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Letter - May 23, 2006
World Social Forum is a welcome alternative - By Paul Odhiambo
It was a historic event for Africa in January when Bamako city hosted the first World Social Forum (WSF) in the continent. The first three WSFs had been held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2001, 2002 and 2003. The fourth was held in Mumbai, India in 2004.

Commentary - August 6, 2006
A struggle for an alternative world - By Nicholas Otieno
The quest to restore, recover and reclaim, the dignity of the people of this world amid the violence of globalisation constitutes one of the biggest challenges in the 21st century.

Business News - January 2, 2007
World Social Forum delegates expected to strain host city - By Brian Adero
This month could see Nairobi overrun by thousands more foreign visitors than it can house or move about comfortably, industry sources say.

Commentary - January 14, 2007
Ideas and solutions should be guiding spirit of Social Forum - By Chinta Musundi-Beez
The World Social Forum (WSF) was created to provide an open platform to discuss strategies of resistance to the globalisation model proposed at the annual World Economic Forum at Davos.

News - January 15, 2007
Delegates jet in for social forum - By Edith Fortunate
Top African leaders and celebrities are among the more than 100,000 delegates expected this week for the World Social Forum that starts in Nairobi later this week.

Headline news - January 20, 2007
Thousands gather in Nairobi - By Otsieno Namwaya
While the official carrier, the Kenya Airways, reports full bookings to Nairobi over this period, the organisers of the World social Forum (WSF) say many more people are streaming in by other airlines, road and even on foot.

News - January 20, 2007
Quit the pulpit, Tutu tells pastors - By Lucianne Limo
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has told religious leaders wishing to pursue political ambitions to resign from church.

News - January 21, 2007
A cultural mix as WSF kicks off - By Edith Fortunate and Lucianne Limo
It was pomp and colour, dance and measured excitement, agitation and powerful speeches as the seventh edition of the World Social Forum (WSF) officially opened in Nairobi on Saturday.

News - January 21, 2007
Slum dwellers making World Social Forum ideals a reality - By Nicholas Asego
This week, Nairobi streets will be awash with visitors from various parts of the world. The seventh World Social Forum (WSF) that opened on Saturday literally brings the world to the city as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and other progressive forces from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe converge.

Letter - January 21, 2007
Media should use WSF to market Kenya abroad - By Francis Kahihu
The seventh World Social Forum (WSF) has come to Kenya bringing together thousands of delegates from all over the world to discuss among other issues such as HIV/Aids, gender, privatisation, landlessness, peace and conflict, migration and Diaspora.

News - January 22, 2007
Repeal secrets Act, activists urge State - By Lucianne Limo and Edith Fortunate
As the World Social Forum entered its second day on Sunday, the Kenya Government came under attack from civil society and political leaders for the social, economic and political hiccups facing the country.

Headline news - January 23, 2007
Maathai: Our debt too heavy - By Lucianne Limo
Kenya is reeling under a Sh750 billion debt Sh430 million of it owed to foreign donors. As a result, each Kenyan carries a debt tag of approximately Sh25,000.

News - January 23, 2007
Industries on the spot for exploiting workers - By Otsieno Namwaya
The World Social Forum shifted focus to the original issues that gave birth to the movement six years ago. Delegates took issue with employers and industries for what they said was a serious violation of international labour laws and environmental degradation.

Commentary - January 23, 2007
Social forum best placed to question world order - By Paul Odhiambo
America, Europe and Africa are gathered in Nairobi for the World Social Forum (WSF). Top on the agenda are issues that plague the majority of the world’s population — conflicts, wars, poverty, environmental degradation, debt burden, gender disparity and unfair trade practices

Commentary - January 23, 2007
How not to behave when you cross the poverty ridge - By Fred Mbugua
Rich people are really different from the rest of us and not always in a nice way.

Letter - January 23, 2007
World Social Forum has many lessons for Kenya - By Lucia Buyanza
The World Social Forum is here at last. I felt proud to see the world converge on Nairobi’s Uhuru Park last Saturday.

