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Share on Facebook Matunda Nyanchama Follow @nmatunda December 18th, 2019 Public Lecture notes for a speech at the University of Kabianga on December 18th, 2019 by Matunda Nyanchama, PhD I want to thank Prof. Elijah Omwenga, Dr. Mary Wosyanju and Mr. Wanyama for making it possible for me to be here today. Let me hasten […]

Share on Facebook Matunda Nyanchama Follow @nmatunda November 29, 2019 Sincere condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Frank Waweru Mwaniki who passed away following a road accident in Nairobi. He will be sorely missed by all of us who knew and interacted with him during his life on earth. There are no words […]

Share on Facebook Matunda Nyanchama Follow @nmatunda April 24, 2019 Corruption keeps making the news headlines as a matter of routine, an indication that the vice is with us and will be with for a long time to come. I have previously written on the subject (see for example: The War on Corruption: Wanjiku not […]

Share on Facebook Matunda Nyanchama Follow @nmatunda On November 19th, 2018 I rose up early to catch a flight to Accra, Ghana. The objective: to participate in the 3rd ECOWAS Regional Conference of the Africa Society for Blood Transfusion (AfSBT). Here, I would represent the Damu-Sasa team and present the Kenyan innovation dubbed Damu-Sasa, an […]

Share on Facebook Matunda Nyanchama Follow @nmatunda Nairobi, June 21, 2018 H.E. the President of Kenya has rightly declared war on corruption in the country. Spurred by reports of massive looting of state coffers, the president is right to focus on this cancer that continues to stunt the nation’s growth. Indeed, corruption stands on the […]

Tweet By Matunda Nyanchama May 2nd, 2017 In an article published in the Saturday Nation of April 29th, 2017, Japheth Otike argues that “photocopying a copyrighted book is not quite illegal”. He is wrong! It is true that the law allows “fair use” of copyrighted materials. However, there are clear limits to this. It’s good […]

By Dr Matunda Nyanchama A few weeks ago, a tragic accident that took lives of many young school-going children, happened in Gusii.   As a community and country we lost the immense unrealized potential of these young people. Families and friends will suffer most due to this tragedy. We can only imagine the extent of their […]

NB: Part of my remarks to a Town Hall meeting hosted by President Mwai Kibaki for Kenyans in the Diaspora – September 25, 2012, New York City, NY. —————- Your Excellency President Mwai Kibaki, Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi, Honorable Ministers of the Government of Kenya, Kenyan Ambassadors and the entire diplomatic corps, ladies and […]

Tweet This is my off the cuff response to You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum! – Response by one Field Ruwe We Africans will never get world respect when we go begging all over the world, depend on other people to establish “priorities” for us, and which priorities they fund. A few months ago I spoke […]

Happy New Year Tweet Happy New Year Wananchi, friends, foes and all This is to wish you the very vest of the coming year 2012. On my part, I thank all of you that supported us through 2011; our family had a difficult year as we lost our father and you came through. God bless […]

On the Reading Culture[1] click here for a .pdf version of this speech. Accept greetings from Canada and my sincere apologies as I cannot be present at this very important event that has to do with our community, and especially on the subject of knowledge. I want to congratulate Kemomo Foundation and the Kenya National […]

By Matunda Nyanchama October 15, 2011 The recently concluded Kenya Diaspora Conference held in Washington, DC was a watershed moment for the Government of Kenya (GoK) and Kenyan Diaspora. For many of us that have been in this game for a while, this was a pleasant surprise: GoK embracing the Kenyan Diaspora. This is not […]

Speech read at Abagusii Culture and Development Group (Nyamira North) rally at Ekerenyo, Nyamira;  July 6th, 2011 click here for a .pdf version of this speech Tweet Accept my sincere greetings from Canada, here in North America. This is a great, advanced country in which I have resided for a numbers of years. It is […]

Click here for a .pdf version of this. Tweet The Hon Martha Karua, MP Chair of NARC-Kenya 2012 Presidential Candidate July 6th, 2011 Dear Martha, I write as a resident of West Mugirango and Nyamira County and extend my welcome to our home and region. I am sure you will enjoy your stay, enjoying the […]

Tweet Click here for a .pdf version of this speech To the ODM youth convention attendees, all Kenyan youth and the Kenyan people: Accept my greetings from the land of the Canucks, as some people call Canada. I salute you in the name of Kenyan patriots, young and old, men and women, boys and girls, […]