KENYA RENTS CROWD TO LOBBY FOR HAITI DEPLOYMENT

Kenya's plan to deploy police officers to Haiti does not enjoy support among ordinary people. So, you can imagine African Stream's surprise at seeing a group of Kenyans donning 'Africa4Haiti' T-shirts at a 24 January event dubbed 'Hands Off Haiti.'

The group's inability to articulate reasons for supporting the Haiti mission confirmed our suspicion that they were a crowd-for-hire lot. The phenomenon is not unique to Kenya, as African Stream Assistant Operations Manager Clinton Nzala attests from his experience in Zambia.

The lobby group's 'Chief Inspiration Officer' later presented his case on a popular Nairobi-based radio programme. We got a good laugh out of that.

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