Will the Handshake, Mega Projects and Uhuru’s Visits to Kisumu Translate Into Raila Odinga’s Presidency in 2022?

While millions of Kenyans have been pannel-beaten into viewing the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) as the solution to the country’s political and economic crisis, residents of Kisumu have a very different perspective to the Raila-Uhuru led strategy. For the vast majority of “Lake Victorians” and the wider Luo Nyanza constituency, BBI project is intertwined with massive development projects. For them, BBI is the ultimate signal that the decades-old political and economic marginalization of Nyanza province since flag independence is finally coming to an end. Indeed, when President Uhuru Kenyatta paid…

The Founding of Kisumu Social Centre: The Iconic Monumental Splendor That Used To Thunder In East And Central Africa

THE FOUNDING OF THE AFRICAN SOCIAL HALL: THE MUNDERFIELD’S INFLUENCE IN THE GROWTH OF SPORTS, ARTS AND LITERARY APPRECIATION. My short presentation explores the founding historical perspective of how this iconic monumental building, now known as Kisumu Social Centre, achieved its stardom in the field of Performing Arts, Public Education as well as public intellectual discourse. It also examines why this great towering cultural  MONUMENT was associated with great African scholars. The Colonial Government created the African Social hall to provide recreational amenities to the African(s) living in Kisumu. The…