2015 - Al Kags — Strategist, Social Entrepreneur, Writer

July 10, 2015

A grand old man passes away, leaving life-long lessons behind.

When I met Mungai Gatoro in 2009, I was awed by his simple eloquence - regardless of what language he was speaking. He spoke Gikuyu, Kimeru, Kiembu, Kiswahili, English and French flawlessly. It was interesting to watch him outside his homestead speaking with different people in ...

April 27, 2015

Of bored youth and the rise of pedestrianism

Today I had the good fortune of spending some quality time with a young lady who I work with closely. In the discussion that we had, I learnt that we as a country (and maybe globally) - certainly those of us getting on with age ...

April 20, 2015

I trudge alone.

I trudge alone, Though it doesn't seem so, From the day I left her house of warmth Amidst tears and fervent protestations I was shoved out into this cold bitter path In which i trudge alone. Onward i am forced Towards the cul-de-sac that i hope That i hope is warm as ...

April 8, 2015

Proposals to build on: How about we crowd-implement mega public projects?

In my blogpost from two days ago, I made some proposals for a concerted effort to make the northern frontier of Kenya more secure - from Lokichoggio and Sibiloi in the Northwest to Pokot and Marsabit slightly further south to Garissa, Wajir and Mandera. A ...

April 6, 2015

Garissa #147. Proposals to build on.

147 people lost their lives in Garissa two days ago. I do not feel capable of speaking to that incredible loss. What is there to say, I could reiterate like Boniface Mwangi that Corruption killed them. I could pontificate about the culpability of the government, ...

February 25, 2015

Larry Madowo on Digital Migration (Oops!) – a hoi polloi response.

Larry Madowo has spoken on digital migration and as a Kenyan (who is a big Larry Madowo fan), I am perplexed. For one, I am perplexed at his tone. As a public personality myself (okay, just on social media - and not nearly as big time ...

February 3, 2015

Masaibu: couples at the supermarket – heaven and hell depending on who you ask.

Have you ever watched couples in the supermarket? The chap usually looks (and feels, I assure you) like he would calmly stroll over to the knife section and stab himself multiple times... he is using his limited intelligence to finds all ways to exercise patience. He ...

February 1, 2015

7 Jobs that will soon be extinct – and 1 industry that has radically changed.

There was a time when to make a phone call, you needed to find your way to a building (home, office etc) to find a telephone to call someone who, to recieve your call, needed to be near a phone in another building. In those ...

January 18, 2015

Flow-etry: I need a prayer

I need a prayer. I. need. A prayer. A prayer for divine consolation, insulation - at least a diversion to rid my brain of these reverberations… See, these reverberations going through my head render me utterly disconsolate with acrid pictures of devilish sphincters, lurid images of legs and arms and ...

January 16, 2015

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