We don’t know what good healthcare looks like
This may well be my shortest blogpost this year. It is ...
26 February, 2021 / 1 Comment
Working from home: how professional growth could be stunted
In my last blog post, I intimated that our organisation...
29 January, 2021 / 1 Comment
What if I moved to the village?
2021 is promising to be a year of some fundamental chan...
09 January, 2021 / 5 Comments
The Age of the buffoon leader is over
Back in 2013, I wondered whether in the likes of Gideon...
31 December, 2020 / No comment
Me on Entrepreneurship
As featured on the Talk Africa Podcast I had the good f...
23 September, 2020 / No comment
Knowing my father – my Engage Talk
Also see: I accept. Farewell, Sensei. This is the story...
28 July, 2020 / No comment
It’s time we gave up our privilege
As the coronavirus matches on throughout the world, yet...
03 July, 2020 / No comment
Proposed law could take us back to the dark days
I was alarmed to read an article in this newspaper on W...
26 June, 2020 / No comment
Time to Re-imagine the police
The murder of George Floyd, an African American man by ...
20 June, 2020 / No comment
Living Memories: I married a paramount chief when I was a teenager.
I am passionate about learning from the past and I have...
14 June, 2020 / No comment
Men & menstruation: do we have a role to play?
This article was first published in my column in the St...
29 May, 2020 / No comment
Daddy, I’m bleeding!
Short story by Al Kags The music was playing on the rad...
29 May, 2020 / No comment
No more COVID-19 news, please. I need to stay sane.
I am tired of hearing about COVID-19. The thing is, whi...
27 May, 2020 / No comment
The lessons of the Sand Mandala: What can you do with a billion that you can’t do with a hundred million?
In my meditations this morning, I reflected on the Sand...
22 May, 2020 / No comment
It’s time to rethink role of State in the economy
This article was first published in the Standard newspa...
22 May, 2020 / No comment
Funerals may never be the same again
This article was first published in the Standard. On Ap...
15 May, 2020 / No comment
Mixed signals to blame for surge in coronavirus infections
This article was first published in The Standard. On We...
08 May, 2020 / No comment
If you think things are bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
As we come to the end of April, I fear that we must bra...
24 April, 2020 / No comment
Two elderly men who can’t sit still at home
“It could be worse,” said my grandfather. T...
20 April, 2020 / No comment
Data Governance: We must be careful how data is used in fighting COVID
Originally published in the Standard, April 3, 2020 Tim...
09 April, 2020 / No comment
A new normal is in the offing: are we ready?
Originally published in The Standard, March 27, 2020 As...
28 March, 2020 / No comment
Home education can help our children thrive beyond this crisis
Originally Published in The Standard, March 20, 2020. â...
21 March, 2020 / No comment
The terror of our times, my encounters with the Coronavirus
This opinion was first published in The Standard newspa...
13 March, 2020 / No comment
Women make futures & we do not see them
#IWD2020 #EachforEqual When I was a teenager, there cam...
08 March, 2020 / No comment
The anatomy of fear.
Worries & sleeplessness about Covid-19 I write this...
06 March, 2020 / No comment
Rambling about the fishy Kenyan economy. Should we anticipate a crash?
Today, I read a story in the newspapers that Kenyans ar...
19 February, 2020 / No comment
The player of all time.
I would never claim to be a basket ball fan of any real...
27 January, 2020 / No comment
3% Tax on turnover is a terrible idea.
A tax on Turnover is a tax on investments. One of my fa...
11 January, 2020 / No comment
Awards: Top under 40 Men 2019
I am excited to have been recognised as one of 40 outst...
13 December, 2019 / No comment
I came this close to dying… now I must live.
About a month ago, I came this close to dying. I had be...
21 October, 2019 / No comment
Xenophobia is an Africawide struggle for freedom
In recent days, one has watched the news to see South A...
06 September, 2019 / No comment
39. What this birthday means to me.
Today, I turn 39 years old. I am far from my family but...
13 August, 2019 / No comment
The 77%: This is your month
About 770 million people in Africa are aged below 35 ye...
01 August, 2019 / No comment
My experience searching for a Personal Assistant and other stories
Over the past few months, I have been on an employment ...
30 June, 2019 / No comment
Dear Oprah, Please run for POTUS
Oprah Winfrey is the one Dem that can unify them all I ...
26 June, 2019 / No comment
Writing and the constraints of time
Lately, I have been reading the legendary philanthropis...
