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Mr. John Peter Omiti, a Kenyan who has been residing in Sweden for more than 20 years is dead.  Okoth Osewe

       Plans for the ”Kenya Maggero Memorial” are complete. A meeting held yesterday at Continental Hotel in Stockholm resolved that the event will take place on Saturday 3rd February 2007 at the “Wananchi Pavillion” situated at Högbergsgatan 48 (Tube: Medborgaplatsen or Söder Station).   According to Mr. Jared Aroka, the Chairperson of the Memorial committee, “The function begins at 18:00 and all Kenyans, friends of Maggero and members of Maggero’s family are welcome. Officals of the Memorial Committee are as follows: Chairperson, Mr. Jared Aroka, Vice Chairperson, Mr. Antony Adiwa, Secretary, Mr. Okoth Osewe, Vice secretary Mr. Joshua Oyugi, Treasurer,…

Kenyans will meet at Continental Hotel in Stockholm on Friday January 19th from 18.00 to plan the ”Kenya Memorial Service” for the late James Wuod Maggero. The meeting is being coordinated by Dr. Otieno Wariaro, Mr. Jared Aroka and Mr. Joshua Oyugi. All interested Kenyans have been invited to the meeting. A proposal for the meeting was put forward last week after those who attended it took the view that they needed to mourn the late Maggero according to Luo culture. February 3rd was proposed as an appropriate date for the Memorial while it was also agreed that a planning meeting…

A new Socialist Party has been set up in Kenya. In this video interview, MP Mwandawiro Mghanga talks about the new Party, Socialism, revolution in Kenya, ODM-K and the role Kenyans abroad can play in the revolutionary struggle in Kenya. To watch the video, CLICK HERE. Okoth Osewe

ODM-KS will soon open an office in Stockholm from where it can conduct its operations. The office will be opened at Medborgaplatsen in the center of Stockholm so that Party members can have a place to meet on a regular basis. Discussions are already complete and a contract has been signed with the landlord. The Party is expected to occupy the office on 1st February. According to Mr. Dancan Munala, the Party Secretary, a Party will be held at the precincts of the office to open it officially. ODM-KS is considering hosting the party at the end of January, possibly…

        Affidavit From Maggero's Family: Page One  Affidavit Page two  The family of the late James Wuod Maggero has sent a signed affidavit calling for a delay of the funeral process until at least two family members can travel to Sweden to attend the function. The document was sent via fax through the Kenyan Embassy in Stockholm (See scan versions). The Affidavit, which is dated January 11th 2006, has already been mailed to Maggero’s Family in Sweden. In the meantime, Kenyans in Stockholm yesterday made a passionate plea to the family of the late Maggero to delay the process…

         The Stockholm Jamhuri celebration that was held yesterday at Scandic Hotel went on without incident. Tension that had built up between the Embassy and Kenyans who had not been invited with cards was eased by a cordial atmosphere that was marked by the absence of security guards at the entrance. In fact, nobody showed their cards and it was impossible to know who had no card. The Kenyan Ambassador Mrs Purity Muhindi, flanked by her husband Dr. J.K Muhindi, received visitors at the door by shaking their hands and ushering them into the spacious reception room…

Tension is rising as ODM-K Scandinavia continues to mobilize for the Jamhuri day celebrations tomorrow at Scandic Hotel in Stockholm. A “Strategy meeting” that was called by ODM-K Scandinavia on Saturday December 9th resolved that Party members who had not received invitation cards from the Kenyan Embassy but who are interested in being part of the celebration would attend the function. The Party has appealed to other Kenyans who were left out to meet at the Central station at 2.30 then match to the function. According to Mr. Charles Otieno Owiyo, ODM-K Scandinavia’s organizing secretary, Party members together with supporters…

   The leadership of ODM-K Scandinavia will organize a tour of the residence of the Kenyan Ambassador to Scandinavia H.E Mrs Purity Muhindi to inspect land at the compound. The purpose of the tour is to enable ODM-K Scandinavia members and interested Kenyans to survey a piece of land which was allegedly grabbed and transferred to a neighbor under circumstances that are still not yet clear. Last week, KSB published allegations by Mr. Njenga Muirani, a gardener who was fired by the Ambassador for unknown reasons, to the effect that a “triangular piece of land” at the residence might have…

        Mr. Njenga Muirani, a Kenyan national who has been working at the residence of Ambassador Purity Muhindi as a gardener, has been sacked from his job under circumstances that have so far remained mysterious. Speaking to Kenya Stockholm Blog, Mr. Njenga said that an Embassy official phoned him last month as he was working at the Ambassador’s residence and asked him to report to the office after work. When he arrived at the Office, he was handed over a letter of “Termination of Employment” without any explanation. The letter, Ref: KES/S-90/233(2) dated 30th October 2006 says: “This is to inform…