Comments on: Carolina for Kibera on Kenya

By: marina difesa it

marina difesa it — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:02:55 +0000

The topic is quite curious, i must say

By: Leandro Manini

Leandro Manini — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:49:26 +0000

It’s hard to believe that in this times, when most of the world is convinced that peace is the only way to look for a solution, we are seing from the 30 of Deceber this ethnic fight that will be terrible for the future of Kenya and their citizens. What it’s more important, we are watching the begining of a new Darfur, with 300000 refugies that have no were to go, and medical and food problems all over the country. I’ve been following the news since the problem started, and no matter what happens, the number of victims is increasing more and more every day. It’s good to know that diferent organizations are helping the people in Kenya; I think the best way to end this problem is with programmes about meeting the diferent cultures living in Kenya, so they’ll find out that no matter the colour or the traditions, we are all humans with the same rights and we all deserve respect for our culture. Leandro (a latin boy)

By: Ken Horne

Ken Horne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:51:44 +0000

I was shocked and saddened to see the tribal violence that engulfed Kenya recently. Kenya has been among the best governed of the African countries and it’s sad and tragic to see that record of progress in danger. Which brings me to my point. If it is true that development success depends largely on good governance (and it does), then how does one help poorly governed countries? Pouring aid resources and effort into countries governed by crooks and bozos is clearly a waste of time and effort. Colonialism (even under the guise of a UN “mandate”) is an international non starter. Simply ignoring the plight of the Darfurs of the world isn’t an option for Christians (OK those on the far right pull it off OK, but they hardly matter in this discussion). What to do? What to do?

By: Emily Reynolds Pierce

Emily Reynolds Pierce — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:03:09 +0000

Hi Stuart — there should be a link to the op-ed piece that Senator Obama wrote in the Kenyan newspaper earlier this week in the second to last paragraph of our blog post (you may have to click on the “read rest of this entry” in order to see the link. Then, click on “message of Senator Obama”. Senator Obama has been very active in reaching out to the leaders of both political parties in Kenya — Odinga and Kibaki — as well as to Sec. Rice, making phone calls almost daily in between stump speeches.

By: Stuart Osnow

Stuart Osnow — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:41:33 +0000

Where there need to be connection, has there been anything said by Barack Obama about the crisis in Kenya? Does he not have a family connection to the country?