We have 16 more days to the end of 2016 - congratulations on making it this far! Like most people, I am running a countdown, and looking back at the year that has been and taking stock of both the good and the bad times, and what I have learned. This episode, we do the same for Kenya - we take a look at the hilarious, the good, the bad, and the ugly. This is our last episode in 2016, so have a fantastic holiday friends, and see you all (hopefully) again in January!
Resources
How whistleblower's secret note to investors brought Chase Bank to its knees
Revealed: Taxpayers lose Sh5bn in NYS-style Afya House theft
Media players demand axing of Muraguri for threatening journalist over Sh5bn fraud
Imported mobile clinics lying at NYS yard
President Kenyatta rebukes agencies for failure to tame corruption
Episode 5: Why Do We Hate Our Women?
Outrage Is The New Black: On Vera Sidika and The Campus Diva
{PHOTOS} Tanker explosion kills 40 along Nairobi-Nakuru Highway
Motorists blame Naivasha tragedy on irregularly erected bumps
Everlast • Naiboi • Kristoff - Gudi Gudi (Official Video)
Schools calendar overhauled in new war against exam cheating
CS Matiang’i reforms curb KCPE cheating
[VIDEO] Kenyans taking bribe money from a police officer
Police officers sacked for blocking Uhuru’s motorcade while allegedly taking bribe
It's official - in what almost surely qualifies as a miracle, Yahya Jammeh, the dictator who has ruled The Gambia for 22 years, was voted out of power in a free and fair election, and Adama Barrow, the opposition coalition candidate, was voted in. What was even more surprising? Jammeh conceded defeat and said he would not be contesting the election result. Given that this happened just before Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola announced that he would not be running for president next year, I was prompted to ask what is going on with African dictators. Are we finally seeing the last of them? I hope so. Press play! Resources The marbles have spoken: Gambians party after voting out 22yr ruler in shock election upset Gambia president-elect Adama Barrow talks to Al Jazeera Gambia's Adama Barrow says shock win heralds 'new hope' The Gambia's Yahya Jammeh The Gambian Dictator Who Kills His Own Family Members To Stay In Power Witchcraft and execution: the darker side of Gambia Bitter medicine: how Gambian president claims to cure Aids Gambian President to Build Controversial Herbal Medicine Hospital for HIV Patients Gambia election: Government shuts down internet as President Yahya Jammeh faces threat to 22-year rule Gambia's president warns against protests after elections Gambia vote a roll of the marbles Gambians cast votes with marbles instead of ballots The Gambia: seven facts about the country leaving the Commonwealth The 7 worst things Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh has ever said about gay people Gambia’s president threatens to slit the throats of gay men
Many Kenyans will tell you that whenever they see our national flag, or hear the national anthem, they feel their hearts swell with pride. Why? Because the flag and our anthem make them feel patriotic - proud to be Kenyan. This is possibly what Boniface Mwangi, a well known activist, felt when he went to the cinema on 27th November 2016, only to look around and see some people not standing for the national anthem. So he yelled at them until they stood. I found this odd - so I decided to dissect this phenomena in this episode. Is patriotism a good or bad thing? Press play to find out!
Resources
Constitution of Kenya - Chapter One - Sovereignty of the People and Supremacy of this Constitution Constitution of Kenya - Chapter Two - The Republic Nyumba Kumi And Institutional Failure In Kenya Corruption and Terror: Somali Community in Kenya Caught in the CrossfireNational Anthems: A Call to Arms
My Land Is Not Kenya: The Folly Of Patriotism
Image Credit: Pond5
Title Credit: Daima Kenya (a song by Eric Wainaina)