Update on Malindi work, and on political status there

I've been meaning to post something here just to explain how things are going over in Kenya, as regarding the project in Malindi, which is on the coast of Kenya, far away from the main troubles in Nairobi and Western.

Gitau, one of our main guys in the ICT Resource Centre sums things up nicely in an email to me last week:

"Its been a long time since I sent mail but I hope you
will understand that things are different nowadays in
Kenya. Everything is cooling down to normal though
some things will never be the same again. I have been
involved in designing peace messages for the Malndi
public for the past two weeks, a project we got
started with a group of youth and joined by the Hon.
Gideon Mungaro, our current Member of Parliament. It
was mainly to stop the locals from going the way of
other regions where guys from upcountry were being
forced to go back to their ancestral homes and all
that. Luckily for us, Malindi has been free of
violence and the MP has been holding regular peace
meetings in the villages to ease tensions.
Nothing to get alarmed about, but we figured better
not take chances.
Anyway, work is still going on as usual at the office
though business is a bit sluggish when compared to the
same period last year, but again, its all due to the
political situation. We are currently holding this
year's debate and it comes to an end on the 4th of
March. This year's event attracted more participants
than last year though a few of the schools had to drop
out due to lack of transport funding from the government. We
are doing a DVD of the event and will put that on the
Centre's website (that is still offline).

So many of our plans and projects
had been shelved due to the uncertainity including the
website, newsletter (with Sean), tournament, ICT expo
and many others but are now being dragged from the
dusty shelves and will soon be running full steam.
Say hi to guys back there and keep an eye for events
in Kenya. Things can only get better for us and even
some thick-skinned tourists have started trickling
back to Malindi.
Pray for us to achieve lasting peace coz we must."