Culture Is Coded Wisdom

Sometimes I Feel Frustration At The Bureaucracy For Not Moving Fast Enough To Deliver In The Way That I Would Prefer. But That Is Probably Because I Have Worked For Many Years In The Civil Society, Which Tends To Move Much Faster Than Government.

The Government Of Qatar, As I Mentioned, Has Proposed To Come And Lease Kenya's Tana River Delta In Order To Farm There. What I Am Not Sure Of Is, Has An Environmental Impact Assessment Been Made To Ensure That Exploiting This Delta For Agricultural Activities Is The Best Way We Can Use The Delta?we Must Be Concerned About The Long-term Impact Of Agricultural Activities In The Delta.

After Hurricane Katrina, Many People Said That The Levees Were Not As Effective As The Natural Vegetation That Had Been Removed At The Coast. So That Means As We Develop These Seaside Land Masses, We Need To Have Enough Knowledge To Not Regret In The Future. We Know That The Us Government Is Literally Buying These Lands Back To Allow Them To Be Rehabilitated.

We Need To Promote Development That Does Not Destroy Our Environment.

When I Went Back Home, I Was Constantly Being Reminded, I'm An African Woman, And So There Are Certain Things I Shouldn't Do, Certain Ambitions That I Should Not Entertain. That Was A Problem For Me Because I Had Never Thought Of Myself As An African Woman, Never Thought Of Myself As A Woman To Begin With. For Me The Limit Was My Capacity, My Capability.