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 …
The other day Raila Odinga declared that he would be sworn in as President on 12th December. I dare say here and now that Raila was calling our bluff. And this why. Towards his sunset years, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga had selected one James Aggrey Orengo to take over the leadership of the Luo community. Orengo …
Dear Kinaga, I will cut to the chase with the niceties. We both know why I am writing. So let’s dive right through it. Back in the day, I had this amazing drive to grow up and become an adult. I vividly recall when I was 10, I couldn’t wait to become a teenager. Then …
Over the past couple of months, it has proven quite difficult to express my political opinion without indulging my bias. And it’s not just me. I have witnessed many of my friends struggle too. But more often than not, I believe that I have done justice to myself by being honest with the most important …
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(Photo Courtesy) In the US, after many years of civil rights activism across different states by the likes of Martin Luther King, Wyatt Walker and others, the true break for the movement happened in Birmingham, Alabama on May 3, 1963 when school kids took to the streets to protest against racial discrimination. In the dailies …
Close to four years ago, when President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed the late General Nkaissery as the CS for Interior, I wrote him a letter. An open letter as a concerned citizen. In this letter I expressed my worries on the national state of our security. I was worried of another Mpeketoni attack closer home; or …