25 June, 2019 / No comment
I have paid my taxes and it doesn’t feel good.
With all the stories of corruption, misuse of funds and...
24 June, 2019 / No comment
Imagine the future
Imagine this: you wake up in the morning and go brush y...
12 May, 2019 / No comment
Citizen Generated Data vs. Official Statistics
Should Citizen Generated Data be official? If not, does...
08 May, 2019 / No comment
Stop Crying (Spoken Word)
I gotta stop crying. Stop moaning about this sordid rou...
03 May, 2019 / No comment
The bespoke business: why they should succeed
bespoke/bɪˈspəʊk/ . adjectiveBRITISH adjective: bes...
10 April, 2019 / No comment
2019 – What’s new – Part II
I started this conversation last week and as I mentione...
14 January, 2019 / No comment
2019. What’s new?
The year is 2019 and I have taken a long vacation ̵...
11 January, 2019 / No comment
Champions for Change: Orienting me to my mission
The past couple weeks have been important weeks for me....
04 December, 2018 / No comment
I finally watched Rafiki – and it was interesting
I finally had the opportunity to watch Rafiki, the mov...
01 October, 2018 / No comment
I make my interns and mentees wash cars – here’s why.
(Featured image, courtesy Kwalimwar) As a leader in my ...
18 September, 2018 / No comment
STORY: The Man who walked with the cat at 3am.
It’s 3 in the morning and he is outside, walking....
18 September, 2018 / No comment
Why I want to be a better writer.
I was born to be a writer. To see the world in pure sil...
09 September, 2018 / No comment
Traditions in the future
Of blogging and how past practices could be useful in m...
02 September, 2018 / No comment
SMART TOILET? GOD, NO.
Hello. I am all for gadgets – everyone knows I am...
28 August, 2018 / No comment
Poetry: I live in Silence.Â
I live in Silence. A space so vast that even winds tire...
13 August, 2018 / No comment
Stalker alert! Be careful when you give your phone number at the till.
Yesterday, at Naivas Supermarket I figured out how easy...
26 June, 2018 / 1 Comment
Can youth speak for themselves?
Are youth capable of leading Africa out of trouble? I r...
12 June, 2018 / No comment
PROTEST AGAINST COAL: World Environment day
Today is the World Environment Day. I am today wearing ...
05 June, 2018 / No comment
Marketing Ability: Crystal Asige
Every morning, after going through the news and social ...
22 April, 2018 / 1 Comment
Loneliness at the top is a real thing – CEOs and Leaders struggle in deathly silence.
Recently, I saw a Facebook post by Nairobi Governor, Mi...
15 April, 2018 / 3 Comments
She works: How do we recognise and value domestic work?
In recent years, as I have continued to grow older, I h...
12 April, 2018 / No comment
My hopes and fears of the Uhuru-Raila meeting
I read today that Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga today...
09 March, 2018 / 1 Comment
When I was the only man in a gender discussion…
This week I am in Mexico City, Mexico. I am attending a...
07 March, 2018 / No comment
#ApostADay: Taking up the Challenge and leading ladies.
At work, I have some ladies who I often refer to as ...
14 November, 2017 / No comment
The challenges of being non-partisan and the pursuit of objectivity
Throughout this electioneering period I have remained g...
30 October, 2017 / No comment
“Let people cope,” says Al Kags on suicide.
The first time I ever heard of suicide, was when I was ...
22 July, 2017 / 7 Comments
Why I oppose the Coal Plant in Lamu (and everywhere else in the world)
Over the last few days, I have come out and spoken stro...
11 June, 2017 / 25 Comments
Instead of Universal Basic Incomes, Lets try Universal Basic Outcomes.
Economists globally (but especially in the west) are in...
30 May, 2017 / 2 Comments
Why we bring the kids to work…
Our office is called the Kaya. It houses the Open Insti...
09 April, 2017 / 4 Comments
Why I will vote in August
On January 18th, I spoke about why I felt that it was s...
07 February, 2017 / 4 Comments
To vote or not… that is not the question.
Chances are reasonably high that I will vote in Kenya&#...
18 January, 2017 / 2 Comments
New Blog Alert! Joe Otin on Advertising
2017 is definitely going to be a good year. My friend J...
07 January, 2017 / 2 Comments
An unusually happy post about Safaricom
These holidays in my shags (Malindi), I decided that I ...
24 December, 2016 / 5 Comments
An unusually happy post about Safaricom
These holidays in my shags (Malindi), I decided that I ...
