Kisumu

For those making $2 a day, financial crisis might get even worse

World's poorest hit doubly hard by financial crisis KISUMU, Kenya — Carrying travelers on the back of his bicycle, Willis Odhiambo earns about $2 a day. That's usually just enough to buy one meal a day of cornmeal porridge and...

Discover Kenya; 7 Towns Including Kisumu

Touch Africa International - Discover Kenya in 3 Weeks; 7 Towns Including Mombasa, Malindi, Nairobi, Nakuru, Maasai Mara, Kwale, Kisumu Duration: 21 Days Project Managers: Touch Africa International Objectives of the Trip: * To...

Lamu: Fall under the timeless island's spell

Omar beckoned with a sweep of his arm: "Come, come!" And with that he disappeared around a corner and out of sight again. I trailed him as quickly as I could, but he had vanished. Left or right? The tangled alleyways of Lamu...

Kenya: Kisumu Residents Hold Mock Poll

Posted to the web 7 November 2008 Walter Menya And Abuid Ochieng' Nairobi The anxiety and excitement over the US elections boiled over to the streets of Kisumu, where a couple of comedians organised mock elections. And wananchi...

Obamas inspire baby names across nation

Nancy Otieno holds her newborn baby boy named after U.S. President-elect Barack Obama at the Nyanza Provincial general hospital in Kenya's western town of Kisumu on Wednesday. Obama's election has inspired names for babies...

Kenya: It's Jubilation in Kogelo as History is Made

Posted to the web 5 November 2008 Walter Menya and Dan Obiero Nairobi Barack Obama's ancestral home of Nyang'oma Kogelo broke into song and dance soon after he was declared president-elect of the United States. Celebrations...

Kenya: Kisumu to Hold Vigil to Keep Up With Results

Posted to the web 5 November 2008 Nairobi Anxiety hit fever pitch in Kisumu on Monday as residents awaited the climax of the contest for the top seat in the US. Dealers in T-shirts, badges and caps bearing the Democrat...

In Kenya, Obama Win Sparks Celebration

In the western Kenyan town of Kisumu, there have been all-night parties to watch the results of the U.S. election. The town is the provincial capital of the region that is home to Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives.

The reporters were willing

I was up before five am in Kisumu to watch people watching the returns. When we got to the show ground, there were about forty people there, many of them sleeping, others looking perplexed by the minutiae and maps that...

Kenyans root for Obama with mock election

Voting started early in Kisumu. In fact, seven hours earlier than the country in which the real election was being held today. Still, it didn't stop Kenyans from enjoying the joke. Mock ballot boxes for Barack Obama and John...

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