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Whether 'one-term' or 'two-term', someone has to pass the baton
The real issue is that we are a country of magnificent runners who have never learned to pass the baton.
By Isaac Kalua Green 27 days ago
Whether 'one-term' or 'two-term', someone has to pass the baton
Doping: Let us remove the maize cob before champions step on it
Doping drugs may sound complicated, but their danger is clear: they can harm the body and mind, destroy medals, income, and reputation, and wipe out years of sacrifice.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Doping: Let us remove the maize cob before champions step on it
Why Kenya should design every road around human life
Road contracts must never become rewards for friendship or shortcuts to profit, because road building is not merely business but a trust over human life.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Why Kenya should design every road around human life
Kenya's new inflation report is really about price of survival
Experience has taught me that affordability is engineered through systems, not wished into existence.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Kenya's new inflation report is really about price of survival
How Kenya grows the world's best tea and gives away the fortune
Let each of us reach for the branded Kenyan packet, not the nameless one, so the market rewards the finisher.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
How Kenya grows the world's best tea and gives away the fortune
Let every family participate in building Kenya's future
Imagine your life measured in trees, each bearing your name, story, and promise. A child of ten begins with ten; a mother of forty with forty; a grandfather of seventy with seventy.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Let every family participate in building Kenya's future
For IEBC, Kenya must never win an election and lose public trust
Voter bribery, intimidation, misinformation, and other breaches of the Electoral Code of Conduct are not ordinary campaign tactics; they are direct assaults on public trust.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
For IEBC, Kenya must never win an election and lose public trust
Kenya's largest factory has no roof and creates jobs every day
For decades, we have treated agriculture as a sector, a campaign promise, or a food security discussion. Yet it is far bigger than that.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Kenya's largest factory has no roof and creates jobs every day
Kenyans should stop waiting for heroes since they live among us
Kenya’s greatest challenge is not a shortage of extraordinary people. It is our failure to recognise ordinary people doing extraordinary work.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Kenyans should stop waiting for heroes since they live among us
Before we celebrate fathers, let's endeavour to understand them
The modern father is competing not only with the cost of living but also with comparison, social media, unrealistic expectations, and a world where children are influenced by countless voices.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Before we celebrate fathers, let's endeavour to understand them
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Sixteen empty beds should bring Kenya back to position
A reflection on the Utumishi Girls tragedy urges parents, schools and government to rethink discipline, safety and responsibility in raising and protecting children.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Sixteen empty beds should bring Kenya back to position
June is already here, let us take stock and steer Kenya hopefully
We must honor speed, but without focus, it becomes mere noise. Conversely, focus without speed is delay.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
June is already here, let us take stock and steer Kenya hopefully
Kitui's 'Run for Rain' idea can offer solutions to Kenya's old problems
The world has seen charity runs, elite marathons, and corporate wellness events, but the Kitui Green Run, Run for Rain, offers a harder, more original idea, aimed at solving a real problem.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Kitui's 'Run for Rain' idea can offer solutions to Kenya's old problems
Premium
Kenya is over-politicised while systems are routinely ignored
Parliament is prepared for another heated debate over taxes and the Finance Bill.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Kenya is over-politicised while systems are routinely ignored
Premium
Kenya should convert the Import Bill into a green production plan
National leadership must align credit, standards, research, veterinary systems, energy, and procurement. 
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Kenya should convert the Import Bill into a green production plan
Premium
Leaders should build history Kenya will be proud to read
Kenya is now writing under rain, fear, and hope.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Leaders should build history Kenya will be proud to read
Whether 'one-term' or 'two-term', someone has to pass the baton
The real issue is that we are a country of magnificent runners who have never learned to pass the baton.
