It’s great to be back in the city in the sun, although right now it seems more like the city in the dust. With all the roadworks and unpaved walkways this place is as dusty as dusty can be. I began work in the NGO sector today and will be giving updates on how the civil society is engaging the government of Kenya for the next two months or so, on top of travel tit bits.

For now, I must say that I am impressed by K24, a 24hr news station. The presence of respectable local content on tv is also a good thing. And aside from politics, most of the Kenyans that I have talked to seem optimistic about the future – a big surprise given the madness that is going on in the country – insecurity, corruption, ineffectual leadership, joblessness and runaway inflation etc etc. This latter point only serves to reinforce my belief that the trouble with Kenya is a problem of leadership. Period.

more to come soon….