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Champions for Change: Orienting me to my mission

The past couple weeks have been important weeks for me. It just so happens that November 2018 is one of my busiest months and I have felt more than a little overwhelmed in the past few days than most days - so much so that ...

I finally watched Rafiki – and it was interesting

Wanuri Kahiu I finally had the opportunity to watch Rafiki, the movie directed by the globally celebrated Wanuri Kahiu. I was invited to watch it at the Canadian High Commissioner's official residence in Nairobi - a priviledge that I shared with several leading luminaries in the ...

I make my interns and mentees wash cars – here’s why.

(Featured image, courtesy Kwalimwar) As a leader in my organisation - well, as a leader in general, I am passionate about mentorship and passing on what I know to others in generations that follow mine. I think it is tragic that so many people, older than ...

STORY: The Man who walked with the cat at 3am.

It's 3 in the morning and he is outside, walking. The street lamps on the quiet street do nothing to illuminate the darkness engulfing his mind, his heart, his soul. He is finally broken. He wishes now that he was brave enough to end it somehow. Keep ...

Why I want to be a better writer.

I was born to be a writer. To see the world in pure silence, to feel its rhythms and its impulses and to figure out how to express that on paper. On most days, when I am being successful as a writer, I stand in ...

Traditions in the future

Of blogging and how past practices could be useful in making a happy future.  I have lately been encouraging many members of my staff to start blogging and to make it a habit to demonstrate their growth by simply documenting the lessons they learn through their ...

SMART TOILET? GOD, NO.

Hello. I am all for gadgets - everyone knows I am crazy about getting the latest of everything. I never thought I might draw the line somewhere but HERE I draw the line. Smart Toilets? No, sir. Suddenly google knows when I take a dump and ...

Poetry: I live in Silence. 

I live in Silence. A space so vast that even winds tire to tred, a consciousness so deep that light fears to explore, where my scream is swallowed in the buzz of a crowd of the ever present, ever absent, jostling, hustling, pushing for elusive bread with the pain of exertion ...

Can youth speak for themselves?

Are youth capable of leading Africa out of trouble? I recently heard President Olusegun Obasanjo, formerly of Nigeria speak of a letter that he received from a 27 year old young lady (given his advanced age, he called her a girl, and to him she ...