Like almost every day, Freddy yesterday visited an agricultural entrepreneur for an interview. He was accompanied by J., his unofficial supervisor who bought the motor bike together with us, the one that is now stolen. When J. got a call about the motor during the interview, the farmer suddenly recognized the story: Hey you’re that …
Crime and Punishment
This month, the Kenyan parliament accepted a motion to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). 15 years ago, a conference of 160 states adopted the “Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court”. This treaty was the basis for the ICC; a court that prosecutes crimes of concern to the international community as a whole: …
The future is gray
After an elephantastic experience today, a blog with floppy ears. Some time ago we saw Ahmed the elephant, who lived from 1919–1974 in the north of Kenya. Because he seemed to have enormous tuskers, conservationists were afraid he would be an attractive target for poachers. So he got presidential protection of Kenyatta (father of the …
Wild life
After 10 full days in The Netherlands, I am back in Nanyuki. I came with a lot of greetings, meetings, hugs from Ivan and liquorice supplies. In the meantime, Freddy has carried out several field trips so he has been everything but bored. Someone else who is going to visit The Netherlands is the president of …
In the shadow of the mountain
The city where we live, Nanyuki, is close to Mount Kenya. This is the second tallest mountain of Africa. We can even see it from our house. That is to say, we can see the clouds that are always blocking the view. During our first few days here, it would be the first thing in …
The ninth month
As soon as the crescent of the new moon, announcing the ninth month, can be seen, the month Ramadan starts; the time of fasting for Muslims. These weeks, a small table has appeared in the newspaper, with sun positions for the mayor cities in Kenya. According to tradition, in this month the Quran was first …