MediaShift

Citizen Journalism

Keeping an Eye on the Kenyan Parliament

by Ory Okolloh

One of the things I'm most proud of as far as my accomplishments go is being the co-founder of Mzalendo. At a basic level Mzalendo intends to monitor what Kenyan Members of Parliament are doing for their constituents. The Kenyan government generally operates in a very opaque manner and it is very difficult to obtain access to public information both online and offline. While there are some government offices that are trying to remedy this (the Office of Public Communications is one example), most of the information provided is generic.

• November 10, 2006
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World View

The China and Africa Story

by Ory Okolloh

Over the last year or two, mainstream media outlets have started paying much more attention to China's increasingly strong presence in Africa. This interest was recently amplified by the China-Africa summit, which was recently held in Beijing.

• November 9, 2006
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