Kenya

Tribute to Wangui Mbatia

21 February 2017 - by Benoît

Wangui Mbatia was one of Kenya’s best known female activists from the late 1990s. See Kenyans MOURN Death of Wangui Mbatia, A Civil Rights Activist and Rights hero Wangui Mbatia dies, praised for ideals, heart Hi Wangui ! I won’t ask you how you are that time. I have heard you left us, (...)
UNCTAD14: A mirage of distorting mirrors

12 September 2016 - by Yash Tandon

People not versed in the complexities of the diplomatic world of distorted mirror images in Geneva or Accra or Nairobi may wonder in awe at the agreements negotiated in their name by their representatives in multilateral forums like UNCTAD. But, truth be told, UNCTAD is in no position to (...)
Corporate capture of seeds in Africa

17 May 2016 - by Jana M. Grieb

Organic farmers from Machakos, Kenya, say that fertiliser and seed companies even deploy their own extension officers and agro-dealers in the villages, who aggressively advertise the use of their products. When their promises prove false, nobody compensates the farmers for their losses. The (...)
WTO favours developed countries, not the peasants and poor people

24 December 2015 - by La Via Campesina

Under capitalism production is not for consumption but for trade to make profits. Countries particularly the developing ones are being forced to open their borders and markets to cheap and low quality agricultural commodities from countries such as the US, China, EU, Brazil etc. All this is (...)
Bunge La Mwananchi - Unganisha Wakenya... Referendum

5 August 2014 - by Unganisha wakenya referendum

UNGE LA MWANANCHI - UNGANISHA WAKENYA... REFERENDUM (a) Today 100,000 civil servants are going to be retrenched, through IMF and World Bank structural adjustments programme of 1990s. (b) Uhuruto promised Unga will be Ksh 60/-. Today it costs Ksh 140/- (c) WORKERS ARE LIVING ON STARVATION WAGES (...)
Someone must speak up for Kenyans

8 May 2008 - by KENGO

Kengo is a coordination of grass roots organizations in Kenya, which the CADTM international network collaborates with. Here is their call for a campaign of solidarity with Kenyans being illegally detained. Comrades, Hundreds of poor, sick Kenyans are being illegally detained after being (...)
Kenya: well paid MPs vs. starving population…

31 August 2007 - by Renaud Vivien

As we get closer to the December 2007 general elections, the regime of the Kenyan President, Mr Kibaki, gets tougher and tougher, resorting to police forces to repress peaceful demonstrations. The latest evidence of this hardening was given on July 31 and August 2 when fifteen people were (...)
Simple Mathematics of the Kibaki regime in the GNU / NARC-K era

25 April 2007 - by KENGO

Introduction To Things You Need To Know To Pass Mathematics In The Kibaki Regime On December 27, 2002, Kenyans were sure that they had made the right calculations as far as their governance was concerned. Assumptions: Assumption 1. Minus Moi Equals A better Kenya Moi and his herdsman (...)
Report of the People’s Parliament Alternative Social Forum

12 February 2007 - by People’s Parliament

On Friday 19th January, 2007 when it became certain that the organizers of the World Social Forum were not going to rescind, in good time, the decision to impose the exorbitant Kshs. 500 registration fee requisite for Kenyans, members of the People’s Parliament held an emergency meeting to (...)
The World Social Forum 2007: A Kenyan Perspective

12 February 2007 - by People’s Parliament

Background: In its Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum is described as” an open meeting place for reflective thinking.... by groups and movements that are opposed to neoliberalism and to domination of the world by capital and any form of imperialism..” Such was the description that (...)