"Let us have a real conversation now. Each day, we can focus on winning one mother, one sister, one father, one brother. Together, we will save not just one girl, but whole generations to come."

"Always go with the choice that always scares you because that is the choice that requires most from you"

"I believe in the power of ideas. I believe in the power of sharing knowledge."

"I spent a lot of my early blogging career sort of highlighting all the ills of the government in Kenya and all the corruption and problems."

"I always ask the question: As more Africans are going online, are they finding content that is meaningful and relevant to them, or are they just consuming from everywhere else. As Africans, we have the capacity to generate our own content."

"Blogging requires consistency, and you need to have some time on your hands, which I don't really have."

"We can't entrepreneur our way around bad leadership. We can't entrepreneur our way around bad policies. Those of us who have managed to entrepreneur ourselves out of it are living in a very false security in Africa."

"Life is too short to play-act if you don't have to."

"Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor."

"“This is about the countless girls, women, boys, men, and elders all over Kenya and Africa who dare today are working to bring female genital mutilation and child marriage to an end,”"

"And once they see these videos, that's when they see the pain that these girls undergo, and that's when they say: 'I will not allow my daughter, or I will not allow my sister to undergo the same"

"Remember, they don't know how circumcision is done for girls or women, because they are not allowed to be there. ... They don't know where it's cut, or what is being done to them"

"In the whole process of circumcision, what we hate is the cut. All the rituals, blessings from cultural leaders, people dressing in their traditional clothes as dancing and singing our beautiful songs — it's not harmful. It's good"

"We are simply saying let's retain the good part of our culture, because we have so much that is good in our culture that we don't have to do away with"

"And the second toast is to my elder sister, Soila, she was with me the first time I ran away, but the next time I escaped, she gave up because of the beatings we received from our family members. She was first one that got the cut at the age of ten, and since that was the only way she will be considered a woman in my own community, and that’s why I do this work today because of the sacrifice she made for me then"

"Was when I was eight years old, my sister and I ran away at four a.m. and hid in a tree to escape from the cut. The next day I went to him, my grandfather was the first person who I could convince that the cut was not necessary, and was the first person who listened to me. He changed my life, and that’s why today I am the woman of my dreams. Thank you"

"“They will say, ‘We did this because we believed in it, but now we want to encourage girls to go back to school,”"

"We need to go beyond talk and realise what climate justice means for African communities."

"We need the stories of people in the Global South who are disproportionately affected by the climatic crisis, those on the front lines, because their stories represent the reality of what the climate crisis really is."

"I would advise you (Africans) to start your own thing."

"Education is the greatest equalizer. It is the one tool that can level the playing field for the poor and the marginalized, especially for the girl child. When you educate a woman, you have educated a whole community."

"Mrs. Odinga's commitment to education is not just rhetorical. Through the Ida Odinga Trust, she has personally touched the lives of countless students, providing scholarships and building classrooms. She leads by action."

"Ida Odinga has carved her own space as a formidable advocate for social causes, seamlessly blending her role as a matriarch with her passion for education and women's empowerment. She is a quiet yet powerful force in Kenyan public life."

"Ida is the pillar of the Odinga family. Her strength, wisdom, and unwavering support have been a cornerstone not just for her husband but for the entire ODM party. She is a leader in her own right."

"Our African culture is our identity. We must not let it erode. We should teach our children their mother tongue and our traditions, for a people without a culture are like a tree without roots."

"Being in politics as a family teaches you resilience. You learn to stand firm in the face of storms, to protect your family, and to never lose sight of your values no matter the political tides."

"Women must stop being their own worst enemies. We must learn to support each other, to vote for each other, and to celebrate each other's successes. There is enough room at the top for all of us."

"A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.""

"“Feast with your enemies. So I do my best to prepare and offer food to those with whom I find myself in disagreement.""

"I dedicate myself and the right livelihood award owner to the service of peace in a practical way to consolidate the work already undertaken and to give a new energy and focus in developing peace system by harnessing the body of knowledge through establishing a University for peace in Wajir Kenya."

"A peace process is not about the mathematics of numbers and percentages in relation to who is in majority or minority. It is about plurality, diversity, participation and ownership of all affected by the conflict and who live in the context hence nothing less than full participation and ownership."

"Fishers get a high-quality catch and therefore make more money per trap whilst reducing negative ecological impacts"

"̽Growing up partly in Dar es Salaam is what made Muthiga have passion for the ocean. "My mother used to take us to the beach on Sundays. Swimming in the ocean and seeing the various creatures, shells and algae washed up on the beach fascinated me""

"The seines were banned in 2010. However, they are still used in some areas of the coast where people lack the political will to stop it"

"Marine management is about using a suite of methods that keep fish biomass at around 500 kg per hectare, which greatly increases the chances of sustainability and habitat resilience"

"The coral reef fish recover due to reduced fishing, and the numbers of fish increase in the tengefu and surrounding fishing grounds. At the coast, there is a growing movement called tengefu, (meaning “set aside” in Kiswahili) in which communities agree to halt fishing for a while."

"It is time for young people to participate in efforts to conserve the environment because most of them will be around to suffer the effects of natural calamities that could come as a result of climate change. There are many urgent issues, but I would narrow it down to two; climate change and quality leadership."

"There are many urgent issues, but I would narrow it down to two; climate change and quality leadership.'"

"Write As Yourself and Write What You Know."

"The lack of a data privacy law has been an enormous lacuna in Kenya's digital rights landscape."

"I’ve found that if you put aside the desire to be seen and just write from an authentic place of wanting to tell stories you know and that you think the world might profit from hearing, it will take you a long way, even in nonfiction."

"I am not living in my mother's Shadow, I am basking in her light..."

"I’d love to be remembered for inspiring young people to live their best lives, to aspire for courageous leadership, transformative leadership."

"interpersonal relation is a very powerful tool for being a good leader."

"Most of the things that are happening in the world right now are because we have chosen to put profits above the people and our planet."

"Everyday when we look after the trees, they look after us, but this trees and the life-saving fruit they bear will not survive on a 2.7 degree celsius warmer planet."

"I believe in our human capacity to care deeply and to act collectively. I believe in our ability to do what is right if we let ourselves feel it in our hearts."

"That kind of people power is what is going to make a huge and real difference in the world today."

"It's not easy to get someone to take action. That ability and the will to act has to come from deep within us so that we can do what must be done and we need to know how to get people and how to move people to actually take action. And if we get a majority of people who actually understand and feel it themselves, then we are the people that are also going to move the leaders to take action."

"If we are going to achieve everything, we will need everyone on board."