Family  is usually made of people who are connected by blood. they comprise of siblings such as mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, cousins, uncles,aunties and others. The expectation is that family must be the best supporting system for anyone.There is a saying that blood is thicker than water . This means that family bonds are deeper and one should priotize family members over others. However is family an asset or a liability? The blood and emotional connections involved directly place an expectation that family should come to each other help when needed. however at what level this expectation becomes an unhealthy dependency and a burden. For those who come from humble begins, they are aware how the complexity involved to make it to the top. It has been established indirectly in our African or even Asian cultures that the first to succeed should support or take under his wings his family members. This blind expectation is not good for the progress of individual. it becomes ...

    East Africa experiences violence in almost every election cycle. elections are means of choosing a new leader and they are expected to happen in a peaceful way. But Most countries in East African Community(EAC) enter election period every 5 years or 7 years. This helps them to renew the authorities at lower level as well as at higher level like presidential elections. This patriotic undertaking  tends to occur unfortunately in hostile environment in most of East African countries . is it possible to rectify the situation in order to host stable elections? EAC is comprised of 8 countries with constitutions which requires elections to renew leaderships. These are democratic states not monarchies. It is a very diverse region with a very unstable history since independence of most those fore-mentioned countries. countries like Burundi and Rwanda experienced a very unstable period which left their societies very divided and Uganda went through a brutal military dic...

  In human nature, it is extremely hard to appreciate what we have until we lose it. We tend to want something else from outside. African youth are increasingly migrating in large numbers to the four corners of the globe. It is not a secret that African countries face a lot of challenges and for most young people, the dire situation has become extremely unbearable. The loss of bright minds in form of brain-drain, it is increasingly becoming existential for the continent especially smaller state such as Burundi , Malawi and others. However, is the grass greener elsewhere apart from home? The hardship in many African countries are real and they leave huge toll on young people. A lot of households struggles to offer 3 meals a day to their children. Most of the kids watch trough television the good life that people lead in Europe and other countries outside the continent and they make it a life objective to travel and settle there. This obsession of bettering their life at all cos...

  Since time immemorial, the future of every country is guaranteed by its youth. it is imperative to train and equip the youth with important skill-set. in the recent memory, the countries that emerged out of poverty, achieved such milestone through intensive development of their youth. in the late 1960s, most Asian countries like China , Vietnam , South Korea lived under extreme poverty, however since then, they have made incredible strides. They achieved such milestone, due to their investment in training and educating their youth. As of 2026, those Asian countries are world leading in almost all industries including strategic ones. Burundi can follow in the footstep of those Asian countries. Burundi has a huge youth percentage of its population.  By equipping them with skills, they can contribute to the development and progress of the Burundian economy. The youth is tomorrow's Burundi( Abana nibo Burundi bw'ejo).  Compare to their fellow youth in the region, Burun...

    In everyone's life, there is time we run to our excuses to exempt ourselves from responsibilities. It makes us feel like we are not responsible for the concerned specific events. However excuses destroy our development and progress due to our complacency and comfort zone. Instead of taking on or face challenges head on, the excuses give us a way out. On the contrary if we act on those activities, we grow our skill set as we learn to polish our  ways of doing things and become better people in the process. Most of the time, we find ourselves saying " I am not rich because i grew up without parents or my parents are not rich. However, there are a lot of people out there in the world who are well of due to their hard-work not because of their parents or siblings . This teaches us that reducing excuses and avoiding them is the best way to develop and improve as individuals. Excuses kills careers, it prevents people from maximising their full potential. instead of explor...

     Football as a game brings together people, families and countries. International football was established in the early 20th century and it is governed by Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) . Players are key integral part of football. players decides to represent countries because of their cultural connections, birth place and parents background or their heritage. Currently as things stands, players are allowed to switch countries only when they played only 3 competitive matches before the age of 21. those matches do not include world cup, intercontinental matches or friendlies. the new rules entail that players can switch their country representative after not representing one for a long time. Like John Obi Mikel (  Former Nigerian International Footballer) stated on his podcast ( Obi One) that players should stick to their choices and represent the initially chosen countries. Players switching countries in their late years, indicate that t...