Background: Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI acceded to internal and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but are viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December of 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as the candidate of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the National Rainbow Coalition, defeated KANU candidate Uhuru KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform.
May 15th 2008Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province Today we went to an orphanage about an hour's drive outside of Nairobi. There were 9 of us in total (our group and some students from Abha college), and we were faced with treating 100 kids! Needles ... [full story]
May 15th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua Today I, Tony, am writing the blog because Starla is busy in the OPD and I wanted to write about our trip to visit Dorcas. This last week of ours is going by so fast. Yesterday, we walked with Andrew ... 7 photos[full story]
May 14th 2008Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi We flew out of Toronto on Sunday night and stopped in London for 8 hours. We each took off for a quick tour of the city, and some of us had friends to meet (Amanda was lovely and flew in from Dublin ... [full story]
April 29th 2008Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province A few people have been asking me specifically if I've seen any snakes or caught any monkeys, and you'll no doubt be glad to hear that I have done both. I'll start with the monkeys, those pesky little ... 6 photos[full story]
May 13th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua What an eventful weekend we had! Tony and I enjoyed a visit to two churches on Saturday with Rev. Hosea who is the pastor of the circuit (which includes these two churches along with 9 others). Rev. H ... 12 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi Over the last week I have had the privilege to run two workshops, meet some amazing people, and see things that have opened my eyes to a world much different than my world.
On Tuesday I a ran a wo ... 20 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua Today I don’t have too many new pictures to add, because we have been sticking around the hospital this week and not travelling about. So, the pics aren’t too exciting… but I hope y ... 4 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua Well, our time seems to really be winding down here! At the annual Synod meeting, Rev. James told Tony that he is already beginning to miss him. They seem to really have enjoyed working together, and ... 4 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi Habari za asubuhi. Good morning!
Well after two days in transit from Vancouver to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Nairobi I can safely say that Mama Africa has opened her arms to me and even at first sight ... 10 photos[full story]
April 21st 2008Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Laikipia Well, we managed to squeak by with enough starling specimens to make Brain Hormone Project Phase 2 a success. It was looking grim there for a while - I was worried we wouldn't acquire an adequate num ... 22 photos[full story]
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