Freedom is Like Religion to Us!

What is the greatest desire of a human being? Well, if you were to search that online, your search engine would return quite a lot of things. It could be money, fame, power, love, good health, etc. Quite frankly, the list is endless. 

Cry Freedom: Stand Up, Speak Out!

Just a few moments ago, Gen. Miguna Miguna of the National Resistance Movement - Kenya was released by High Court Judge, the Honourable Justice Luka Kimaru. This is the second time Miguna Miguna is released by order of the Hgh Court in less than a week.

What Does Our Music Say About Us?

One of the things that has bothered me over the years, is the lack of commitment of our music - and really, our artistic endeavors - to the real issues of our people in the country and across the continent. Our musicians have become masters of party songs and seem incapable of interrogating the challenges of our times.

Why Empowering Women Empowers the Society as a Whole

Cyprian Nyakundi has gained quite a considerable online traction for literally bashing women. He extensively and in not so printable words attacks his idea of feminists, how they have supposedly duped men and the marginalization of the boy child. This unending vitriol, supposedly, is some revolutionary stuff that will make men "woke".

When Your Only Regret is Having One Life to Give to Your Country

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. _ Nathan Hale (1755 - 1776)

As a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary war, Nathan Hale volunteered for an even more dangerous task. He became a spy and was tasked to go behind enemy lines, infiltrate the British Army and send back intelligence reports to his commanders.

Its not that being a soldier was an easy task, a safer one. No, but being a spy posed a much greater risk. Espionage was immediately punishable by death - no questions asked.

Unfortunately for Hale, he was caught. Other accounts have it that he was betrayed but that is secondary to the matter at hand. Just before being hanged, Hale said, among other things that "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

How About Not Embarrassing Ourselves in 2016!

Its that time of the year when everyone has got something nice to say about the direction they would like their lives to take. Do you have your list already?

This year, and really going forward, I'll just stick to one thing: not embarrassing myself! Now, a list of resolutions would have been nice. I would sound like a thoughtful person who has carefully considered his options and decided on the course that his life would take.

So Long, 2015! Until We Don't Meet Again!

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, its still a beautiful world. - Desiderata, Max Ehrmann.

Maybe not. Well, maybe. Really depends with where you are.

2015 has been mean. Really mean. Its hard to believe that we took it in our strides and the year is coming to a close. Its a year that has been full of "sham, drudgery and broken dreams." How's that beautiful Ehrmann? Has there been anything to smile about, ala Morgan Heritage?