#Western Kenya

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Thousands protest against increasing violence against women in Kenya as they march to the parliamentary building and supreme court in the capital Nairobi [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency]

Published On 27 Jan 202427 Jan 2024

Thousands of people have gathered to protest in cities and towns in Kenya against the recent slayings of more than a dozen women.

The anti-femicide demonstration on Saturday was the largest event ever held in the country against sexual and gender-based violence.

In the capital, Nairobi, protesters wore T-shirts printed with the names of women who became homicide victims this month. The crowd, composed mostly of women, brought traffic to a standstill.

“Stop killing us!” the demonstrators shouted as they waved signs with messages such as “There is no justification to kill women.”

The crowd in Nairobi was hostile to attempts by the parliamentary representative for women, Esther Passaris, to address them. Accusing Passaris of remaining silent during the latest wave of killings, protesters shouted her down with chants of “Where were you?” and “Go home!”

“A country is judged by not how well it treats its rich people, but how well it takes care of the weak and vulnerable,” said Law Society of Kenya President Eric Theuri, who was among the demonstrators.

Kenyan media outlets have reported the slayings of at least 14 women since the start of the year, according to Patricia Andago, a data journalist at media and research firm Odipo Dev who also took part in the march.

Odipo Dev reported this week that news accounts showed at least 500 women were killed in acts of femicide from January 2016 to December 2023. Many more cases go unreported, Andago said.

Two cases that gripped Kenya this month involved two women who were killed at Airbnb accommodations. The second victim was a university student who was dismembered and decapitated after she reportedly was kidnapped for ransom.

Theuri said cases of gender-based violence take too long to be heard in Kenyan court, which he thinks emboldens perpetrators to commit crimes against women.

“As we speak right now, we have a shortage of about 100 judges. We have a shortage of 200 magistrates and adjudicators, and so that means that the wheel of justice grinds slowly as a result of inadequate provisions of resources,” he said.

People gather to protest in an anti-femicide demonstration, the largest event of its kind ever held in Kenya. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency]

Kenyan media outlets have reported the slayings of at least 14 women since the start of the year. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency]

A protester holds a Palestinian flag during a march to protest against the rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]

Women and feminists in Kenya took to the streets to march against the rising cases of femicide. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]

In Nairobi, protesters wore T-shirts printed with the names of women who became homicide victims this month. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency]

Protesters react against the rising cases of femicide. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]

A human rights activist reacts as she attends a protest demanding an end to femicide in the country. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

Protesters gather during the anti-femicide demonstration. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency]

The crowd, composed mostly of women, brought traffic to a standstill. [Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency]

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Western white-bearded wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi

Observed by udayagashe, CC BY-NC

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palestine is a wake up call to all the people in the global south and all countries and peoples that have experienced colonialism by western empires. especially following the western world's response to ukraine.

when you're flooded with footage of children starving, their bodies shredded by missiles, shrapnel and collapsed buildings, when you see once vibrant, beautiful lands reduced in seconds to rubble . . . you realize how easy it is to provoke a white man. all you have to do is a be a person of colour on your land with all its natural resources. that's it. all you have to do is exist on the same soil as your ancestors. and if a white man says you're in the way of his expansion, it doesn't matter what moral ethics you think white people have. it really doesn't matter what you expect of a human being. what conscience you think they have.

you will die. no one will rescue you. they will murder you. torture you. they will justify it. they will make jokes about it. and years later, when it's not too inconvenient for their people to feel guilt, they will feel sorry and still make what they did to you about them. about their "human complexity" and their "nuance." your people will be dead for thousands of years before they "apologize" (not to you but) to their descendants. and even then they'll lie. they'll blame the "internal conflicts of the region." conveniently leaving out who supplies the guns and military gangs. why. what they get in return.

what's happening in congo, tigray, palestine, haiti, iran, afghanistan, etc is not an isolated event. you cannot afford to think so. it's literally what they did from the 17th-20th centuries. the exact same tactics. the exact same propaganda. these are millions of people dying and set up to die within this year alone.

white man sees resource, white man cuts a bloody path toward it. he is superior, so it's his right. it's that simple.

if you are self-righteous about politics (especially toward western empires like france, britain, russia, canada and the u.s., etc.) please understand that the only thing between your "peaceful" or stable country and all-out war is how agreeable you are to the demands of these empires. please don't think these people have evolved or will consider you in any way. they will nuke you, too, if you resist. that isn't peace. we don't have peace with them. they aren't peaceful. complying under threat of war isn't peace. coercion is not consent.

if these insane people can hear from the mouths of their own scientists that their wars are killing their own people and accelerating the death of life on this planet, i don't know why you'd think they have a shred of humanity left in them. that there's anyone in this life they could possibly care for.

