About a year ago, Hebron Mosomi, 32, was just an ordinary Kenyan, who struggled to eke out a living like any other Kenyan in the United States. But in November 2008, he launched Kenyans for Change on Facebook, and his life changed.

For all that crap they give you, my African kinsmen, Americans too practice that art of polygamy you have perfected. But the people of these United States of America have fancy phrases for that misogynistic, family-breaking custom.

In Kenya, marriage hitherto viewed as an achievement, or a form of social graduation, is currently changing into a necessity catapulted by hard economic times and changing lifestyles, especially in cities.

When you’ve made all the attempts,
Yet all the work does not seem finished,
When you’ve righted all the wrongs,
Only…..

Therea is momentarily stunned by Gofu’s almost passionate reminder of the deep past that she thought had been safely buried in the mist of new comfort. She glances at Zake, who is as abrasive as ever.

Hillary Clinton, making her first African tour since she became the United States Secretary of State, camped in Kenya for more than two days with a two-fold message: to heal the wounds left bare by President Barack Obama’s snub on his first African tour as American President, and to confront the Kenyan government on reforms.

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