News - January 24, 2007
Government asked to punish homosexuals - By Mathias Ringa
Muslim clerics in Mombasa have condemned homosexuality and asked the Government not to legalise gay marriages.

News - January 24, 2007
Nobel Peace laureates vow to fight for world peace - By Lucianne Limo
Three Nobel Peace Prize laureates have promised to use their positions to fight for justice and peace in the world.

News - January 24, 2007
Protestors call for ministers’ sacking - By Lucianne Limo
Members of the local civil society attending the ongoing World Social Forum in Kasarani held a peaceful demonstration against what they termed massive corruption.

Letter - January 24, 2007
Women not helpful to the youth agenda - By Mundia Mundia
The youth are taking part in the ongoing World Social Forum conference in Nairobi.

Headline news - January 25, 2007
Drama as delegates raid hotels for food - By Lucianne Limo and Edith Fortunate
There was more drama when delegates at the World Social Forum raided the outside catering crews from at least two major Nairobi hotels demanding reduction in food prices.

News - January 25, 2007
Environment concerns dominate conference - By Standard Writer
Environmental degradation has remained a major issue at the World Social Forum conference at Nairobi’s Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.

Commentary - January 25, 2007
Palaver - By Standard Writer
The World Social Forum conference has been boasting that another world is possible.

News - January 26, 2007
It’s song and dance as 7th world forum ends - By Edith Fortunate and Lucianne Limo
The curtain fell on the World Social Forum with an estimated 20,000 participants taking part in a symbolic 30km marathon.

Editorial - January 26, 2007
Many lessons to learn from social conference - By The Standard Editor
The World Social Forum came to a close yesterday with a symbolic marathon in the city.

Letter - January 26, 2007
The World Social Forum a let down - By Peter Owaka
There are several factors that made it difficult to associate with the just concluded World Social Forum in Nairobi.

News - January 28, 2007
Kenya should learn lessons from WSF talks - By Ndung’u Wainaina
The World Social Forum comes to Kenya at a crucial time when the country is headed for General Elections. It is one of those times when democracy talk is instantly replaced by impunity and corruption in all its manifestations. Meanwhile, issues to feature at the forum happen to be the same as those very close to hearts of many a Kenyan.

News - January 28, 2007
Prostitutes cash in on World Social Forum - By Edith Fortunate
When the World Social Forum came to Nairobi, many commercial sex workers used the opportunity to earn extra money from their trade.

News - January 28, 2007
Investor lost Sh2m at ‘People for Justice’ forum - By Sunday Standard Reporter
When she came to know in 2005 that the World Social Forum (WSF) would be coming to Nairobi, she saw an opportunity to make money.

Letter - January 28, 2007
Youth got raw deal during the World Social Forum - By Mundia Mundia
The World Social Forum failed to address the real challenges facing the young people.

Commentary - January 29, 2007
WSF: It was a meeting of NGOs, not the masses - By Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
The World Social Forum that ended in Nairobi last week was one of those ‘once in a life time’ events.

Commentary - January 29, 2007
Palaver - By Standard Writer
The World Social Forum that ended in Nairobi last week dwelt on how to fight poverty to uplift the poor and the marginalised. But in its wake, the conference has spawned poverty.

Letter - January 29, 2007
World Social Forum was an eye opener - By Edwin Opiyo Radoli
Now that the World Social Forum has ended, Kenyans should take stock of the lessons from the international meeting.

Business News - January 30, 2007
Foreign organisations interfering with farming technologies - By Ochieng Ogondo
Efforts by western multibillion organisations to introduce new agricultural technologies in Africa are putting the continent under threat.

Commentary - January 30, 2007
Telkom should expand instead of retrenching - By Eric Orina
Last week, Telkom Kenya got Sh5.8 billion loan to finance retrenchment and this epitomises the depth to which Kenya’s brand of capitalism has sunk.

Letter - January 31, 2007
Gays worrying - By Gilbert Keya
It was disturbing to see gay people demonstrating in the streets during the World Social Forum. If animals do not violate the law of nature, how come human beings fight to be allowed to do abominable things?

