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 19th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua Hello, for the last time, from Maua! It is Sunday afternoon, and the internet café is closed, so I will be posting this blog tomorrow during my lunch break. We have had a wonderful last weekend here. ... 6 photos[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 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 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 » Eastern Province » Maua I’ll try not to make this the longest post ever, but I have so many good pics I want to put up here, and lots to say. First of all, I wanted to add a funny thing that was said last Sunday at the ... 20 photos[full story]
April 29th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua Hello there. We are 3 weeks into our working time in Maua, this means it's the halfway point: we will leave to go on Safari 3 weeks from this Wednesday. Time is going by pretty quickly for us, with ma ... 14 photos[full story]
April 24th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua What an adventure we had today! I went out with Tony on the circuit while he preached to a youth council. The road there rivals (and in our opinion, beats) the stories of roads crossing rivers which m ... 10 photos[full story]
April 22nd 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua What a full weekend we had! On Saturday, Tony’s birthday, we had the chance of seeing 2 Jackson’s Chameleons in a tree! They are for sure the most photographed chameleons of Maua, as Tony ... 11 photos[full story]
April 19th 2008Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Maua April 19th! This is the day of Tony’s birthday… he turns 30 in Kenya! Tonight we will celebrate with the other missionaries and volunteers in a double-party for Tony and Katherine, a volu ... 7 photos[full story]
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