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Isaac Kalua Green

How to address mental health hurdles affecting 12m Kenyans

One of the triggers of mental health issues is comparison and increased level of materialism. The relentless pursuit of material success can take a toll on mental well-being.

By Isaac Kalua Green 12 days ago

How to address mental health hurdles affecting 12m Kenyans

Only decisive actions can save us from resurgence of road carnage

Only decisive actions can save us from resurgence of road carnage

By Isaac Kalua Green 27 days ago

How corporate CEOs can play big role in securing country's future

How corporate CEOs can play big role in securing country's future

By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago

Why the passport gridlock is hard to break and what Kindiki must do

Why the passport gridlock is hard to break and what Kindiki must do

By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago

How politics, personal steps and private sector can propel Kenya

Kenya's leadership in environmental stewardship, exemplified by hosting the UNEP and UNEA conferences, signifies our role in global sustainability.

By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago

How politics, personal steps and private sector can propel Kenya

How we can confront healthcare crisis, avert costly medical errors

My mind is deeply perturbed by the recurring life-threatening events affecting our people, especially because these incidents are occurring in our hospitals, where lives should be saved.

By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago

How we can confront healthcare crisis, avert costly medical errors

How sports can enrich our lives and transform Kenya's economy

Kenya should follow the example of Cape Verde by investing in robust sports infrastructure, coaching, and talent development programmes that focus on quality rather than quantity.

By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago

How sports can enrich our lives and transform Kenya's economy

What President must do to get our economy out of the sickbed

The path ahead demands a strategic blend of economic farsightedness, investment in growth sectors, and an unwavering commitment to the welfare of Kenyans.

By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago

What President must do to get our economy out of the sickbed

We must focus on water security and farm productivity to prosper

God has forever shown kindness to Kenya, a nation often grappling with water scarcity and now, we are witnessing an unusual meteorological phenomenon - abundant rainfall!

By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago

We must focus on water security and farm productivity to prosper

Our environmental conservation efforts should have a human face

Policymakers need to thoroughly understand the root causes of the issues they seek to resolve. Without this, the policies risk being self-defeating.

By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago

Our environmental conservation efforts should have a human face

Climate conferences need radical rethink to make lasting difference

As long as our farmers continue depending on increasingly erratic rainfall, that mess remains uncleaned. Let's free ourselves from imaginary chains! Ama niaje? Think green, act green!

By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago

Climate conferences need radical rethink to make lasting difference

How e-waste can transform lives and inject billions into economy

The global e-waste management market was valued at $63.4 billion in 2022 and projected to grow to $132.5 billion by 2028.

By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago

How e-waste can transform lives and inject billions into economy

Let's use our brains to improve national politics, relationships

In the famous words of former President Moi, siasa mbaya maisha mbaya - bad politics results in a bad life. The opposite is true. Good politics results in a good life.

By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago

Let's use our brains to improve national politics, relationships

How carbon credits can catalyse our energy transition financing

Unlike various Western countries relying on unclean energy sources like coal, 87 per cent of electricity generated in Kenya last year came from renewable sources such as geothermal and wind.

By Isaac Kalua Green 5 months ago

How carbon credits can catalyse our energy transition financing

Three things we must do to tap into EU's lucrative $16t market

To access the EU market, we must align and empower all our relevant institutions to help farmers grow top-quality produce.

By Isaac Kalua Green 5 months ago

Three things we must do to tap into EU's lucrative $16t market

Key lessons on rice farming from Japan that Kenya should borrow

In 2022, Japan produced nearly 7.5 million metric tons of rice, which was forty times more than Kenya's production, despite Japan being roughly three-quarters the size of Kenya.

By Isaac Kalua Green 5 months ago

Key lessons on rice farming from Japan that Kenya should borrow

Time is ripe for counties to develop new growth strategies

Kenya is currently grappling with a problem so significant it should be declared a national disaster - our 47 counties are underperforming.

By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago

Time is ripe for counties to develop new growth strategies

How to navigate population growth, create enough opportunities for all

Recognising the profound potential of our youthful population and intentionally integrating them into the decision-making process can revolutionise our nation's trajectory.

By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago

How to navigate population growth, create enough opportunities for all

How Kenya can tackle boda boda safety concerns during El Nino

El Nino is around the corner, which means we will soon experience heavy rains and all that comes with them. We must, therefore, prepare to ensure road safety, especially for motorcycles.

By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago

How Kenya can tackle boda boda safety concerns during El Nino

Act now before El Nino rains to make the crisis an opportunity

The upcoming El Nino presents myriad business opportunities which may include rainwater harvesting, flood resistant housing, climate resilient agriculture, disaster preparedness training

By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago

Act now before El Nino rains to make the crisis an opportunity

How simply celebrating your age can make Kenya a green paradise

Kenyans' median age is 19.6 years. If every Kenyan pledged to plant an average 19.6 trees annually, we would end up with 1.08 billion trees annually.

By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago

How simply celebrating your age can make Kenya a green paradise

Ruto's green ride to KICC is a call for Africa to take up electric cars

Autopax, the Kenyan company behind the electric car that the President drove, has proved Africa has what it takes to offer electric cars.

By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago

Ruto's green ride to KICC is a call for Africa to take up electric cars

We can reap big from forests we sow without cutting down

Timber companies should also plant their own timber trees instead of relying on public forests. Away from any political shenanigans, Ruto has the best interests of our forests at heart.

