Monthly Archives: March 2013

Wangari Maathai, in her own glorious and eternal words – Fighting for freedom

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Njeri Okono

The battle for Uhuru Park Unbowed: One woman’s story by Wangari Maathai This second excerpt from Prof Maathai’s autobiography above is from the chapter Fighting for freedom. Unlike the previous excerpt from Seeds of change, this one has been abridged in the … Continue reading →

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Wangari Maathai, in her own glorious and eternal words – Seeds of change

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Njeri Okono

Unbowed: One woman’s story Were the peerless environmentalist, human rights activist and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wangari Muta Maathai, still walking among us, she would have been 73 tomorrow, April 1. Today is Christianity’s Resurrection Sunday – a fitting day to revive … Continue reading →

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Back to ‘Baba’, ‘Mtukufu’ and fear?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Njeri Okono

“The price of democracy is eternal vigilance” so said USA’s Thomas Jefferson. Over the last few weeks in Kenya since the March 4 election, we have witnessed the defilement of democracy in the name of peace, as in the tweet below, that … Continue reading →

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Questioning the ‘peace’: Our destiny is in our hands

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Njeri Okono

High voter turnout is testament of our faith in the electoral process. Nobody is allowed to rob us of it I don’t know for certain how many of the 14 million or so registered voted in the March 4 election, … Continue reading →

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