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Reporting and commentary from Kenya-based journalist Tom Jackson
Windy Malindi
Horrible blog title. At times horrible trip. Let’s start with the horror. En route to the bus station in Nairobi, horrific rain started to fall, as is common during this time of year in Kenya. As is also common, traffic all over CBD ground to a standstill, making us missing the bus inevitable. In the […]
Posted in: Experience, Travel
My Big Fat Kenyan Wedding
April 21, 2012
The title of this blog is misleading. I have not tied the knot. I just went to see two other people (total strangers, by the way) do so. That cleared up, let me tell you the story of a Kenyan wedding. Or a Kamba tribe wedding, to be precise. After arriving easily in time at […]
Posted in: Experience
Lake Victoria: Kenya’s Wild West
April 10, 2012
There’s nothing like the post-Easter weekend blues, when a four-day break ends and another week of work begins (albeit a shorter one). Solution: blog about it. After a mad scramble we finally managed to book bus tickets for the Thursday night, obtaining probably the last two seats available. It seemed everyone wanted to go to […]
Posted in: Experience, Travel
Kenya’s Keyboard Warriors
April 6, 2012
* Article originally appeared in the East African Business Times Kenyans are increasingly taking to social media to report bad service and behaviour by companies, publicising misdeeds and forcing organisations to account for failings or risk serious damage to their reputations. After claiming discrimination against him by a Diani hotel having been refused entry to […]
Road Trip Kenya
April 3, 2012
This wasn’t meant to be a road trip. Yes, we were driving, but our destination, Kericho, was supposed to be our only stop for the weekend. Funny things happen in Africa. The journey from Nairobi was a difficult one, eased only by a borrowed car with a good suspension and UN plates. This meant we […]
Posted in: Experience
Konza: Step too far?
March 18, 2012
The groundbreaking ceremony at Konza Technology City is approaching, as the Kenyan government gets ready to get started on the flagship project of its Vision 2030 plan. There is no understating the boldness of the scheme. The 5000-acre city, dubbed Kenya’s “Silicon Savannah” is a $7 billion project that it is projected will contribute 2.8 […]
Posted in: Issues
So that’s how Twitter makes money
March 13, 2012
Social networking site Twitter has sold two years worth of tweets to a marketing firm as it seeks new ways of monetising the site, a move which has enraged privacy campaigners. The deal will allow businesses access to all tweets posted since January 2010, with UK firm DataSift becoming the first company to sell the […]
Posted in: News
Migration: one thing the crisis hasn’t changed
March 10, 2012
The ongoing effects of the global economic crisis has not had as great an impact on worldwide migration trends as may have been expected, demonstrating the resilience of migration in the face of economic upheavals. Instead, the major reasons for migration of large groups of people over the last few years has been social and […]
Posted in: Uncategorized
Poisoned chalice for AVB successor
March 7, 2012
What do Glenn Hoddle, Sven-Goran Eriksson and Rafa Benitez all have in common, aside from currently being out of work? You guessed it, they all want to succeed the sacked Andre Villas-Boas at Chelsea. They in fact have another thing in common: not one of them has a hope in hell of becoming Roman Abramovich’s […]
Posted in: Sport
New rules see US campaign funding skyrocket
March 4, 2012
Campaign spending in this year’s US presidential election is set to be the highest ever thanks to a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in 2010, yet it looks likely to be matched by a corresponding rise in negative advertisements by candidates. The decision by the United States Supreme Court in 2010 to remove the […]
Mzungu Ranting 
May 2, 2012
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