Kawira Njagi

Kawira Njagi · Follow 4 min read · -- When I wrote the first article about food, I was just stringing together thoughts as they came to me. Now, with a better command and language to dissect the implications of food being used as a weapon, I return. To lay them bare and call us to action. Photo by Spencer Scott Pugh on Unsplash Food has long been a political weapon in Kenya, wielded with the cunning of a seasoned strategist.

Kawira Njagi · Follow 2 min read · -- A still from Cary Joji Fukunaga’s adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation: The first time Agu is called upon to kill a man. War is no business for children. Even then, it would be foolish of us to look at it from whatever angle without factoring in the impact it has on them. From babies, to toddlers and on to the ones who have a semblance of understanding what is going on. At this moment, my focus is on child soldiers.

In negotiations, we are taught that the simplest way to get what you want is by pitching value to whoever you want something from. You don’t just walk up to someone and tell them to invest in your idea, you have to show them how they benefit from investing in your idea. If they feel that the benefit they get from doing so outweighs the losses if they don’t, they put their resources on what you are selling. Money, skill, time whatever. Now, come to marriage.