[Imc-africa] Fwd: Visa clearence letter delegates Mali/Nigeria

[Onyango Oloo]

Dear Sphinx:

Thanks for your email message. I did forward the earlier concerns to the
relevant people here in the Secretariat.

John and I are going to meet Fabian and co when they arrive later this
evening at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport here in Nairobi.

I will respond to you separately and directly about the Indymedia Kenya
website since that information may not be relevant to all the people you
have copied on this particular communication.

Please Sphinx and the rest of the Indymedia team remember we are on the SAME
SIDE fighting for the same goals and ideals. We have already expressed our
apologies for the inconveniences you have to go through.

Let us keep in touch.

More later on the IMC-Africa mailing list.

Sincerely,

Onyango Oloo
National Coordinator
Kenya Social Forum @ WSF 2007 Secretariat

-----Original Message-----
From: sphinx [mailto:sphinx at indymedia.org] 
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:02 PM
To: African IMCs and the imc project in Africa; Onyango Oloo
Cc: 'John Bwakali'; 'African IMCs and the imc project in Africa';
davis.ddamulira at sodnet.or.ke; edward at sodnet.or.ke; ongwen at sodnet.or.ke;
okarajulius at yahoo.com; matunga at sodnet.or.ke
Subject: Re: [Imc-africa] Fwd: Visa clearence letter delegates Mali/Nigeria

I definitely hope that the WSF folks will recognize their 
responsibility for all
of this. I mailed and called and mailed and called for days before sometime
finally getting hold of Professor Edwards and we talked and I mailed 
and called
close to a week later to be told that we need scanned photo page of 
passport and
that we need to pay for these letters.
I am very disappointed to say the list. Take a look at all other World
Social
Forums (WSF) before this and you will notice a strange contrast as to how
people tried to make sure things workout for people coming form AFRICA.

OLOO, WHO HAS ADMINSTRATIVE ACCESS TO INDYMEDIA KENYA WEBSITE. This is 
probably
the 4 time I've asked this question and I'm yet to receive an answer. There
is
not event a single feature on that site days before the indymedia
Convergence
Space is to be opened.

Sphinx

Quoting Onyango Oloo <onyango.oloo at sodnet.or.ke>:

> Dear John, Fabian and the Indymedia team:
>
>
>
> I am forwarding your concerns to the relevant people in the  WSF 2007
> Secretariat for immediate action.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Onyango Oloo
>
> National Coordinator
>
> Kenya Social Forum @ WSF 2007 Secretariat
>
> Nairobi
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: John Bwakali [mailto:jonbwak at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 1:36 PM
> To: African IMCs and the imc project in Africa
> Cc: Onyango.Oloo at sodnet.or.ke
> Subject: Re: [Imc-africa] Fwd: Visa clearence letter delegates
Mali/Nigeria
>
>
>
> Fabian and All,
>
> I also share your frustration Fabian and have copied Onyango Oloo the WSF
> coordinator for Kenya and colleague in Indymedia this mail. It appears
that
> Matunga forgot about our people. Even though they are onverwhelmed, the
> primary purpose of WSF is people and people participation should then be
the
> priority. I tried calling you yesterday Fabian but couldn't get through.
>
>
>
> Is it possible to call the specific airlline/s? Are they flying Kenya
> airways? If so, maybe I could drive to the airport here in Nairobi and
talk
> to Kenya Airways as I think I can get them there? Just send me an SMS if
> their tickets are for Kenya Airways. I know you already sent this info
> sometimes back but am not able at this time to dig for it. In the
meantime,
> could colleagues from these countries please text me so that I can call
them
> back and discuss this further?
>
>
>
> John
>
> fabian <fab at in-no.org> wrote:
>
> john,
> I sent this email beneath on the second of January, then it was enough
> time to change flights....
> why don't matunga read his emails...
> it is absolutely impossible to change flights now, on a weekend, with
> one of them sceduled for Sunday!
> The WSF organization office is responsible for this situation, they
> have to come up with a solution.
> They have to refund our money. I am really angry, our delegates have
> started sending them the scanned passport three weeks ago. They
> apparently never arrived. Why would you have an email adress and then
> don't get emails?
> The information that money is needed for this came only the end of
> december. There is not sufficiant information on the website.
> and the most rediculous thing is: Our delegates are African delegates,
> the whole purpose to do the WSF in Africa is to get more Africans to
> the WSF, these people at the WSF office are supposed to co-operate and
> not be a mere pain and obstacle to people who try to get things done.
> They are probably even paid to fuck up like this!
>
> anyone any ideas what to do?
> Fabian
>
>
>
>
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