Fiat Lux
Dember 24 2015 – I doubt there is a place on earth where people’s names praise God as much as they do in Rwanda and Burundi. All the Kinyarwanda and Kirundi names ending with “Imana” are talking about God. These are names such as “It-is-God-who-creates”, or “ I- trust-in-God”, or “It-is-God-who-saves,” Or, even, “What-I-have-more-than-you is-God”. Then you have names which do not mention “Imana” directly but allude to him, such…
November 11 2016 – An object lesson in how to do unto your opponents was delivered many years ago in one central African country which was ruled over by a particularly obnoxious dictator. The president had been in power for close to 20 years when an old school friend came to him to ask for a favour. The friend, a prominent architect, came to complain to the president because all…...
July 14 2014 Nimekuwa nikijadili, na kukemea, unafiki unaotutawala katika maisha yetu kam taifa. Tumefnaya unafiki umekuwa ni sehemu muhimu ya utu wetu , au labda niseme nakisi yetu katika utu. Unafiki umetuenea kiasi kwamba wengi wetu tunapona ni bora kusema uongo hata pale ambapo ingekuwa faida kwetu kusema ukweli. Hali hii haikuanza leo, ingawa sasa imekomaa. Nimewahi kusema mara nyingi kwamba tangu Awamu ya Kwanza ya utawala wa nchi…...
October 13 2016 I cannot in any way be characterized as a Luddite, one of those people who suffer from a morbid fear of technological advances as were witnessed in England at the onset of the Industrial Revolution. The term “Luddite” itself is supposed to have come from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who led his fellow proletarians to wreck machinery because technical innovations threatened workers’ jobs. By the standards…...