OSCAR OMONDI

Executive Director Greenspeed Ltd

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Africa should cherish her ‘Fertile’ Daughter!

I write this as a son of Africa, probably not known to him. If I must introduce myself; my mother’s hut is positioned to the East touching the tears of the skies. The house of Pride, bordering the house of Pearl, and just like any household, we have our share of good and bad tidings.

Africa my father has taught me to talk in black and white and also colour my speech, and as of today, I will have to be more poetic lest I risk my patrimony as the son of the soil.

This great land has lost its maidenhood, having been ploughed by the greedy neighbours who tented as visitors and relatives but we must rush and beg our mothers go against odd and let the daughters lead this orison to regain fertility of the land.

Traditionally speaking that is an interdict, assuming am being poetic, which river will you rather wade?

Women are considered the eye between God and man, therefore men must fetch ‘wood’ since this ladder is of essence to elevate women to mend wrecked walls of Africa. It is godly to say that a woman was made as a helper, the state of traditional discomfiture has made it uneasy to ask for help!

I write this letter imploring clan of men that we need to seed more of the ‘fertile’ daughters to decode the inheritance of the 54 children. We must be proud of the ‘fertile’ daughter of Africa for her to help us out in addressing myriad challenges we are facing. Time to seed and read of her story!

The 2023 Naam Festival was full of blessings with an amazing platform for the Kisumu community to contribute towards preserving Africa's largest Lake Victoria. The festival curator Zuena guided us through a series of public participation forums that brought us together to converse and solve each other's challenges.

The forums dubbed Kanda La Ziwa an adaptation of Denmark's Aarhus convention where the president would mingle and respond to the people face to face sharing and solving challenges with the people.

The festival was a spread of beautiful Art from breathtaking performances on one of Africa's most prolific Lake front stages at the world-famous Dunga Hill Camp. On stage were the top-tier Mufana Soul and the LOKO crew, Felly Fell, Emcee Steele, Ivy Dulloh, Zuena, Atisana, Kaa la moto, and AGES amongst many other affluent stars.