I went to see a Kenyan play Thursday night. Called 'Roll Play' – it dealt with issues of racial tension between the black, white, and Indian population in Kenya. The unique aspect was that the characters were played by actors of different races. How do I explain this – like for example the main character was an old black Kenyan man who is in his last days reflecting on his life – and he is played by a white actor – his wife and daughter are also played by white actors. There are white Kenyans and Indian Kenyans played by black actors. Is this making sense? It was a fairly dramatic piece with a lot of tensions and issues addressed. It was interesting to sit in an audience comprised of these 3 backgrounds and hear the different reactions. To hear who laughed at what.

I really enjoyed it. It was a bit strange to see theatre here. I completely forgot that I was in Kenya. There aren't many venues for this kind of thing in the country. But it was very well done.

After going out for drinks someone brought up the recent Corruption Perceptions Index rankings where Kenya was listed as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. It has a similar score to D.R. Congo (formerly Zaire) and Sudan and has a worse score than places like Liberia and Iraq. (For the full list). Yikes. Oh Kenya, what are you doing? The worst part is that this ranking even comes amidst allegations that the Kenyan government has 'close ties' to the anti-corruption group and that their rating may not have been completely fair. Could Kenya have corrupt the anti-corruption squad? The people here deserve a better government than this.