Rereading Genesis chapter 1 Leadership, Maintenance, and Genesis: Lessons from an Engineer’s Lens Every system be it a machine, a nation, or a soul requires maintenance. When we ignore that truth, things fall apart. Recent events in our region remind us that no society is immune and if Tanzanians have been under any illusions about […]
As I contemplate the challenges one faces in any Bounce Back today, there is a Taita expression that keeps on coming to my mind; sekensigha (do not leave me). It is a special expression because it reminds me of my mother. I remember it because it intrigued me when I first heard her and a […]
As we prepare to lay Raila Amolo Odinga to rest tomorrow, several things have stood out for me, lessons and memories that deserve reflection. First, I am struck by how profoundly humble and human he was. Those whose lives he touched, even those that would be considered the lowliest, speak of a warm, loving, down-to-earth […]
from our athletes and from the gospels This week has been full of big wins for Kenya. Our athletes did us proud at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, placing us on top of the medal charts. We celebrate them and share in their glory even if some of us couldn’t sprint to save […]
Ladies and gentlemen, I submit that our society has normalized stealing, we no longer have any qualms taking what does not belong to us. And its not only in high places as we love to complain loudly, it is a devolved habit to the very heart of our society. In the early 1990s, as a […]
I recently heard the story of two men who went to drink in a neighbouring village one evening. It so happened that the two villages were separated by a huge river. They had to use a canoe to cross the river and to secure it so it would not drift, they tied it with a […]
No ambience beats St. Austin’s at reminding me of my school days. Tonight, on the birthday of the church it outdid itself on several counts. The girls who took the reading chaperoned by someone well known to me for starters. As high schoolers the chaperone and I would have received our instructions on how to […]
… Mtoto umleavyo ndivyo akuavyo My mum was fond of the saying; mtoto umleavyo ndviyo akuavyo (as you raise a child so shall it turn out). I recalled this as I read the first story in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book The Thing Around Your Neck. To paint the picture vividly mum would tell us the […]
Today’s post is a quilt of sorts. I could call it a mélange of pieces I wrote over time and left off. As I was putting them together, I realized it is not entirely a hodgepodge of unrelated topics, there is something, an invisible thread of sorts that ties the pieces all together! This realisation […]
Creativity, Self Reflection – Interlinkages Long before my sister went to school and learnt how to sing and dance to songs that I found truly hilarious like mzee mzee nipatie tumbako nikuchezee kidogo, nikuchezee kidogo, na breakdance kidogo, na twist kidogo (old man give me some tobacco snuff I dance to you a little, some […]