Sikiliza

the closing gap of pen on paper,  words slowly shape and form  beginning to take certain meaning. thoughts pour generously dripping and dribbling into sense or non-sense  it all depends on how open we are  to discovery of life miracles and mysteries. Life beckons us to take our seats  at the place secrets are revealed   and if one blinks they may miss its lesson… as it invites us to acknowledge, observe  bear witness to three precious gifts  we often disregard in our existence… Gifts of MEMORY   - bearing vast imprints and inheritance from our ancestors  Gift of WAKEFULNESS   - brings awareness of opportunities that lie in the present moment Gift of IMAGINATION  - formless futures not yet manifested and ease to detach letting them go…

There is this monster we bore and raised called diplomatic immunity that rears its ugly head many a time. Anytime it comes to play it is when the proverbial sh*t has hit the fan…. Recently I came across a disturbing new article that reported that #UNEP employee Alphonse Kambu based in Nairobi from Papua New Guinea who has been accused of physically assaulting his estranged partner Ruth Gakii on Sunday night at Jacaranda estate, as their three-year-old son looked on . The United Nations Environmental Program - UNEP has expressed its willingness to assist with investigations into an incident where one of its staffers is accused of assaulting his estranged Kenyan lover and causing her grevious bodily harm. In a statement to newsrooms, the UN body has clarified that its employees are only immune from prosecution in actions or words spoken during the cause of their duty and not personal actions. The statement came even as police launched investigations into the matter, ...

L-R: Me, Melissa - MAVC, Mercy BHESP, Maya & Hannah - Tactical Tech and Nida - MAVC I got to know (and love) Tactical Tech in 2013 - its  a great non-profit organisation that advances the use of information and digital technologies used by advocates and activists worldwide. I particularly love and subscribe to the very cool toolkits they have developed for activists and NGO's around how to take stock of their advocacy or activism work and their digital security (or lack of it for that matter). I particularly love the Security-in-a-Box Toolkit with a multiplicities of cool tips and tricks on internet and web vulnerabilities that we encounter in daily tech lives as activists. I recently took part in a discussion and sharing of research findings that Tactical Tech undertook with the Kenyan LGBTI community (with support from a very cool organisation called  Making All Voices Count Fund .) The study is called  The Möbius Strip: How LGBTQ Keny...

Sometimes you have those weeks when you have nothing to look forward to...well, this week isn't one of them! A random public holiday on a Tuesday to mark Mashujaa Day was pretty awesome....Monday became the new Friday..TGIM..lol at least this week that is... Well another amazing thing to look forward to is the  Tamasha Festival which  is a biennial celebration of Africa and African media makers in the mediums of film, photography, music and literature. In 2016, the festival will bring together creatives from across Africa and the greater African Diaspora for a series of performances, workshops and conversations around the arts.  The Tamasha pre-festival showcase will host some of East Africa's most inspiring, trendsetting and innovative artists as a launchpad to the main festival in 2016. And so if you are like me, you have bought your Advance Tickets and saved some cash! If you havent please do that right away via MOOKH for Ksh....