Author: Raphael Obonyo

There is enough room for everyone of us to be a hero

Reading Time: 2 minutes The notion that being a hero is a preserve of people of certain calibre, or that only certain situations permit […]

Give youth fish, teach them how to catch it

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenyan coffee entrepreneur Margaret Nyamumbo has bagged a Sh44 million prize from the US show ‘Shark Tank’. If there is […]

Residents interests must come first in Yala project

Reading Time: 2 minutes The recent National Lands Commission’s lease of 6,900 hectares of Yala Swamp to Lake-Agro for 66 years must put residents’ […]

How to ensure Hustlers Fund achieves its goals

Reading Time: 3 minutes President William Ruto has finally made his promise of creating a Hustlers’ Fund real. Though the fund is well-intentioned and […]

Danger of weak Opposition and inactive civil society

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the first time since Kenya embraced multiparty politics in the early 90s, the government is receiving the least checks […]

Nairobi must fix its waste management problems

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nairobi County has a significant refuse collection crisis. As the new administration moves fast in giving residents quick gains by […]

Harness youth innovation to achieve growth agenda

Reading Time: 2 minutes An integrated approach in tapping the many innovations being channeled out by Africa’s youth is a crucial link lacking, which […]

Protect Hustlers Fund from fate of previous initiatives

Reading Time: 2 minutes The proposed Hustlers Fund proposed by the new government will be a plausible idea if it is given the political […]