GORY pictures of their brutality in quelling the January 2008 post election violence yesterday infuriated police in Nakuru. They stormed an exhibition venue and pulled down from the walls the photos they said may incite the public to violence. Police boss Johnstone Ipara led a group of 10 officers to raid the exhibition hall at [...]
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From The Archives: Observations From The Nairobi Central Picha Mtaani Street Exhibition
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised The Next Time Samuel Munene observes public reactions to the recently held Picha Mtaani exhibition outside the Hilton Hotel. You will not be able to stay home, brother. .. skip out for beer during commercials, because the revolution will not be televised. The revolution will not be televised The [...]
June 9, 2010 – 10:03 am
Nakuru police missed big picture in photo exhibition
One picture is often said to be worth 1,000 words. But former US President Ronald Reagan once quipped: “One picture is worth 1,000 denials”. He might as well have been addressing Nakuru OCPD Johnstone Ipara, who last week not only oversaw a crude form of censorship but also incredibly considered one picture as being worth [...]
June 9, 2010 – 9:52 am
Picha Mtaani: A street Exhibition With a Difference
Picha Mtaani, Swahili for “Street Exhibition”, is a youth led peace initiative supported by UNDP that primarily seeks to create space for young people to reconcile through peace building, violence prevention and promoting peaceful co-existence among young people in conflict affected towns. Through an exhibition set of images taken during Kenya’s 2007/2008 post election violence, [...]
June 9, 2010 – 9:06 am
KENYA 2009 –THE YEAR THAT WAS / IS
WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YEAR 2009? I attended a street exhibition dubbed ‘PICHA MTAANI’ over the weekend which is a youth led peace initiative supported by UNDP that primarily seeks to create space for young people to reconcile through peace building, violence prevention and promoting peaceful co-existence among young people in conflict affected towns. [...]
June 9, 2010 – 8:52 am
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