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Leaving For Kampala

Written by Savvy Kenya on March 8, 2011 — 12 Comments

Tweet As I write this, am packing and unpacking and repacking. I’ve sat on the suitcase and finally managed to have it closed. Now I have to figure how the rest of my stuff is going to fit into other two small bags. The situation looks hopeless. To get away from this depressing mood, I’m [...]

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Meeting President Paul Kagame

Written by Savvy Kenya on March 7, 2011 — 60 Comments

Tweet How it began: the background to the story It all started with a tweet. Rather, two tweets. Let me backtrack a little Friday morning. My last day at work. Fridays are easy days around here, we report to work at nine in the morning, which means I get up at 8, and on most [...]

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All About Mountain Gorillas

Written by Savvy Kenya on January 25, 2011 — 10 Comments

Tweet If you ever have the opportunity to look into the eyes of a gorilla, you will instinctively know that that these unique creatures deserve our efforts to save them – Howard G. Buffet, Threatened Kingdom: The Story of the mountain gorilla I cannot begin to explain just how true that statement is. This past [...]

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Work, Love and Life: Rwanda so far

Written by Savvy Kenya on January 13, 2011 — 8 Comments

Tweet I did not come to Rwanda to look for love (love looks for me, I do not look for it), neither did I come to start a pimping business or to look for wives for my Kenyan friends. I came to work. So please, stop asking me if Rwandese women are as beautiful as [...]

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Finally in Rwanda: Kampala to Kigali

Written by Savvy Kenya on January 11, 2011 — 14 Comments

Tweet The journey from Kampala to Kigali was uneventful, if by uneventful you mean we stopped several times on the way, picking up loud women and dropping them again somewhere ahead. The bus was delayed by almost two hours (this is the last time am riding Akamba), and it was not as comfortable as the [...]

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