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Two years ago, while studying and working with the sustainability department of South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD, USA, we conducted a food waste audit. The audit revealed that the buffet-style dining area at The Commons had a significantly higher percentage of food waste compared to the a la carte style at the Union area, despite the high number of restaurants (4) at the union. Students gather around a busy buffet line This audit finding is consistent with the U

Raila Amolo Odinga has never been easy to box in. Table of Contents The making of a dissident Visionary ideals: Democracy, Social justice, & Constitutionalism Pan‑Africanism and infrastructure A mirror of Kenya’s promises and contradictions Why his vision outlived his victories 1. Institutional reforms and constitutional legacy 2. Normalising protest and opposition politics 3. Pan‑African infrastructure and continental connectivity 4. The Pan‑African imagination 5. Mentorship

Few figures in Kenya’s political history have inspired as much admiration, controversy, and curiosity as Raila Odinga. Loved, feared, and endlessly analyzed, he remains the puzzle that every election tries, and fails, to solve. Table of Contents The making of the enigma Born into power but schooled in rebellion Opposition firebrand and constitutional reformer Perennial presidential candidate Master of handshake politics Handshakes as crisis management and self‑preservation Ho

Mental health apps have become a lifeline for millions of people who cannot or will not seek traditional therapy. Mental‑health app...

Introduction The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) convened in New York from 22–30 September 2025 . Marking eight decades since the UN was founded in the aftermath of World War II, the session carried the theme “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights” [1] . Secretary‑General António Guterres and President Annalena Baerbock of the General Assembly underscored that today’s global challenges—climate change, pandemic

Inflation’s Invisible Hand at the Checkout A busy city street at dusk, with towering buildings, blurred silhouettes of pedestrians and...

Following the rejection of privatization agenda after public participation and legislative review, the choice of leasing of government sugar factories has come with its fair share of challenges in western Kenya. Questions pertaining to how, to who and for how long remain unanswered. In this writing though, I delve into the why it's necessary. The year is 1999 and our 10-acre cane farm, a ratoon of 1997, has overgrown beyond 24 months and the whole village has descended upon i

You’d think governments, entrusted with trillions in taxes and millions of lives, would be the apex predators of data. Yet the average...

Recycling fails not because people don’t care, but because the system keeps acting like a used-car lot - good promises, dodgy parts, and...

Imagine a city where public transport is so efficient, you could set your watch by the bus arrivals. Now, contrast that with a city where...