The EastAfricanLetters /OpEd/letters/-/434756/434756/-/joi56p/-/index.html Where was Kenyan media when Orinda Ndege vanished? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Where+was+Kenyan+media+when+Orinda+Ndege+vanished/-/434756/1315962/-/g1pxrt/-/index.html BENARD ORINDA Ndege is the Kenyan man whose entire family was burnt alive in their home in Naivasha during the post-election violence of 2007/08. 2012-01-29T12:21:07Z Does Africa need another Obama term? Yes, for freedom http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Does+Africa+need+another+Obama+term++Yes+for+freedom/-/434756/1311928/-/4pmx8f/-/index.html January 20 was the third inauguration anniversary of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the US. President Obama was inaugurated on the January 20, 2009. He is seeking re- election this November. 2012-01-22T12:25:13Z Western nations cannot escape blame for climate change http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Western+nations+cannot+escape+blame+for+climate+change/-/434756/1306124/-/7io5d1/-/index.html A study published last December in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics indicated that climate changes since 1850 are linked to cyclical, predictable, naturally occurring events in Earth’s solar system with little or no help from human society. 2012-01-15T15:46:12Z After falling out with Raila, what is Miguna’s game plan? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/What+is+Miguna+s+game+plan/-/434756/1301884/-/12s1grr/-/index.html The former adviser to the prime minister, Miguna Miguna, is writing a book in which he says he will reveal all what happened when he worked at Raila Odinga’s office. 2012-01-08T10:32:30Z In 2012 as in the past, economic saboteurs will be at work http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/In+2012+as+in+the+past++economic+saboteurs+will+be+at+work/-/434756/1298470/-/ovkuavz/-/index.html In the year 2012, Kenya will be facing its first general election under a new Constitution that is bringing forth fundamental changes to the country’s governance structures. 2012-01-01T10:51:20Z The most important event in 2012: Who will be president? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/The+most+important+event+in+2012/-/434756/1295026/-/eixngpz/-/index.html Next year Kenyans will go to elections to choose their president who will succeed President Mwai Kibaki. The election will be very important, coming at a time when key reforms are being implemented. 2011-12-24T10:55:05Z Committees: Citizen participation isn’t working for Uganda http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Committees++Citizen+participation+is+not+working+for+Uganda/-/434756/1291100/-/jcrf6sz/-/index.html The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) is the latest to join Uganda’s NGO-nisation of virtually every social service. The body is now inviting applications for Community-Base Volunteers to assist streamline the supply of electricity. Whereas this could be well intentioned, lessons from other key sectors that have taken a similar route indicate the whole approach yields nothing. 2011-12-17T14:07:27Z EADB saga: Why was the substance of the case never examined? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/EADB+saga++Why+was+the+substance+of+the+case+never+examined/-/434756/1287118/-/6b6x2b/-/index.html Thirty years ago, the three East African presidents appointed me director general of the East African Development Bank. 2011-12-10T13:31:24Z Tax evaders must pay up for Kenya economy to begin looking up http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Tax+evaders+must+pay+up+for+Kenya+economy+to+begin+looking+up/-/434756/1283978/-/14m03o0/-/index.html Despite all efforts by government to fix the economy, fuel-driven inflation has stubbornly continued to ravage it. 2011-12-04T12:48:15Z Region must sort out the mess in Somalia http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Region+must+sort+out+the+mess+in+Somalia/-/434756/1280176/-/2gdmve/-/index.html The war on terror in Somalia has received plenty of support. The entry of Ethiopia, which could only have been done due to some strategic consideration owing to the complexities of politics in the Horn of Africa, must have added a lot of impetus to the Kenyan campaign to ensure security for its citizens and visitors. 2011-11-27T10:11:48Z Libya: Expose the West’s hypocrisy http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Libya++Expose+the+West+hypocrisy/-/434756/1280174/-/xgcysn/-/index.html Western countries should not deceive the world that they went to Libya to protect civilians. If indeed that was the reason, why then did they involve themselves in bombing civilian targets, creating a no-fly zone and arming Libyan rebels? 