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Aug 6, 20173 min read
It is your constitutional duty to protect votes and lives this period
Published first in the Sunday Standard, August 6, 2017 The helicopters have stopped flying. The music has stopped blaring at us and the...
Jul 30, 20173 min read
Ensure all Kenyans vote, all votes count and all Kenyans remain safe
The General Elections are now less than 240 hours away. 92-year-old nationalist and writer Muthoni Likimani will be among 19 million...
Jul 23, 20173 min read
An independent mind is no longer dangerous
I am dying. We all are. No-one escapes this life alive. With this certainty, we can all turn to the legacies we want for ourselves and...
Jul 16, 20173 min read
What could the South Sudanese sunrise generation do next?
In the shadows of every conflict, men and women carefully move to repair their societies. Collecting and re-assembling shattered pieces...
Jul 9, 20173 min read
Caught in a storm of fake news, inflammatory comments? Here’s what you could do
Kenyans could borrow a lesson or two from the late Amilcar Cabral. The Guinea Bissau leader often rallied the independence movement with...
Jul 2, 20173 min read
End the cynicism surrounding party manifestos
Declarations have no power in the presence of resignation and cynicism. If we are honest, most of us paid too little attention to the...
Jun 26, 20172 min read
Meet Reverend Frank Chikane, Kagiso Trust
Got to meet a leader I have always admired this week at the #KCDFat20 #DurableDevelopment conference. His personal and professional life...
Jun 25, 20173 min read
Financially independent civic and community NGOs are vital
The Kenya Community Development Foundation turned 20 this week. 300 community and civic leaders from Kenya and as far away as South...
Jun 18, 20173 min read
Effective fatherhood can can heal homes, transform the country
Of all the changes happening to Kenya, the most important is taking place within our families and personal relationships. A crisis is...
Jun 11, 20173 min read
Doubt it no more, triggers of political violence are known
If we are not careful, the past creeps up and creates our future. Last week we tragically buried 17 GSU officers and 3 young boys from...
Jun 5, 20173 min read
Electoral commission failed us by clearing tainted candidates
First published Sunday Standard, June 4, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group For some, the Independent...
May 28, 20173 min read
Are you suffering from Corruption Stress Disorder?
Kenyans are not apathetic, but we may just be suffering from Corruption Stress Disorder (CSD). CSD is a mental health condition...
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