[Imc-africa] Update from Nairobi

[terna gyuse]

[very rough translations ]

hi john, thanks very much for the update.
i am excited to hear that the people coming from maseno are planning on
setting up the community radio setup team.

Je suis content de savoir qu'on commence d'etablir l'equipe de radio a
Maseno.

I will start thinking of how to tailor a few of the workshops to best help
them.

Je vais penser comment creer quelques atelier pour les aider.

in reality, i hope that the people who come to the convergence and
participate in the workshops end up determining what the most important
areas to focus on are.

J'espere que les gens qui assisteront la converegence et participeront aux
ateliers, j'espere qu'ils va decider les priorites pour la formation.

focusing on what the important aspects of community radio are, specific to
kenya, will really help us all.-a

c'est important de planifie une formation qui [focuses] sur les questions
importantes pour la radio communautaire a Kenya.


John Bwakali wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
Visa letters: I am in touch with Oloo about this and intend to try and see
if you can receive the invitation letters this week so that you can start
making any relevant arrangements. I just talked with him a while ago and we
agreed to try and meet tomorrow to follow up on the same.

Chers collegues

Letters pour la visa: je suis en contact avec Oloo. Je vais demander si
c'est possible de les recevoir cette semaine pour commencer vos
preparations. Je lui parlais et nous avons agree de se reunir demain pour
regler ca.

>
>   Accomodation: The WSF will be held at Moi International Sports Centre in
Kasarani, about 10 kilometres from the city centre of Nairobi. On friday
last week, I visited the WSF secretariat here and established that most
activities will take place at Kasarani. As such, the guest house that I had
in mind at Lavington will be a bit far from Kasarani and I have thus
identified another one that is about 10 minutes drive from Kasarani itself.
The proprietor of this guesthouse is a company known as Reed International
whose Director is Allan Busula. I have a meeting with them today (sunday) in
the evening and will send you a full update about the meeting tomorrow.
Given the fact that a lot of people will be looking for accomodation near
the WSF venue, I think that once I agree with Reed International, we should
proceed to secure the guesthouse soonest possible. I will send you the full
address and photos of the house before the end of this week.

Logements: Le FSM sera tenu (gr?) au Moi International Sports Centre a
Kasarani, 10 kilometres de centreville de Nairobi. Le vendredi passe, j'ai
visite le secretariat de FSM et j'ai decouvert que la plupart des activites
sera tenu a Kasarani. Donc, l'auberge que j'ai choisi a Lavington sera un
peu loin de Kasarani. J'ai identifie une autre plus proche, dix minutes a
Kasarani par auto. Le proprietaire de cette auberge est une compagnie, Reed
International; Allan Busula est le directeur. Nous avons une reunion
aujourd'hui (dimanche), je vais vous informer sur les discussions. Parce
qu'il y aura beaucoup de personnes qui cherche des logement pres de FSM, je
vais payer pour cette auberge des que possible. J'envoyerai l'adresse et des
photos par le fin de semaine.

>
> Transport: If we secure the guesthouse that is near the WSF venue, then
people should be able to walk for about 20 - 30 mins to the venue. Otherwise
we can also arrange for a small vehicle to be on standby at the guesthouse
to transport people to the city centre, Kibera and any other place within
Nairobi.
>

Transport: si nous prenons l'auberge pres de FSM, on peu marcher au venue de
conference (20-30 min). Ou nous pouvons avoir une petite auto pour porter
des gens au centreville, Kibera et des autres lieux a Nairobi.

>   Radio Frequency in Nairobi: Last week I was in a meeting with Riruta
Environment Group, an organisation here in Nairobi that sought for a radio
frequency to operate here in Nairobi but they were informed that Nairobi is
for now saturated, so they had to opt for Kitale, a smaller town about 300
kilimeters west of Nairobi. I have however established that there is a new
community radio station in Kibera known as Ghetto FM and another one in
Korogocho (another ghetto about 10 mins drive from WSF venue) known as Miss
Koch FM. If we want to go on air in Nairobi 'legally', then we might want to
talk to these radio stations and strike some sort of partnership. Reed
International has made it clear that they wouldn't want to get into trouble
with the government because an 'illegal' radio is being operated in their
premises (the guesthouse).

Frequence de radio a Nairobi: La semaine passe, j'ai assiste une reunion
avec Riruta Environmnet Group, une group ici a Nairobi qui cherchait une
frequence pour une station. Ils ont decouvert qu'il ne reste plus des
frequences a Nairobi, puis ils ont etablit leur projet de radio a Kitale,
une petite ville 300 kilometres a l'ouest de Nairobi. Mais, je sais qu'il y
a une nouvelle station a Kibera qui s'appelle Ghetto FM, et une autre a
Korogocho (une banlieu/slum a dix minutes de FSM) qui s'appelle Miss Koch
FM. Si nous voulons diffuser legalement, peut-etre nous pouvons discuter et
collaborer avec ces stations. Reed/l'auberge a dit qu'il ne voulons pas
attirer des problemes avec le gouvernement a cause d'un station "illegale"
dans leurs edifices.

>
>   Permanent Radio Station in Maseno: Last friday, I had a meeting with
Felix (the tech radio person from Maseno) and he informed me that things are
on course in Maseno. They are even already putting up the building that will
house the radio station. I have requested him to send a full update to all
of you. We arranged for a group of ten students and lecturers to stay with
other Indymedia people in Nairobi and partake in all our activities in
Nairobi. The long term strategy for the Maseno team to then assist in
setting up other community radio projects in other parts of Kenya.
>

Station de radio a Maseno: vendredi passe, j'ai aussi une reunion avec Felix
(le tech guy de Maseno) et il m'a dit que tout roule bien a Maseno. Ils ont
commence la construction d'une edifice pour la station. J'ai demande qu'il
ecrit une report sur ca pour vous. Nous pensons que dix etudiant(e)s et
professeurs pourraient loger avec les gars d'indymedia a Nairobi et assister
tous nos activites. La strategie a long-terme est que l'equipe de Maseno va
aider l'etablissement des autres projets de radio communautaire partout a
Kenya.

>   Working groups: We are already setting up working groups and soon you
will have the names of the people who are coordinating different things.
>
>   Cheers,
>   John

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