Sankara Nairobi is hosting two nights of food and wine on the 4th and 5th of October.
The wine is by award winning Dalla Cia wines, and the menu by Executive Chef Gaetano.
Prior reservations required.
Photo Exhibition by Luvai Gohar, Until Oct. 16 2013 @ Que Pasa Bar & Bistro – Karen
Venue: Que Pasa Bar & Bistro, Karen
For more info. visit event Facebook page
Japanese Anime Festival, Oct. 5 2013 @ Japan Information & Culture Centre – Embassy of Japan
The Japan Information & Culture Centre would like to invite you to the Japanese Anime Festival which will be held on Saturday, 5th October 2013. The details of the Festival are as follows:
Date: Saturday, 5th October 2013
Venue: Japan Information and Culture Centre – Embassy of Japan
Gates Open: 9:30 am
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Entry: Free*
Three movies will be shown during the Japanese Anime Festival. These are ‘Miyori in the Sacred Forest’, ‘5 Centimeters per Second’ and ‘The Place Promised in our Early Days’. In addition to the movie screening, there will be a manga display, fact sheets display and a cosplay competition.
Please find attached a detailed information brochure: Anime Festival Brochure
* In order to attend the Japanese Anime Festival, kindly note that it will be necessary to register beforehand.
Early registration will also be necessary prior to attending functions at the Embassy of Japan. To register, kindly send an email to jinfocul@nb.mofa.go.jp or call 020-2898510.
In addition, kindly note that lunch and drinks will not be served during the Japanese Anime Festival. We encourage you to carry your own.
In case you have any inquiries, please call us on 020-2898-510 or email jinfocul@nb.mofa.go.jp
Fatuma’s Voice: Who is Watching Who? Oct. 4 2013 @ Pawa 254 Hub
Date: October 4, 2013
Venue: Pawa254 Hub
Time: 4-7 pm
Entry: Kshs 100
Poetry from: Hînga Mwonjoria, Poppa Stev-o (ex- convict), KITUI THE POET, Tela Abala, Oduor Jagero-Koa (African bull), Poet Tear Drops, Mollow Dickens (Gun shot survivor), Brian Otieno (Black man in white teeth), among others.
This week on Fatuma’s Voice
Do crime rates reduce as a result of the government fitting in cctv cameras around town? Are the people who man them competent enough so that the mwananchi could experience their effectiveness? Or are these simply moves to blind people that something is being done about insecurity?
How would you rate our police on a scale of 1-10? Who watches over their actions since they watch over ours? What is the law? Who is the law??
‘Who watches over who?’ is the question we are asking ourselves this Friday on #FatumasVoice. If you have nothing to say, then come listen to what others have to say. A lasting solution could pop up in your mind, for after we speak, we act. It’s the only way we can make a difference, by walking the talk.
Screening: Last to Know with the Author Utz Rachowski, Oct. 2 2013 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium
Date & Time: October 2, 2013 at 6.00 pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Entry: Free
This film is about the period of time when the border between East Germany (GDR) and West Germany (FRG) was closed in 1961.
Event organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Blankets and Wine XLVII Pick Up The Pieces [in solidarity with victims of Westgate Attack], Oct. 6 2013 @ Carnivore Grounds
Date: October 6, 2013
Venue: Carnivore Grounds
Time: 2 pm
Tickets: Gate Kshs 2000|Advance Kshs 1500, Children between 5-12 years pay Ksh. 500 and free for children under the age of 5.
Performances by: Sauti Sol, Atemi Oyungu, Chris Adwar & The Villagers Band, Aaron Rimbui, Sarabi and Yellow Light Machine
The Sensational Sarabi Performing: A new beginning a new dawn
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More info here
Proceeds from this concert will be donated to the Kenya Red Cross in support of victims of the tragedy.
3rd Annual Goat Derby & Motown in Nairobi, Oct. 5 2013 @ Jockey Club of Kenya
Date: October 5, 2013
Venue: Jockey Club of Kenya, Ngong Racecourse
Time: 7pm
Tickets: Adults Kshs 2000, Kids 500
Trio Exhibition: Wamama wa Kazi, Oct. 8-30 2013 @ National Museum
Wamama wa Kazi
A trio exhibition by Maryann Muthoni, Carol Mbirua and Esther Mukuhi, exploring the Kenyan woman; – her duties, her beauty and her love that brings about happiness, comfort, inspiration and calmness.
Exhibition dates: 5th- 31st October 2013
Venue: National Museum
Entry: Normal Museum rates apply
VIP viewing
Date: October 3, 2013
Venue: at the Strut It Afrika Fashion Week at the Shifteye Gallery, the Priory, Hurlinghaum.
Tickets Ksh 20,000
Nairobi Forum: LAPSSET – A Transformative Project or a Pipe Dream? – Oct. 4 2013 @ BIEA
LAPSSET: A Transformative Project or a Pipe Dream?
Date: October 4, 2013
Venue: Seminar Room, The British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), Kileleshwa
Time: 2-5 pm
Entrance is by prior registration only. Register here.
Context
The Lamu Port-South Sudan Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) is an extremely ambitious project. There are multiple elements rolled up in this project: the development of a new port at Lamu; an oil pipeline from that port to South Sudan; road and railway links; and a possible line to southern Ethiopia. There are also plans for a new international airport and new ‘resort cities’ along the line of the rail. The completion of any one of these elements would have a significant impact; in combination they might transform the region.
Each one of the multiple elements of the scheme carries a significant price tag, and LAPSSET has been derided by some observers as more of a pipe dream than a pipeline. Others have drawn attention to other kinds of cost, arguing that the project will have negative consequences for environments and communities, from Lamu itself to the many pastoralist groups who live along the planned line of the project. Political volatility in the region, especially in Somalia, is also a challenge. Yet the project evidently also has the potential to promote regional trade and boost national economies, overcoming the limitations of a transport network whose basic architecture is still that laid down in the early years of colonial rule.
The Nairobi Forum of the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is organising a public meeting on the LAPSSET that will discuss the opportunities and challenges that this major project will have on individual member states and the wider region. Speakers and participants will be drawn from the government, academia, donors, researchers and the affected communities.
Discussants
Chair: Prof. Justin Willis, University of Durham
Panellists: Mr Silvester Kasuku – CEO LAPSSET, Mr Jonathan Lodompui -Director Vision 2030, Ms Shakila Abdalla MP Lamu East, Mr Abdikadir Omar MP Balambala, Garissa, Dr Ekuru Aukot – Lawyer & Chief Spokesperson, G47
Useful link
Lapsset Tracker: http://lapssettracker.blogspot.com/