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The late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta takes oath of office as Prime Minister. Kanu won 83 seats out. Photo/Courtesy I was not born when the Founding father and first President of this great republic Kenya passed away on August 22, 1978. However as an avid reader of history and politics i have over time learnt of the kind of man he was, both as a leader and a family man. Forty years after his demise, the memories and dreams of the late President live o. A visionary leader Mzee Jomo Kenyatta passed away in State House Mombasa at 3am according to one Lee Njiru who was Secretary to former President Daniel Moi. However his passing away was made minutes to noon and left the nation shaken to the core. After the announcement, final plans for his burial commenced as the finer details had been planned ten years prior his demise by the then Attorney General Charles Njonjo. Jommo, or as was named Kamau was mourned by countries over as an Independent Hero who had helped drive the nation fr

Former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has been reported dead. Annan passed away in Switzerland on Saturday morning after a short illness according to sources. Aged 80, the late born in Kumasi on April 8, 1938. Former UN Boss Koffi Anna, Former President Mwai Kibaki and Former Prime Minister in a file photo/Courtesy. EPA He has served in various capacities at the UN from 1972 until he retired in 2006 after two terms at the helm of the organisation. According to Wikipedia , Annan reformed the UN bureaucracy; worked to combat HIV , especially in Africa ; and launched the UN Global Compact . He has been criticized for not expanding the Security Council and faced calls for resignation after an investigation into the Oil-for-Food Programme . After leaving the UN, he founded the Kofi Annan Foundation in 2007 to work on international development . Role in Kenya The former UN Chief marked ten years since he brokered a peace deal between retired President Mwai Kib

Kigumo MP Ruth Wangari. Photo/COURTESY A leader is born with the traits in them, thereby explaining the analogy that they are God sent. The Man Theory as well as Trait Theories will elucidate that people inherit certain qualities and traits that make them better suited to leadership. There are certain inborn characteristics that predispose people to be and become leaders. A research conducted in 2013 also found out that acquiring a leadership position mostly depends on developing skills, inheriting the leadership trait can also play an important role. Anyway enough on theories and research. A friend of mine, KaDenno the other day challenged me to pen my thoughts on my home Constituency, Kigumo, matters leadership and current affairs. I have a personal principle of abstaining from airing my take on some issues, and this is one of them because of my interest(s), stand and even perception of WHAT and HOW Kigumo Constituency should be. August 8th was the end and beginning of a

Governor Ferdinand Waititu. Photo/CITIZEN TV Kenya I have seen mixed reactions on matters re-routing of rivers in the city and its environs as opposed to demolishing buildings built on riparian lands. This is after Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu alias Baba Yao made the remarks which have been received with a pinch of salt. The re-routing or as Google calls it River engineering, is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics, or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit. This kind of environmental change is essential as it helps protect against flooding, or to make passage along or across rivers easier. However there are also drastic effects on the same rivers once re-routing is done. A wise man says the day the bottom of the bucket falls there is no stoppage When Governor Baba Yao calls on the government to stop demolishing illegally built structures i ask myself this; Why would a government spare some illegal structure bui