Why a Nation Progresses When It Stops Repeating What Failed
If someone trips on the same stone every morning and insists the road is cursed, we would smile politely and cross the street. In…
Transformative Thoughts & Published Articles by Dr. Kalua Green
When a young Kenyan hugged a tree for seventy-two hours, she challenged Africa to take the lead
On a cold night in Nyeri, long after most homes had fallen asleep, a young woman stayed vigil beside a tree. Her arms remained…
How the Yozan Blueprint Can Guide Kenya Toward First World Success
President William Ruto has often declared that Kenya can and must reach first-world status within our lifetime. He has said we have the ideas,…
Why Kenya’s Digital Defenses Are Not Ready for the War on Our Minds
There is a story from a small village in Kiambu County that has stayed on my mind. A rumor spread on WhatsApp that a…
Why Kenya Must Listen to Its Numbers
One number caught my attention this week. Not because I am a statistician, I am not, but because for the past thirty years, I…
Why COP30 Is the Turning Point the World Can No Longer Delay
By Dr. Isaac Kalua Green Author of the global-impact book Green for Life For thirty years, the world has convened at COP meetings to address climate…
Why The Food We Eat Is Eating Us
I never imagined that a simple packet of maize flour would teach me so much about Kenya. One evening, as I reached for my…
Kenya Doesn’t Need More Hospitals, It Needs Healthier Ecosystems
Last Friday in Kitui, I watched women trained under the KAWI Green Africa Program graduate after weeks of installing solar home systems and clean…
He chose the forest over votes; now let Kenyans plant 80 trees for his legacy
At dawn, the mist over the Mau sits like a prayer. A boda rider fills a jerrycan, a tea picker pauses to read the…
Why This Sunday Is About Trees, Truth, and Transformation
Every year on my birthday, I take a moment to measure life not just by the years I’ve lived, but also by the number…
A policy that doesn’t pay will never create jobs
On the southern edge of Kiambu, in the town of Gachie, a widow named Mama Caro wakes up each morning and opens the doors…
Kenya’s Sporting Spirit Shows That Nations Succeed When Leaders Truly Care
A Kenyan proverb says that the stomach does not forget who fed it. This week, our Harambee Stars reminded us that when leadership invests…
Why Kenya’s Motorcycle Moment Demands We Turn Plans into Paychecks
As Chair of Honda in Kenya, I hosted Honda’s global leaders this week, Mr. Fujimura, Global CFO, and Mr. Kawaguchi, Global Head of Accounts.…
Parliament, the House of Transaction That Forgot to Grow Up
This week, I keep returning to a verse that won’t leave my heart: Ephesians 4:15, “…speaking the truth in love, we will grow to…
Why We Must Transform Kenya’s Sand into Water, Jobs, and Life Before It’s Too Late
For decades, our rivers have been abundant in sand, but our people remain impoverished. Talk has changed nothing, and silence will destroy them. That…
Why Kenya’s Elders Continue Working While the System Fails
Last Friday, I visited the farm of 86-year-old Mike Harris with my prayer group. Before we saw him, a 75-year-old gatekeeper slowly got up…
