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Planning and Implementation Tug Of War

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By Madaraka Katana Balancing planning and implementation is one of the most significant challenges faced by leaders in community-driven projects. I’ve come to understand this deeply through my personal journey, serving in dual roles as Operations Manager at RegisTree, a community-based waste management and composting enterprise, and Chairperson of Dabaso Youth for Green Future, a youth-led organization focused on environmental action and empowering sustainable livelihoods. From the outside, planning and implementation may look like two natural stages of a project. One lays the foundation, and the other builds on it. But in reality, these stages often conflict, overlap, or even clash, especially in a grassroots setup where time, support, and resources are thin. Where the Struggles Begin Sometimes, the greatest challenge lies in spending so much time planning that implementation never really begins. You draft strategies, create to-do lists, organize meetings, and map out grand visions, b...

What If Judas Was a Kenyan, How Much Will he be Paid to Betray Jesus Currently

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 30 silver coins, was it worth that time? What if it was today, how much would have been paid? Is it worth betraying someone? Let's get into it and look at the value of 30 silver coins in Kenyan shillings today. Silver Coins Kenyan shilling coins About 2000 years ago, A day like today is when Jesus Christ rose from the dead. This is after he was betrayed by a close person, one of his disciples. The story is recorded in the book of Mathew 26:15 where Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus in exchange for 30 silver coins.  Though we are not sure about the exact coin which was used to pay Judas at that time, scholars argue that there is a possibility of four coins being used. The Roman Denarii, The Tyrian shekel, The Antiochian stater coin and The plotemaic coin. The Antiochian Stater Coin The Roman Denarii According to the scholars, only one of these had a possibility of being used, the "Tyrian Shekel" This is because it contains the highest amount of silver (94%)  and hence is used...

Blogs and its impacts to the online space.

 Blogging and it's impacts to the online space. Blogging is the art of creating articles, photos and other content related materials and publishing them on a website. It involves sharing your ideas and thoughts with your audience. Blogs can be of different types depending on the idea the one needs to pass to the audience. The different types of blogs include:  Food blogs Sports blogs Business blogs Fashion and beauty blogs Parenting blogs Travel blogs Health and fitness blogs And others. All these types of websites play an important role individually, to the business world, empowering and educating the community too. What are some of the Impacts that blogging brings to the online community. It provides opportunity for traffic growth and increase the number of customers for your business. Social media increase the popularity of your business and enhance your online presence. This increase more customers as the probability of somebody buying the product after somebody has seen y...