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Hezron Mogambi

Ongoing TSC, teacher’s union battles could hurt learning ultimately

A disoriented, disgruntled and hurting teacher cannot be expected to drive the agenda of achieving quality education.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Ongoing TSC, teacher’s union battles could hurt learning ultimately
Politicians should stop culture of impunity and embrace accountability
Politicians should stop culture of impunity and embrace accountability
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
To move our country forward, we must all change our mindsets
To move our country forward, we must all change our mindsets
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
All county development projects should remain open for public scrutiny
All county development projects should remain open for public scrutiny
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Help youth acquire relevant skills that will shape their future
The International Youth Day will be marked on August 12, 2019. Themed, ‘Transforming Education.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Help youth acquire relevant skills that will shape their future
These days, every morning
Every morning, I wake up to the same news: Another breaking story of greed and high-level corruption.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
These days, every morning
A father’s presence in the lives of his children shapes positive behaviour
Research shows that fathers, like mothers, are pillars in the development of a child’s emotional well-being.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
A father’s presence in the lives of his children shapes positive behaviour
Strategies authorities should employ to tackle bullying in schools
The reported case of bullying at Nairobi School that has left a Form Two student in need of surgery is heart-wrenching.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Strategies authorities should employ to tackle bullying in schools
Tone down toxic politics and focus on agendas that bring development
The game plan looks like this: Stir up the political podium and fill it with a lot of political noise.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Tone down toxic politics and focus on agendas that bring development
Drug and substance abuse are a menace we should tackle now
National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) revealed in a report last week that school-going children are abusing drug
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Drug and substance abuse are a menace we should tackle now
Don’t be left behind by technological revolution sweeping the country
Without doubt, Huduma centres will help propel Vision 2030’s goal of achieving a people-centered, transparent and accountable public service
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Don’t be left behind by technological revolution sweeping the country
Why lowering age of consent flies in the face of efforts to protect girls
Consent must imply maturity and an ability to take responsibility for one’s actions. Those young people often have neither.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why lowering age of consent flies in the face of efforts to protect girls
Foul language in public discourse a stain on our national moral fabric
Oour Constitution provides for freedom of speech. But again, we do not need to sit idly as it unfolds.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Foul language in public discourse a stain on our national moral fabric
Governors have gone a tad too far with demand for special treatment
Governors now want to be treated differently from other Kenyans because they are “special”.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Governors have gone a tad too far with demand for special treatment
Sleepy Senate won’t save us from greedy governors and MCAs
Budget implementation and financial controls in counties is a farce.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Sleepy Senate won’t save us from greedy governors and MCAs
What to do for everyone to get cheap, reliable healthcare
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
What to do for everyone to get cheap, reliable healthcare
With role reversal, men are in the wilderness of identity
The era of the firstborn son is totally gone.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
With role reversal, men are in the wilderness of identity
Ignore the bad press, affordable housing a real deal for workers
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Ignore the bad press, affordable housing a real deal for workers
Better, reliable electricity only way to guarantee improved productivity
Without electricity, smallholder farmers and rural small enterprises face barriers in adopting new technology
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Better, reliable electricity only way to guarantee improved productivity
Attention lavished on the girl child has left boy child lonely and adrift
Data from police shows there were 2,774 homicides in 2017, an increase from the previous years and counting.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Attention lavished on the girl child has left boy child lonely and adrift
Why campus life is turning out to be deadly
These killings make us believe there is no escaping this dangerous and suicidal climate that campus students have to put up with every day.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why campus life is turning out to be deadly
Education quality
Teaching is about engagement, about getting children to listen.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Education quality
Honest conversation with youth way to curb teen sexual escapades
And here we haven’t yet looked at the twin issue of pregnancies in school.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Honest conversation with youth way to curb teen sexual escapades
Why the youth feel left behind by the society
Our politicians must distinguish between problems that are urgent and those that are important, and the importance of this one will not diminish.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why the youth feel left behind by the society
Financial accountability remains a challenge in county management
As a result, citizens cannot participate effectively in the budget process as intended under the Constitution and Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Financial accountability remains a challenge in county management
Devolution and the Big Four, opportunities and Challenges
The greatest benefit of devolution is that county governments can tailor local development investments to the needs of the local people
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Devolution and the Big Four, opportunities and Challenges
Unless we deal with the water crisis now, we are shall all regret
Even though there is enough freshwater to ensure access to clean water for everyone, its distribution is uneven and too much of it is wasted, polluted
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Unless we deal with the water crisis now, we are shall all regret
Why our responsibilities and rights as Kenyans should be defined
One of the most important issues in democratic practice is citizen participation.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why our responsibilities and rights as Kenyans should be defined
Why our electoral processes should inspire confidence and stability
Top on the agenda of Parliament should be how to make our electoral body more effective to deal with our electoral processes.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why our electoral processes should inspire confidence and stability
President Kenyatta’s political inclusion agenda good for our country
Ultimately, patriotism is a feeling. Can patriotism and exclusion work in tandem?
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
President Kenyatta’s political inclusion agenda good for our country
Self-evaluation and pitfalls of Kenya’s justice system
The hope of Kenyans was that cases could be decided based on the evidence adduced, not the size of one’s bank account or social standing.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Self-evaluation and pitfalls of Kenya’s justice system
Armed security guards extra threat to security
This attempt to arm guards seems to be following in the footsteps that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Armed security guards extra threat to security
Why the 2022 succession political emotions are misplaced
Unfortunately, the politics of anger move and mobilize people in very intense and short-lived movements.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why the 2022 succession political emotions are misplaced
Why we must change the way we plan and manage our education
We must change the way we plan and manage our education.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why we must change the way we plan and manage our education
Why CRA proposal for County Cash is timely
County cash allocation formula offers hope for better service delivery
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why CRA proposal for County Cash is timely
Why war on corruption should be continuous
The war on corruption is gathering momentum — fast and furious.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why war on corruption should be continuous
Why teacher trainee failures needs to handled urgently
For one, well-trained and qualified teachers, especially at the basic level, are central in the learning process.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why teacher trainee failures needs to handled urgently
Why our collective selfishness is sending us all to abyss
Selfishness is becoming a national culture that is driving us into an abyss.
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Why our collective selfishness is sending us all to abyss
Today’s parent should just go back to school
Children need to be taught the right values for survival but where from?
By Hezron Mogambi 5 years ago
Today’s parent should just go back to school
Dishonest and corrupt leaders have run down our great country
Why hypocrisy is the bane of our leadership
By Hezron Mogambi 6 years ago
Dishonest and corrupt leaders have run down our great country
Uhuru remains firmly in control despite many challenges in his way
For now, his influence locally is intact and commands public respect and support
By Hezron Mogambi 6 years ago
Uhuru remains firmly in control despite many challenges in his way
Critical issues as we move towards the referendum
As calls for referendum politicians seem to be taking the driving seat, shouting themselves hoarse and strategising how to best benefit.
By Hezron Mogambi 6 years ago
Critical issues as we move towards the referendum
Why latest KNUT strike scaremongering is in bad taste
Taxpayers and parents are categorically not to blame for inadequate levels of consultation on teacher issues and related challenges facing Knut.
By Hezron Mogambi 6 years ago
Why latest KNUT strike scaremongering is in bad taste
For quality education, Kenya needs quality teachers
For quality education, Kenya needs teachers with higher grades.
By Hezron Mogambi 6 years ago
For quality education, Kenya needs quality teachers
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