By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago

We can reap big from forests we sow without cutting down

Why youth should lead push for change to our 2010 Constitution

Some 75 per cent of Kenyans are below the age of 35. Among them are my two daughters and son. They are the biggest beneficiaries of a vibrant Constitution that safeguards their livelihoods.

By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago

Why youth should lead push for change to our 2010 Constitution

How diaspora job opportunities can boost our economic growth

Youth aged between 15 and 34, have the highest unemployment rate at 67 per cent. We must therefore do everything possible to put out this fire of chronic unemployment among our youth.

By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago

How diaspora job opportunities can boost our economic growth

After ten years of devolution this is what we must do for it to work

A report by the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) shows that ten years after devolution, there are functions still being undertaken by the central government.

By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago

After ten years of devolution this is what we must do for it to work

Why we must restore upper Tana River area and nurture more trees

Tree growing is in line with the government's goal of planting and growing 15.7 billion trees by 2032. For that to happen, we need to plant an average of 4.7 million trees daily.

By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago

Why we must restore upper Tana River area and nurture more trees

Mombasa Port should turn around East Africa's economy, create jobs

The President's directive to reduce the weighbridges from six to two and to remove all police roadblocks should be implemented with the urgency it deserves.

By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago

Mombasa Port should turn around East Africa's economy, create jobs

Restore the family unit to heal our hurting nation and prosper

In yet another case of a broken family as featured through media a 90-year-old lady was kicked out of her house by her own grandson due to a land squabble. What heartlessness!

By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago

Restore the family unit to heal our hurting nation and prosper

Why Kenya urgently needs power of reconciliation, honest dialogue

Reconciliation restores unity, entrenches a joint pathway, and fuels the journey towards the same direction yet again. In so doing, reconciliation heals, fills and frees.

By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago

Why Kenya urgently needs power of reconciliation, honest dialogue

Londiani accident should serve as a turning point on road safety

At the Londiani junction, motorists stop right in the middle of the road to buy roast maize or fresh vegetables. Hawkers swarm around the junction due to slow traffic caused by the many road bumps.

By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago

Londiani accident should serve as a turning point on road safety

Debate on our forests should go beyond the money from timber

One large tree can supply up to four people with oxygen for a day, the older the tree the more oxygen it releases. As such, trees essentially breathe life into us.

By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago

Debate on our forests should go beyond the money from timber

What we must do to benefit from electric mobility, green economy

The electric vehicles are tailored to meet the unique needs of the Kenyan market. This is only the latest in a series of developments that have put Kenya in pole position to be a global leader

By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago

What we must do to benefit from electric mobility, green economy

Make reconciliation a catalyst for our economic and social recovery

Observing the issues that bedevil our nation every day, I sincerely appreciate the urgent need to shun conflict with nature and one another at all costs.

By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago

Make reconciliation a catalyst for our economic and social recovery

Politics should not obscure noble provisions in Ruto's first budget

The budget has planted the right seedlings in the right places. However, there are hundreds of thousands of people in those places who must nurture those seedlings to maturity.

By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago

Politics should not obscure noble provisions in Ruto's first budget

Ruto should activate Bribery Act to rally Kenyans support against graft

Lowering corruption and bringing sub-Saharan Africa's governance to the world average could increase the region's GDP per capita by an estimated 1 to 2 percentage points a year.

By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago

Ruto should activate Bribery Act to rally Kenyans support against graft

What we must do to strengthen the middle class and grow the economy

As per the bank's macro poverty outlook, 18.8 million or 34.3 per cent of Kenyans, live below the poverty line of Sh220 a day.

By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago

What we must do to strengthen the middle class and grow the economy

Why the Finance Bill will hurt fledgling middle class the most

Kenya's middle class is the centre that holds the country together. If it falls apart, the country too inevitably falls apart.

By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago

Why the Finance Bill will hurt fledgling middle class the most

Let's fix perennial milk shortage using simple and local solutions

There is an acute shortage of milk, according to the Kenya Dairy Board. We are experiencing a deficit of about 20 million litres every month against 74 million litres.

By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago

Let's fix perennial milk shortage using simple and local solutions

We must inject integrity into the 'labyrinth' of importing vehicles

Since about than 98 per cent of the cars imported from Japan originate from auction houses, the government should require that all car dealers attach an authentic translated auction sheet.

By Isaac Kalua Green 11 months ago

We must inject integrity into the 'labyrinth' of importing vehicles

Just like Japan, let's be intentional, forge united front to drive change

Japanese farmers embody the power of collective responsibility and unified effort. Since the mid-1950s, their powerful voice and votes have kept the Liberal Democratic Party in power.

By Isaac Kalua Green, Stephen Rutto 11 months ago

Just like Japan, let's be intentional, forge united front to drive change

How Shakahola tragedy exposes Kenya's three societal challenges

It's easy to dismiss the victims and followers of Makenzi as gullible and naive. Desperation drives people to do desperate things as evidenced in the Shakahola story.

By Isaac Kalua Green 11 months ago

How Shakahola tragedy exposes Kenya's three societal challenges

End of Ramadan should offer all Kenyans key lessons on empathy

The Holy Month of Ramadan is graciously over. And lessons of the month should remain ingrained in us. This applies even to non-Muslims like myself.

By Isaac Kalua Green 11 months ago

End of Ramadan should offer all Kenyans key lessons on empathy

Three pathways that we should take to recreate a thriving Kenya

Community organising must have a laser focus on policy. If an intervention is not captured in policy, it will never be achieved.

By Isaac Kalua Green 1 year ago

Three pathways that we should take to recreate a thriving Kenya

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