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Yvonne Okwara

Yvonne Okwara

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YVONNE'S TAKE: Argue, but lead!
July 02, 2026 11:51 (EAT) • 2 weeks ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: Argue, but lead!

Somewhere along the way, our leaders stopped communicating like statesmen and started posting like influencers in a never-ending online feud.And that should concern all of us. Because leadership is communicated not just through decisions, but through language.

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YVONNE'S TAKE: June 25 - Don't dare forget...
June 26, 2026 12:01 (EAT) • 3 weeks ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: June 25 - Don't dare forget...

What began as opposition to a Finance Bill quickly became something larger. A conversation about accountability. About trust. About governance. About a generation demanding a seat at the table in decisions that would shape its future.

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YVONNE'S TAKE: Ebola, what's the deal?
June 04, 2026 11:38 (EAT) • 1 month ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: Ebola, what's the deal?

A quarantine facility, however noble its intentions may be, cannot simply appear in a community and expect automatic acceptance. Due process is not a technicality. It is the mechanism through which public confidence is earned.

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YVONNE'S TAKE: Preach water, tax wine
May 28, 2026 11:55 (EAT) • 1 month ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: Preach water, tax wine

Governments everywhere are demanding greater visibility into income, transactions, ownership structures and financial flows.

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YVONNE'S TAKE: Africa do unto others
May 14, 2026 11:58 (EAT) • 2 months ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: Africa do unto others

Climate negotiations routinely expose a painful imbalance: Africa contributes the least to global emissions, yet suffers some of the worst consequences.

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YVONNE'S TAKE: Presidents...and fellow adults
May 08, 2026 12:30 (EAT) • 2 months ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: Presidents...and fellow adults

This week, Samia Suluhu Hassan said of activists that “atawapiga mkwaju”, that they would be beaten. During the Gen Z protests, President William Ruto repeatedly framed young protesters as children in need of discipline. 

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YVONNE'S TAKE: Ukrainian shoe, Iranian foot
April 23, 2026 11:38 (EAT) • 2 months ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: Ukrainian shoe, Iranian foot

In 2022, at Chatham House, then-presidential candidate William Ruto offered what sounded like a principled critique of governance in Kenya. He warned against what he called a “mongrel” system, where the opposition sits in government, and government behaves like opposition. 

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YVONNE'S TAKE: What does it take to resign in Kenya?
April 09, 2026 11:40 (EAT) • 3 months ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: What does it take to resign in Kenya?

In Canada, a man can lose his job for not speaking the right language at the right time. Not for causing a tragedy. Not for mismanaging a crisis. But for failing to address a nation in both of its official tongues—English and French....

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YVONNE'S TAKE: Of Messianic solutions and risks
April 02, 2026 11:58 (EAT) • 3 months ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: Of Messianic solutions and risks

It is the steady construction of something resembling a messianic instinct in leadership. The idea that, perhaps, all problems can be solved by one individual. That where institutions falter or are perceived to falter, a single figure can step in, steady the ship, and restore order....

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YVONNE'S TAKE: For once, listen!
March 26, 2026 11:31 (EAT) • 3 months ago

YVONNE'S TAKE: For once, listen!

In all the noise, in all the response, in all the reassurance — Is anyone listening?

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