Kenya - Blogs & Blog Posts

Ambulance Service? by Baba Mzungu on Nov 7, 2009Involved as I am in the well-being of a small community in Kenya, I do a lot of reading about illness, health and prevention, and the one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of unnecessary deaths due to illnesses such as malaria, particular...

My Little World Has Gone Mad! by Baba Mzungu on Nov 6, 2009When I am not in Kenya, I am an IT consultant serving clients in a smallish village in North Hampshire, fixing things, taking viruses off, upgrading and swapping data from old PCs to new ones.But, just recently, I have had to take up another occupati...

Our Kenyan Holiday Slide Show by We Build Your Blog on Nov 4, 2009Gerlaine from GerlainTalk.com suggested I create a slide show from my recent holiday with my wife, Joy. We were celebrating 25 years of marriage and the holiday was in Kenya! Hope you enjoy some of the pictures (and the music!). This is a post...

Arriving in Kenya by Great Management Tips on Nov 3, 2009To successfully get through the Kenyan customers, we had to complete 5 different forms. Five! Each one of them asking for similar information including passport number and place of stay while in Kenya. But it didn’t actually take that long to get...

Feeding the Children by Baba Mzungu on Nov 2, 2009No, not the Twiga OVCs* this time. I was staying with a friend at the coast and looking after her two children, an almost-5 girl and just-7 boy.It was lunchtime and I was rummaging through the kitchen trying to find something to stop the regular...

Daily Conversation by Baba Mzungu on Nov 1, 2009When I am not trotting off to Kenya, I am the 24/7 carer for my mother (87 years young).This is the conversation that we have several times a day:Mum: When are you going [to Kenya]?Me: 11th November.Mum: When are you coming back?Me: 11th DecemberMum:...

Meandering of the Mind by Baba Mzungu on Oct 30, 2009The date for my next trip to Kisii is fixed - I have bought the ticket (the cheapest available, so I cannot change it without penalties) and I leave these shores on 11 November.Despite preferring Kenya Airways (marginally), i am going with Virgin as...