Mashada Blogs » January 28, 2009

REBECCA WANJIKU'S BLOG: The new face of journalism.....

2009-01-28T23:03:00-05:00

If you have ever wondered where journalism id headed, its going citizen way. People are capturing images and sounds on their phones, they are no longer depending on mainstream media for information and images.
People are able to share these images via bluetooth or any other technology with their friends.

Soon, you will have people reporting for their own "citizen media", afterall, bloggers have shown the way.

It is a win for journalism and a challenge to mainstream journalists.

Kenya Imagine: The fellowship of the wringer

2009-01-28T16:58:00-05:00

After declaring he had rather die than resign, then "stepping aside" to allow for independent investigations which reportedly found him culpable for misleading parliament andselling the Grand Regency hotel with undue haste and secrecy, Amos Kimunya is back in Mwai Kibaki's promised "Clean Cabinet".
After declaring he had rather die than resign, then "stepping aside" to allow for independent investigations which reportedly found him culpable for misleading parliament andselling the Grand Regency hotel with undue haste and secrecy, Amos Kimunya is back in Mwai Kibaki's promised "Clean Cabinet".

More here.

Kenya Imagine: The Shooting Down of a Rising Star

2009-01-28T16:55:00-05:00

Editor's Note: It is with deep regret and sorrow that the kenyaImagine board of editors announces the passing of one of our Political Editors. Dr James Kariuki Muiruri, 29, was fatally shot on the morning of January 24th, 2009. Published here is a tribute to the Ngethu Star as he was known by his friends.

Life in Kenya has never been as cheap as it is now.

Kenyanentrepreneur.com: A Failed Model

2009-01-28T16:21:14-05:00

This picture says everything about a political system that has completely and utterly failed. No country has ever achieved real economic growth without first achieving food security for it’s citizens. India and China both achieved food security in the 1970’s. Africa is the only continent left, that has yet to achieve this. You can talk about the [...]

Kenyanentrepreneur.com: ...

2009-01-28T16:21:00-05:00

Black Looks: Quick Links

2009-01-28T14:39:38-05:00

The world as a village of 100! We dont often hear of climate change in an African context. These eight videos “explore the human costs of climate change in Africa” 90% of the worlds total population to do not have access to what 10% take for granted - both in the global south [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Quick Links", url: "http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/01/quick_links-18.html" });

Kenya Imagine: Africa Policy Outlook 2009

2009-01-28T14:02:00-05:00

The outpouring of emotion across Africa when President Barack Obama was sworn in had as much to do with his heritage as with the possibility that he might reverse some of the Bush administration's disastrous policies.

President George W. Bush trumpeted Africa as a foreign policy success, highlighting the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR ) as proof. He didn't mention the extremely unpopular ideological limitations on PEPFAR that he championed. He also failed to mention the impact of his administration's other key initiatives that were also important to African people. He didn't talk about the dramatic increase in military spending, the controversial creation of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM ), the extremely flawed war on terror, his unpopular unilateral and bilateral approaches to various countries, the collapse of Somalia, his support for undemocratic leaders, and the undermining of the United Nations, particularly its peacekeeping operations.

REBECCA WANJIKU'S BLOG: Then the building turned into a ball of fire.....

2009-01-28T13:47:00-05:00

REBECCA WANJIKU'S BLOG: ....and the smoke got thicker

2009-01-28T13:30:00-05:00

The smoke showed that it was serious, after all, there were gas cylinders at the supermarket.
Still....the fire brigade had not marshaled its troops.....

The smoke showed no signs of subsiding....

REBECCA WANJIKU'S BLOG: The fire started just like a joke.....

2009-01-28T13:10:00-05:00

The busy Kenyatta avenue was swamped with hundreds of people, what started as a "small fire" threatened to get out of control.
The smoke could be seen from the windows at Woolworths house and Nakumatt workers seemingly trying to control it.
It took the Fire Brigade half an hour to cross from Tom Mboya and attend to the fire. Maybe they though it was minor and that the workers could deal with it.....so much for the taxes paid to the City Council of Nairobi.