I have been in Cairo, Egypt for the last two weeks attending an international training programme on Islamic civilization at Al Azhar University, and apart from attending the conference, I ventured out to establish the issues that led to the uprising that swept former Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak from power. In the process of interacting with Egyptian people and fellow delegates from other countries such as Yemen and Tunisia where popu...

I read Caroline Mutoko’s Monday piece entitled ‘Generation Y and the Quarter Life Crisis’ and I must say I agree with her diagnosis of the problems the youth face today, and how society has failed to find a formula to help them get serious with life. Caroline is spot-on when she says that everyone is yelling and preaching to the youth to get serious with life, yet nobody is ready to listen to what these young people have to...

Nominated MP and Minister for East African Affairs, Musa Sirma, once said that he does not believe that the Kalenjin are a people who can be owned by an individual the way one owns a wallet which he keeps in his pocket and removes it to dispense its contents at his convenience. Mr Sirma was, indeed, dismissing the notion that the Kalenjin people are under the firm grip of a certain politician who will issue instructions on how the entire commu...

The Coast region has been a beehive of activity over the past two weeks as two statutory commissions and the Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance (KMYA) held public forums over various civic matters. The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) were in Coast Province on separate missions to undertake civic activities within their respective mandates, while KMYA was launching youth...