Numerous presidential directives have been issued since President Uhuru Kenyatta first assumed office. One of these includes a 2015 directive that all public schools in the country be titled. This came as a response to the now famous demonstration by the Langata Primary School community on 19th January 2015, where innocent but brave pupils were …
If you are in your late 20s or early 30s, at the tipping point of self-discovery and awakening, then you will definitely agree with me that the passing on of President Moi, has been conflicting. Personally, I have struggled to read the endless acres of words in our newspapers or follow the interviews on TV celebrating …
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I sat there as my thoughts kept racing up and down. I tried looking back at the last couple of months and what they had been like. We had been here a couple of times before since February of that year. But it had always been the usual visits. Nothing unusual. In fact, on a …
Many people believe in different things. I personally believe in writing down dreams as one of the first steps to achieving them. As with everyone else, towards the end of 2017, I took time to take stock of what my gains had been. And for the first time in a couple of years, I had …
The past couple of months have seen Kenyans increasingly engaged on the subject of secession. The debate was most recently sparked off by an article written by David Ndii in March 2016 who argued in his Saturday Nation Column that Kenya ‘was an abusive marriage’ and thereafter went on to call for ‘divorce’. A few …
In his book, “How Change Happens“, Duncan Green presents a theory I have come to ascribe to. The convergence of active and patriotic citizens, and responsive governments in changing the world. And he goes on to give tens of real examples of how ordinary citizens are changing their own communities. From the brave Chiquitanos in …