It's complicated. I think the biggest problem we have here is that people prefer International content and sites to Kenyan sites in general. You'll find that if I write a story about A, he'll never even bother to share it but if an International site does it, it's a real honour to them and they'll share the hell out of it. Also, even just news consumption. It's always better if it's foreign. A lot of traffic also goes to social networks and porn sites which we really don't have here.

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Sylvia Musalagani <smusalagani@hivos.org> wrote:

Hi James,

I agree it is very unfortunate. It would be interesting to know why this is the case. Is the local content available online easily accessible and relevant to Kenyans? How are we promoting local content online and who is responsible for ensuring that we have more local content being consumed by Kenyans online?

Kind regards,

Sylvia Musalagani

Open Society
Freedom of Expression

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Sent: Thursday, 24 September, 2015 11:40:58
Subject: [kictanet] Most visited websites in Kenya

Hello listers,

I think it's unfortunate that over 300 of the top 500 most visited websites in Kenya are international http://www.hapakenya.com/2015/09/21/blogs-dominate-the-list-of-most-visited-kenyan-websites/

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