My wishlist for rebuilding Kenya: One The electioneering period is over and President William S Ruto has taken to his office with an encouraging start. I buy his articulated philosophy November 6, 2022 2:33 pm No Comments
Nostalgia, technology and other thoughts Today, I listened to my friend David Sasaki talk on his substack about technology and nostalgia. He sent me down a nostalgic path of October 25, 2022 10:38 am No Comments
It’s time to raise the standards of how we manage sport in Africa Reflections from the Africa Youth Chess Championships 2022 in Lusaka, Zambia My son and I have just returned from Lusaka, where he and 20 July 13, 2022 1:59 am 2 Comments
On the realities of farming and the challenges of funders I have been a farmer for about eight months, having moved to Malindi my home town at the beginning of the year. Before that September 3, 2021 12:43 pm No Comments
Thinking about Hewlett Foundation’s Strategy and Decolonising Philanthropy In this blogpost, I decided to be a bit presumptive – to pronounce myself on the idea of decolonising development (and by extension, philanthropy) August 23, 2021 1:24 am 2 Comments
These are ways to make people count A couple of weeks ago, I wrote here about Mama Furaha, a woman that I met that does not officially exist and how many June 24, 2021 1:23 am No Comments
There are people who don’t exist (Story 1) The story of Mama Furaha and her group (Kilifi County). There are people who live in Kenya but don’t exist. Mama Furaha is 40 June 9, 2021 5:14 pm One Comment
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 February 26, 2021 2:20 am One Comment
Proposed law could take us back to the dark days I was alarmed to read an article in this newspaper on Wednesday that said Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i may soon access mobile phone June 26, 2020 9:24 pm No Comments
Time to Re-imagine the police The murder of George Floyd, an African American man by American police has put the global focus on the police and their role in June 20, 2020 1:14 am No Comments