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JPR Ochieng’-Odero is a research entomologist with a PhD who has had a long career as a research scientist later building expertise in Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) for Research and Development (R&D) in Africa; as well as Capacity Strengthening, strategic research, mentorship and resource mobilization. He has been team…

Is Kenya too Timid to fully embrace Generative AI?

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) as the propellant in the Generation Zee uprising recently seen in Kenya has left…

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I will Set Forth at Dawn

Today, I flourish in happiness and radiate positive vibes. At long last we are picking up momentum to ensure that…

By JPRJune 27, 20243 min read

Cry, the Beloved Country

This past week will remain in Kenya's memorial gallery as the week of change. It will live in infamy. Our…

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Farewell to Babylon

Nigerian Playwright Bode Sowande wrote a befitting play that aptly captures the catalytic ethos that propelled the Kenyan youthfull Gen…

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JPR Reflections on the Future of Learning and Work

Jamboz,I hope you are well and still striving to keep safe. Enclosed do find my reflections on the future of…

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A looming crisis of Intellectual Attrition within the Research-Career Pipeline

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Tribute to a True Friend, Gifted Person, and Excellent Human Being: Celebrating the life of Catherine W. Kariuki

It is with a heavy heart that I received news from the daughter Wambui early Easter Monday morning, 2021 of the transition of Catherine…

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Rescue of a PhD-My Postgraduate life in Aotearoa (1985-1989)

I had deep craving to achieve the very highest levels of education from very early on. Having failed to get…

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Leadership Lessons from the Great Fire of Rome: How would Emperor Nero have Managed the COVID-19 Crisis?

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I Eat Books, Sleep Books, and Wake Books!

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Master, Speak! O Speak to me!

14 Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him… 23 Whenever…

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Striving to be a `Man of Shibumi’

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Going Way Way Back…

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By JPRJune 25, 202020 min read

Catastrophe is the New Normal. Are We Ready?

Here’s a tiny secret. One that Coronavirus should have clued us into. Normal is over. The age of normal is finished, done,…

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…the old has gone, the new has come!

My Good Fren…, I have recently found myself engrossed in thoughts, many, many thoughts...much as I have never thought before. My 63…

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Debunking 9 popular myths doing the rounds in Africa about the coronavirus

https://theconversation.com/debunking-9-popular-myths-doing-the-rounds-in-africa-about-the-coronavirus-135580 In the second week of March the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By mid-March the disease had…

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A Man of Many Worlds

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A decade has passed since the Science, Technology and Innovation Act No. 28 of 2013 was enacted and came into force. It…

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ICIPE at its Best: Science Week 2024

I was at the world headquarters of International Centre of Insect Ecology and Physiology (ICIPE) at Duduville Kasarani Campus, Nairobi, attending…

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Reminiscing an African childhood capture by the grip of movies: The story of Prince Judah Ben-Hur

Year: 1968 Place: Prakash Cinema, Eldoret Age: 9 The recent news of the transition of one of my favourite film actors, the rich…

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I had deep craving to achieve the very highest levels of education from very early on. Having failed to get […]

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The transition of Hon. Simeon Nyachae hurls me back to the 1984. I have read his autobiography `Walking Through the […]

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Me Shake, Shake No More…!

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With the Almighty’s, blessings, at noon 15th day of August, 2020, I turned to be 63 years on my voyage […]

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