Kenyans and friends are meeting on Friday October 26th at the Wananchi Pavilion to evaluate the political situation both in Kenya and in Sweden. The meeting begins at 18.30.
Although there is no major item on the agenda, discussions of the last meeting at the Pavilion are likely to continue. The main points last time revolved around possibilities of a joint strategy of Kenyans in Sweden, political groups, organizations and other interested parties to exert pressure on major political players in Kenya on the question of dual citizenship and voting from abroad.
The Pavilion is increasingly becoming a regular meeting place for Kenyans in Stockholm. Last Friday, a Kenyan banker who was in Sweden on official engagement was one of the attendees. He briefed Kenyans about the situation in the country and said that Equity Bank was a political Bank which is likely to collapse at some stage especially if it becomes clear that President Mwai Kibaki will loose elections.He warned Kenyans whose relatives are engaged in the Bank to warn them, saying that the alarm bells had already been sounded in Kenya.
He said that in Kenya, many groups and organizations had emerged to address member’s problems and praised Kenyans for setting up the Pavilion to facilitate meetings between Kenyans in Stockholm.Also present was a Southern Sudanese national who briefed members about the situation in his country in relation to the peace agreement signed between the Sudanese government and the SPLA. He said that the agreement had collapsed and that if urgent discussions are not held between the parties, there was risk that war could break between the government and SPLA.
Okoth Osewe
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