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The Kenyan Post International Parcels Dance

rob — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:05:30 +0000

Disclaimer:

This report only applies to the collection of international parcels from the Kenyan Post Office. I cannot comment on how inefficient, backwards and a complete waste of time the rest of the operation is or is not.

The absolute one thing I dread doing in Kenya is getting a box in the [...]

Check Engine

rob — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:54:43 +0000

For the past two months my check engine light keeps coming on. I should check the engine I know. But then after a while it often goes off. I do check the engine. Oil is ok. Water levels are fine. I probably should take it to a professional.

For the past six weeks [...]

F Kenya – A photo essay?

rob — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:06:39 +0000

Saw this about two months ago. Took the picture two days ago. Am not sure if it was intentional but sure is funny. Is at the round about next to Nyayo House in downtown Nairobi.

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My flooded Carpark

rob — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:25:18 +0000

The rain for today brought us this lovely present:

I know the kids will enjoy. I think the caretaker is going to get yelled at.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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Lost Girls Song

rob — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:25:05 +0000

Please check out this story about a few of Sudan’s “Lost Girls” that made it to the US : http://bit.ly/9rYB3t

This issue never got as much attention as it should have. Since 2001 so many boys were rescued from Kakuma, Kenya and taken to the US for resettlement. Many of their sisters and cousins [...]

Auto Mantenance

rob — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:32:01 +0000

I tried to get a better shot than this, but was not very successfull. I was feeling shy to take a photo. So I was trying to be covert and take” photos” of my wife.

Anyhow, these are the best I got. Notice the two little pickup trucks in the background. They have been [...]

Protest!!!

rob — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:02:40 +0000

My wife and a number of Sudanese women got together on Tuesday and held a demonstration to support Lubna Hussein and other Sudanese activists fighting for the rights of women in Sudan.

Here is a note she pasted on Facebook in regards to the event:

On Tuesday Sudanese women in Kenya made a demonstration [...]

Lubna who?

rob — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:36:42 +0000

Lubna Hussein was arrested in Khartoum, Sudan several weeks back for wearing trousers. Although now the government is saying, “no it wasn’t the trousers, she was just being loud and obnoxious“. That is a slight paraphrase. She faced getting 40 lashes and paying a hefty fine. The court decided to only give [...]