4 years into the Kenya Kwanza government and we can't even recognize our country anymore. Nothing works! Education, health, transport, farming, environment, security, international relations, sports. Absolutely nothing!! Fuck the government!! Fuck rigathi, fuck Ruto, fuck kindiki
Once again I repeat. It is not your business to defend the government, your primary allegiance is to the nation not the government of the day. Where they are wrong, call them out!
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself
NTV Kenya yesterday reported that 30,000 newborn babies died in Kenya last year.
That is 82 babies dying every single day.
The worst-hit regions are Nyanza, Western Kenya, and ASAL counties, places where poverty already makes maternal healthcare harder to access.
And this is where the conversation gets uncomfortable.
Yes, Linda Mama still exists under the SHA.
But it is not the original Linda Mama that many mothers knew that helped many.
The original Linda Mama, launched under Margaret Kenyatta, allowed mothers to enter the system early, with very low upfront cost of as low as 200ksh, access antenatal clinics, routine monitoring, delivery support, emergency referrals, and newborn care during the most critical months of life.
It was designed to bring poor mothers into care early and reduce maternal and neonatal deaths.
The current SHA-linked version is different.
For many poor families, registration and contribution requirements have become a barrier. Being asked to pay 12,000ksh for many is tough.
And poverty changes behaviour.
A mother without money delays clinic visits.
She postpones scans.
She skips checkups.
She shows up late when complications have already worsened.
And when care starts late:
Complications are harder to manage.
Emergency interventions become more common.
And newborn survival becomes harder.
Not every newborn death is because Linda Mama changed. That would be dishonest.
But by the Ruto govt making maternal care harder to access for poor mothers, especially at the earliest stages of pregnancy, has consequences.
Healthcare delays caused by poverty are deadly.
82 babies dying every day should force UDA and Ruto to ask themselves:
Are they making maternal healthcare easier for poor mothers, or harder?
I’ve worked as a Project Manager across NGOs, consulting firms, and tech
There are things nobody teaches you.
You learn them on the job.
Here are 5 things I had to quickly figure out while working as a PM in consulting:
currently reading a book that says “note that the idea of life not going your way is an illusion; life is
always going your way, you’re just unaware of your path.” AND WOW 🤯🤯