What is the significance of the Wagalla Massacre for us today?
Thirty-three years ago today marks one of our darkest moments in history. On an isolated and abandoned airstrip in a marginalised...
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Feb 5, 20173 min read
Time to interrupt the climate denialists among us
To my shame, I realize I might just have grown up a climate change denialist. Sitting in the presence of 40 climate and energy...
Jan 29, 20173 min read
National Government and PBOs need to talk
Irish stateswoman Bernadette Mc Aliskey’s words this week continue to ring in my ears. She said, “Most activists don’t choose activism,...
Jan 22, 20173 min read
The joys of active citizenship
First published Sunday Standard, January 22, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group Something phenomenal and...
Jan 15, 20173 min read
Is it time to change tack over the public health crisis?
This past week, the public health crisis just took an even dangerous turn. Judge Hellen Wasilwa’s emotionally delivered judgement this...
Jan 8, 20173 min read
Politics too important to leave to politicians
In the last few hours of 2016 a colleague argued passionately, “In 2017, NGOs, social movements and civic associations must give up...
Jan 7, 20173 min read
Lets all safeguard human rights gains
Seventy years ago, world leaders gathered in Paris to declare never again to the violent atrocities seen in Nazi Germany. Facing their...
Sep 23, 20167 min read
International CSOs in a differentiated, globalised and networked world: Five traits they must drop
What INGOs are missing is an institutional culture of behaviours and traits that keep them empowered today. Here's five.
Aug 18, 20161 min read
Presentation to the Mwamdudu school community, August 8th
Hii mapambano ilianza na wanafunzi wa Langata road primary school. Mimi na wengine hapa tulikua huko. Viongozi wa Serikali kutoka pande...
Mar 31, 20165 min read
Thoughts ahead of the 2016 State of the Nation Address, Kenya, 31 March 2016
This blog draws on the points made on Citizen #Cheche breakfast show, 30 March Part 1: https://youtu.be/XW76YtgIH-0 Part 2:...
Feb 22, 20163 min read
Reflections on turning 50: February 22, 2016
Once I step over the word amazement, two words describe turning 50 on February 22; alive and self-expressed. I was born on February 22...
Feb 9, 20162 min read
Six pillars for building better societies with women
Opening remarks to the Timeless Women’s Conference 2016, Nairobi #TIMELESS2016 I grew up in a pre-dominantly female household of sisters....
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