What Our National Anthem Says About Us, Kenyans.

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar

Over the last week, I have taken some time to analyze the Kenya National Anthem that was…

Poverty Lines In The Counties and Constituencies..

Yesterday i was driving my father to the hospital and as we went by some people, he turned to me and said, “now I understand what they mean when they say ‘What about the common mwananchi..’ It is very clear to see the poverty in Nairobi than…

The relationship between education and poverty.

An Interesting trend that i have noticed in the inequalities data, that is really a no-brainer to anyone looking at the data is that one that draws the direct relation between poverty and access to education.

The winners and losers in the fight against poverty..

Looking at poverty data is always interesting. Sometimes it raises more questions than answers but it also often raises awareness of the situation, as you dig deeper. Below, I will compare data for poverty rates from 2006 and 2009 to see…

MDG 4: reduce child mortality

Millennium Development under five milestones, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda.

MDG 4: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.

Turkana County, Did You Know..

Turkana county — Governor Josphat Nanok Koli, has always been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Poverty, death, hunger etc and although there is this “glimpse” of hope on the discovery of water and oil reserves, this has been more of better news for the country’s image…

Food Security, your meal per kg cost of ingredients

During this time when our fellow citizens in Turkana County are struggling with hunger, there have been more questions asked than answered, especially when the county intends to spend 450,000,000 on the governor’s office (Story for another…

Revenue absorption rates for county governments.