reject that lie. that you can appeal to their humanity. how many fucking "peace talks" have we had since hitler? for fucks sake. begin to build your community and focus your aid and efforts on each other. be aware, but also think smaller. focus on local businesses and markets rather than imports. let's change the way we consume (this is hugely important). wherever you are, whichever people concern you, take care of your own communities. give back. even if you're part of the diaspora. just find a way to give back and strengthen your communities. don't let "the drain" empty out in the west. i'm not claiming its simple work, or that i have all the answers. i'm just saying increase your awareness of how these empires and their propaganda function and don't give into them however you can afford to. you know what you can do. you know your own communities and countries better than i do. and we all know that one of the prime ways the empires keep us weak is by destroying or own intracommunity solidarity.

because there is no UN we can appeal to. there is no western "mediator" we can rely on.

they'd kill us all if it wouldn't tank their economy.

internalize that. don't ever let them coax any trust out of you. there is no "international unity" we can have with them because their prosperity will always require our suffering. resist, at least, by reclaiming your mind from them. see them outside of how they have conditioned you to see them. every time your president shakes one of their hands, see the blood smearing them.

don't trust a single word out of their dirty, lying mouths.

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Your daily reminder that the West is fucking broke and needs all these countries to be at war. They can't have a united Africa, a united Asia, a united Latin America, a united Global South. That would be the end of the West, and these old white men clinging to power--Biden, Shittenyahu, etc.--they can't stomach that.

Rwandans need to take to the street the same way Kenyans did. And while they're at it, drop-kick this man out of office.

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The Central Organizing Committee (COC) of the Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) welcomes the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that invalidates the illegal exploitation of Western Sahara’s natural resources under agreements between Morocco and the European Union. This landmark decision reaffirms the distinct status of Western Sahara and underscores the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.

Western Sahara, formerly colonized by Spain, became a victim of post-colonial partitioning when Spain withdrew in 1975. Morocco and Mauritania both sought to annex the territory, with Morocco continuing to occupy Western Sahara after Mauritania withdrew in 1979. Since then, the Saharawi people, led by the Polisario Front, have resisted Morocco’s occupation through diplomatic and armed struggle, demanding independence. Despite the United Nations’ recognition of the Saharawi right to self-determination, Morocco’s occupation persists, bolstered by foreign economic interests and political complicity.

The ECJ’s ruling represents a crucial step toward justice, affirming that Morocco has no sovereignty over Western Sahara and cannot legally enter into agreements that exploit the occupied territory's resources. The Communist Party of Kenya condemns the EU’s continued efforts to circumvent this ruling and exploit Western Sahara’s resources in violation of international law.

We call upon African nations, particularly those with revolutionary traditions, to stand with the Saharawi people in their fight for independence. We also urge the government of Kenya to align with this international legal precedent by strengthening solidarity with Western Sahara. As we confront neocolonialism and imperialism across the African continent, it is essential that we support all liberation movements, including that of the Saharawi people, against the exploitation of their land and resources.

The Communist Party of Kenya remains unwavering in its Pan-Africanist commitment to solidarity with all oppressed peoples. We affirm that the struggle of the Saharawi is intrinsically linked to our broader fight against imperialism and for the liberation of all African nations.

In the spirit of internationalism, we reiterate: There is no peace without justice, and there is no justice without independence!

Issued by:

Central Organizing Committee Communist Party of Kenya

October 2024

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Can’t name ANY?! Y’all can’t shut the fuck up about poor hard done by Imane Khelif but not even “Algeria” came to mind?!?!

Can you name seven different African countries?

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Exploring the Enigmatic Albania: A Comprehensive Travel Guide

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The South African drug mules held in foreign jails

Sam and Zanele Betha’s niece Fezeka is awaiting trial for drug smuggling in Hong Kong. Vincent Ntsolo is four years into an eight-year sentence in a Hong Kong jail. He was just 18 years worn when he was caught by customs officials trying to smuggle 1.9 kg of cocaine through Hong Kong to China. He is one of many South Africans recruited as drug mules. “By God’s grace he didn’t secure to [mainland]…

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Resilience Agriculture for Youth (RAY): A Game-Changer for Western Kenya Farmers

Over 10,000 youth from Busia County in Western Kenya are set to benefit from a project launched by Practical Action, a UK-based organisation in partnership with the County government to train the youth in using modern technology in farming, a move that is aimed at boosting production by 60 per cent by 2025. The five-year project dubbed Resilience Agriculture for Youth (RAY), targets youth from…

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more for your consideration:

the phrase "The Great Lakes" now refers to the African great lakes in the East African Rift Valley (which include Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, Lake Albert, Lake Turkana...)

the "Plegde of Allegiance" now refers to the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the Philippines

the "dollar" with no additional clarification refers to the currency of Brunei

We've had enough of the English-speaking internet defaulting to USAmerican terms that we are all forced to learn against our will. Here are the new default settings:

"Southern" no longer means Texas. It now refers to the Philippine island of Mindanao.

"The Midwest" is now Harare, Zimbabwe.

The default legal system is now that of the devolved administration of Scotland.

"College" is an educational institution for 13 to 18 year olds, as in some parts of New Zealand.

The "president" is that of Guyana, currently Irfaan Ali.

