Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Kenya Election Debates - Encounter with the GSU

Before the elections Kenya help televised debates with all the 8 candidates present. This was the first time for such an event in Kenya and most of Kenya watched them. There were some real characters among the 8 and also some thorny issues for the participants to defend. For the second round I was in Nairobi  and watched the first 2 hours from a bar in the CBD. Then I returned to the hotel for the second half. En-route I passed the Tom Mboya statue and square where there was a big screen and a large crowd. At the back there was a large green army truck full of GSU (General Service Unit of the Army – the most feared of security teams in Kenya) luckily all was peaceful so and a smile and wave from the passing Mzungu managed to crack one or two of the stern faces on the truck into a smile. They are human really……… 


I decided taking a photo was probably pushing it a bit  :)

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