By Isaac Kalua Green 27 days ago
Whether 'one-term' or 'two-term', someone has to pass the baton
Doping: Let us remove the maize cob before champions step on it
Doping drugs may sound complicated, but their danger is clear: they can harm the body and mind, destroy medals, income, and reputation, and wipe out years of sacrifice.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Doping: Let us remove the maize cob before champions step on it
Why Kenya should design every road around human life
Road contracts must never become rewards for friendship or shortcuts to profit, because road building is not merely business but a trust over human life.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Why Kenya should design every road around human life
Kenya's new inflation report is really about price of survival
Experience has taught me that affordability is engineered through systems, not wished into existence.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Kenya's new inflation report is really about price of survival
How Kenya grows the world's best tea and gives away the fortune
Let each of us reach for the branded Kenyan packet, not the nameless one, so the market rewards the finisher.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
How Kenya grows the world's best tea and gives away the fortune
Let every family participate in building Kenya's future
Imagine your life measured in trees, each bearing your name, story, and promise. A child of ten begins with ten; a mother of forty with forty; a grandfather of seventy with seventy.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Let every family participate in building Kenya's future
For IEBC, Kenya must never win an election and lose public trust
Voter bribery, intimidation, misinformation, and other breaches of the Electoral Code of Conduct are not ordinary campaign tactics; they are direct assaults on public trust.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
For IEBC, Kenya must never win an election and lose public trust
Kenya's largest factory has no roof and creates jobs every day
For decades, we have treated agriculture as a sector, a campaign promise, or a food security discussion. Yet it is far bigger than that.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Kenya's largest factory has no roof and creates jobs every day
Kenyans should stop waiting for heroes since they live among us
Kenya’s greatest challenge is not a shortage of extraordinary people. It is our failure to recognise ordinary people doing extraordinary work.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Kenyans should stop waiting for heroes since they live among us
Before we celebrate fathers, let's endeavour to understand them
The modern father is competing not only with the cost of living but also with comparison, social media, unrealistic expectations, and a world where children are influenced by countless voices.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Before we celebrate fathers, let's endeavour to understand them
Premium
Sixteen empty beds should bring Kenya back to position
A reflection on the Utumishi Girls tragedy urges parents, schools and government to rethink discipline, safety and responsibility in raising and protecting children.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Sixteen empty beds should bring Kenya back to position
June is already here, let us take stock and steer Kenya hopefully
We must honor speed, but without focus, it becomes mere noise. Conversely, focus without speed is delay.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
June is already here, let us take stock and steer Kenya hopefully
Kitui's 'Run for Rain' idea can offer solutions to Kenya's old problems
The world has seen charity runs, elite marathons, and corporate wellness events, but the Kitui Green Run, Run for Rain, offers a harder, more original idea, aimed at solving a real problem.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Kitui's 'Run for Rain' idea can offer solutions to Kenya's old problems
Premium
Kenya is over-politicised while systems are routinely ignored
Parliament is prepared for another heated debate over taxes and the Finance Bill.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Kenya is over-politicised while systems are routinely ignored
Premium
Kenya should convert the Import Bill into a green production plan
National leadership must align credit, standards, research, veterinary systems, energy, and procurement. 
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Kenya should convert the Import Bill into a green production plan
Premium
Leaders should build history Kenya will be proud to read
Kenya is now writing under rain, fear, and hope.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Leaders should build history Kenya will be proud to read
Whether 'one-term' or 'two-term', someone has to pass the baton
The real issue is that we are a country of magnificent runners who have never learned to pass the baton.
By Isaac Kalua Green 27 days ago
Whether 'one-term' or 'two-term', someone has to pass the baton
Doping: Let us remove the maize cob before champions step on it
Doping drugs may sound complicated, but their danger is clear: they can harm the body and mind, destroy medals, income, and reputation, and wipe out years of sacrifice.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Doping: Let us remove the maize cob before champions step on it
Why Kenya should design every road around human life
Road contracts must never become rewards for friendship or shortcuts to profit, because road building is not merely business but a trust over human life.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Why Kenya should design every road around human life
Kenya's new inflation report is really about price of survival
Experience has taught me that affordability is engineered through systems, not wished into existence.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Kenya's new inflation report is really about price of survival
How Kenya grows the world's best tea and gives away the fortune
Let each of us reach for the branded Kenyan packet, not the nameless one, so the market rewards the finisher.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
How Kenya grows the world's best tea and gives away the fortune
Let every family participate in building Kenya's future
Imagine your life measured in trees, each bearing your name, story, and promise. A child of ten begins with ten; a mother of forty with forty; a grandfather of seventy with seventy.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Let every family participate in building Kenya's future
For IEBC, Kenya must never win an election and lose public trust
Voter bribery, intimidation, misinformation, and other breaches of the Electoral Code of Conduct are not ordinary campaign tactics; they are direct assaults on public trust.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
For IEBC, Kenya must never win an election and lose public trust
Kenya's largest factory has no roof and creates jobs every day
For decades, we have treated agriculture as a sector, a campaign promise, or a food security discussion. Yet it is far bigger than that.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
Kenya's largest factory has no roof and creates jobs every day
KNEC flags 18 counties as El Nino threatens exams
Education
By Lewis Nyaundi
12 mins ago
Tension as Nassir faces a crowded race of six gubernatorial aspirants
Politics
By Willis Oketch and Patrick Beja
12 mins ago
Top operator? Uhuru Kenyatta's political moves questioned
Politics
By Ndung’u Gachane
12 mins ago
Can Ruto honour history and, at the same time, scoff at it?
Barrack Muluka
By Barrack Muluka
12 mins ago
Why Bomas can't be an Appellate Court for 290 constituencies
Opinion
By Gitobu Imanyara
12 mins ago
Ruto splashes goodies in Coast tour
Politics
By Patrick Beja and Renson Mnyamwezi
12 mins ago