Over two thou­sand years ago, the Bible’s Book of Matthew recounts the sto­ry of three wise men on an extra­or­di­nary jour­ney. Guid­ed sole­ly by a star, they embarked on a mis­sion filled with hope, renew­al, and abun­dant promise. They believed pro­found­ly that this guid­ing star sig­ni­fied a divine pur­pose — a sig­nif­i­cant turn­ing point for humanity.

Today, as I reflect on their time­less wis­dom, I’m pro­found­ly con­vinced that God still has a beau­ti­ful and trans­for­ma­tive plan for Kenya — a future filled with pros­per­i­ty, uni­ty, and abun­dant hope and resilience for every fam­i­ly. How­ev­er, like the wise men from the East, Kenya must also find its guid­ing star. To unlock the full promise of our future, our nation requires three wise cham­pi­ons: vision­ary lead­ers, empow­ered cit­i­zens, and insight­ful policymakers.

Inter­est­ing­ly, as I pon­dered this nar­ra­tive of wis­dom and hope, the new­ly released PwC Kenya CEO Sur­vey caught my atten­tion — a guid­ing star on our mod­ern jour­ney. Could this sur­vey illu­mi­nate the path Kenya needs, high­light­ing our way toward gen­uine pros­per­i­ty, sus­tain­abil­i­ty, and last­ing hope?

The report reveals some­thing pro­found­ly encour­ag­ing: most Kenyan CEOs express deep opti­mism about the future, even amidst today’s chal­leng­ing eco­nom­ic envi­ron­ment. More strik­ing­ly, many have embraced cli­mate-friend­ly busi­ness prac­tices not mere­ly out of oblig­a­tion but because these prac­tices have increased their rev­enues, reduced costs, and strength­ened their resilience. Can you imag­ine my sin­cere feel­ing of joy that my green ser­mons over the last three decades have not been in vain? They remind us clear­ly that sus­tain­abil­i­ty isn’t just good ethics — it’s sound economics.

Yet, opti­mism alone is insuf­fi­cient. The ancient wis­dom still res­onates clear­ly: what­ev­er gets mea­sured gets accom­plished. More than half of Kenya’s CEOs now direct­ly asso­ciate their per­son­al incen­tives with sus­tain­abil­i­ty met­rics, empha­siz­ing that account­abil­i­ty must accom­pa­ny aspi­ra­tion. Imag­ine the trans­for­ma­tive impact if Kenya’s pol­i­cy­mak­ers were to embrace the same clar­i­ty, sim­plic­i­ty, and mea­sur­able com­mit­ments in pol­i­cy for­mu­la­tion. Reg­u­la­to­ry sim­plic­i­ty, bol­stered by clear, mea­sur­able goals, can unlock sig­nif­i­cant eco­nom­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties, turn­ing opti­mism into tan­gi­ble progress.

Adding to this hope­ful nar­ra­tive, Kenya recent­ly launched its ambi­tious Nation­al Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence Strat­e­gy, which I took the time to study. This strat­e­gy is not mere­ly a tech­no­log­i­cal roadmap; it is a for­ward-look­ing vision craft­ed to align our eco­nom­ic and eco­log­i­cal goals. AI can enable cli­mate-smart agri­cul­ture, help man­age our pre­cious nat­ur­al resources more sus­tain­ably, and deliv­er renew­able ener­gy effi­cient­ly. By har­ness­ing Kenya’s lead­ing posi­tion as East Africa’s dig­i­tal pow­er­house, we can lever­age tech­nol­o­gy to uplift farm­ers, sta­bi­lize mar­kets, and pre­serve our environment.

At the heart of our col­lec­tive jour­ney lies a vibrant and grow­ing com­mu­ni­ty of cit­i­zens — a com­mu­ni­ty awak­en­ing to the birth of a new Kenya. These indi­vid­u­als rep­re­sent our great­est source of hope and resilience. They embody our nation’s spir­it, advo­cat­ing for clear mea­sure­ments of progress, account­abil­i­ty in lead­er­ship, and prac­ti­cal action in the dai­ly lives of fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties. After all, the lives of every­day cit­i­zens are direct­ly shaped by our eco­nom­ic poli­cies, cli­mate action, and sus­tain­able innovations.

Today, we tru­ly find our­selves at a cross­roads of unprece­dent­ed oppor­tu­ni­ty and sig­nif­i­cant respon­si­bil­i­ty. CEOs envi­sion a bright future, pol­i­cy­mak­ers pos­sess the pow­er and tools to cre­ate trans­for­ma­tive poli­cies, and cit­i­zens are pre­pared to real­ize their poten­tial. Togeth­er, we must iden­ti­fy our mea­sur­able goals clear­ly and pur­sue them relentlessly.

The wise men of old didn’t mere­ly fol­low a star; they chose to act with courage and deci­sive­ness, mov­ing for­ward with pur­pose. Let their time­less exam­ple inspire us. Kenya can just­ly ful­fill its poten­tial with sus­tain­abil­i­ty as our guid­ing star, dri­ven by the wis­dom of prac­ti­cal mea­sure­ment, account­abil­i­ty, and tech­no­log­i­cal innovation.

This is our shared moment. It’s time to mea­sure clear­ly, act deci­sive­ly, and jour­ney con­fi­dent­ly toward the pros­per­ous future we know is with­in our reach. Let’s move from plan to action — one wise, green, and mea­sur­able step at a time. That con­cludes my green ser­mon this Sun­day. Think green, act green!