Fiat Lux
October 22 2015 There are so many ways of appreciating issues related to corruption in our countries, and some of them can be quite edifying. I have heard of corruption as the very essence of power, as in power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This would tend to mean that as long as you get involved with power you cannot choose but be corrupt. There are those who say there…
1995 KIPINDI kilichokuwa kinaelekea Uchaguzi Mkuu kilikuwa kipindi cha kusisimua kwa wote wanaohusika kutokana na ari isiyo ya kawaida iliyodhihirishwa na washiriki wa aina mbalimbali, wakiwamo mashabiki wao, wakiwamo wagombea, wasimamizi wa shughuli za uchaguzi, wachambuzi wa masuala ya kisiasa, waandishi wa habari, wachumia-tumbo katika msako wa mradi mpya, na kadhalika. Hii ni hali ya kawaida katika vipindi kama hivi, na wala haishangazi. Nchi zote duniani ambazo zimewahi kuandaa uchaguzi…...
July 10 2016 Don’t you worry, sir, I will of course write about Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, who left us this past week. He is the man who made us of a certain generation feel like we had a big brother who would “whup” the Big Ugly Bear that dared bully us, whoever that was. And did we love the “Chump” or did we love him. He beat all the…...
July 7 2016 This past week has witnessed a resurgence of Israel’s diplomatic activity within the Eastern African region with the high-profile visit of the Jewish state’s prime minister, Benyamin Netanyahu (“Bibi”), to a number of our countries. The occasion of his visit was made to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the famous “Raid on Entebbe” in which Bibi’s younger brother, Yonatan, was killed when he led an Israeli…...