24 December, 2016 / No comment
Naivasha Tragedy: We are full of shit.
40 people lost their lives in one place, at almost the ...
12 December, 2016 / 2 Comments
Driving from Nairobi to Nakuru (150km) can take 5 hours. Here’s how.
It has taken me 5 hours to travel from Nairobi to Nakur...
03 December, 2016 / 6 Comments
Will the real Jeff Koinange come back?
I have beef with Jeff Koinange. It has taken me time to...
25 November, 2016 / 1 Comment
Do we have the same dream?
I watch a lot of American TV and Movies. In fact I watc...
25 September, 2016 / 2 Comments
Are there guidelines on the protocol to honor Kenya’s flag?
I am very passionate about two of our national symbols ...
14 July, 2016 / 5 Comments
#OdeToYouth Lesson 15: Start saving today! Seriously, you’ll thank me later.
By Wandia Gichuru / Adapted from her Nation Interview w...
10 July, 2016 / 4 Comments
#OdeToYouth Lesson 14: Be Present in your life today, don’t let go of your youth too fast
In the course of my journey, in which I reflect on my a...
04 July, 2016 / 1 Comment
#OdeToYouth Lesson 13: Take time to do something – while you have it
It has been a while since I last posted something on th...
02 July, 2016 / No comment
#OdeToYouth Special: Why I choose to boycott University of Nairobi graduates
Last week, I posted a notice on my Facebook page, ...
22 May, 2016 / 1 Comment
27 April, 2016 / 1 Comment
#OdeToYouth Lesson 12: Ignore the drama, focus on the gold
My inspiration today comes from the story of Kenyan Gol...
27 April, 2016 / 2 Comments
#OdeToYouth Lesson 11: Be the great person you are supposed to be – NOW.
I often enjoy listening to the BBC World Service in tra...
19 April, 2016 / 2 Comments
Why the reality of philanthropy confounds me.
Note from me: I usually write about work stuff on the w...
16 April, 2016 / 2 Comments
Mourning tourism – especially in my hometown Malindi
Lately, my mind has been pre-occupied with tourism in K...
16 March, 2016 / 4 Comments
Lesson 10: Goals are guidelines not laws written on tablet
When I was in my late teens, I read somewhere that I sh...
16 March, 2016 / 1 Comment
#OdeToYouth Lesson 9: Think differently about money
Guest blogger, my friend from Passionately Kenyan just...
23 January, 2016 / 3 Comments
10 January, 2016 / No comment
#OdeToYouth 8: Your 20’s “TurnUp” turns up in your 30’s
At some point when I was in my twenties, I did very ma...
04 January, 2016 / 4 Comments
29 December, 2015 / 2 Comments
#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...
26 December, 2015 / 9 Comments
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...
25 December, 2015 / 2 Comments
#OdeToYouth Lesson 5: Forgive your parents and yourself
When I was in my early 20s, I was very angry person. It...
18 November, 2015 / 3 Comments
OdeToYouth: Lesson 4: Travel as often as you can
I have had the good fortune to travel to many parts of ...
15 November, 2015 / 6 Comments
#OdeToYouth – Lesson 3: (Guest blogger) – No success without Sacrifice.
My friend, who writes the #PassionatelyKenyan blog is ...
04 November, 2015 / 5 Comments
#OdeToYouth: Lesson 2 – Learn how to sweep a floor
My last day of high school was a Thursday. My mother, o...
01 November, 2015 / 10 Comments
#OdetoYouth: Lesson 1 – Learn hard, Make a brave choice
I left Malindi, where I grew up for a major part of my ...
30 October, 2015 / 11 Comments
Ode to youth: 30 days of reflections from an ex-youth.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have spent a bit of ti...
28 October, 2015 / 4 Comments
How many ICU Beds do we have in Kenya?
Over the last couple days, (well, mostly yesterday) I t...
25 October, 2015 / 5 Comments
A grand old man passes away, leaving life-long lessons behind.
When I met Mungai Gatoro in 2009, I was awed by his sim...
10 July, 2015 / 3 Comments
Of bored youth and the rise of pedestrianism
Today I had the good fortune of spending some quality t...
27 April, 2015 / 5 Comments
Proposals to build on: How about we crowd-implement mega public projects?
In my blogpost from two days ago, I made some proposals...
08 April, 2015 / 1 Comment
Garissa #147. Proposals to build on.
147 people lost their lives in Garissa two days ago. I ...