Letter - February 4, 2007
We need to accept gays and lesbians - By Elijah N Chege
Kenyans continue to deny the fact that there are persons with different sexual orientation among us and therefore continuously condemn them.

Editorial - February 9, 2007
Tackle sex deviance as matter of urgency - By The Standard Editor
The shocking reality of moral decadence among young women and, indeed, the youth has been laid bare in a survey on the sexual behaviour.

Letter - February 9, 2007
Capitalism the way of life for many people - By Andrew Ngila
Economist Adam Smith said capitalism is built around human nature.

Business News - February 10, 2007
KTB faults crime reports, woos international visitors - By Njonjo Kihuria
The Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) has asked more tourists to visit Kenya despite the worrying reports that crime rate was soaring.

Letter - February 10, 2007
What is the place of gays and lesbians in our society? - By Waziri Fadhili
The current trends in the sexual revolution are frightening.

Letter - February 21, 2007
Sexual revolution in Church frightening - By Wema Fadhili
Being liberal is sometimes dangerous and being conservative sometimes worthy it.

Literary Discourse - March 4, 2007
Africa will become culturally irrelevant - By Henry Munene
As the world inches closer to the reality of a tiny village, thanks to information and communication technology and other modern-day buzzwords, I think, culturally, we are turning modernity on its head.

African Examples - April 15, 2007
Creating a new world order through social movements - By Juliana Omale-Atemi
Fatma Alloo. Abandoned by her father as an infant, she was a child bride and mother of seven, out of which only one child survived to adulthood. Today she is an award winning journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist who believes in a world order that is fair, just and inclusive, writes Juliana Omale-Atemi.

African Examples - May 27, 2007
In search of new world order - By Nicholas Asego
Taoufik Ben Abdallah. He describes Africa as a rare gem that needs to free herself from the shackles of the West, misery and poverty. The social activist says this could be achieved through dynamic civil societies and social movements that challenge the neo-liberal political economy of globalisation.










Lifestyle Magazine - May 7, 2006
Brutus recognises Kenyan writers' struggle for justice - By Evan Mwangi
Renowned South African poet Dennis Brutus has recognised Kenyan writers’ struggle for social justice in a new book in which he betrays more closeness to Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o than to other African literary giants. Brutus, who was imprisoned on Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Govan Mbeki, has also revealed to Lifestyle that he will be visiting Kenya early next year during the World Social Forum to be held in Nairobi in January.

News - September 9, 2006
Over 100,000 to attend world economic congress in Kenya - By Nation Writer
More than 100,000 delegates descend on Nairobi in January for a major conference aimed at saying No to the economic domination of poor countries by the rich. Preparations are in top gear to host the delegates who will attend the unprecedented meeting scheduled for the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, from January 20 to 25.

Letter - October 6, 2006
Bamako meeting tackled key issues - By Paul Odhiambo
It was an historic event when the World Social Forum was held in Bamako, Mali in January. This was the first time for the meeting to be held on the continent.

Business News - November 24, 2006
Unionists set agenda for talks - By Michael Mugwanga
African workers will push for improved terms of service during the forthcoming World Social Congress. They would agitate for a decent work environment and better relations with employers.

News - December 19, 2006
Mandela and Kaunda to attend city forum - By Nation Reporter
Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his Zambian counterpart, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, are expected to attend a forum in Nairobi next month.

Commentary - December 30, 2006
Tourism comes right to your doorstep - By Makhokha
All those who hoped that socialism had died will be disappointed next year. Between January 20 and 25, Kenya will host some 80,000-odd visitors who will be attending the World Social Forum.

Business News - January 9, 2007
Harsh spotlight shone on foreign firms dark tax deals - By Kaburu Mugambi
Multinationals avoid paying taxes by creating subsidiary companies. A new report by a non-governmental organisation has implicated international banks and multinationals in the plunder of public coffers in Africa. Tax Justice Network for Africa says transnationals operating in Africa avoid paying taxes in countries they are based by registering subsidiary companies.

