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Rotary: a few good women and men

Hugh Masekela was in town. He partnered with our very own Isaiah Katumwa to put on a scintillating jazz show. Sorry if you missed it. It probably won’t be happening again. I was privileged to attend and that is where…

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When bad choices beget poverty (part II)

I hope you noticed the interplay on words. In part one, poverty begot us bad choices.  Here, bad choices beget us more poverty to complete the vicious cycle. Let me use two examples to illustrate the point: one where a…

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When poverty begets bad choices (part 1)

There is this guy who has a short motivational program about poverty on radio. Its catch phrase, loosely translated in English, is – ‘you are not poor, it’s your head that is poor’. The gentleman’s point is that we are…

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