Fiat Lux
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…
August 4 2016 South Africans went to the ballot box this past week to elect local councilors in what was described as a hotly contested election presenting the ruling African National Congress (ANC) with its stiffest challenge since the end of Apartheid. Indeed, early trends in the tallying of the votes indicated that the ruling party was struggling in places like Gauteng as the Democratic Alliance (DA) looked like a…...
September 1 2016 We now find respite to pause on the verge of a plunge, and ponder just what might have been. Or, imagine just might be after the pause ends and the perilous race to the abyss resumes. We have had a shrill shouting match between the authorities – President John Magufuli, his assistants, the Police – and the main opposition Chadema party on whether the latter could go…...
March 24 2016 – The utterly senseless devastation that terror visits on its victims is horrendous to behold. Scenes of women, children and babies dead or dying, some screaming and wailing, covered by others’ body parts, are bound to remain etched in the memories of those who behold them for the rest of their lives. These are blind and indiscriminate acts that target no one and everybody at the same…...