News - January 10, 2007
100,000 guests expected at world social conference - By Mugumo Munene
More than 100,000 delegates are expected to attend the World Social Forum conference to be held in Nairobi in a fortnight. Organisers said yesterday the preparations for the conference were almost complete.

Commentary - January 13, 2007
Visiting Nairobi? Try to understand the people - By Father Kizito
Friends in Italy recently asked me to write “a few words” to help them to understand Nairobi when they come here for the World Social Forum. I obliged.

Commentary - January 14, 2007
Cora, a true woman of substance, to visit Nairobi - By Philip Ochieng
Why is Cora Wess’s visit to Kenya this week so significant? Because she once played a pivotal role in a remarkable educational initiative for Kenya.

News - January 16, 2007
Families to host delegates - By Odhiambo Orlale
More than 35,000 Nairobi residents have opened their homes to delegates expected at the forthcoming World Social Forum.

News - January 17, 2007
Tutu to speak at meeting of theologians - By Nation Correspondent
Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu will be a key speaker at a theologians’ meeting in Nairobi. More than 250 delegates are expected to attend the second World Forum on Theology and Liberation (WFTL).

Business News - January 17, 2007
Celtel offers forum Sh20m sponsorship - By Nation Correspondent
Celtel has announced a Sh20 million sponsorship deal to cover both the communication and cultural music fiesta during the World Social Forum slated to begin on January 20.

News - January 18, 2007
Campaign by religious leaders the poor - By Nation Correspondent
More than 200 religious leaders have launched a campaign to make religion meaningful to Africans. The campaign was launched simultaneously in Nairobi’s Kibera, Kangemi and Korogocho slums, where majority of residents live in poverty.

Letter - January 19, 2007
Social forum provides perfect arena to market our potential - By Francis Kahihu
The seventh World Social Forum will be hosted in Kenya from this weekend. It will bring together tens of thousands of delegates to discuss, among other issues, the HIV/Aids pandemic.

News - January 23, 2007
Maathai wants debts cancelled - By Mike Mwaniki & Nyabonyi Kazungu
Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai yesterday renewed her call for Western countries to write-off debts totalling billions of shillings owed by Kenya and other poor nations.

News - January 23, 2007
Forum bans foreign firms goods - By Nation Reporter and Correspondent
Multinational companies have been blocked from selling their products at the World Social Forum at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.

News - January 23, 2007
Chanting activists storm meeting - By Arthur Okwemba & Lucas Barasa
Some activists singing liberation songs yesterday stormed the World Social Forum at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. Policemen at the gates watched in disbelief as the activists, who had been denied entry for lack of passes, forced their way into the venue singing the songs.

News - January 23, 2007
Swiss host talks on economy - By Nation Correspondent
As the World Social Forum enters its third day, world leaders and top chief executives are in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF).

News - January 23, 2007
Pay attention to slums, says Habitat boss - By Nation Reporter
The fight against poverty will only be won if special attention is given to slums and the poor, a top UN official said yesterday.

News - January 23, 2007
Sh500 conference fee too high for the poor - By Nation Reporter
Hundreds of Kenyans and foreigners flocked to the Jeevanjee Garden in Nairobi yesterday for the local version of the ongoing World Social Forum conference.

News - January 24, 2007
Mob demands free entry for the poor - By Nation Reporter
Chaos broke out at Kasarani as some delegates joined scores of slum dwellers to demand that the waiver of registration fee for the poor.

News - January 26, 2007
Nairobi World Social Forum comes to an end - By Mugumo Munene
A riot of sounds and colours marked the close of the seventh edition of the World Social Forum in Nairobi as thousands of delegates marched to Uhuru Park.

News - January 28, 2007
Setback for debt relief as State keeps details secret - By Arthur Okwemba
Kenyan taxpayers will wait longer to know what they have to repay in loans to foreign donors after the latest attempts by anti-debt campaigners to get full details from the Government hit a snag.

