Dr. Ouma Oluga, OGW
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Principal Secretary State Department for Medical Services Ministry of Health
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THE ‘MASHUJAA’ ASSIGNMENT
The ones we crowned Mashujaa today
were not necessarily favorites in their own time:
hunted in the forests, chained at Kapenguria, written off as troublesome, and castigated as dreamers.
They were only refusing the limits of their age,
pushing at a wall until it became a door.
The wall still stands. It has new names.
Equity, so that where you were born
does not decide how far you go.
Prosperity, so that work pays,
and the farmer, the trader, the young coder,
anyone within borders, eat from what they build.
Unity, so that we walk one road as one people;
more as one nation.
Innovation, so that Kenya and Kenyans too can shine with solutions for problems far beyond borders.
None of it comes by wishing.
It comes by reporting to duty with diligence,
by discipline when no one is watching,
by doing the next hard thing, and the next,
until the impossible becomes reality.
Every age needs someone to walk first
into the dark and hold the light steady,
to choose the harder road and say: here is a way.
In our time, H.E. President Dr. @WilliamsRuto, CGH has carried that light to the front,
calling a nation to Usawa
and pushing for reforms others feel should be left for later.
So the work continues. It is the assignment.
Each of us is handed a piece of it to execute.
‘Ask not what your country can do for you. But rather ask what you can do for your country.’
That’s the take home from Mashujaa Day showcased marvelously by the ‘Champions’.
Well done Nandi, Elgeyo Marakwet and Uasin Gishu!
The ones we crowned Mashujaa today
were not necessarily favorites in their own time:
hunted in the forests, chained at Kapenguria, written off as troublesome, and castigated as dreamers.
They were only refusing the limits of their age,
pushing at a wall until it became a door.
The wall still stands. It has new names.
Equity, so that where you were born
does not decide how far you go.
Prosperity, so that work pays,
and the farmer, the trader, the young coder,
anyone within borders, eat from what they build.
Unity, so that we walk one road as one people;
more as one nation.
Innovation, so that Kenya and Kenyans too can shine with solutions for problems far beyond borders.
None of it comes by wishing.
It comes by reporting to duty with diligence,
by discipline when no one is watching,
by doing the next hard thing, and the next,
until the impossible becomes reality.
Every age needs someone to walk first
into the dark and hold the light steady,
to choose the harder road and say: here is a way.
In our time, H.E. President Dr. @WilliamsRuto, CGH has carried that light to the front,
calling a nation to Usawa
and pushing for reforms others feel should be left for later.
So the work continues. It is the assignment.
Each of us is handed a piece of it to execute.
‘Ask not what your country can do for you. But rather ask what you can do for your country.’
That’s the take home from Mashujaa Day showcased marvelously by the ‘Champions’.
Well done Nandi, Elgeyo Marakwet and Uasin Gishu!
Thank you Baba Raila Odinga. Continue Resting in Peace!
Happy Mazingira Day!
Today we planted 10,000 trees at Pap Kakan, Alego Usonga, Siaya County.
This builds on the 20,000 fruit tree seedlings we distributed in Siaya County with H.E. First Lady @MamaRachelRuto, EGH on 8th September 2026, in the same spirit of conservation that also grows the economy of our families and households.
I also urged Kenya Forest Officers and the National Government Administrative Officers for doubled efforts to conserve the Got Abiero and Got Ramogi natural forests, so that indigenous species cover these gazetted hills.
These initiatives happening across the country are spearheaded by H.E President Dr. @WilliamsRuto, CGH; whose agenda targets planting of 15 Billion trees in 10 years.
Today we planted 10,000 trees at Pap Kakan, Alego Usonga, Siaya County.
This builds on the 20,000 fruit tree seedlings we distributed in Siaya County with H.E. First Lady @MamaRachelRuto, EGH on 8th September 2026, in the same spirit of conservation that also grows the economy of our families and households.
I also urged Kenya Forest Officers and the National Government Administrative Officers for doubled efforts to conserve the Got Abiero and Got Ramogi natural forests, so that indigenous species cover these gazetted hills.
These initiatives happening across the country are spearheaded by H.E President Dr. @WilliamsRuto, CGH; whose agenda targets planting of 15 Billion trees in 10 years.
