by Adrian Gregorich | Feb 14, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
In this interview Drew Boyd, the Sentinel Project’s Kenya Situation of Concern Team Lead, weighs in on rumour-spreading in the Tana Delta, emerging trends in our field research and aspirations for the future of Una Hakika. What were your expectations for the Una...
by John Green Otunga | Feb 7, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements
by John Green and Christine Mutisya After a long, eventful journey we finally reached the Tana Delta – Garsen town to be specific. As we are both from Nairobi, we experienced a drastic change in the climate, Garsen being very hot and dusty. The level of development,...
by Adrian Gregorich | Feb 3, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements
Yesterday Sentinel Project team members working on the Una Hakika project here in Kenya traveled to the village of Kipao to conduct a baseline survey to gain insight into the community members’ sources of information and assess their response to harmful...
by Adrian Gregorich | Jan 31, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
Yesterday members of the Sentinel Project were invited to the Tana Delta Peace Forum held in the Maridhiano Hall in Minjila village, outside of Garsen. The Peace Forum is held once a month and is attended by NGO and government representatives from around the area,...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 27, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements
This morning Canadian members of the Sentinel Project met with our new Kenyan staff members for a day-long orientation facilitated by our partners at iHub Research in Nairobi. iHub Research is a leader in technology research not only in Kenya but also all across...
by Sentinel Project | Jan 25, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements
Between August 2012 and January 2013, the Tana Delta area of eastern Kenya experienced a series of massacres between the Orma and Pokomo ethnic groups. The killings took the lives of an estimated 166 people and displaced tens of thousands from their homes. These...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Nov 29, 2013 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
Earlier this week, we returned from our first visit to Kenya since initiating the Tana Delta Misinformation Project last month. Abhishek, John, and I made a brief planning visit to get things started and I want to share a quick update with everyone following our...
by Sentinel Project | Nov 22, 2012 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern
The Sentinel Project has updated its annual assessment on the risk of genocide in Kenya and has maintained Kenya as a situation of concern with the “High” risk rating established in 2011. Our teams of analysts have revised the original report to reflect recent...
by Sentinel Project | Aug 28, 2012 | General News
Over 200 Kenyans have been killed in ethnic clashes since January, according to the head of Kenya’s Red Cross, warning the unrest follows patterns of violence seen ahead of previous elections. Kenya is gearing up for a general election in March, the first since...
