Showing posts with label economic boycott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economic boycott. Show all posts

Friday, January 18, 2008

So how do we make them listen?

Currently, in these times of great duress, we have two options of making ourselves heard in Kenya: a) business as usual, scurrying around with our heads low to piece together whatever pieces we might still have at hand (and this does not really count as ‘being heard'), and b) mass action, rallies in the streets chanting some(one's) political slogan. But whose voice is being heard? and how is the message interpreted?

Read more from David Obura here.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

State of Kenya: ODM Calls Off Protests

ODM leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to stay home and boycott businesses belonging to President Kibaki's friends and supporters.

Read more here and discuss the economic implications that this will have on the Kenyan economy if any.