When oil was discovered in Turkana, and we went to survey the Lotikipi aquifer a year later, in 2013, the then deputy governor made it clear to me that in Turkana County all drivers must be local. That any contractor's drivers coming from Nairobi would have to hand over their vehicles to local drivers and go back.
I told him ours was a short-term mission, and in any case, we only had one driver whom we could not terminate without cause. Then I realised Turkana could only readily produce drivers. There was a serious local vocational, clerical, and professional skills gap. Told myself that if I were to be governor in Turkana, building local skills would be my priority; otherwise the county would not effectively absorb the devolution budgets allocated.
Local leaders leading Amu Tamu residents in protest for opportunities is fine. They should also consider what opportunities they have provided to prepare them to for the anticipated developments, other than asking what's in it for them!
The wait is over.
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East Africa just submitted a $5.75M #Partner2Connect pledge to the @ITU. 🇰🇪 🇺🇬 🇹🇿 🇷🇼
The goal? Train 60,000 people and launch the EAC AI Alliance.
Most see "capacity building."
I see a standards war disguised as a classroom. 🧵
Big News! I’m creating a new SEO Crash Course!
After 1,000s have joined my Savvy SEO newsletter and 100s have taken my SEO System course, I decided it’s time to launch an introductory course — free of charge!
Here’s what the course will cover:
We have been building this for 11 years brick by brick. We call it FarmShield. Acts like the brain of the farm, makes decisions on irrigation and fertilizer application at the farm uses even satellite internet to send data to a farm management software called FarmCloud to connect you to markets. Happy to get you one from @synnefa_KE on free trial.
SEO isn’t just about what you do, it’s about what you avoid.
A few missteps can undo all your hard work.
I know because I've made them before.
Here are 14 Dos and Don’ts to master SEO in 2025:
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