Category: Interviews
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Meet Fidel Makatia: The Einstein from Kenyatta University
When Plato argued that ‘Necessity is the mother of all inventions’, he provoked a storm of ideas on who actually gives birth to inventions. Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead disagrees with this idea. In fact, he thinks this proverb is silly. He says, “Necessity is the mother of futile dodges” is much closer to the truth. ‘The…
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Meet Rawder Kidula: Road to Radio and Christ, In Her Own Words
I love my pieces articulate and declamatory. The kind that stirs your mind, leaves it in a trainwreck of thoughts and later buries it in a bubble. Tea or coffee. They are my companions in this quest. Today, I chose tea. And guess what my teabags reminded me of?… Women! “They are like teabags”, Eleanor…
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Open Letter to Xenophobia,
Dear Xenophobia, A friend has compelled me to write to you for the sake of Ubuntu. Just like Mahatma Gandhi told Hitler, I also feel this letter from me would be an impertinence. Nonetheless, I will tell you about your dad, Apartheid. He doesn’t make public appearances any more because he heard this story. An…
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House Of Curse?
Outside their chambers, they fight and give all indications that they are enemies. Or at least, that is what they want us to see. In fact they call themselves names to sell the act. But here is the truth, just like Pro-wrestling, it is all scripted and predetermined. The punches and the kicks maybe real,…
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10 fascinating facts about countries. All of them will surprise you!
It is considered immature to smile in Bangladesh and as a result people don’t smile much. By Bangladesh standards, all my friends are immature especially with their meme-loving lives. In the same country, the left hand is considered to be unclean. The right hand is used when eating, passing food, or things. In other words…
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My Top 10 Tv Series
10. The 100 What if, just what if a nuclear Armageddon destroys civilization on Earth and the only survivors are those on the international space stations in orbit at the time. Then, because resources are dwindling, teams have to be sent down to earth in a bid to save humanity. Then we land and we…
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Is Kenya the New Chinatown?
“Signing a contract with China is like, ascribing to the boiling frog effect; a fable describing a frog being boiled alive slowly. If you drop a frog suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if you put that same frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water gradually, it will…
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ROBOTS, AI VS HUMANS: Are you ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
Once upon a time, Nokia was a global market leader boasting a bigger national budget than Finland, the country it was founded. After few years, a source of national pride turned into shame, a story of rise and fall written and orchestrated by technology. Such is the unforgiving and radical-transmutation nature of technology; Impatient and…
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Stop praying for the rains and start irrigating and diversifying!
It is never an easy ride in Kenya. When it rains, it is tragedy, and when it doesn’t it is still tragedy. Call it the Kenyan Paradox. Agriculture contributes to up to two-thirds (33%) of our GDP, even after considering the fact that a large proportion of agricultural produce is used in the subsistence level….
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Is democracy the root of the rot and Economic slump in Kenya?
Corruption and impunity is no longer considered as ‘breaking news’ in Kenya but rather ‘In other news’. The ease at which substantial amount of money is lost in Kenya under the watch of decorated and overrated institutions surprises me. It was painful to maintain an eye contact with a tax paying ‘Mama Mboga’ when the…