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#KEPSA is currently hosting the @jumuiya Secretary General Roundtable in Nairobi, bringing together public and private sector stakeholders from across the East African region.
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This is a beautiful passage from Rumi:
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
In Ancient Indian traditions, there is a belief in a concept called the Wheel of Time (or "kalachakra").
The idea is that time goes through a natural three-part cycle:
• Creation
• Destruction
• Rebirth
Every period of creation is followed by a period of destruction. Every period of destruction is followed by a rebirth and period of creation.
This has always resonated with me.
I believe our lives follow a similar natural cycle from creation (growth) to destruction (struggle) to rebirth (new beginnings).
The true wisdom is found in outlasting the darkness of the periods of destruction—knowing that the darkness is a necessary precursor to your rebirth.
As Rumi wrote, the wound (darkness) is the place where the Light (rebirth) enters you.
Lesson: View each period of pain, sorrow, and struggle as a natural precursor to your inevitable growth. Have faith. Sit with it. Allow that light to enter and grow within you before it shines for everyone to see.
A Taiwan MP grabbed a bill and ran with it to prevent the bill from being passed. Finance Bill eeh! Finance Bill aaah! I hope notes are being taken here.
This is where our MPs @OAmollo , @Honcalebamisi@hon_wamuchomba
should go for benchmarking.
Last weekend, I attended Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in Omaha.
It was an incredible experience.
9 ideas from the event that I can't stop thinking about:
Some 30 years ago, India too was on the edge of bankruptcy. In response, its Finance Minister delivered a budget speech for the ages. It changed India forever. It couldn't be more different than the budget we have recently heard in Pak. A thread on that remarkable India speech...
@curiosity254@AmbokoJH Currently Export of Services is subject to 16% VAT this makes it uncompetitive considering that KE is the hub of most MNCs in the region, therefore the billing to other operations for services rendered from a central location (i.e. KE) shoots up by 16%.