I had been at a Hope for Kenya Forum meeting, ironically enough, representing CAPI since no one else was available to go. Of course, at the time I did not know why Elizabeth agreed so adamantly when I called her that yes, I should go directly home since the meeting had run late. Turns out there had been an assassination of two activists around the time I was leaving. Oscar Kingara is the founder of Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic here in Nairobi. He and his passenger were stuck in traffic as I would soon be when a hail of bullets killed them both. I do not really know all the details yet--of that or the riot that followed on the university grounds--but I am sure I will learn more tonight when I get home. Oscar apparently was NOT linked to the Mungiki Gang (aka Kenyan Mafia) as some reports are saying but I don't know that for sure yet either. As one friend has already pointed out, trouble seems to have followed me here but I am very SAFE if anyone happens to be wondering.
I hope to go to see Principal Melnyk's elephant tomorrow if I can find the matatu that will take me there. Stay tuned for photos next week of that if it works out.
Enjoy the weekend.
Suz
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