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		<title>The dehumanising effect of animal personhood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To argue that owning a pet is the same as being a parent is to dehumanise a child.  Animal rights and human rights are not mutually exclusive but we when our fight for animal rights involves assigning personhood to animals we need to re-examine our priorities.]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2010/09/04/the-dehumanising-effect-of-animal-personhood/</link>
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		<title>First Political Memory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Young Foundation is inviting people to share their first political memory. The First Political Memory Project aims to: reconnect people’s everyday lives with politics through collecting and sharing stories of when people first became aware of the bigger world around them. I grew up in a very political household so trying to identify my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2010/03/28/first-political-memory/</link>
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		<title>Wake-up call from Zuqka Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Kamau Mutunga of Daily Nation's Zuqka Magazine for writing about my blog.  I have neglected this blog for too long....]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2010/03/07/wake-up-call-from-zuqka-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Only a racist votes for a racist party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We need to be consistent in our condemnation of the BNP and its supporters. If the party is racist then so are its followers and maybe its time to revoke its political party status]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2009/06/08/only-a-racist-votes-for-a-racist-party/</link>
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		<title>You Talking To Me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love to talk. I talk a lot. I have been called a chatter-box by more than one family member. Anyone who went to school in Kenya is familiar with the noisemakers list; a list of the names of any student who dared to speak in class while the teacher was out of the room. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2008/04/04/you-talking-to-me/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Tell Me Who I am</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing up and living as a Kenyan abroad you get accustomed to people asking the most ridiculous questions about your country of origin. I have on one occasion been asked if I know someone called John, because apparently John was in Kenya. No hang on, John was in Ghana but what does it matter? I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2008/04/01/dont-tell-me-who-i-am/</link>
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		<title>Kenyan Bloggers&#8217; Day 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted from KUL Admin blog Introduction On June 1st 2007, Kenyans everywhere will be celebrating Madaraka Day. Madaraka Day commemorates the day that Kenya attained internal self-rule following an important milestone on the road to independence. To mark this event, we would like to invite members of the Kenyan Bloggers Webring to blog in unison [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2007/05/31/kenyan-bloggers-day-2007/</link>
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		<title>Laptop Must Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I left the UK for Abuja I took with me (amongst other things) the Dr’s old laptop, which he had recently swapped for a very shiny Sony Vaio. The Dr’s old laptop was at that time (mid August) around 5 years old which in laptop years is approximately 55 years old but it still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2007/03/29/laptop-must-go/</link>
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		<title>I Just De Greet You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first arrived in Abuja I did a post entitled ‘Wetin Dey Happen’ and this would have a good time for my Nigerian friends to inform me that there a myriad of ways for us to ‘greet ourselves’ here in Naija. Below is what I have managed to come across so far and would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2007/01/19/i-just-de-greet-you/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In many ways I am glad to see the back of 2006. It has been a rather unsettling year with many unexpected events; however even in all the chaos 2006 has had some flashes of pure joy. Top of the list no doubt has been the support of friends and family especially during the time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://beginsathome.com/2007/01/03/happy-new-year-2/</link>
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