Tag Archive For "politics"
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 I was a typical city dweller in Nairobi. I was fortunate to be living in a nice neighbourhood and had an office not far from the president’s State House. In a …
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) and to make comments on Hewlett Foundation’s Transparency Participation and Accountability Strategy for the coming five years. First, A Short story “What do you fund?” A relative of mine has been …
A teenager’s pregnancy changed the destinies of two people forever.
Here’s the story of how Benjamin Katana dropped out of school to become a breadwinner When I started telling you the stories of Kenyans who don’t exist despite the fact that you see them every day as you walk and drive around, I started with this blogpost in which there was a story of Katana, …
Rambling about the fishy Kenyan economy. Should we anticipate a crash?
Today, I read a story in the newspapers that Kenyans are consuming poisoned fish, imported from China. Speaking to a friend, I wondered why we are importing fish from China, despite having a vast ocean to our right, a fresh water lake to our left and numerous lakes, rivers and other bodies of water dotted …
The challenges of being non-partisan and the pursuit of objectivity
Throughout this electioneering period I have remained generally silent. I have allowed this blog to go quiet and I have generally kept my views to myself. In matters politics, I have strived to maintain a balanced stance within myself – and in these partisan times, that is crazy difficult . However, I am resolute that I …
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