The EastAfricanOpinion & Editorial /opOrEd/-/434748/434748/-/q9m2rwz/-/index.html Give albinos an MP, they need one more than the army or bald men... http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/874252/-/bthxl0/-/index.html Because of the killings of albinos that took place in Tanzania and Burundi, a special interest group is lobbying for a seat in Uganda’s Parliament to defend the rights and aspirations of the albino community. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Let’s drop out of the rat race and join Ananilea in marching to Marley’s beat http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/874248/-/bthxka/-/index.html Raise your elbows, everyone, and drink to the health of the US Tanzania Woman of Courage for the Year 2010 — Ananilea Nkya, executive secretary of the Tanzania Media Women’s Association (Tamwa). 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Constitutional solution breeds fresh problems http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/874244/-/bthxk6/-/index.html So far, our politicians are putting their best food forward with respect to the draft Constitution. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z When I became a man, I put away my toy gun http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/874240/-/bthxk2/-/index.html A picture of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni visiting mudslide victims in military uniform and an AK-47 strapped across his chest has created quite a buzz in the blogsphere. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Rwanda needs reconciliation and not banishment http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/874256/-/u20l3r/-/index.html The news about the harassment and interrogation in connection with “serious charges” and subsequent sacking of ex-army chief Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa was shocking. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z ‘A Stranger Came from Arabia’ http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/-/434748/874266/-/o0u359z/-/index.html Our President has reappeared: We didn’t know he’d gone! Apparently, his heart was weak 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z The politics of disaster dictate regional force http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/editorial/-/434752/874236/-/e64ishz/-/index.html A specialised unit to respond to disasters across the region looks more and more relevant as it becomes obvious that, at the national level, certain calamities are overwhelming. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z TJRC chair lacks the support to lead http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/874260/-/u20l4h/-/index.html While acknowledging the necessity for human rights, the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission chairman’s dismissal of local and international pressure to resign and his reading of the concerns raised as premeditated is disappointing and worrying. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Graft is slowly killing EA towns http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/874262/-/u20l4j/-/index.html The shortsightedness of many East African local government leaders is a liability for the future of the region. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z No Chinese rescue for doomed macho icon http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/lastword/-/434754/874270/-/dwew54z/-/index.html Universally reviled by environmentalists, the beefy, military-inspired Hummer has remained a beloved macho icon for enthusiasts like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Raila Odinga. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Too many beggars on the streets? Don’t drown them, give them loans http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/870418/-/btf7ru/-/index.html A rumour that has been doing the rounds in Dar es Salaam for a couple of weeks now, has had the strangest effect on the city’s life. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z The UN is fully dedicated to ending FDLR threat in DRC http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/870420/-/u1wub6/-/index.html I refer to the article “As Nkunda languishes in silent detention, East is transformed” (February 15-21), which rightly notes that positive change is progressively taking place in Eastern DRC. But much more needs to be done especially regarding security. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Taxpayers’ sweat? Look, guys, you can’t have your radar and eat it too http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/870416/-/btf7rs/-/index.html Some things will simply not go away, no matter what the authorities try to do to make people forget about them. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Why it’s better to resign than to be forced out http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/870414/-/btf7rq/-/index.html To resign or not to resign? The default position in Kenya is to hang on for all its worth, regardless of the destruction and mayhem that doing so provokes. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Alhamdullilahi, EA is more Arab than African http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/comment/-/434750/870412/-/btf7ro/-/index.html The other week a Kenya newspaper referred to an alleged false prophet who had taken advantage of a vulnerable local celebrity and conned her of her affections as a “half cast” (that was an error, the word is half caste). 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z The State Milk Process http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/-/434748/870426/-/o0wsxkz/-/index.html The Dairy Board promotes The purchasing of stock. The poor man buys a cow, 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Comrade Zuma chooses, the rest, just keep your opinion to yourselves http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/lastword/-/434754/870428/-/dwhmy3z/-/index.html By all accounts, Jacob Zuma loves tradition. His three wives and 20 children will attest to his embrace of polygamy as an “African tradition.” 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Elite tribalists are eyesores to Kenya http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/870422/-/u1wub8/-/index.html Increasing tendencies by Kenya’s elite to drum up support from their ethnic communities is presenting the biggest challenge to national unity. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z KACC should learn from rights body http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/870424/-/u1wuba/-/index.html The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission must uphold neutrality in its operations. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Naivasha must not die http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/editorial/-/434752/870408/-/e679kuz/-/index.html Kenya is on the brink of losing Lake Naivasha, a trend that preliminary findings of an expert inquiry reportedly attribute to harmful practices on the flower farms that surround it. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Let’s protect whistleblowers http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/editorial/-/434752/870410/-/e679k7z/-/index.html Last week, the Ugandan parliament finally began debate on the Whistleblowers Bill, expected to add to the arsenal deployed against Uganda’s rampant corruption. 2010-02-28T21:00:00Z Rwanda must shun fugitive politicians http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/866162/-/u1ff34/-/index.html I write in reaction to Victoire Ingabire’s interview (The EastAfrican, February 15-21). 2010-02-21T21:00:00Z No other side to Idi Amin’s nine years of terror rule http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/866160/-/u1ff32/-/index.html I read about the new book by Christopher Columbus Sembuya on Idi Amin Dada (The EastAfrican, February 1-7) with scepticism. 2010-02-21T21:00:00Z Kenyans must join in war against graft http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/letters/-/434756/866166/-/u1ff38/-/index.html When President Mwai Kibaki took over office, he vowed to end corruption in Kenya. 2010-02-21T21:00:00Z How Melvyn went to sleep sick and woke up a murderer, the next day! http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/opOrEd/lastword/-/434754/866168/-/dx0377z/-/index.html Imagine going to sleep one evening and waking up the next day to find yourself the subject of an international manhunt. 2010-02-21T21:00:00Z