We try again finding our purpose on the grand design.
I daytime in Higher Education in Kenya. Farmer. We do East Africa consultancy on Business & Geopolitics.
Nobody talks about that inner panic when you’re completely over your job, but you can’t afford to quit, and you have no idea what you’d even do instead
@kinjeketile@TheMutaD@Mbwesaa Karibuni you take the Law School to the next level it needs to be. The School shall be launching a Master’s in land governance we partnered with UNECA plus an LL. M with four specialization options. It's also finalizing on setting up an ADR center in partnership with CiArb-Kenya
@kinjeketile@TheMutaD@Mbwesaa Yeah, graduating third cohort this August. Very brilliant and very pro-active young lawyers. A calm campus, small classes, blended learning and proximity to the capital for weekends/free weekdays works.
Send our way those infrastructure grants, we need to expand the school.
Here at the University of Embu near @kinjeketile's farm. Embu is probably as large as Mbarara and colder than Dutch hearts. Better aesthetic than many highland towns in Ke. We were staying at a 12-storey edifice (very new) whee the balconues directly face gardens.
Major cheat code for life: Become difficult to rush. The world will pressure you to rush into everything. Rushed decisions. Rushed conversations. Rushed relationships. Rushed timelines. There's immense power in rejecting that trend. Slow down. Create space to think clearly.
What’s surprising me is the fact that there’s a court order barring the NTSA instant fines but as usual naona mshakubali ni sawa. What a country of weaklings mahn
BREAKING: The US has released the full text of its 14-point "Memorandum of Understanding" with Iran.
Key terms include:
1. The US, Iran, and their allies agree to immediately and permanently end military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon
2. The US and Iran agree to respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and not interfere in each other's internal affairs
3. The US and Iran commit to negotiating and reaching a final deal within 60 days, unless mutually extended
4. The US will begin removing its naval blockade immediately and fully end the blockade within 30 days
5. Iran will use its best efforts to ensure safe passage for commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days with no charge
6. The US and regional partners will develop a mutually agreed plan of at least $300 billion for Iran's reconstruction and economic development
7. The US will work toward terminating all types of sanctions against Iran, including UN, IAEA, primary, and secondary sanctions
8. Iran reaffirms that it will not procure or develop nuclear weapons and agrees to address its enriched material stockpile under IAEA supervision
9. Until a final deal is reached, Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, while the US will impose no new sanctions and deploy no additional forces
10. The US Treasury will issue waivers for Iranian crude oil, petroleum products, derivatives, and associated banking, insurance, and transportation services
11. The US will make frozen or restricted Iranian funds and assets fully available for use
12. The US and Iran will establish an executive mechanism to monitor implementation of the MOU and future compliance with the final deal
13. After signing the MOU and implementing key ceasefire, blockade, shipping, oil waiver, and asset-release provisions, the US and Iran will begin final deal negotiations
14. The final deal will be endorsed by a binding UN Security Council resolution
The memorandum will trigger a 60-day window to negotiate a final deal.
The most intellectually gifted person in my applied math masters program ended up working for the university doing research for pennies. The stupidest, vilest, ass kisser ended up in a large investment bank. This is a very common trajectory.
@Mulfs_Ke@ClintonObonyo Some ladies wataomba lift, wakifika destination anasema you give them money or she will shout that you had sex with him na haujalipa, banking on public embarrassment utoe Pesa.
@FourtyBal Easy to say if you are born and raised in the second richest city in the richest country in the world.
A masters is a basic requirement in professional jobs there. For the average black nerd finding your tribe is hard.
As they balance is key.
“Gifted” programs in city public school systems are simply a means of getting academically capable students into a “regular” classroom without disruptive students or remedial students the teacher has to expend additional resources. And that’s an important and necessary service