Masaibu

2016/02/12 by mkhana

You try your best not to contribute to the corruption within the system, telling yourself that change starts with you. Then your life comes to a standstill because you have refused to part with $40 in order to gain a bigger return. The bureaucracy in Kenya is mind blowing. Police stop you for speeding, ask […]

Loving Nairobi

2014/09/15 by mkhana

I decided to pop into Nairobi for a short visit over the Ethiopian New Year weekend, and I am still in surprise mode. Nairobi has certainly changed; construction on some key roads is completed., there is a lot of urban stretch, and apartment buildings are a dime a dozen. Many businesses are moving from the […]

Guilty Pleasures

2014/09/04 by mkhana

Do You Remember Me?

2014/09/03 by mkhana

So you know how you try and read different reviews on different places when you are heading to a different country for tourism or, in my case, for work? Then perhaps it never happens to you. Well, I read somewhere about a particular scam in Ethiopia, specifically in Addis, where a guy walks up to […]

Untitled

2014/09/02 by mkhana

I had a crisis while I was living in Liberia. I was living in a lovely, air-conditioned apartment that was a few hundred feet from the American embassy, with a mzungu roommate who worked for the World Bank, and I was working on public-health-capacity-building matters. I would lounge in the spacious living room, admiring the […]

Public Health Wednesdays: Polio’s Back?

2013/05/23 by mkhana

Public Health Wednesdays: Polio’s Back? NPR – May 22, 2013 Kenya has recorded its first case of polio in two years, the World Health Organization said Wednesday….