Today we have a glimmer of sunshine 'leo kuna jewa' (yes I am working on my swahili!)..although for all of you back in the UK I hasten to add that it is still cold and mostly grey, so I won't be sporting any kind of tan when you next see me.

We're finally settling into a routine here, getting into the office early at 7.45 and leaving at 4.30 (awesome). The early run takes 10mins...the ride hope can take 45mins due to crazy driving and crazy traffic. Like many countries in the developing world the number of cars has grown exponentially, but the infrastructure hasn't kept up.

Being in a lovely clean spacious taxi also makes me feel a little guilty, as the route to work and our location clearly juxtaposes the haves..and the have nots. Our apartment block backs onto a golf course, and just beyond that is the huge, sprawling Nairobi slum, Kibera. Our drive to work takes us past a couple of the main entrances and the hoardes of people leaving Kibera to walk to work...like a giant line of ants we see leaving the slum in the day, and heading home there at night.

AMREF work in Kibera, so Garret and I are hoping to visit next week to give us a better perspective on life there and how despite such an impoverished existence almost everyone still leaves looking smart and well turned out for work.

From a work perspective we're still in limbo. Today is our final day of inductions and meeting people before the real work begins next week. It is already clear there are some very high calibre and capable people here and that an organisation they do some fantastic work. That said there is also duplication, silo-ed working and lack of visibility between directorates (much like GSK), so Garret and I are hoping to be able to cut across this to move our project forwards.

Have a great weekend, we're off to be tourist tomorrow and take in the animal orphanage and the giraffe manor, hopefully that means I'll have some good pictures to share with you all.

Kim x