In a small side hall inside a ministry building, a group of young developers and artists huddled over their laptops. Half-filled Fanta and Coke bottles sat forgotten in the center of the table as the group worked in studied concentration while gospel music played in the background. With crumpled candy wrappers lying nearby, the scene was reminiscent of a college dorm hall or cafeteria. But but rather than cramming for exams, these young Kenyans were trying to hack government corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cCorruption has affected everybody in the country directly,\u201d\u009d said software developer Brian Birir, a lead organizer for the event last weekend. \u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019s really impeding the development of our country. And it\u2019s in our churches. But very few people are actually fighting it.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
In Nairobi \u201d\u201d a city of heavily charismatic and evangelical Christian faiths \u201d\u201d religion and technology, two of its most robust economies, don\u2019t always know how to speak to each other.<\/p>\n