I am no expert, just a conscious citizen. Here are my thoughts on some political issues.
Are you also confused? Firstly, is COVID a real virus or a hoax by the powers that be to control us more? If it’s real, why is half the population behaving like it isn’t? Is it really as serious as they say? If not, please explain to me why the hospital ICUs are filling up…
More than COVID19, the real pandemic that has really taken us over is Fear. It set in from the moment people all over the world, rich or poor, male or female or other, black or white or brown or purple, engineer or beggar or doctor, heard that there was an unknown infectious virus spreading to…
When it comes to spiritual consciousness, society and the environment, there are some underlying blessings to the covid-19 pandemic that has completely overturned the order of things on this planet. 1. Sent to a Corner A turn of nature has sent all humans to a corner. It is as though Mother Earth has put us…
Did you know that 47.5 square kilometres of Nairobi are public space? That almost one-twelfth of the city is ours, as the public, to do what we want with? To play, to create, to relax, to imagine, to paint, to dance, to make music, to perform, to protest, to sing, to come together, to share,…
Nairobi, Kenya. Six days to the national elections. There is a cloud of fear and dread casting a dark shadow over the whole country. Murky and sticky shadows swirl into every household keeping people awake with worry at night trying to plan the next move. The future is uncertain. You wake up with a spinning head, heavy…
“Whoever is cutting off the source of water to the lake is being selfish by flouting a basic human right and wants to benefit alone. We [in Turkana] will die of starvation.” – Selina Akiru – Pastoralist and firewood seller. The hot sun rises on another long day in scorching Turkana county. Meanwhile the rays…
“Whoever is cutting off the source of water to the lake is being selfish and wants to benefit alone. We [in Turkana] will die of starvation.” – Selina Akiru – Pastoralist and firewood seller . The hot sun rises on another long day in scorching Turkana county. Meanwhile the rays graze over the greener, but also…
Northern Kenya is known as “The Cradle of Mankind” due to the famous paleoanthropological site ‘Koobi Fora’[1], which hails one of the oldest human fossils, a 7 million year old from Turgen Hills. The region also unique as home to East Africa’s only true desert; to the world’s largest desert lake, Lake Turkana; to the…
Dear First-World, American and western European countries are typical examples of what are commonly known as First World countries. Most African, Latin American and South Asian countries are commonly known as Third World countries. By what definition? By neoliberalist capitalist standards, perhaps. By whose definition? By the wealthy countries AKA the victors of past and…
Discrimination is treating someone differently in a negative way simply because of who they are or what they believe. Discrimination is usually expressed in terms of race, ethnicity, nationality, weight, class, caste, religion, belief, political affiliation, language, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and health. In Kenya today, this vice is seemingly gaining ground in…