Does it sometimes seem like everything hits at once? Kenya is getting called out by President Obama as needing to reform its corrupt practices. Even in my short time dealing with Kenya, I can see that these systems are in place and will probably need to be navigated around. Fortunately, none of the people we'll be dealing with directly are involved in any of that. But this can be a part of doing business in any part of the world (whether its called outright a bribe or disguised as a legitimate "fee", it still amounts to the same thing... Yes, I'm talking to you BofA!)
At the same time, Kofi Annan, former head of the UN, basically dropped Kenya into a world of trouble when he decided to, more or less, wash his hands of the whole Post-Election Violence investigation. It seems that the Kenyan's, rather than launching a legitimate investigation into the violence of nearly two years ago, had almost managed to get another one year extension on their ongoing investigation. Annan said, "Justice delayed is justice denied," and turned in all of his paperwork to the Hague which has decided to launch it's own investigation into the post-election violence. The Kenyan government is now scrambling to show that its investigation is ongoing and yielding results, especially since the current political leaders of the country will not be exempt from the Hague's investigation.
The same thing seems to be happening to my Friday, though on a far smaller and more annoying scale. Work is difficult... but at least difficulties mean that I still have work, and for that I'm grateful.
Have a good weekend.
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