News - January 28, 2007
Backlash against gays and lesbians starts - By Mwangi Githahu
Even before the week in which Kenyan gay and lesbian issues came to the fore at the just-concluded World Social Forum (WSF) was over, the backlash against the homosexual community had begun.

Editorial - January 28, 2007
What Forum was all about - By Nation Editor
The motto of the just-concluded World Social Forum in Nairobi was “Another world is possible.” Indeed that phrase is what the WSF is all about.

Commentary - January 29, 2007
Is Kenya's activist spirit on its deathbed? - By Cabral Pinto
The World Social Forum (WSF) has just ended, but Kenyan activist spirit was not very pronounced. Kenyans seemed lost in their expressions on continental, regional and global issues.

News Extra - January 30, 2007
Many lives at risk if drug company wins court case - By Arthur Okwemba
The cost of essential drugs could soon rise substantially, if a pharmaceutical giant wins a court case against patents that allow production of generics.

Talkback - February 2, 2007
Talkback - Clay Court is lacking its original flavour - By Saran Kinyangi
Clay Court is lacking its original flavour. What has happened to the columnist’s blunt and witty comments that used to leave us in stitches? May be I should share something with you about some recent experience at the WSF that ended last week in Nairobi.

Lifestyle Magazine - February 4, 2007
Poets bring sanity to forum - By Joseph Ngunjiri
How cool heads from the South preached love at meeting of activists in Nairobi — and spared us an emotional meltdown. There were many weighty issues addressed during the just-concluded World Social Forum. These ranged from globalisation, race, land, terrorism, poverty, to corruption amongst others.

Letter - February 6, 2007
A great global meeting marred by poor organisation - By Japheth O. Ogollah
The just-concluded World Social Forum in Nairobi received varied responses from delegates. For those who know of the 150,000 participants at previous annual meetings in Brazil and India, the 50,000 delegates in Nairobi was a mockery.

Business News - February 8, 2007
MONEY: Host a tourist and make lots of cash - By Waruguru Muchira
Mr Ongera made Sh6m during the World Social Forum from home stays. You too can reap from this new concept.

News Extra - February 11, 2007
Kenyans should talk more about sex or die in silence, warn experts - By Correspondent
Kenyan society is sexually dysfunctional. That is the verdict of sociologists, family counsellors and doctors.

Commentary - February 13, 2007
It's ineptitude nobody needs - By Allan Ngugi
A few weeks ago, a huge part of Kasarani in Nairobi was without electricity. Because power was being cut off during working hours — between 9am and 5pm — small and medium businesses lost tremendous amounts of money. All this was happening at a time when the World Social Forum, which rails against Western hegemonic economic interests, was going on at the nearby Kasarani Sports Complex.

Lifestyle Magazine - February 16, 2007
The remaking of K-Street - By Elly Wamari
Fed up with the image of red-light zone, firms that do business on Nairobi's Koinange street are gearing up for the mother of all parties that will showcase the more tasteful side of life.

Talkback - February 16, 2007
Talkback - Gratitude - By Vagn Frausing and Galschiot
We have just returned from Africa where we’ve displayed our sculpture ‘In the Name of God’ at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi.

Commentary - February 19, 2007
The tricky in-between world of Asian Africans - By Rasna Warah
There is something unique and different about growing up as an Asian in East Africa, Europe or North America.

News Extra - February 21, 2007
HAVE YOUR SAY: Why Wanjiku is so afraid to die - By Njeri Kang'ethe
I spend Sh50 a day to feed my family and cater for my other needs. When I die, I will need Sh350 a day, which I cannot afford. I am afraid to die.








Business News - January 12, 2007
Preparations for World Social Forum in top gear - By George Kebasso
PREPARATIONS for the 7th edition of the World Social Forum (WSF) are at an advanced stage as the world converges in Nairobi in a week’s time to deliberate on issues that have hampered social quality of life.

