Early this year, my former student from the University of Nottingham, Anthony Demetriou emailed me with information of a summit organized by a think tank, Legatum Institute, to be Continue reading
As an African youth who has been educated and done research in the UK, I am disturbed with the apparent diminishing influence of the UK in the global sphere and specifically in Africa. It is disturbing me because having studied, researched, and taught in the UK, I have an unwavering admiration to its values and ideas, Continue reading
“Politics and elections are only vehicles, not destinations” – David Axelrod
A brief reflection on the book so as to look at it in totality is posted in the book review. Information about the author and the background to the book is found in the reflection as well. Nevertheless, for the richness of this book, I strongly felt that I should outline lessons learnt for politics and campaigning purposes. In this entry I will thus focus on things through which aspiring politicians or candidates of various political offices from Presidency downward can gain insight. Continue reading
In his farewell speech at the Parliament, Zitto Kabwe highlighted one important structural issue that we (citizens of Tanzania) need to fix ASAP. The issue is, I paraphrase, “the exceeding powers of political parties vs. people’s power”. Continue reading
Below is an audio record of my presentation at SOAS on the 28th Feb. 2015. The talk was about The New Constitution in Tanzania. The panel was chaired by Prof. Andrew Coulson, who wrote the book: Tanzania: Political Economy.
It’s my hope that I made sense…please make sure you listen to the very last bit to understand my main argument. It’s only 14 mins. Enjoy.
Audio Record click:
http://www.wavuti.com/2015/03/audio-aikande-kwayus-presentation-at.html
Again this week the image of Tanzania has been tarnished on the very face of its own citizens and the international community. Sadly, Continue reading
In 1965, my dad was at Old Moshi Secondary School (O-Level) and got an opportunity to go to Kenya for a study visit that had brought a selection of students Continue reading
“There are Kingdom principles”, my sister, Alilya, often tells me, “ through which, if you follow/obey, you will always be successful”. I think today is when I’ve understood this often heard phrase from the sister so close to my heart.
I have had the grace to be invited and attended the 63rd National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC today. Continue reading
2014 has been another blessed year for me full of God’s grace. First, my research affiliation at the University of Oxford, Department of Education was extended for another year. Continue reading
This entry is informed and inspired by an impressive natural scientific article by Carl Zimmer published in the Nov. 2014 National Geographic. The full title of the article, which was also the cover title of the issue, is “Real Zombies: The Strange Science of the Living Dead”
To understand, two illustrative examples from the article can help us: Continue reading