Kenya Bitter Truth

There’s nothing more disheartening than a perfectly healthy, reasonably affluent human being with the whole world in his or her hands who’s chronically unhappy and unproductive. There’s really no excuse for it either, yet I see this phenomenon unfolding every single day – people who choose to be stuck in misery and refuse to admit it. This mindset results from an extremely unbalanced life – one with too much expectation and not enough discipline and appreciation. What’s the point of achievement if your life has no balance? There is no point. Without commitment for what you want most, and gratitude for what you already have, you’ll never know the true joy of success, because nothing will ever change, and even when it does, it will never be good enough in your mind.If you avoid these questions and make decisions unconsciously, you’ll end up like the majority of people who tend to be out of shape physically, exhausted mentally, and personally and professionally stressed out. But if you as...

From greedy executives to despotic rulers, we’ve all seen examples of poor leadership. But we’ve also seen the examples of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. — servant leaders who were able to accomplish great things by putting people first. 1. Listens actively: A servant leader’s first response to any problem is to listen. She seeks to identify the will of the group and helps clarify that will by listening. When she listens, she does so intently. She does not multitask or interrupt, but truly strives to understand the speaker. 2. Prioritizes: Can you separate the important from the unimportant? What about the important from the urgent? A servant leader can withdraw from the present situation and prioritize his responsibilities. And he handles his most pressing duties with the knowledge that there may be consequences for neglecting the less pressing ones. 3. Accepts others: A servant leader accept others as they are, where they are. She assumes that people have good intentions, ...

“It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.” These are the words of Robert K. Greenleaf, the man behind our modern conception of servant leadership. Today, servant leadership is rare. Modern politicians have proved that the social contract has been breached. These leaders, or rather rulers, have placed their interests above all else. The Social Contract The philosophies of Jean Jacques Rousseau — a proponent of the social contract theory — have informed the legitimacy of political authority for centuries. Rousseau argued that government came into being to right wrongs such as the economic and social inequalities precipitated by civilization. He claimed these inequalities robbed human beings of their natural state, one characterized by freedom and dignity. Rousseau suggested that to recreate the balance of nature, where freedom existed and inequalities did not, man made two pacts: pactum unionis and pac...

11041888-1015258667365103.jpg 11041888-1015258667365103.jpg At the just concluded Wiper Democratic National Executive Council meeting, the party has endorsed CORD co-Principal and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka to be its presidential candidate in 2017. Wiper has also urged Hon. Musyoka to pick either of the two CORD principals as his running mate. The party held a two-day retreat at Elementaita Lodge where they passed that resolution.

1. Walk the talk — always set a great example. It’s not what you say, it’s how you live your life every day. Don’t tell your children how to live; LIVE and let them watch you. Practice what you preach or don’t preach at all. Walk the talk. Your children look up to you and they will emulate your actions and strive to become who you are. So BE who you want them to be. In other words, be the change you want to see in your child. Give what you expect, reflect what you desire, become what you respect, and mirror what you admire. Every single day. Your children are the greatest gift life will give you, and their souls the heaviest responsibility it will place in your hands. Take time with them, and teach them to have faith in themselves by being a person they can have faith in — a person they can trust without question. When you are old, nothing else you’ve done will have mattered as much. 2. Reduce YOUR stress, and thus the stress level in the household. Not easy, I know, but believe it or ...

As CORD Leader Raila Odinga took a potentially disastrous decision to ‘stand with the media’ as he has always done, his co-principal and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has not openly stated his position on the digital migration fiasco. And Kalonzo is right not to do so; for it serves the country to let the mainstream media go digital, or, if they don’t want to, let the country go digital. A whole world of opportunities are already opening up. Nothing, since independence, has challenged media dominance than digital migration is doing. President Obama would say, ”the ground beneath has fundamentally shifted”. Despite digital migration being a project that was started in the grand coalition government with an international deadline, Odinga took the view that the manner in which the government is handling it has unnecessarily disadvantaged ‘traditional’ television stations which has the highest viewers. Odinga is right in remaining true to his beliefs – for no one believes in media ...

By Ndungu Wainaina My Response to Mr. Issack Ahmed Hassan, Chairman IEBC, self defense on Chicken eating hallmark of shameless corruption scandal amongst holders of public offices Mr. Chairman, this is not personal. It is time you stepped down from public office. It is not your choice. Your self-defense arguments are irreconcilably hollow and stench. Chapter Six of the Constitution remains complete as it is. You bring dishonour and disrepute to the institution of the IEBC. Your intransigent insistence to remain holding public office is disdain to the people of Kenya and their constitution. Though criminal jurisprudence presumes a man innocent till proven otherwise, you vacating public office does not fall foul of this proposition. It has no bearing on whether indeed you are guilty of the alleged offence or not. On the contrary, it represents a distinct legal determination of type of persons who is suitable for holding public office with integrity and credibility. Determination of suita...