Understanding learners is key to solving chaos in schools. Let's wait for WCup report from Bunge. Eritreans need freedom to enjoy the Ethiopian friendship.

Turmoil in schools…

Once again, like last year, students have bunt down some facilities

in their schools. This has become such a wound in learning institutions across Kenya.

The second term of learning which commences around May has been

one with most cases of this nature. A lot of investigations on the

past cases have not yielded much in terms of solutions.

There is need to inject really new thinking in handling rising cases of schools unrest.

The thinking that fear of exams is the lead cause leaves a lot to be desired in terms

the touch and understanding of modern learning challenges. Of course examination

fever is a reality, but it is just a fever. Does anybody really commit suicide because

of a fever? The deeper situation in schools cannot be solved without input of the

learners who are themselves the most affected by the turmoil.

 The idea of holding students criminally responsible for their actions as stated by the

Ministry of Education and haunting them with this foul foot print throughout their lives

reeks of a society that is on the verge  of giving up on its own offspring.

School life can be very dull. It is my view that students can just cause mayhem

as a form of adventure. They do not necessarily need a huge reason to light a fire.

This generation has very short concentration span. For boarding schools, they

can do better with shorter terms or just introduce many short breaks within

a long school term. This is premised on the fact that the first month of resuming school

is always very peaceful and full of fresh energies and just a time to feel nice and

catch up with school friends. There is need to leverage on this natural state of minds

that always exists in any student who has come from home recently. If we can create

this scenario more often, there may be more peace and more learning going on.

Kenyan parliamentarians in the World Cup…

Nothing much to marvel at. It is a usual thing for such to happen

in a fledgling democracy such as ours. These are some of the dominant signals that

are always  emitted by a bandit economy. Even though, the accused have pleaded that they

are using their own resources to watch the matches in Russia, it is confounding that the

Speaker of the National Assembly has told media that the parliamentarians will

make a report to the house. How and why should persons on a leisure trip report to parliament?

Even if they are on self sponsorship, our elected leaders ought to utilize time in the right manner

for the public to realize optimum output from them. Overall, lack of focus on sports is amazing.

Success of sports of skill, such as football, rarely happens in a corrupt country.

While the vigilance of Kenyans is enviable, it will be more useful for the Kenyan society

to be on the lookout all through because more wastage happens on routine activities.

Holding of seminars by public servants in high end hotels at the Coast is a common occurrence.

This is inconsistent with stamping out corruption from official ranks. Why would a public servant

enjoy an expensive lunch at the expense of taxpayers? A sort t of thing that will be unsustainable

 for them to do on a regular basis if they were to rely on own resources. I look forward to reading

World Cup report from the Kenyan parliament.

Sugar probe…

What a fiasco! Everything happened the way it was intended to happen.

 A committee of Parliament sits down to probe whether some sugar imported 

in to the country was safe for consumption or not.

Without shame, the people’s representatives are yet to give any tangible response

 to this query of great public interest. This is a classic case of how parliament is 

demeaning itself by not exerting its authority on key issues which ought to raise its 

credibility among institutions. Just to think of it…It is not unusual for democracies

 in these parts of the world to print currency during an election year. Massive imports

 of a product such as sugar during such a time is euphemism for printing money.

Ethiopia-Eritrea peace deal…

Such a refreshing hand of politics from Premier Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia. 

The people of both countries have very close cultural ties. It was utterly cruel

 to keep them apart like slaves. Ethiopia has scored big in recent times since they 

installed new leadership. No question that Asmara will be warmer going forward. 

However the real fruits of this will not be realized if Asmara continues to undermine 

civil liberties of its citizens.

The South Sudan peace situation has improved greatly as well under the prayers

of Ethiopian leadership and the blessings IGAD – the Intergovernmental  Authority

on Development whose membership include Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, 

Eritrea and Somalia. The peace initiative, which was kick started by Raila Odinga,

 a chief diplomat of President Kenyatta, has seen tremendous success so far and 

major breakthrough is near surface.

Obama comes to Kenya….

As someone who follows international politics, I sincerely miss the sharp Obama speeches.

His coming to Kenya, now as a private person, demonstrates his dedication and commitment

to family. It is a huge statement he is making. Despite all the success, he still puts family

above all else. His delegation brings so much good will to Kenya as a nation.

Kenyan government is yet to fully tap into him for marketing purposes.

Ethiopia's Abiy welcomes President Esaias Efwerki (face away from camera)of Eritria at Bole airport this July / Al jazeera