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We have a long way to go in product quality

Sunday, March 7th, 2010
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The other day I reached for a box of tissues. As I pulled a tissue out, another five came out of the box. I had not encountered this recently, and wondered what the problem was. It turned out my household has been using imported tissues for a ...click here to read the full article.
Reflections on our roads and their users

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
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There’s nothing like a quiet drive to aid the reflection process. Or so I thought. I embarked on a family trip to the great mountain in the heart of our country recently, and was able to think a little about the land we live in. My first set ...click here to read the full article.
Why don’t we all just give politicians a blackout?

Sunday, February 21st, 2010
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Here we go again. The headlines say it all: the coalition government is crumbling, the principals have fallen out, the shilling is sliding, investors are nervous, we are facing another meltdown. But I ask you: what exactly has changed since last week? What cyclone has hit Kenya that ...click here to read the full article.
This minor drama in Haiti reveals much

Sunday, February 14th, 2010
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Amidst the carnage of Haiti, a quiet little drama is playing itself out. Baptist missionaries from the USA were arrested trying to take 33 “orphans” out of the wrecked country, ostensibly to a better life in an orphanage in the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Except that many of the children ...click here to read the full article.
Our leadership model is costing us dearly

Sunday, February 7th, 2010
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Picture the scene. The former leader of a global power is summoned to a commission of inquiry. He spends a full day there, in front of the world’s cameras. He is grilled by the commissioners on every aspect of certain decisions he made: why he did and ...click here to read the full article.
Why are we busy destroying Nairobi’s trees?

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
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The green city in the sun. That was what our beautiful Nairobi was famously known as. Well, we’re still in the sun (and increasingly so), but the ‘green’ part of the description may soon be hard to justify. Why is no one worried about the pace at which ...click here to read the full article.
What’s really news is never news in Kenya

Sunday, January 24th, 2010
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What passes for ‘news’ in this country? I want to put to you that what you are consuming is not news at all: it is pointless and irrelevant trivia. Let me start with an admission: I am spending less and less time consuming Kenyan news, and it is months ...click here to read the full article.
Kenya’s international position also gives us hope

Sunday, January 17th, 2010
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For the past two weeks this column has been trying to instil some hope in you, to suggest that maybe, just maybe, things will getter better for Kenya. To end the series, let me move you smoothly to a third reason for hope in 2010: our international position. ...click here to read the full article.
The Kenyan economy can soar, but leaders hold it down

Sunday, January 10th, 2010
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Last week I asked Kenyans to harbour some hope in their hearts for what this next decade might bring. I suggested that 2010 might turn out to be recorded in history as the year in which we turned the corner by finally attacking, and fatally wounding, the beast we ...click here to read the full article.
Reasons to be hopeful in Kenya in 2010

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
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2008 and 2009 were years of great gloom in Kenya. We kicked off 2008 with a bloodbath orchestrated by leaders and delivered by angry young men. Since then we have been on a tumultuous ride, facing a faltering economy, a hydra-headed leadership and a plethora of scams and ...click here to read the full article.
The Sunshine Awards 2009 – highs and lows of the year

Sunday, December 27th, 2009
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It is time for “A Sunny Day” to announce its annual Sunshine Awards, to honour those individuals and organisations that excelled, and to slate those who brought dismay to the world and disgrace to themselves. Recall two things about these awards: one, that we use the word “sunshine” to ...click here to read the full article.
Are Kenya’s tyres connected to its steering wheel?

Sunday, December 20th, 2009
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A board member with whom I was discussing his company made me laugh out loud recently. When I asked him how effective his board’s policy formulations were, he told me, with refreshing honesty: “You know, sometimes I wonder whether the steering wheel is really connected to the tyres…” Hilarious ...click here to read the full article.
MJ’s “This Is It”: The pursuit of perfection

Sunday, December 13th, 2009
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This column doesn’t do film reviews. Every so often, however, a film experience comes along that requires you to break your own rules. Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” is one such experience, and one that I am happy to ask you not to miss, if you have any interest ...click here to read the full article.
Kenya’s musicians: where are you?

Sunday, December 6th, 2009
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Your holy war, your northern star / Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car. …September, streets capsizing / Spilling over down the drains Shard of glass, splinters like rain / But you could only feel your own pain. Please / Get up off your knees. Please ...click here to read the full article.
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