If you use these terms to refer to something in the USA then you have to specify or else we won't know what you're talking about and you'll sound like an idiot. Thanks!

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African bush elephant Loxodonta africana

With western cattle egret Bubulcus ibis (middle left and right) and long-toed lapwing Vanellus crassirostris (back left)

Observed by cuihenggang, public domain

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Choose The Top Rwanda Gorilla Trekking And Safari Tours Online

Tsavo is so enormous, all of 20,000 sq km, that it is directed as two units: Tsavo West and Tsavo East. This is the recreation center that is nearest to Mombasa at the coast. The recreation center is three and a half hours from Nairobi by street. You also need to go for a trekking and mountain climbing adventure with Mount Kilimanjaro climbing tours.

You will discover enormous crowds of elephants, particularly in Tsavo East. Tsavo West is loaded up with crocodiles, vervet monkeys, pronghorn, mandrills, giraffes, and hippos. It is in Tsavo that poachers were best in their ridiculous racket and this saw an emotional fall in the elephant populace. The heroes have lately picked up the high ground and numbers are recouping.

However, Kenyan safari experts are still amazingly careful about the eventual fate of the elephant in Tsavo. The nation is extremely dynamic in looking for a perpetual prohibition on the universal ivory exchange.

Kenya is an all-year safari destination

The downpours come around April-May and November-December. This does not in any case, much influence the travelers' capacity to get around. This is aside from the intensely forested Aberdares. In the wet season, the streets in the Aberdares are incredibly dangerous and the recreation center is on occasion really shut down.

By and large, the best time to go on safari and Rwanda Gorilla Trekking and Safari Tours is over the drier months when the grass is short and locating creatures is so a lot simpler. In any case, in zones, for example, the Mara, the creatures are copious to such an extent that you are going to see loads of them paying little heed to the season.

The pinnacle tourist season falls around January to February and July to August. April to June is the low season and costs for settlement in the cabins can be as much as 40% lower than in the high season.

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ik this is known but no successful settler colony has reached relative "internal stability" without genocide. north america is the first example of this that comes to mind: during the early years all up to the 19th cent., wars and attacks between native americans and settlers were frequent. and yes, while the settler armies were more well armed and more powerful, the native americans were a great force against the european invasions and did cause casualties among white populations, "including civillians", and halted expansion and development for many of the colonies.

this was met in 2 ways:

federal programs sponsored by the colonial states (violent deculturation, seperation from families through residential & boarding schools, expulsion from ancestral lands and destruction of the indigenous identity)

and unofficial, "individual" settler and enlistee actions of massacres upon indigenous populations. these events obviously were never prosecuted because they worked in tandem with the colonial powers, supported and encouraged by them.

the extermination of the american indigenous people wasn't just a facet of american success but the foundation of it. if they weren't subject to the genocide, the wealth and vast land in north america wouldn't have reached the white populations and the continent would be unrecognizable today, with canada and the united states not slightly as globally influencial as they are today. imagine a usa reliant on tourism.

and ik this is all elementary level information, but israel mirrors this entire process in eery similarity, with ancient, ancestral lands seized from palestenians exploited and destroyed for capital gains following violent expulsions (the nakba created israel). palestinians remaining within the israeli border endure lynchings and attacks by settlers as well as repression and persecution under federal law. israel was founded on the same colonialist principles that america and other european settler colonies (algeria, mozambique, kenya) were: their survival just depended on how far they would go to destroy the indigenous population.

what im dreading is that israel is on course to go further and proceed with that destruction. we are currently is a uniquely horrifying moment: 2,600 dead palestenians and 6,000 in hospitals with 0 supplies and 0 power - and the ground assault following the impossible evacuations is looming. the massacres about to sweep palestinian lands with the gifting of the ten thousand rifles to settlers. the unprovoked, unwarned and constant airstrikes. the monolithic, hysteric nature of mainstream western media. the army's sentiment of hunting animals. the global unrepentant backing. the repeated promise of complete victory.

what would complete victory mean? you cannot quell palestenian resistance without exterminating palestine. the palestenian people are a tortured people, hungry, radicalized simply from their day to day life: not one gazan hasn't watched corpses being pulled from the rubble, not one gazan doesn't have murdered family, not one gazan doesn't have something to mourn. their friends and family disappear or lose limbs on the daily now, building on grief from the previous 7 decades deep destruction. the homesickness is constant. the sounds of explosions is never far. of course there would be resistance movements, of course there would be revenge attacks, of course it will be bloody, because no humans in the world could silently endure these conditions. if hamas was entirely destroyed tomorrow, the next generation of palestinian youths would simply form another. for a complete, permanent victory, you would need to raze palestine.

this is why i balk at people hoping for coexistence. coexistence goes against the very founding strategy of israel. it goes against every principle and long term plan israel has for itself. israelis themselves do not want coexistence, they want gaza flattened and the west bank annexed, they want palestine destroyed and the palestenian people extinct. any sympathy with israel is a transgression on humanity.