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Follow the link to the Kenyan snow

Last Saturday, there were three major events in Stockholm. The Kenya Support Network in Sweden was having a members’ meeting, Christine Gikandi was having a baby shower while both Wyckliffe Oduya and Charlotte were having their Pre-wedding Party. While all three events were reportedly well attended, it was at the Pre-wedding Party where the earth appeared to have been moving. A disco dance continued throughout the night as DJ Jimmy constantly called the crowd to attention. The hall was jammed with humanity seeking to loosen up on the floor as bodies shook and bosoms swung in moments of raha. Something…

The Stockholm based “George Wachira Defence Committee” has opened a Bank Account to co-ordinate fund raising that will go towards the Defence of Mr. George Wachira, a Kenyan peasant, who is currently landless following a land grabbing case that also left him homeless together with his family. The account number is: 3169 2212 079 at Nordea Bank. Those sympathetic to the cause and who are willing to help are requested by the Committee to deposit money in the account. For clarity, contributors are requested to ear mark any deposit with the words “Wachira defence”. A survey among Kenyans in Stockholm…

KHRC Report On Post Election Violence Okoth Osewe

When he got serious with his White House bid, Barack Obama’s move remained a distant hope but today, Obama has shown what is possible with “The audacity of hope”. He has been nominated as the Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party thereby writing history as the first African-Kenyan aka African-American to have made it to that level. It terms of race relations, Obama’s stunning achievement is a big plus because it is probably one of the biggest achievement in the fight against racism, not just in the United States but across the world especially in countries where racism is rampant.…

Barack Owino (popularly known as Barry), a Kenyan national, will appear on Swedish National TV 4 tomorrow Thursday at 7.45 AM to talk about his name “Barack” because he shares the name with senator Barack Obama who is believed to be the possible winner of US Presidential election scheduled for 4th November 2008. When Swedish Journalists sifted through records to try and trace people in Sweden who share with Obama the name “Barack”, they landed on Bary who happens to be the only “Barack” in Sweden in a population of 9 million people. The similarity in names with Obama will…

I have not been commenting on Kenyan politics for quite some time because just like all concerned Kenyans, I have been giving the Grand Coalition time to mature. One thing that has been characteristic in the situation is that the First Lady, Mrs Lucy Kibaki, has not been as omnipresent as she used to be during President Mwai Kibaki’s first term in office and her absence from the scene has defied official explanation from State House, prompting many Kenyans familiar with her slapping streak to ask where she actually is. When the Grand Coalition was being sworn in, Mrs. Lucy…

A Committee has been set up in Stockholm to fight for the recovery of  a piece of land that was grabbed from Mr. George Wachira Kirira by Mr. Joe Maina Ruthithi in Kenya who seized the land using government help due debt Wachira allegedly owed Ruthithi. The land grabbing which attracted media attention in Kenya was bizarre because Wachira lost his land as a result of his failure to pay Mr. Ruthithi a fine of Ksh 80,000 awarded to Mr. Ruthithi by a court in 1982 following an assault case which Wachira lost. At the time Wachira was rendered homeless,…

Ms Christine, the National Treasurer of Narc-Kenya Scandinavia, has said that recent attacks on Mr. Daniel Mwaura, Narc-KS Chairperson by critics who claimed that the Narc-KS boss is operating alone are part of a well planned propaganda campaign against Mr. Mwaura. Speaking to KSB, Chrisitine said that she was shocked to read at KSB that Mwaura was single handedly dealing with ODM-Scandinavia regarding the on-going campaign to help landless George Wachira because Mwaura has been transparent in the Party’s dealings with ODM-Scandinavia. “Mr. Mwaura sent a letter to all Committee members about the issue and what I know is that…

On behalf of St Klara Church, Pastor Beatrice Kamau would like to thank everybody who responded to calls for prayers and fund raising following the sudden demise of Mr. Emanuel Seka, the Youth leader at St Klara Church who lost his life after he drowned in a lake at Södertälje in Stockholm. Speaking to KSB, the Pastor thanked those who helped raise more than Ksh 600,000 to help in the transportation of Emanuel’s body to Tanzania for burial. The funeral is now over after Emanuel’s body was laid to rest in his home village in Tanzania. The body was accompanied…