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Kenya is a political democracy located in East Africa.
It gained independence from the British in 1963.

Democracy in Kenya was realized in 1992 when multiparty elections were held for the first time after a period of intense lobbying by political activists and the international community.
Multiparty politics however lead to a new brand of politics promoting corruption and tribalism.

The effects of this have been political polarization with most parties rep...Read more

"You can drag a Smalander out of Smaland, but you can never drag Smaland out of a Smalander" - Old saying from Smaland

Smaland is a large but rather sparsely populated province in the south of Sweden, where forests and fields have been providing man with tools to manage by themselves for ages. Being born in the darkness of Smaland with pine needles as your closest neighbor, almost always means that you have entrepreneurship running in your veins from the moment that you ar...Read more

In times of a historical presidency coming to its end with presidential elections around the corner, the big question that divides the majority of the Colombian people could be summarized in the following question: Is it time for democratic legality or for democratic security and prosperity?

Since late February, when the Colombian Supreme Court finally decided that the century's most popular and successful president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, cannot be re-elected a third time,...Read more

The past one decade has seen a phenomenon growth in the information Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Kenya. These growths have led to a lot of investment in the sector. The major beneficiary of these growth and investment is the mobile phone technology industry which I will discuss intensively in this article.

During this time major and strategic liberalization of the ICT industry have not only encouraged investment but inventions by the companies investing in this industry. F...Read more

Recently, the Bolivian people have re-elected a native as their president for the second time.

It sounds comforting and a little bit romantic to hear that a native has been elected as president in a country which population is mostly native.

Though this logic reflection, there is a raw reality that the world outside of Bolivia, cannot imagine.

The “revolution” that Evo Morales, the re-elected president, has started in Bolivia, means actually, a regress to a...Read more

Dear CW members and readers,

Beginning in October 2008 and onwards the news on every TV and Radio – channel every day have been about the financial crises and the bank crises. These crises seem to have come as a complete surprise to all specialists and most CEO: s of big companies. The stock market is sinking and the unemployment rates are rising. All comments lately from politicians and financial experts seem to go in the same direction – the crises are soo...Read more

The crisis has hit the Canary Islands really hard with an unemployment of 26,12%, and 33% of the population is now below the poverty line.

There has always been a strange difference between salary and the cost of living in the Canary Islands. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the most expensive town in Spain, it is much more expensive to park your car in Las Palmas than in the centre of Madrid, a cup of coffee costs more in the south of Gran Canaria than in the centre of Berlin, the cost ...Read more

Let me in my first article in CW Columns talk about a GREAT LEGEND also known as the Father of nation…. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi and the Father of the Indian Nation, was born on the 2nd October, 1869,  in Porbandar in the state of Gujarat into a Vaishya (merchant class) family, Gandhi was married at the age of 13 to Kasturba. He was an average student who studied law in England from 1888 to 1891. Before leaving India, his mother made him promi...Read more

The white lead was hammered up by clips lengthwise the ceiling in even intervals equal to a hammer grip and went down to the switch.  I pushed the button.  The lamp in the room flared up.

Well done, said uncle Edik, my father's friend. Our faces couldn't help smiling.

My help in wiring uncle Edik's "datja" (country house) came to an end. There was still much to be done in the house but it was high time to give back the hammer. Several years...Read more

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria September 2008           

Living in Spain has its pros and cons as everywhere else, but mainly it's a very positive experience, the Spanish people are in general a "happy people" very polite, forthcoming and helpful.  Youngsters still have a great respect for the elderly. In the shops the employee always call you Miss/Mrs or Mr never just you.  The Span...Read more