Business News - January 17, 2007
WSF officials rue inequality, economic imbalance - By Mark Oloo, Mwani Maina
FAILURE to address global economic imbalances has derailed efforts by developing countries to scale new growth heights and improve standards of living, the World Social Forum (WSF) officials have warned.

News - January 19, 2007
Forum embodies resilience - Official says it is a manifestation of people’s struggle - By Nick Thiongo
The World Social Forum (WSF) is a manifestation of the spirit of the people who have refused to die, a Kenya activist Wahu Kahara has said.

Headline News - January 20, 2007
Tutu’s verdict - By Erick Otieno
RETIRED South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu yesterday told church leaders in Kenya to relinquish their religious duties first if they have to plunge into politics.

News - January 20, 2007
Expectations high as World Social Forum kicks off today - By George Kebasso
Developed democracies will readily describe the World Social Forum (WSF) as the inverse of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is popular for imposing the capitalist will of the world’s economic tigers on smaller economies and emerging ones.

Insight Report - January 20, 2007
Carnival of the oppressed comes to Kenya - By Insight Writer
They are descending on Nairobi in droves, not necessarily waving placards and shouting anti-globalisation slogans. But campaigning against the free market craze is their main mission. This Saturday, the World Social Forum (WSF), at times dubbed the “Carnival of the Oppressed” opens at Nairobi’s Uhuru Park with upto a 100,000 delegates expected to attend.

News - January 21, 2007
Pomp, glory as WSF kicks off - By Emmanuel Onyango
It was carnival and colour at Uhuru Park yesterday as the world’s social thinkers, labour movements and religious bodies descended to Nairobi to mark the seventh edition of the World Social Forum (WSF).

News - January 21, 2007
Forum should tackle effects of graft, rights on development - By Ndungu Wainaina
World Social Forum convened in Kenya to offer a forum of celebrating peoples’ 'struggles,’ (gains or loses) and reflect on development, peace, human rights and democracy with aim of charting new direction and approaches. The forum comes to Kenya in a year when the country is headed to a very crucial event: General Election. It is one of those years democracy talk is instantly replaced by impunity and corruption in all its manifestations. Meanwhile, issues at core of discussion at the forum happen to be the same as those very close to the hearts of many a Kenyan.

Editorial - January 21, 2007
Translate WSF talks into real solutions - By Kenya Times Editor
The 2007 World Social Forum (WSF) has finally kicked off in Nairobi, fetching another golden chance for the civil society and development partners to interrogate policies believed to be injurious to the global economic outlook.

Opinion - January 21, 2007
A critical review of the World Social Forum - By Kameelah Rasheed
For the past three months, I have been trying to decide whether to attend the World Social Forum in Nairobi. The World Social Forum first met in 2001 in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, as a challenge to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and ‘claimed to organise an alternative to capitalist neo-liberal globalisation.’ Lofty mission, right?

News - January 22, 2007
Forum wants heroes to be recognised - By Nick Thiongo
DELEGATES attending the World Social Forum yesterday put their difference aside and called for the recognition of freedom fighters around the world who had died in the quest for social justice.

News - January 22, 2007
Hotel rooms near Kasarani fully booked - By John Korir
HOTELS in Thika, Kiambu and Ruiru towns are said to be fully booked following the World Social Forum (WSF) taking place at Kasarani Sports complex. An estimated 100,000 delegates from a cross the world are attending the event said to be so far the biggest to be hosted in Kenya in 20 years.

Business News - January 22, 2007
WSF delegates criticise IMF, WB policies - By Nick Thiongo
The World Social Forum (WSF) yesterday turned out to be a complete flipside of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos as various organizations and key figures clamoured against policies of the Breton woods institutions and the failure of capitalism.

News - January 23, 2007
Organisers refute claims of favouring ODM-K leadership - By Nick Thiongo & John Korir
The local organisers of the World Social Forum (WSF) yesterday distanced themselves from allegations that they were giving ODM-K luminaries political leverage over the Government.