06 April, 2015 / 15 Comments
Larry Madowo on Digital Migration (Oops!) – a hoi polloi response.
Larry Madowo has spoken on digital migration and as a K...
25 February, 2015 / 72 Comments
Masaibu: couples at the supermarket – heaven and hell depending on who you ask.
Have you ever watched couples in the supermarket? The c...
03 February, 2015 / 5 Comments
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 ...
01 February, 2015 / 5 Comments
Flow-etry: I need a prayer
I need a prayer. I. need. A prayer. A prayer for divin...
18 January, 2015 / 3 Comments
When the public trusts the police, the war against crime will be won.
(photo: mpasho.co.ke) This week I woke up to a tweet th...
15 December, 2014 / 2 Comments
Make the anti-terror bill better and we will support it.
One cannot envy President Uhuru Kenyatta and the securi...
10 December, 2014 / 1 Comment
Female bodyguards and other random thoughts on #MashujaaDay
Kenyans today celebrate Mashujaa day – Heroes day...
20 October, 2014 / 2 Comments
Rare kudos to government, and a warning: don’t mess this up
Note: I submitted this article to the Nation last week ...
22 September, 2014 / 6 Comments
4 years later we still hold our Constitution: the speech I wish president Kenyatta made today
Four years ago today, Kenya promulgated a new constit...
27 August, 2014 / 6 Comments
I went to see JFK and thought about honour
Today, I went to the Arlington Cemetery and visited wit...
17 August, 2014 / 1 Comment
How sustainable is OGP?
Having been involved in promoting the Open Government ...
12 August, 2014 / 34 Comments
Kazi Ya Mkono: The little celebrated secret to success
I was just about to leave the office when I decided to ...
07 August, 2014 / 7 Comments
Experiences from the Washington Fellowship
Here are some posts of my experiences as a young Africa...
07 August, 2014 / 3 Comments
All of me… This is how to get rid of rodents and roaches in your house.
All you have to do is play this three times… Post...
02 August, 2014 / 2 Comments
Marketing Ability: The Ability Movement
A couple of weeks ago, after having listened to Stephan...
22 July, 2014 / 2 Comments
Condolences to Juliana Kanyomozi
I have just learnt with a lot of sadness of the passing...
21 July, 2014 / 5 Comments
Short Story: How Al lost his virginity
He expected it to feel like something… well, diff...
16 July, 2014 / 3 Comments
John with his pumpkin
His eyes opened at 4.30 in the morning, as they had for...
08 July, 2014 / 6 Comments
Marketing Ability: It’s time we repackaged the cause of the disabled
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to hang out with ...
29 June, 2014 / 2 Comments
Essential Question: Can Open Government Really Change the World?
I have just started the six-week academic sessions of t...
16 June, 2014 / No comment
Winning Customer care speaks your language
This is a twitter exchange between a concerned customer...
25 May, 2014 / No comment
News: I have been selected to be a Washington Fellow in 2014!!
When I relaunched this blog a week ago, I intimated tha...
21 May, 2014 / 5 Comments
Living Memories: a story from Lokitaung, Kenya
Today, I want to share with you one story. From Lokitau...
18 May, 2014 / 6 Comments
Will the Kenyan Jack Bauer get cracking – and keep me out of it?
Today, I was accosted at my gate by some government off...
16 May, 2014 / No comment
Open Data Day Kenya a major success!
Open Data Day Kenya was a huge success. I am so ...
22 February, 2014 / No comment
Stepping up my game: getting skills for the 21st Century
In a bid for self-improvement, I am now adding a new sk...
19 February, 2014 / No comment
Of Africans in Suits and Ties
Tonight when I couldn’t sleep, I happened upon a Guin...
11 February, 2014 / 1 Comment
Open Data Day #KE is here!
I am so excited. The International Open Data day is com...
05 February, 2014 / No comment
Meeting IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde
This week, the 11th Managing Director of the IMF, Ms. C...
05 January, 2014 / No comment
Why I end 2013 with an endorsement for Google and a demerit for Microsoft
The end of 2013 has come and this is among my very last...
31 December, 2013 / No comment
My 2013 challenge: find all matatu routes in Nairobi
So I have set myself a challenge before the end of this...
22 December, 2013 / 2 Comments
I object: Government cannot regulate politics at parties.
Today, I saw this permit that is required when one want...
18 December, 2013 / 4 Comments
Announcing Open2063: A civil Society network
Today, I was excited to be part of the launch of the Op...
