I firmly believe that Kenya will prosper if her most qualified people are prioritized for service and leadership.
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Perspective Matters
A Writing Competition
Featuring different themes/topics every year, perspective matters is a writing competition that challenges individuals to look at the challenges we face in our society through a solution rather than a problem-focused lens.
We ask writers of Kenyan descent to ferry us into their imagination, where we hope to be exposed to the endless possibilities within our collective reach, as human being
The 2021 writing challenged writers to tell us, in no more than 1000 words, what they would do if they had the power and the mandate to effect change in Kenya.
*Details for the 2022 entries will be communicated on this page in June 2022.
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I firmly believe that Kenya will prosper if her most qualified people are prioritized for service and leadership.
Read MoreNavigating walkways and public transport in this city is a combination of skill, talent, and luck.
Read MoreEfficient machines run better, use less energy to run, and produce way more output than inefficient systems.
Read MoreIf chosen leader of Kenya, I would fervently try and reduce our dependence and subservience to foreign investors.
Read MoreAs a president, I would work to revive patriotism: a social cause to revive ownership of one’s own nation, its people, and their welfare.
Read MoreWe would get to know firsthand how a government officer siphoned funds into their wallets, where they took the money, what they used it for, and, of course, how to get it back with blockchain.
Read MoreThe innovative and creative nature of the youth can be harnessed for social good. If I were chosen to lead Kenya, my main focus would be empowering young people to become social entrepreneurs.
Read MoreTechnology is vital for the success of the agricultural industry. It will enable us to produce high-quality goods, cheaper and faster.
Read MoreI would be proud to see the so-called ‘leaders of tomorrow’ leading meetings and projects of today because today is the tomorrow of yesterday.
Read MoreNo progress can be made if we do not know where we’re coming from.
Read MoreJustice Willy Mutunga is a Kenyan lawyer, intellectual, reform activist and an active member of the Justice Leadership Group. Mutunga was Kenya’s Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court from 2011 to 2016. He has published 2 first author books, 8 co-author books, 39 scholarly articles and 44 unpublished lectures and papers read in conferences. He has also written 16 forewords and prefaces in books on variety of disciplines. Through these writings Mutunga’s trajectory of political activism is robustly reflected.
Nerima Wako-Ojiwa is a Kenyan political analyst, who serves as the executive director of Siasa Place, an organization, led by young people that engages young Kenyans, educating them about the constitution, governance and electoral processes, through community engagements and social media. She is a 2018 Obama Leaders Fellow and a former columnist with The East African.
Peter Pages Bwire is a creative entrepreneur, filmmaker, writer, and scholar. He is currently the CEO of The Dots Village Company, manager of The Chorus Box, an initiative that aims to develop young leaders to implement solutions for the challenges in their own communities, and program manager for the Binti Care Foundation. Peter is a French-African Young Leaders 2021 Fellow and an awardee of both the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders and the Chevening Scholarship.
Christine Koech is a journalist with a passion for good grammar and well-told human interest stories. Currently the deputy editor on the Gender desk at Standard Group PLC, she believes in the power of the perfect mix of elaboration, emotion and evidence when it comes to storytelling for human causes.
Janet Onyango is the CEO of J Communications, a communications consultancy that specialises in promoting programmes, social media management, media relations and thought leadership building. Janet is also a training facilitator in writing skills public speaking for the workplace and media training. She is passionate about beautiful language and good grammar. She is an avid reader of African fiction. Her experience is in monitoring journalism, broadcast journalism and radio.
Other than the prize money, each prize comes with terms and conditions, a period within which it should be claimed or redeemed. Winners will be advised to check the vouchers for these terms and conditions.