Throughout history, ideas have been changing the world, transforming society and civilization and improving human welfare in many ways! Negative ideas move society backwards. In this article we will dwell on positive ideas as part and parcel of leadership as a major pillar of development! Good leaders are said to be visionary and adaptive and […]
We have always indicated and passionately argued that peace matters for society, the people as individuals and collectively, and for the world! Reasons for that are always obvious and self-explanatory! The sad reality is that many people, including some of those enjoying the reigns of authority and power, never see it that way! This scenario, […]
Education, as we know, is key to development! First, it makes individuals truly civilized by helping them build and strengthen their character! It instills in those who undergo it skills that enable them tackle the challenges of life! In short it empowers the people! By so doing, it reduces chances of such people to engage […]
We have often indicated here and elsewhere in other fora the need for the world and society to be decisive in ensuring peace! For true peace, the culture of violence, we have argued before and still argue, must be tactfully but decisively ended! First, Violence is deadly, heinous, bloody and destructive! Secondly, humankind does not […]
Kenya had a very good Constitution at its independence! The supreme law which was negotiated by diverse Kenyan communities and the Colonial Administration was very strong and spelt a federal system of government for the country with each region in Kenya enjoying federal autonomy. The devolved system of government was meant to prevent what Kenya’s […]
Quite often, people talk about hatred as if it is just a word. They hardly know how inhuman, dehumanizing and excruciatingly agonizing it can be until (God forbid!) they get subjected to it! Victim of hatred know truly well the pain and injustice it causes! No one of course will want to be subjected to […]
Positive change is good and essential for society and the people! Any progressive, civilized society should always keep improving by carrying out positive change continually! If society keeps improving, it stays strong and can never ever make mistakes that can hurt society and harm the people! It is notable that many groups, people, societies, communities, […]
Violence is a problem that society is better off without. We have often argued for the urgent need and necessity to end the culture of all forms of violence, abuses, injustice, exclusion, invidious discrimination, killings, corruption, impunity, trickery, sophistry and intolerance amongst other vices and malpractices. It is thus both discouraging and extremely saddening that […]
All people everywhere desire to be free and happy. They indeed desire to enjoy peace freely and be fully able to undertake their day-to-day and all other activities without worry, fear or hindrance. They always desire to be able to work at whatever they wish to do and achieve freedom from want and gain the […]
Peace, as we all know, is never an event. It is a process. It is in fact a journey that never ends. It is a process that is marked by proactive problem-solving and continual positive change. People and society forget that and put all in society at risk. That is indeed why Sria, Egypt, the […]
Today we live in a literally diverse world. Globalization has made almost every community, place, city, town, even village, and so on, a meeting point of individuals of diverse origins, backgrounds, cultures, etc. People who speak totally different languages and hailing from different places live and work together or study together. The modern world is […]
Kenya held a peaceful election on March 4, 2013. That was indeed a great achievement, a true marked contrast with the chaotic elections of 2007 and the skirmishes which ensured! Kenyans, as we had predicted, proved to be truly careful and smart. They had been bitten once and are always twice shy. We believe that […]
We have always reiterated on this blog and on our websites and indeed on other fora the importance of peace and harmony! On our main website we have indicated our wish and resolve to work towards peace everywhere, both locally and globally and internationally by creating peace awareness through information flow and messaging using modern […]
STOP THE VIOLENCE People anywhere desire, want and need peace! The benefits of peace need neither explaining nor narration! The importance of peace is indeed obvious to everyone, anywhere, everywhere, anytime, every time, all the time, always! Peace is thus needed all the time, every time, always, anywhere, everywhere, and ever! However, violence in many […]
Somalia has been in turmoil for decades which has proved so bad for Somalis as well as to the neighboring countries in the region as well as to sea travel in the Indian Ocean. Recently Kenya joined the African Union Peace Keepers by sending its troops to Somalia in a bid to help restore law […]
Peace is so important in our lives that if it goes away, all that we enjoy including our lives stand threatened. Our hope in the future boils away. Our goals,aspirations and dreams in life become meaningless. Yet, when we enjoy peace we do not know how fragile and important it is until that moment that […]
The world is changing real fast. It is changing in almost every sphere. Technology is changing every day, making things much easier. Repression in public and private affairs is yielding to freedom and liberty in many places around the world. The developing world is being revolutionized by the ideals of liberty, freedom ad democratic principles […]
We indicated in one of our previous articles some incidents of hate we experienced. Nails were planted on the wheels of our car and the hub cabs vandalized and stollen. Soon after, an accident was plotted on us but we survived by God’s grace. Then came up interference with our facebook accounts amongst other online […]
Kenya’s capital city is one of the major cities in the African Continent. It is a city many in Africa and the rest of the world talk about and wish to visit. Those who have been to Kenya know how good and beautiful the city is and they also know the negative side of it: […]
Kenya is headed for a general election in 2012. This has generated a lot of heated politics and campaign with prospective contenders struggling to outdo each other in their bid to woo voters to their side. The ardent followers of some seem not to have learnt lessons from the last elections and the chaos that […]