05 December, 2013 / No comment
#KCPETRENDS: Tracking Performance in Primary Schools
At the Open Institute we are keen to add value to the p...
12 November, 2013 / No comment
Kenya Airways: Perfecting the cattle class feel
My latest trip to Seoul, Korea was an enchanting one, f...
20 October, 2013 / 6 Comments
My Statement on Westgate Tragedy
My fellow Kenyans, Yesterday, we were jolted to find th...
22 September, 2013 / No comment
New VAT Law bring savings into my home!
The VAT Act became law in Kenya and was implemented in ...
15 September, 2013 / 1 Comment
Bureaucratic Nonesense
It would seem the frustrations by members of the public...
10 September, 2013 / No comment
Can we “soup up” the National Anthem?
This article was published this past Sunday in the Dail...
24 July, 2013 / No comment
Lean in – a book for every woman & (surprisingly) man
When a guy hears of a book that is discussing the role ...
14 May, 2013 / 2 Comments
Let’s Get Serious With Posta Kenya
For better or worse, we have a new government and almos...
07 May, 2013 / 6 Comments
Kenya Power is not hearing Wanjiku
We want good quality power at low cost now. For many Ke...
05 May, 2013 / No comment
Sitawa Namwalie’s Etiquette for a Tribalised Nation* for Kenyans
My Friend, Sitawa Namwalie, has the uncanny ability to ...
18 April, 2013 / No comment
Elections are over. Moving on, nervously.
This blog has been silent this past few weeks. And in t...
01 April, 2013 / 2 Comments
Lessons from KODI: Completing the Job
My friend, Alex Howard from O’Reilly Radar, aske...
01 March, 2013 / 2 Comments
‘The Failure of Satire in Campaign-period Kenya’
My friend Stephen Derwent Partington asked me to post t...
01 March, 2013 / No comment
This man Sonko… a new kind of leader?
This man Sonko. That he has had three blog posts on thi...
27 January, 2013 / 2 Comments
Sonko is an idiot. Maybe not.
Last year, I wrote an angry blog post, where I wondered...
24 January, 2013 / 3 Comments
Tech2Shags goes live in Malindi!
A few weeks ago, I wondered on this blog why it is that...
02 December, 2012 / 1 Comment
Getting Open Data to the people – An example: GotToVote!
I am really excited. Just yesterday, I was speaking at ...
22 November, 2012 / 1 Comment
Why I am likely to vote for Peter Kenneth
Its early days yet. The elections in Kenya are still ab...
13 November, 2012 / No comment
Poor, Poor Silvio!
Silvio Berlusconi is back in Malindi, after being sent...
01 November, 2012 / No comment
Reflections After Demo Africa: Getting Innovation out of Nairobi
Today, it was suggested that I am loosing my business t...
27 October, 2012 / 7 Comments
WE PROTEST: #KOT Against Mps Bonus
Today, Kenyans on Twitter (#KOT) staged a protest in Na...
09 October, 2012 / 1 Comment
Make it okay to fail, and maybe development will fail forward
Blog post #2 from the Open Africa Summit, Zanzibar Unti...
07 October, 2012 / No comment
Interest of Gov’t same as Interests of the people?
Blog Post #1 from the Open Africa Summit, Zanzibar I wr...
07 October, 2012 / 3 Comments
I support the Peremende Movement
About 2 weeks ago, I met a doctor, one of those that ar...
04 October, 2012 / 3 Comments
Finally off Blackberry, I vote android
I have been a steadfast blackberry user for the past 7 ...
26 September, 2012 / No comment
Why not? Why can’t Kenya vote via SMS?
In my last post, I promised to share my musings on the ...
11 September, 2012 / 17 Comments
NDI Conference: Open Data and Elections
This past week I was invited by the National Democratic...
09 September, 2012 / 3 Comments
Thoughts from a television series – When will Africa be there?
Every once in a while, I binge on whole seasons of TV s...
18 August, 2012 / 2 Comments
Al Kags named New Generation Leader for Africa 2012
I am humbled and honoured to be named a New Generation ...
17 August, 2012 / 3 Comments
Random thoughts from dowry negotiations
Today I attended a wonderful ceremony – a Gikuyu trad...
05 August, 2012 / 1 Comment
Dreams of our sons & daughters, dare we imagine?
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to spend h...
31 July, 2012 / 1 Comment
Caroline Mutoko, new chair of Tourism Development Corporation: My hopes
This week, my friend Caroline Mutoko was appointed to t...
