By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you
By Dr Paul karau Having been involved in youth empowerment programs in and out of government, I'm watching with keen attention the rolling out of the Hustlers Fund. Here are my thoughts. 1. The main problem with joblessness is the battle of ideas. Yes, let's say cash is provided to hundreds of thousands of jobless youths and others. What business ideas do they have that will give them a solid grounding and enable them return a profit to be able to pay back the money? Have we not exhausted our limits on mpesa shops, boda bodas, and many other businesses? 2. We must accept that not everyone can be a business person. Some people are wired to be employed. And there's no shame or problem with that. 3. I wish the managers of our economy would set aside 60% of this fund to spur manufacturing. For instance, in Meru County, if people with ideas on 1) Banana manufacturing plant -to add value to our bananas by making juice, chips, wine. 2) Macadamia value addition- drying, packaging 3