17 days in Kenya. (August 2008)
15:08:08. "bank" electronic. The "M-Pesa" to transfer money out of mobile phone is very popular. The police also take advantage of this road now, instead of pocketing the usual crumpled note 50 shillings, you are credited to your mobile phone, thus avoiding possibly be forced to share the "collection" with his superiors at the station daily Police
16:08:08. Justice of people. In Kisii, a man was lynched for stealing 20 chickens and another to be suspected of being a sorcerer. In Pokot a great-grandson has killed the grandmother who had denied him a cow to pay for the bride. Nanyuki A man reported the theft of a mobile phone that was found in the pockets of her son who was arrested and taken to court sentenced to 8 months in prison. A Karatina a man condemned to death for murder was brought back to court for another murder discovered after the first conviction. The judge sentenced him to death again for the second time
17:08:08. Oil secret. headlines: \u0026lt;\u0026lt; In the focus of China's wealth of Kenya secret>> Not for the first time the oil was "discovered " in Kenya and then abandoned the research (recently off the coast). But now, China takes the field, as on the roads, bridges, and large building construction. The photo shows a large Chinese camp to 290 km north of Isle. Other sites are explored by the Chinese deserts, Loperor, Marsabit and Lodwar.
In some of these oil had already been "discovered" in 1992 and then mysteriously abandoned the research. Reading between the lines of the three pages of a Sunday newspaper, it seems that the mysterious oil is going to lead quickly to the surface.
18:08:08. modesty payment. For days, the "touts" of matatu (minibus) to Kitale require women who wear the tight jeans-very fashionable at the moment-to pay a "tax " additional vehicle before entering the penalty of dismissal of the garment. At the moment no local authority has taken action to stop the activity that is towards evening.
19:08:08 . Morality mules. In Garissa, a woman was sued by a taxi driver who had the car's windscreen shattered by a donkey (female in heat) of the woman who let her run away if scared from pursuing the 20 donkeys (males ) evidently lustful. The pack finished in the taxi to the parking lot causing the shattering of the windshield.
20:08:08 . License "marriage." Once again, the founder of the sect of the criminal Mungiki in prison for five years, was denied permission to leave prison to attend to funeral and burial of his wife, killed the ' last year. Meanwhile, spending to keep the corpse in the mortuary has already exceeded one million shillings (€ 960)
21:08:08. Matatu-matata. (minibus-lodges) 13 passengers on a bus were arrested by traffic police and fined Shs 500 per person (€ 5) for the world to have worn seat belts that do not exist in the vehicle. The driver of the matatu instead, after a "conversation" with the private police was left free to go.
22:08:08. Vandalism commercial. the outskirts of Eldoret, a weekend of heavy rain, were stolen almost 1 / 2 km of underground and aerial telephone cables to sell as scrap copper. In most of the city service was interrupted for 21 days.
23:08:08. abandoned babies. far, according to police, at least 30 infants were found abandoned near the camps of internally displaced people in Eldoret and its surroundings. Eight months post-election civil unrest there are still about 20,000 refugees in tents in the Rift Valley.
08/24/2008. Olympics closing. In the bars and streets of Eldoret and its celebrations for the burst raggiunto15mo in the standings, the first in Africa, with 14 medals in distance races, won by athletes native to the area. Gold: Pamela Jelimo (800 M), Firmin Kiprono (SC 3000), Wilfred Bungei (800m), Nancy Jebet (1,500 m), Samuel Wanjiru (marathon) Silver: Asbel Kiprop (1,500 m), Janet Jepkosgei (800M), Eunice Jepkorir (3.000m), Eliud Kipchoge (5000m), Catherine Ndereba (marathon) BRONZE: Richard Mateelong (3.000m), Micah Kogo (10.000m), Edwin Soi (5,000). Alfred Kirwa (800M). Almost all the athletes mentioned above were discovered, trained and managed by sponsors Italians.
25/08/2008. Philately. On the occasion of the Olympics and Kenyan athletes in recognition to the brave, the stakes have issued four new stamps of the following: Shs 25-athletic men. Shs 65 - women's volleyball. Shs 75-maratoneti.SHs. 95-boxing.
26/08/2008. Notes post-Olympics. Kenyans would have to compete in sports "martial" as the archery and the javelin. Especially among the tribes of the Nandi, formidable runners, but also others such as the Maasai, Kisii, Kipsigis, Pokot, Turkana and so these two "arms" are daily use in the continuous looting of livestock. recently have been used widely as "election material" during the recent parliamentary elections. Question: \u0026lt;\u0026lt;because Kenyans are great runners? Answer: Because from an early age are forced to flee from officers of the police with tear gas>>
27/08/2008. Higher Education. After secondary schools burned last month, now the University of JKUAT outside Nairobi "Protest" burning public vehicles on the road, targeting those individuals with stones, robbing the passengers of matatu (minibus), blocked with boulders on the road and damaging the furniture of the university. The university was closed sine die .
08/28/2008. You eat that I eat. The proposal to assign a monthly prerogative of Sh 400 000 (€ 4000) to the wives of vice president and the prime minister has caused salacious comments by the public and the press. The president's wife receives Sh 500 000 (€ 5 thousand) The proposal originated by the head of public administration, pushed by interested parties, that the justified as compensation for "additional responsibilities" The ladies in question already gained generous salaries in the private and public sectors. If the proposal is approved it is feared that will be followed even for the wives of two deputy prime ministers, ministers and under secretaries, parliamentarians and down the whole scale of civil servants.
a worker Comment: \u0026lt;\u0026lt; because we have to pay people who have not elected? >>
29/08/2008. Julie Ward (28 years) Twenty years of the assassination of the young British photographer in the Maasai Mara park, the father of Mr Ward has provided a bounty of Sh 10 million (€ 100 000) for information on the case to do justice. At that time the authorities to protect the reputation of the park, destination for many tourists , said that the girl had been killed by lions, but then changes his mind when the surveys conducted privately by his father revealed that the girl was cut into pieces and set on fire. Three men were arrested, but no one found guilty.
08/30/2008. Alarm infanticide. authorities responsible for the protection of children in Western Province , are concerned about the high incidence of infanticide of children born of incestual relationships considered outcast or cursed by local tradition. Children are strangled to birth or abandoned on the moors. According to provincial officials in the province there were about 39,000 cases over the past two years.
31/08/2008. That of the month. The deputy parliamentary Isolo urged the government and humanitarian aid agencies: \u0026lt;\u0026lt; Stop giving free food to my people. And now that you wake up and go out and get food for themselves. The area is rich in natural resources and plenty of pasture>> After eight months after the events there are still several thousand refugees in tent camps.
By Geofer.
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