26 July, 2012 / 3 Comments
Talking about Business Intelligence @ICPAK
Today I had the privilege of speaking to Certified Publ...
25 July, 2012 / No comment
Kenya Open Data Initiative one year on
I have just returned to Kenya from a week-long trip to ...
15 July, 2012 / 1 Comment
Are Social media sites the future really?
Lately, I have been asked to contribute thought to mana...
29 June, 2012 / No comment
Long live the Diamond Queen, Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II is celebrating 60 years of her reign of th...
02 June, 2012 / No comment
#OpenMD Week & Reflections on Generation Y
I am sitting in at Ataturk Airport in Turkey on an eigh...
13 May, 2012 / No comment
All is well. I’m back on this blog
It really has been a long time since I last blogged. So...
06 May, 2012 / 1 Comment
Go well, Hon. Michuki
Whether one liked him or not, Hon. John N. Michuki had ...
22 February, 2012 / No comment
28Feb: Sing for Unity!
On 28th of February, I will stop what I am doing at 1pm...
18 February, 2012 / No comment
Tribalism is a middle class disease – deal with it at that level.
A close friend of mine this morning sent me this messag...
05 February, 2012 / No comment
Open Data Jan 2012: Media User Community Engagement
Kenyan media owners and open governance advocates resol...
26 January, 2012 / No comment
Internet wins: Now what?
After what is billed the loudest internet protest in hi...
22 January, 2012 / No comment
Shocking revelation of Google Scalping Mocality!
I am saddened that my first post of 2012 is a dismayed ...
13 January, 2012 / 1 Comment
Moses Kemibaro New Director of Sales @InMobi
Popular blogger and techpreneur, Moses Kemibaro is now ...
13 December, 2011 / No comment
Reckless Bloggers, online commenters beware!
I have today become aware of a case that has been filed...
22 October, 2011 / No comment
The Power of Open: my reflections
I said yesterday that, I am likely to have more to say ...
24 September, 2011 / 2 Comments
Open Africa: Kenya achieves another milestone
This week, as the world went through its annual routine...
23 September, 2011 / 2 Comments
Fire. Again. With Political Melodrama (yawn.)
I’m sorry, I am completely unable to feel distrau...
13 September, 2011 / 8 Comments
The value of Open Data
Today, I have been thinking a great deal about Open Dat...
11 September, 2011 / 1 Comment
East Africa’s First Real Soap Coming soon
I intensely dislike Soap Operas – revise that: I ...
10 September, 2011 / No comment
Why hasn’t the vice-president moved into his house?
Should we consider whether the project was ill-concieve...
10 September, 2011 / 1 Comment
Stop! Let’s take a moment to think about education
Boy, it has been an eventful decade since “the second...
10 September, 2011 / No comment
Open Data. Open up to a new world (random reflections)
I have recently been reawakened to the fact that the wo...
24 July, 2011 / 1 Comment
A new season, lessons of the recent past
It has been a while since I last blogged. While I was a...
14 July, 2011 / 1 Comment
“Call me Willy,” he says.
Today the new Chief Justice, Dr. Willy Mutunga, only on...
24 June, 2011 / 4 Comments
Samuel Wanjiru… & Boys.
I yesterday posted a disturbed email to a listserve cal...
17 May, 2011 / 11 Comments
Oh, God of all creation. Kenya we Pray.
This song, I hear it and my blood rises to a flame, and...
18 April, 2011 / No comment
UN Security Council with the Kenyan people
The Vice President and his team have wasted millions of...
20 March, 2011 / No comment
Safaricom Innovation Board kicked off – and then disbanded.
See update at the bottom. Yesterday, was an eventful da...
11 March, 2011 / 4 Comments
I sang the National Anthem and felt real.
At the beginning of this past week, on Feb 28, we pause...
06 March, 2011 / 4 Comments
Social Media & Personal Relationships
I discovered today that a close friend of mine removed ...
22 February, 2011 / 4 Comments
28th February: Sing & Unite for Kenya
In the face of ethnic polarisation, a highly politicise...
14 February, 2011 / 7 Comments
28th February: Sing & Unite for Kenya
In the face of ethnic polarisation, a highly politicise...
14 February, 2011 / No comment
Nokia-Microsoft Partnership: from the pan to the fire?
Last week, Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop sent a note to its e...
