Morvin Achila

Education policy in Kenya is often driven by slogans and electoral timelines rather than by a sustained national strategy. The government must stop treating education like a vote-harvesting gimmick. Policy must be grounded in realism and long-term thinking. Kenya’s youth are ambitious, creative, and eager to work. What they need is an education system that equips them with skills, not just...

Political promises change with each election, but national development must be anchored in continuity. Development goals should be negotiated and agreed upon across political lines. History won’t remember our manifestos. It will remember what we built — or failed to build — together. Kenya’s greatest development crisis isn’t a lack of ambition — it’s a dangerous addiction to political short-termism. Every new...