christmas

Hello,
it is already christmas and it has been 4 years since I started this blog. It was around this time that we were having elections here in Kenya and evil unleashed over this country. But we thank God for the peace we have been having since the time a peace deal was brokered by Kofi Annan early 2008.
Just looking back this year tells us how much has happened in the region of East Africa. The New Sudan became an independent nation. Al Shabab has been dealt with and is being dealt with by Kenyan troops which marched into the southern part of the country to wipe out Terrorism. Some repercussions were felt here in Kenya when granates blew up in different parts of the country and killed quite a number of innocent people. And what terrorism tries to achieve has been achieved. People are scared and there are police checks and security checks in many places which never had any security concerns before.
We just had some time off and were able to go down to Mombasa and the picture of the minarett is from the oldest mosque in East africa. During that time I was able to read a couple of books and one of the books I read is written by a Somali lady by the name Ayaan Ali Hirsi. The latest book is called "Nomad" where she gives account of her upbringing as a Muslim girl and how Islam is preventing people from making informed decisions because there is simply no freedom for the individual. It is a good read and recommendable for everyone who wants to understand the problems immigrants face when they come to the west. And also the perception us westerners have when dealing with immigrants especially from Muslim countries.