Avid Readers Column

The gentlemen of the jungle by Jomo Kenyatta And ‘Quotes from Tom Mboya’ in An Evening with Tom Mboya

Prepared by: Gift Muli, Student at Kabarak University & Session rapporteur Avid Readers Forum 10 March 2026

The second Agora session of the year convened on 10 February 2026 and was facilitated by Youngreen Peter Mudeyi and Lewis Ndichu. The evening involved a critical engagement with African leadership through two texts: An Evening with Tom Mboya p...

The Day Christianity was banned in Africa by Billheart Braxtone

Prepared by: Victoria Okeke, student coordinator of the Avid Readers’ Forum. Avid Readers Forum 10 March 2026

The Avid Readers’ session of 10 March featured a reflective and imaginative piece authored by a member of the Forum, Billheart Braxtone, titled ‘The Day Christianity Was Banned in Africa.’ The reading emerged as a response to earlier discussio...

To: The Political Class at Independence

Camila Jelimo Murgor and Akachukwu Odira Okonkwo. Avid Readers Forum 10 March 2026

From: A Child of the Republic You Almost Built Ndugu zetu, o foolish and gifted yet dangerously misguided founders. We write to you from a country you built. A country shaped by your hands, your speeches, your signatures and by the blood of t...

Tujiangalie: Across the Shadows of Independence

Rosasi Miriam and Faith Chepngetich Avid Readers Forum 03 March 2026

Dear People of Kenya, We write to you not as one above you, nor as one separate from you, but as one among you, yet from a different time. A time where your past has become our lesson, your silence our question, and your strength our inherita...

A Letter to Jomo Kenyatta

Written by: Sarah Muhonja and RayJunior Kiptum, students at Kabarak Law School Avid Readers Forum 03 March 2026

Dear Jomo Kenyatta, I believe that we are not acquainted yet. This is because we are from the future, modern day Kenya. You would not believe how much has changed. TVs are now in colour, and we have a new Constitution, promulgated in 2010. It...

The Ethical Foundations of Julius Nyerere’s Legacy by Cranford Pratt and Corporate Charter Colonialism Never Died by Iain Parker

Prepared by: Victoria Okeke, student coordinator of the Avid Readers’ Forum. Avid Readers Forum 03 March 2026

On 3 March 2026, the Avid Readers Forum convened for a reading and discussion session on Chapter 4 of The Legacies of Julius Nyerere and a substack article by Iain Parker. The session was moderated by Jimmy Wambua and Sarah Muhonja and attende...

Making of a Nation by Hillary Ng’weno

Prepared by: Sherine Kirui, student at Kabarak Law School and Sessional Rapporteur. Avid Readers Forum 03 March 2026

The Contribution of Alliance High School to the Leadership of Post-Colonial Kenya Session Overview On Tuesday, 31st March, 2026, we, the members of the Avid Readers Forum converged at the Professorial Boardroom in our prestigious law school ...

Papa, Snake and I by Luis Bernardo Honwana

Prepared by: Billheart Braxtone, student at Kabarak Law School and Session Rapporteur Avid Readers Forum 03 March 2026

This report presents a structured account of the Avid Readers’ session on the short story ‘Papa, Snake and I’, moderated by Billheart Braxtone on 17 March 2026. The session focused on analysing the major events, themes, and lessons derived fro...

A reflection on Braxtone’s The Day Christianity was Banned in Africa

By Lewis Ndichu Avid Readers Forum 03 March 2026

When it comes to outshining themselves, Kabarak Law Students seem to have a knack. Sharing a stage with a seasoned Kenyan artist during the Cultural Week Gala Night pales in comparison with having your writing dominate the subject of discourse...

The Challenges of Development in Tanzania: The Legacy of Julius Nyerere by Julius Nyang’oro, and The Arusha Declaration by Julius Nyerere

Prepared by: Gift Muli, student at Kabarak Law School and Session Rapporteur Avid Readers Forum 24 February 2026

The evening session of 24 February began with a summary of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere’s background from Jimmy Wambua who was the facilitator of the session. A reflection of what it means to inherit a vision and its burdens hit the room as th...