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- Written by Kim
When Secretary of State Hilary Clinton made a historic speech in Geneva on Dec. 8 calling for recognition of gay rights and support for those who brave hostility to defend gay rights, she might have been speaking of the Rev. MacDonald Semberka who was in the audience listening.
On the evening of Sept. 11, 2011, Sembereka, a Malawian Episcopalian, found his house reduced to unrecognizable rubble by a petrol bomb. A month later, he borrowed money for airfare so he could attend a conference at Union Theological Seminary, a Manhattan institution with a long history of social activism. He arrived wearing a clerical collar and a smile that belied the horror of seeing his home and nearly everything his family owned destroyed. At the two-day conference in New York, he would meet and strategize with other Christian leaders in the fight against Africa’s perilous and increasingly prevalent brand of homophobia.
Nation Newspaper
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Slap-stick farces, frivolous, escapist entertainment?
Asking whether there has been resurgence in Kenyan theatre in the last few years (or even months)
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AP officer shoots woman, kills self in Embakasi
An Administration Police officer on Thursday night shot a woman before turning the gun on himself in a domestic brawl
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More oppose list of county chiefs
President Kibaki’s appointment of 47 county commissioners continued to draw opposition with seven civil society
Standard Newspaper
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At G8 summit, US taps into Africa's 'cheetah generation'
For the G8 summit, Obama unveils a promise by private firms to invest $3 billion in raising Africa's farm productivity.
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Kenya's 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks
While this may be good news for Europeans seeking escape from economic storms at home, it is bad news for Suresh Sofat's tour firm and other Kenyans hoping to cash in on hard currency earnings - especially after 2011 was year of plenty for them.
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Gunmen Attack Night Club Mombassa
Gunmen detonated grenades outside a night club in the Kenyan city of Mombassa on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding several others in the latest attack since Kenya sent troops into Somalia to crush Islamist militants.
