Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.
- Jose Maria Aznar
#OdeToYouth: Lesson 7 – Have a healthy respect for booze, it has the power to ruin you
“Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whisky, and a dog to eat the rare steak.”
These words by famous TV show Late Night host, Johnny Carson often ring true to me. I do enjoy my whisky. In fact, I daresay that I frequently take ...
OdeToYouth Lesson 6: Run your own race, Keep you eyes on your ball
Its Christmas. And what a year it has been.
A couple of months ago, I made a commitment to write 30 blogposts about what I have learnt these 35 years of my life. Life & Work got in the way these past few weeks but I ...
#OdeToYouth Lesson 5: Forgive your parents and yourself
When I was in my early 20s, I was very angry person. It didn't take much to get me to fly off the handle and over-react with wild gesticulations and loud admonitions. A small slight would cause me to shout at a hapless person and ...
OdeToYouth: Lesson 4: Travel as often as you can
I have had the good fortune to travel to many parts of the world - for a few days in some cases and a few months in others. The places that I visited for a day or two, to attend a conference don't count in ...
#OdeToYouth – Lesson 3: (Guest blogger) – No success without Sacrifice.
My friend, who writes the #PassionatelyKenyan blog is also an ex-youth like me - she is my age. She is a C-level executive for a large government organisation and I can tell you for sure, she has come a looong way. Here's her unedited story.
I am at ...
#OdeToYouth: Lesson 2 – Learn how to sweep a floor
My last day of high school was a Thursday. My mother, one of several accomplished hoteliers and caterers in our family, had arranged that I would start apprenticeship at the Tropical African Dream Hotel in Malindi. Apprentices at the hotel were essentially being given practical ...
#OdetoYouth: Lesson 1 – Learn hard, Make a brave choice
I left Malindi, where I grew up for a major part of my life on January 6th 2000. I knew that moving to the great big city - at a time that my parents had different ideas of what I should do after high school, ...
Ode to youth: 30 days of reflections from an ex-youth.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have spent a bit of time with young(er) people who have come to "sit at my feet" as it were. I really would never imagined the experience of having 'youths' come to see me for advice. It made ...
How many ICU Beds do we have in Kenya?
Over the last couple days, (well, mostly yesterday) I took up the effort of trying to find out just how many ICU Beds we have in Kenya. The findings so far were discouraging:
Kenyatta National Hospital (top referral hospital in East Africa) ...
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