2011-11-27T10:10:46Z Good salaries minus ethics won’t give us better universities http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Good+salaries+minus+ethics+won+t+give+us+better+universities/-/434756/1280172/-/130fgyw/-/index.html If at all any researcher or faculty member in Kenya were asked to indentify factors that hinder creativity, innovation and intellectual productivity in local universities, then the most likely answer would be poor pay. 2011-11-27T10:10:19Z <link>http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/-/434756/1276474/-/cv9qs7z/-/index.html</link> <description>Powerful women are perceived as being icy, tough, emotional, single and lonely, and having a whole lot of other toxic attributes. Maybe these attitudes represent conventional anxieties about women on a broad scale.</description> <dc:date>2011-11-20T17:26:50Z</dc:date> </item> <item rdf:about="http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Gays++Africa+must+stop+dependency/-/434756/1272396/-/bnm6qqz/-/index.html"> <title>Gays: Africa must stop dependency http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Gays++Africa+must+stop+dependency/-/434756/1272396/-/bnm6qqz/-/index.html African leaders have been feeling uneasy and insecure due to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s remarks at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth, Australia, that Britain would withhold aid to countries that do not reform legislation banning homosexuality. 2011-11-13T11:32:24Z To develop, focus on the Next Big Thing http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/To+develop++focus+on+the+Next+Big+Thing/-/434756/1272394/-/x20rwc/-/index.html The depreciation of the Kenya shilling and then the continued slump at the Nairobi Stock Exchange speak volumes about the Kenyan economy. 2011-11-13T11:31:40Z Integration: Why are we abetting graft? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Integration++Why+are+we+abetting+graft/-/434756/1272392/-/xom29lz/-/index.html As a Ugandan, I am shocked and disappointed  at the level of corruption in East Africa. 2011-11-13T11:31:12Z Raila, Uhuru, Kalonzo: Who will it be for Central Kenya? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Raila++Uhuru++Kalonzo++Who+will+it+be+for+Central+Kenya/-/434756/1272390/-/13scx7d/-/index.html Whenever opinion polls are released, they tend to depict the frontrunner for the presidency as Raila Odinga followed by Uhuru Kenyatta and then the rest. 2011-11-13T11:30:32Z Kibaki must take action to save Kenya from hard times http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Kibaki+must+take+action+to+save+Kenya+from+hard+times/-/434756/1268084/-/15f8r0pz/-/index.html Kenyans are really suffering from the effects of a battered shilling; almost everything has gone up due to the volatility of the shilling. From cooking gas and bread to machinery and maize meal, there is no respite in sight. 2011-11-06T10:26:09Z African govts must respect their people’s right to housing http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/African+govts+must+respect+their+people+s+right+to+housing/-/434756/1264338/-/a1bkh4/-/index.html African governments were urged to stop forced evictions at the just-concluded NGO forum of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights that was held in Banjul, Gambia. 2011-10-30T13:47:00Z Was there no good Gaddafi did for him to die the way he did? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Was+there+no+good+Gaddafi+did+for+him+to+die+the+way+he+did/-/434756/1260422/-/uv4v0fz/-/index.html The “King” is dead, welcome to chaos. The Libyan people, under the banner of NTC and their “International Community” backers, now have the blood of Gaddafi on their hands. 2011-10-23T14:48:31Z Currencies in EA losing out due to poor governance http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/-/434756/1256378/-/cwhud6z/-/index.html The effects of the dwindling value of the Kenya shilling are being felt across East Africa. The economies of countries in this region are at the mercy of the ever-gaining dollar. 2011-10-16T14:05:54Z Uganda’s fertile land and aid are a curse http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Uganda+s+fertile+land+and+aid+are+a+curse+/-/434756/1252488/-/8wb74jz/-/index.html The reason why Kenya will always be democratically ahead of Uganda is because Ugandans are complacent. 2011-10-09T14:11:44Z Chinese traders bring benefits too http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Chinese+traders+bring+benefits+too/-/434756/1252486/-/pdtgooz/-/index.html In a letter titled Chinese investors, not traders please, published in the The EastAfrican of October 3-9, the writer called on the government of Kenya to reduce the number of “Chinese nationals operating shops and kiosks.” 2011-10-09T14:10:30Z Writer got it wrong on famine in Somalia http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Writer+got+it+wrong+on+famine+in+Somalia/-/434756/1252482/-/fyay5hz/-/index.html The EastAfrican in the issue of Oct 3-9, published a story by Rasna Warah which contained a series of errors. 2011-10-09T14:08:22Z Does the government of Kenya have an agenda for the country? http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/letters/Does+the+government+of+Kenya+have+an+agenda+for+the+country/-/434756/1246816/-/qalkdkz/-/index.html I doubt it because if it did we would not see an influx of Chinese nationals operating shops and kiosks. Foreigners should invest, not compete for small jobs with locals. 2011-10-02T16:53:13Z