13 February, 2011 / 9 Comments
Isis Nyongo new MD, Inmobi Africa
I have just learnt that my friend Isis Nyong’o (@...
07 February, 2011 / 1 Comment
EGYPT RIGHT NOW
In Solidarity with Egyptians, and with the blogger, San...
03 February, 2011 / No comment
Nokia, the World’s most sustainable tech company (Kenya’s too!!)
Nokia, was yesterday pronounced the 4th most sustainabl...
31 January, 2011 / 5 Comments
3 reasons why Customer is King. Always.
(Republished from the Evolution Africa blog. Evo...
28 January, 2011 / 1 Comment
How not to automate taxation processes
(This article was published today in the Daily Nation.)...
28 January, 2011 / No comment
Kenyan prostitute stimulates, excites me, makes my morning
The highlight of my day today, was to discover a new bl...
20 January, 2011 / 1 Comment
We stay with the Hague! Sign the petition!
I have today signed the petition for Kenya to stay with...
18 January, 2011 / 7 Comments
Mr. Bean, the devil
This is the video by Mr. Bean that started me out on my...
12 January, 2011 / No comment
Pay attention to the Mobile Web
Recently, White African posted on his blog that we shou...
11 January, 2011 / No comment
Digital Knowledge
I have just noticed this blog post by Bankelele about r...
09 January, 2011 / No comment
China & Me: We start here
This year, I have resolved to learn how to speak and wr...
09 January, 2011 / No comment
China & me: the beginning
This year, I have resolved to learn how to speak and wr...
09 January, 2011 / No comment
PARLIAMENTARY IMPUNITY: Where is the fury?
It gets worse by the day! First, MPs banded together in...
07 January, 2011 / No comment
Kenyan Pundit new Google Policy manager for Africa
The best news I saw while on holiday at the close of 20...
04 January, 2011 / 1 Comment
Electric Cars: is Kenya ready?
Forget the major issues of availability of electricity ...
04 January, 2011 / 6 Comments
VP invests in bandaid for IDPs this christmas
Kenya’s venerable Vice President, Kalonzo Musyoka...
22 December, 2010 / No comment
The Business of Philanthropy
Regardless of each person’s views on the subject ...
06 December, 2010 / No comment
END OF AN ERA! WE HAVE MOVED
Al Kags no longer lives here. He has moved to his own p...
06 March, 2008 / 1 Comment
CALL OUT: QCS Poetry – Indigo Smoothies
This is a call out for entries into the sixth part of T...
13 February, 2008 / 1 Comment
Black and Proud: why?
After watching the rerun of the 2007 BET awards on TV, ...
29 December, 2007 / No comment
Is right or wrong standard or relative?
One of my close friends recently became saved – a...
04 November, 2007 / 6 Comments
Essentially, Woman
Great artists become great because they were nurtured i...
04 October, 2007 / 10 Comments
Nairobi is on 24 hours, thanks to Nakumatt
I can now officially confirm that Nairobi is well on it...
02 October, 2007 / 6 Comments
Momentary fit of defiance… or is it?
I know. You are looking at the post below and you are w...
01 October, 2007 / No comment
Why should I apologise
Why should I apologise/ am i I not a soul like you?/ do...
01 October, 2007 / No comment
Welcome to the blogosphere, Njeri
My lawyer, Njeri Mucheru Oyatta, recently started blogg...
19 September, 2007 / 3 Comments
Why Kibaki has won the elections already
President Mwai Kibaki this Sunday officially announced ...
18 September, 2007 / 8 Comments
Come on, lets dance… oh, lets.
I wrote this 5 years ago today. So, I am posting it on ...
12 September, 2007 / No comment
Why I am against affirmative action for 50 Kenyan women MPs
Kenya is contemplating having affirmative action for 50...
14 August, 2007 / 9 Comments
CALL OUT: QCS Poetry – Brown Steps
After collating all the data, I am happy to let you kno...
11 July, 2007 / No comment
Life Changing moments
Do you have a story about a situation about your life t...
24 June, 2007 / No comment
The sensetional unworld
It is interesting how the world goes round. One day you...
12 June, 2007 / No comment
Africa, rejoice! Peupe is here.
Finally, my company, Multiple Choices has released the ...
08 June, 2007 / 1 Comment
The Quarterly Colour Series IV – Green Piece
It has taken a long time to release this ebook. Finally...
26 May, 2007 / 3 Comments
I’m feeling bright and so does my blog
It has been one hell of a week. miles and miles of roll...
