Entries Written By Al Kags
Kiama’s arrest by overzealous cops, is wrong
I learnt with much concern about the arrest of Human Rights Advocate, Mutemi wa Kiama. He was arrested because he created a poster that purported to be a notice to “the world at large” that President Uhuru Kenyatta “is not authorised to act or transact on behalf of the Republic of Kenya and that future …
Beyond the top 1% of Kenyans and the employed, there are Kenyans who don’t exist.
A couple of weeks ago, there was an article in the Business Daily that has costed me many nights of sleep and much consternation. That report has been a major distraction in my mind these past couple of weeks that I almost have been able to really think of little else. The article quoted the …
What Gen Z want us to know about them
I have the good fortune of having lived four decades and with the age, I accumulated the experiences to give me the benefit of hindsight and some nuggets of foresight. I would not imply that these (the hindsight and foresight) come automatically as a factor of age. One does have to exert one’s thoughtfulness to …
We don’t know what good healthcare looks like
This may well be my shortest blogpost this year. It is late at night as I quickly jot it down and I have had a long day – and another tough one is waiting for me tomorrow. I was having a strategic conversation about public hospitals in Kenya and in Africa and how they have …
Working from home: how professional growth could be stunted
In my last blog post, I intimated that our organisation, The Open Institute, has resolved to close our offices and for all of our staff to work from home. Based on this, I talked about my considering to move to shags (back to the village whence I came) to continue to work from there and …