I am always late for work. There. I've said it. And the frustrating thing is that my lateness isn't caused by traffic or some unpredictable morning disaster. Most of the time, it is entirely my own doing. I wake up and make my coffee. Then I get back into bed, which is right by the window, cross my feet, face the window and slowly sip my coffee. And when I say slowly, I mean slowly. I look at the trees. I watch the birds. I feel the morning sun on my skin. Sometimes I just sit there with my thoughts. I really love these mornings. I've also noticed something else. When I give myself enough time in the morning, my body usually does what it needs to do. A slow morning often leads to a bowel movement, which, as far as I'm concerned, is one of the must-haves of starting my day. And so I find myself wishing for more time. More time to sit. More time to drink my coffee. More time to maybe get outside and do some yoga or mat Pilates on the grass while the sun is stil...
The Grand Coalition Government of 2008 was born out of national crisis — a desperate answer to a contested election and a country teetering on the edge of civil war. It was not a triumph, but a truce. And while it succeeded in restoring calm, the scars it left behind run deep and remain largely unhealed. For many, this was a turning point not just in politics, but in the national psyche. The choices made in that era continue to shape how Kenya governs, how it spends, how it reconciles — or fails to — and how we as individuals have come to fear conflict more than we demand accountability. A Deal That Changed Everything Brokered under international pressure after the disputed 2007 elections and the horrific post-election violence that followed, the Grand Coalition Government brought together political rivals Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga in an uneasy power-sharing agreement. On paper, it was a masterstroke of diplomacy. In practice, it was a bloated compromise that planted the idea that p...