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Your chance to catch up on the 21 postings on the Kenya Forum in February, 2012: Husband battering; Marianne Briner-Mattern and the murder of Dr. Robert Ouko, Gay rights and United Nations, ICC;  The African Cup of Nations;  and more… HUSBAND BATTERING IN KENYA – “SPEED UP, SOME OF OUR WIVES ARE FROM NYERI!” (Feb […]

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Heading to Kawangware from town the Sunday before last, a colleague on the Kenya Forum shared a matatu with some jubilant AFC Leopards dressed in Ingwe jerseys who were coming from the Nyayo Stadium after their club beat Mathare United 2-0 in a thrilling match. The jubilant Leopard fans chanted, sang and cracked jokes as […]

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Chief Justice Willy Mutunga recently met with the Media Council of Kenya represented by the Council’s chairman, Prof Levi Obonyo. The Media Council wants the Judiciary to ‘review’ the punishments meted out to ‘media houses’ that have been found guilty of ‘defamation’ or the ‘invasion of privacy’. The Kenya Forum will translate: the media in […]

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Drive out of central Nairobi along Kenyatta Avenue to where it turns into Valley Road at the junction with Milimani Road, near the Panafric Hotel, avoid the bumper of the car in front of you, dodge the guy who has decided to suddenly pull out left back on to the main carriageway, look up slightly […]

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Kenya artist Dennis Muraguri is currently exhibiting a collection of paintings and woodcut prints at the La Rustique restaurant in Westlands. The theme of the collection is ‘Matatu Art’. “I’ve been drawing matatus for as long as I can remember”, Muraguri told The Star on Wednesday, “I was inspired by their spirit and style”. The […]

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