NOTE TO THE READER: THIS ESSAY WAS WRITTEN IN 2004. IT WAS A COMPETITION, WHICH I WON.  I THEN WENT TO PRESENT IT AT THE  WESTPOINT MILITARY ACADEMY – SCUSA 56 IN NOV.2004   (My mom came across the essay today as she was looking for a certain old email.  She then forwarded it to me… so I have decided to share it with you as I think most of the arguments are still valid, 9 years after…think of  Libya…then Syria and Egypt)!!!

The Essay: Continue reading →

My column for this week in the Continent Observer spoke about the ‘ideological vacuum’. As I explained in the column, I heard that phrase together with ‘moral vacuum’ from a lecture given by Fr. Dr. Kitima of St. Augustine University of Tanzania. So in the column I expressed my initial thoughts on the ‘ideological vacuum’ and here I will talk about my reflection on the ‘moral vacuum’. Continue reading →

Note to the reader: This is the first entry that is not written by me (i.e. Aikande Kwayu). The blog is now inviting entries by interested people…if you think you may have something to share please feel free to email me.  And now…let’s learn a bit about the recent financial crisis and how the UK government responded. It’s important to understand the UK’s reaction as it has been one of the forefront countries in dealing with the issue… remember how Gordon Brown worked very closely with U.S.A, I.M.F, E.U, etc…proposing bailing out banks etc…so here we go!!!!

The period between 2007 and mid-2009 experienced the worst global financial crisis since the great depression of 1930’s. Continue reading →

For the last 3 years I have been very anxious and waiting to see if the UK’s government will eventually keep its promise of achieving the 0.7% of GDP aid target in 2013.  Continue reading →

“What is very healthy about this government is that DFID is no longer seen as, nor does it see itself as, a sort of giant NGO. It is very much part of the government on the national Security Council. DFID, the Foreign Office and the defence secretaries work incredibly closely together”. David Cameron, Guardian, 21^st Feb. 2012

During his last days of his gaudy trip to India, which was one of the colorful highlights of the current UK’s foreign policy, Continue reading →

To all my friends and  everyone who reads this blog! Continue reading →

NB: This entry has also been published in the Financial Junction, Issue 2, 8-15 Dec. 2012, see www.financialjunction.info

Since August 2012 I changed my career from academic research and teaching to management consultancy. Continue reading →

It’s late at night and I cannot sleep. It is not insomia but a jetlag. Never before have I suffered a jetlag like this time round despite my enormous travels to countries in all continents but one. Continue reading →

In the last three weeks of August 2012, I was evaluating church hospitals that are located in various parts of the country. As part of data collection I had to visit these hospitals that are mostly located in remote areas. It was kind of a marathon assignment but all the same it awarded me an opportunity to visit and see places in my country that I had never thought of. Continue reading →

Very sad news today. Hon.Prof. #Saitoti was killed in a helicopter crash. It  is shocking and sad. Hon. Saitoti served his country for a long period of time. He is indeed an African child who served his continent.

I got the opportunity to see the late Hon. Saitoti in Geneva last year. The impression I got was that he was a humble man. He spoke very well. I pray that God rests his soul in peace.

Here is the picture I took with him (Geneva, Nov. 2011)