Date: January 5th 2008

Dear Friends,

we managed to get in touch with our friends. All of them are ok.

Read here two articles, one by Sam Hopkins:

The 28th of December five years ago was a very different occasion. When the results came out, confirming a landslide victory for Mwai Kibaki, my brothers and I went out to celebrate. It was a large night, almost narcotic in the intensity of the celebrations, fuelled only by the excitement of victory for the right man and the promise of change. read more The 28th of December five years ago was a very different occasion. When the results came out, confirming a landslide victory for Mwai Kibaki, my brothers and I went out to celebrate. It was a large night, almost narcotic in the intensity of the celebrations, fuelled only by the excitement of victory for the right man and the promise of change. continue to read http://www.slum-tv.info/?p=40

and Election Day by Ali Barisa:

I woke up around 4:44 at night so that i prepare myself early enough to vote for change on december 27. At around 5:30 am in the morning, I headed to the polling station in our area; my polling station is called Roysambu primary school, it was where I went to school when I was young during my primary days. continue to read: http://www.slum-tv.info/?p=41

Let us hope, that the situation will calm down, and that our friends vote are not obsolete.
cheers
alex