You should by now know that parts of Kenya are on the brink of full-blown violence following the announcement that Mwai Kibaki has won the hotly disputed Kenyan elections. The Economist has posted an analysis of Kenya's unsound election.
Much thanks to DEMOSH who posted images of the Kenyan elections on Flickr.
This past summer I was in Toronto for a couple of days, and saw an artist working on a chalk drawing on the sidewalk. His work was impressive, so i guess it was a matter of time before someone approached him for a marketing gig.
In the news this week: a new Ebola virus has hit western Uganda; Kony has been given one month to leave the DRC; The falling U.S. dollar may harm Uganda's economy; Rising food prices have implications for the government's industrialization policies; and World Cup qualifiers.
I am a big fan of great design, and I wanted to do something to promote the efforts some Ugandans are making to bring great looking sites to the web. So every month, if I see something great, I will applaud it here. And if I see something horrible, I will call that out too. I wont see everything though, so you are welcome to recommend a site you know and love, or hate.
Best Site: Node Six
On the subject of homosexuality in Uganda, opinions abound. Back in 1999, President Museveni made his position clear by asking the police to arrest gays. His authority notwithstanding, the Sexual Minorities Groups in Uganda held a press conference in August to demand for their rights.
For our regular visitors, the store front has been quite here this week, but we have been working feverishly in the back to bring you some new content and a better user experience along with it.
One of the things that many readers have requested in the past week is a way of finding out who writes for citizenuganda.com, and where else they can be found on the web. Well, we are now exposed for everyone to see and feeling quite vulnerable about it too, so be gentle.
For those of you who have been following this blog, I just want you to know that I will be away from the "editorial desk" for a few days. And since this is a one-man show at the moment, that means that there will be little content this week.
I hope to be back with something worth reading next week.
Ed
The Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting of 2007 is being described as a success. During the three-day summit, the organisation suspended Pakistan from its ranks and produced a climate plan. These are both modest achievements with little international impact except to remind the world that when it comes to human rights and the environment, the Commonwealth can still be a relevant association.
CitizenUganda has made some great strides in a few short weeks. Following a successful upgrade to our publishing platform here, it is time to make some changes to how our content is produced and syndicated.
The upgrade to Drupal 5.3 is complete. This being our first upgrade, the drama was inevitable. There was a moment when everything was wiped off the database. This was followed by panic, yelling, blood letting and self-flagellation.
Thankfully the restoration process went according to plan and the site was back up in less than half an hour.
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