Esbon's Submission

        IN HONOUR OF THE ICONIC KIBAKI Absolute grief as the country, and the world mourns following the death of Kenya’s 3rd   president, His Excellency Mwai Kibaki. His illustrious legacy will forever be cemented in our hearts. As described by many from different walks, he was indeed a tolerant, gallant, and selfless man, in addition to all attributes that would best describe an entirely great leader. It is during his reign that Kenya achieved remarkable milestones in the social, economic, and political spheres making it great. Kenya, Africa, and the world feel the vacuum left by the demise of such an intellectual. Kibaki did not become a global icon in a day but always strived his way up until holding the highest office in Kenya for 10 years. Having studied economics, history, and political science, he beat the odds to build a reputable persona.    His manner of approaching issues was unique and transformative, as he ...

  Earthquakes in Political Promises It is an era where promises from the political arenas are embraced with mixed attitudes. The blend that constitute reactions towards them depend on political loyalty and affiliations, level of comprehension, historical apexes, the needs identified by the people etc. All the factors have a substantive niche in the entirety of these promises. It takes purposive cognition to establish both the workable and the treacherous aspects of the promises. It is devastating that a greater part of the voters take little time to scan the enticing utterances by the politicians.  More intriguingly, some scholars in the fields of technology, governance, entrepreneurship, agriculture, health and all other components of an enabling infrastructure for development are either dormant or staggering in the cocoons of jeopardy. The long term essence of the promises is at times not put in the equation, in that the politicians work to satisfy their hunger for votes a...