Eve’s reflections

Archive for December 2007

Marooned: Election 2007 in Kenya and the aftermath, through my window

Posted by: evesreflections on: December 30, 2007

26th December
I brave the extremely bumpy excuse of a road from Western Kenya to Nairobi, excited to participate in a free and fair election. The whole country has been hyped up and we have high expectations. It’s going to be a challenge for all the candidates. The main candidates, Raila Odinga and Mwai Kibaki are [...]

It could be worse

Posted by: evesreflections on: December 20, 2007

It is rumoured that i was born into a toilet bowl
It must be true
I’ve been struggling to get out ever since
Once in a while, I get as far as the rim
My tired fingers clutch the seat
But the inevitable always happens
I’m flushed right back in
Where I wallow in the self pity that is the shit
But as soon as [...]