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Long live the Diamond Queen, Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II is celebrating 60 years of her reign of the United Kingdom and its 15 territories. I have no real idea how this affects me - certainly it has not direct bearing in my life that I can see, but I, like many Kenyans ...

#OpenMD Week & Reflections on Generation Y

I am sitting in at Ataturk Airport in Turkey on an eight-hour overlay. I am headed to Chisinau, Moldova (Its a small Eastern European country that used to be part of the USSR in the bad old days). Today, Moldova is trilblazing in many areas ...

All is well. I’m back on this blog

It really has been a long time since I last blogged. So as I start again, lets get you caught up on whats been up Nowadays, I ride a bicycle to work and back - when it isn't raining. I was inspired to do so during ...

Go well, Hon. Michuki

Whether one liked him or not, Hon. John N. Michuki had one admirable reputation. He worked hard, was clear about his own beliefs and stood firmly for them and spoke his mind clearly. You knew where he stood on an issue, whether you liked it ...

28Feb: Sing for Unity!

On 28th of February, I will stop what I am doing at 1pm, and together with many other Kenyans, sing the national anthem. For one minute and fourtyeight seconds, I will sing and remind myself of my responsibility to this great Nation to which I ...

Open Data Jan 2012: Media User Community Engagement

Kenyan media owners and open governance advocates resolved this week to urgently establish a national task force to promote data-driven journalism. The industry-led task force will explore practical ways for the media to tap into the government’s pioneering Kenyan Open Data Initiative (KODI), as well as pilot practical projects ...

Internet wins: Now what?

After what is billed the loudest internet protest in history, the highly controversial SOPA and PIPA bills, that were due to be voted on last week, have been shelved. US Senator Harry Reid and Representative Lamar Smith both announced that they would withdraw their bills ...

Shocking revelation of Google Scalping Mocality!

I am saddened that my first post of 2012 is a dismayed one, but I am so surprised and dismayed that I must post this. Stephan Magdalinski, the CEO of Mocality has posted a very serious charge that Google has been scraping its database, baiting and ...