit » Things that make you hmmm… — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:12:47 +0000

[...] … maybe it’s just me, but I find it curious that youth from Korogocho can effectively organize and demonstrate against high food prices (and other injustices) at the World Social Forum that was recently held in Nairobi, yet their local Member of Parliament gets away with being AWOL. [...]

By: Mentalacrobatics » Courage is not enough

Mentalacrobatics » Courage is not enough — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:45:16 +0000

[...] This past week while this blog was dominated by a group of young Kenyan activist and patriots demanding accountability at the World Social Forum, the main stream media was dominated by another Kenyan patriot, John Githongo and his demands for Kibaki’s government to show some accountability. [...]

By: Natsuko

Natsuko — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:15:49 +0000

Amazing report!

By: The World Social Forum in Kenya | White African

The World Social Forum in Kenya | White African — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:48:18 +0000

[...] Mental Acrobatics has been attending the event and has a series of posts, with pictures of the event. Drama about food #1 Drama about food #2 [...]

By: Mentalacrobatics » WSF Update

Mentalacrobatics » WSF Update — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:30:19 +0000

[...] Drama at the WSF [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kenya: drama at the World Social Forum

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:34:15 +0000

[...] Mental Acrobatics writes about drama at the World Social Forum, “The poster says, “Reduce food prices in the WSF.” A demonstration organised by a youth group from Korogocho started a loud vocal protest outside the Windsor catering tent. Korogocho is the third largest slum area in Nairobi after Kibera and Mathare. The demonstarters called for a reduction in food prices and informed everyone buying from Windsor to remember what they had gathered in Nairobi for. To battle inequality. How can you have a conference where most of the participants if they could get in, would not be able to afford the food and call that same conference social?” Ndesanjo Macha [...]

By: Kokwet

Kokwet — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:26:44 +0000

I have been on site the whole day and its interesting. The Professor has opened the gates and have had some Githeri Lunch for Kshs. 50.00. Many young Kenyans are around today and some how the message seem to be getting through.

By: helenism

helenism — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:59:41 +0000

thanks for the synopsis…am glad there was a protest.

By: The Alpha Quadrant

The Alpha Quadrant — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:25:56 +0000

About that video, use Windows Media Encoder (i believe you can get it from the Microsoft site) to compress the video image then upload it to one of youtube, myspace videos.google.com etc

By: sisbigbones

sisbigbones — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:50:49 +0000

This is the kind of stuff the media will never report. Thanks for the great coverage and kuddos to the youth for standing up against the hypocrisy and to Prof Oyugi for being respectful and actually addressing the issues he could. Let us know if these changes were in fact made, and any other behind-the-scenes stuff.