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 […]
My struggling anthurium also known as the flamingo flower is almost being swallowed by a New Guinea impatiens. Honestly, I should never have planted them together. Now I face the delicate task of separating them without killing one or both. But their coexistence has a story. When my friend Naomi gave me a small cutting […]
It’s the season after the heavy rains in my beloved County #6. Roads that were impassable just a few months ago—scarred by deep gullies and washed away by torrents of runoff—have now been hastily graded. We’re all breathing a little easier, grateful that we can reach our homes without fear of getting stuck in ruts […]
In the sun-baked lowlands of the Taita Hills, where rains are unpredictable and traditional farming barely sustains life, a quiet revolution is unfolding—led not by government programs or large NGOs, but by an elderly woman with no formal education and a passion for a dying craft. These lowlands, once used seasonally for grazing and the […]