From the shores of the Indian Ocean to the waters of Lake Victoria, Kenyans joined the world in welcoming 2022 with all the excitement and optimism typically accompanying a new year. Will 2022 finally renounce Covid-19 as we and the rest of the world struggle with the latest variant Omicron? Shall our 2022 economy fully recover and lunge forward? Will our 2022 elections pass off without glitches?
Many of our new year expectations revolve around the concept of hope. Hope also pervades my own personal interests as an author, lecturer, and researcher. My students and research partners, along with Business Daily readers, know my own multi-year struggle as a cancer survivor and the ups and downs of follow-up uncertainties, fears, reliefs, and joys.
