Archive for February, 2006
The Ties that Bind
A friend recently commented that I had become an expat. This is someone that has lived in Kenya for several years. She mixes with the UN crowd with the same ease that she visits Eastleigh, Kangemi, or Kibera – the rougher neighborhoods of Nairobi. I do not take her comments lightly.
She offered to take me [...]
A Few Degrees of Separation
It happened again this weekend. I met someone that, by the laws of probability, I should not have.
I had met her in Geneva in October last year, a day before she was leaving for Nairobi, and when I was still contemplating coming here. Our meeting had been random, at a party, and we had not [...]
KICC - The Top of Nairobi
Well, almost. Yesterday evening, after a tiring day of partying with colleagues for our ‘team building’ lunch, some friends and I headed to the KICC - the Kenyatta International Conference Centre - in Nairobi.
One of the most recognizable buildings in Nairobi’s downtown district, it is also the only building that allows tourists up to the [...]
The Anglo-Leasing Scandal
It has been almost a week since I wrote anything. I was busy with life, and in the meantime, life moved on. So, what is news in Kenya?
For the past week, Kenya has talked only of one company - Anglo Leasing and Finance (ALF). In 2004, the government awarded security contracts worth Ksh. 2.7 billion [...]