26 May, 2007 / 2 Comments
Why youth doesn’t have my vote, yet.
While I feel able to claim to be a supporter of the you...
25 May, 2007 / 2 Comments
Finally, Omo tells a simple story.
After a few years of fumbling about, Omo has finally go...
25 May, 2007 / 4 Comments
Quarterly Colour Series: GREEN PIECE CALL OUT
This is a call out for entries into the fourth part of ...
27 March, 2007 / 1 Comment
Don’t Call me an “African” Writer
I yesterday had the priviledge of attending a discussio...
12 March, 2007 / 6 Comments
Shoot To Kill, I vote.
When an individual is able to congratulate himself on t...
12 March, 2007 / 3 Comments
Security: Shoot to Kill
I have recently become a proponent of the Shoot to Kill...
01 March, 2007 / 5 Comments
The People’s Parliament – Bunge La Wananchi
In 1978 when Mzee Kenyatta died, the cost of a 2kg pack...
28 February, 2007 / 7 Comments
WSF: great talk, no walk
A follow up article by Al Kags. A little more than a we...
25 January, 2007 / 9 Comments
Kibaki will probably win this elections
By Udi Kagwe It is difficult for anyone to deny that Ke...
23 January, 2007 / 5 Comments
She loves me, She loves me not
she loves me, she loves me not, so go the questions in ...
21 January, 2007 / 4 Comments
The Races: The start of a series
Kenyans are for the next two years in for a veritable t...
21 January, 2007 / No comment
Hillary for President
If it was up to me to set the agenda for Hillary Rodham...
21 January, 2007 / 3 Comments
Multi-party Democracy: Public Attitudes, Civic Awareness and Participation
The Steadman Group recently carried out a survey on the...
14 January, 2007 / No comment
Church Must Get a Grip – The Hominids Stay.
The Heads of the evangelical churches in Kenya, led by ...
13 January, 2007 / No comment
World Social Forum Comes to Africa – so what?
by Al Kags The 7th Edition of the World Social Forum is...
11 January, 2007 / 19 Comments
Response from Nairobi Stock Exchange on the site
I saw an annoyed post on Rants, Raves and Reviews (cold...
27 December, 2006 / 6 Comments
The King is Dead: long live soul
At 73, James Brown, the undisputed King of Soul passed ...
25 December, 2006 / 1 Comment
Celtel kicks Safaricom’s ass – Dec 22
In an interesting twist of events, Celtel yesterday mad...
23 December, 2006 / 4 Comments
‘Tis the season to be jolly – bila ubaguzi
The Celtel – Safaricom rivalry is well known and acce...
23 December, 2006 / 1 Comment
Why Kibaki is likely to win 2007
Make no mistake: Emilio Mwai Kibaki is well inside the ...
21 December, 2006 / 5 Comments
Been away: I wonder where…
I have been unable to write for the past few weeks part...
19 December, 2006 / 1 Comment
WAPI: To one his own
Mzee Kiko | Septuagenerian’s view Exactly eighty-...
26 November, 2006 / No comment
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Red Streaks
This is a call out for entries into the third part of T...
25 November, 2006 / 1 Comment
Levert, go well.
I was shocked to read today that Gerald Levert, left, p...
19 November, 2006 / 2 Comments
Old Dog learns a new trick
Mzee Kiko | A Septuagenerian view I am seated outside m...
18 November, 2006 / No comment
I belong, by Toutatis
It did not hit me until I was well into the Uhuru Park ...
17 November, 2006 / 3 Comments
Kenya cabinet reactions: initial reaction
By Udi Waithaka President Mwai Kibaki has today reappoi...
15 November, 2006 / 1 Comment
Umuhimu wa maji
Looking through my past emails, i found this one. Gikuy...
15 November, 2006 / 1 Comment
Our cyle, our lives
A pregnant woman and a child were this week killed at t...
14 November, 2006 / 1 Comment
And once again South Africa leads…!
Going to South Africa is normally a fairly daunting exp...
14 November, 2006 / 1 Comment
Write round about town
There is a homeless woman in Woodlands, UK who started ...
12 November, 2006 / No comment
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
Men and woman are different. They think differently, th...
11 November, 2006 / 3 Comments
So has anyone ever heard of Endomol?
Yeah me neither. Initially, it sounded to me like a new...
08 November, 2006 / 1 Comment
The Voice of the young
Many of us have been 25 once. Many of us hustled and sc...
08 November, 2006 / 2 Comments
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