News - January 23, 2007
Pastoralists urged to sue UN agency for abuse of land rights - By Emmanual Onyango
Pastoralists drawn from six Kenyan districts were yesterday urged to sue a United Nations agency at the International Court for abuse of their land rights. The pastoralists, drawn from Turkana, Garissa, Baringo, Marsabit, Tana River and Taveta districts, were urged by participants at the World Social Forum (WSF) to sue the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) for approving the introduction and propagation of a plant which adversely affected their livestock and destroyed their vegetation.

News - January 23, 2007
World Bank, IMF censured over taxation - By Emmanual Onyango
Activists participating in the ongoing World Social Forum (WSF) yesterday disclosed incriminating statistics on how the Bretton Woods institutions have been assisting multinational corporations operating in Africa to evade significant amounts of tax.

News - January 23, 2007
Homosexuals want to be let to marry - By John Korir
Kenyan gays and lesbians yesterday issued a powerful petition for the legalisation of same sex marriages in the country as the World Social Forum (WSF) entered its third day.

News - January 24, 2007
Nobel laureates hit out at civil society - By Emmanual Onyango
Three Nobel Peace Prize winners yesterday raised the red flag on the diminishing role of civil societies in keeping African Governments on check over human rights abuse and poor governance.

News - January 24, 2007
Hitch in WSF as youths protest exorbitant entrance fee - By Nick Thiongo
The World Social Forum yesterday had a messy start as youthful protesters sat while others lay prostrate on the two-way lane leading to the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, grinding the incoming traffic to a halt.

News - January 24, 2007
Deliberations on homosexuality attract huge crowds at forum - By John Korir
THE World Social Forum entered its third day yesterday with various international organisations participating at the global event continuing with their deliberations.

News - January 25, 2007
Drama unfolds at forum as youths storm hotel, loot food - By Emmanual Onyango
The World Social Forum (WSF) was yesterday at the receiving end of the wrath of poor, hungry and angry Kenyan school children and youth who stormed a five star restaurant and looted food.









News - January 15, 2007
World Social Forum to boost Kenya’s tourism - By Philip Ngunjiri, Special Correspondent
Kenya’s conference tourism gets a major boost this month when 50,000 delegates converge on Nairobi for the five-day World Social Forum (WSF).

Commentary - January 22, 2007
Another world for women too? - By L. Muthoni Wanyeki
The World Social Forum is here. Hotels in Nairobi are full. All roads lead to Kasarani, where the WSF village has been set up and most events will take place. And Kenyans can be bemused by the number of clearly atypical and non-conformist non-tourists exploring non-tourist parts of town in search of insights into the “real” Kenya.

Letter - January 22, 2007
World Social Forum: Beyond the leftist rhetoric - By Elkanah Odembo
THE WORLD Social Forum believes that a better world is possible. It is a movement of citizens’ organisations around the world who believe that the globalisation model that is championed by the World Economic Forum at Davos is fundamentally flawed.

Commentary - January 29, 2007
A wide range of groups in Nairobi voiced opposition to capitalism - By Philip Ngunjiri, Special Correspondent
The just concluded 7th World Social Forum presented the African continent the opportunity to showcase its rich heritage of natural wealth, cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity. However, what came out more forcefully was Africa’s unbroken history of struggle against foreign domination, colonialism and neo-colonialism.

Commentary - January 29, 2007
World Social Forum: And now, a word from our sponsors! - By East African commentator
AS PARTICIPANTS at the just concluded World Social Forum in Nairobi raged with socialist fervour against ugly capitalism and filthy globalisation by refusing to buy products made by certain multinationals and demonstrating against all manner of economic evil, they surely cannot have failed to notice how some multinationals managed to muscle in on the act regardless. For instance, every delegate to the WSF was offered a free Celtel mobile phone line and some phone credit to help them keep in touch during their stay in Nairobi. Ironic isn’t the word.

Letter - February 5, 2007
Give critical eye to the World Social Forum - By Ogollah Oluoch Japheth
THE JUST concluded World Social Forum held in Nairobi, invited varied responses from delegates the world over. Whether the forum was a success or not, is as varied as the delegates who participated.