0 A blissful new year

So I got back from lighthouse a few minutes back. Its a local spot for celebrating New Years. Today was different to normal New Years celebrations, with it being the quietest celebration.

Anyways I hope 2008 is peaceful and prosperous for Kenya!

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R!

Edit: Just noticed My blog's still stuck on London time. lol

2 Kenya's ongoings..

I wonder what happened at 2 P.M with Raila odinga, the man who perhaps would have been Kenya's president to be sworn in as the people's president today at Uhuru Park, Nairobi 2 pm. The government has termed it illegal to visit.

The situation currently in Kenya bears resemblance to the situation in Nigeria during 1993 where chief Moshood Abiola was running against Bashir Tofa. Abiola won the results but was denied to presidency.

An American observer then wrote:'the elections had been the fairest, whilst the unofficial results showed a clear victory for Abiola'

Parts of Kisauni were being vandalised. Items such as mattresses, carpets, TVs, computers were a few of the items I saw being stolen.


In Othaya celebrations in honour of Mwai Kibaki were violently going on. With tires being burnt. The scene was difficult to distinguish from that of a protest.

Meanwhile I appreciate Kalonzo's attempt in trying to bring peace between the 2 Presidents!

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11 60 hours

Its been 60 hours since the ballot boxes were opened to the public for voting, and no results of who Kenya's next president will be yet!

Tensions are high all over Kenya. In Mombasa many marched down Jomo Kenyatta Avenue demanding the electoral commision to speed up the delivery of results.

ODM has announced Raila Odinga to be the president of Kenya. However these claims were dismissed by the ECK. Meanwhile us Kenyans wait to hear from official results of the man who will be president.

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Pictures taken on Jomo Kenyatta Avenue, Mombasa. Near the market. When I got there tensions had reduced and the army had intervened to keep the town calm.

4 Roads of Mombasa

Today was declared a National holiday in Kenya by the president as its Eid Ul Adha. The evening seemed to pass rather slowly and so we thought we'd go out for a drive of Mombasa.

With the elections round the corner we were met by some members of the ODM campaigning on the roads of Mombasa. They chanted amusing slogans whilst the song 'Najib Balala Najib Balala wakati wako sasa' (Najib Balala Najib Balala it is your time now) played in the background.

I captured some of the drive on video below, including bits of Light house and a drive past the goat sellers.