Esther Dyson 15 December 2010
If institutions are not fully accountable, it is useful to have an unaccountable countervailing institution to reveal their secrets.
In fact, the Wikileaks model is fairly sensible: it solicits documents from anyone, assesses whether they are real, and posts them with alerts to the establishment press, which operates as de facto gatekeeper to the masses.
Showing posts with label Nairobi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nairobi. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Are You Serious? Kenya: Obama Urges Cooperation With ICC Probe
15 December 2010
Nairobi — US President Barack Obama has called on Kenyan to cooperate with the International Criminal Court investigation into the post election violence.
"I urge all of Kenya's leaders, and the people whom they serve, to cooperate fully with the ICC investigation and remain focused on implementation of the reform agenda and the future of your nation," he said in a statement Wednesday.
Nairobi — US President Barack Obama has called on Kenyan to cooperate with the International Criminal Court investigation into the post election violence.
"I urge all of Kenya's leaders, and the people whom they serve, to cooperate fully with the ICC investigation and remain focused on implementation of the reform agenda and the future of your nation," he said in a statement Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Kenya: Cable Cites Potential Local Link With U.S. Firm
A black water MD-530F Helicopter on-site of a car bomb explosion Kevin J Kelley
2 December 2010
New York — The whistle- blowing website wikileaks Tuesday released a US diplomatic document, marked "confidential," that makes specific references to Kenya.
The mentions on Kenya are contained in a February 12, 2009, cable to the State Department from James Swan, the American ambassador to Djibouti, concerning a controversial US security firm's proposed anti-piracy activities in the Horn's waters.
East Africa: What Leaks? Secrecy Still Cloaks Region
Nairobi — The leak of US diplomatic cables from all over the world has raised fundamental question over freedom of information and the operations of the media vis-à-vis governments.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has among others put the media in the East African region on the spot, for not doing enough to investigate corruption in government, or going along with targeted leaks by government officials with their own agenda. The Wikileaks saga proves that even the US government is scared of the new media and its capacity to track goings on in the corridors of power.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Kenya: Americans Want to Overthrow Government
Nairobi Star (Nairobi)
Charles Kerich
1 December 2010
Nairobi — KENYA yesterday implied there was an attempt by the United States to overthrow the government.
In a statement reacting to the imminent release of 1800 diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Nairobi, Government spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua declared, "The government is aware that a lot of money has been allocated to fund the youth to cause an uprising against our country and lead us into turmoil in an attempt to install a new leadership structure." Mutua released the statement as US Under Secretary of State Maria Otero and ambassador Michael Ranneberger met representatives of the National Youth Forum, which consists of over 60 national youth organisations, at the ambassador's residence in Muthaiga, Nairobi.
"The Kenyan government is concerned with foreign attempts to create despondency against the government and the country in the guise of youth empowerment," Mutua's statement declared.
"The Government is monitoring these events keenly and will not allow outsiders to ruin the peace and stability we are enjoying," he stated.
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