It is the expectation of any person that a member of the Avid Readers’ Forum (ARF) was or has always been an avid reader. Allow me to greatly fail to meet your expectations. This writing, unlike the others that may focus on the journey of the ARF, focuses on my journey through the Avid Readers’ Forum: from being a not-so-lover of reading to my “Damascus moment” of joining ARF and becoming a moderator of the forum.

There was a time in my life when I was fascinated with picking carrots, the reason being the excitement that came with not knowing what was beneath and, more importantly, the power to find out by just pulling them out of the ground.

Kabarak University's auditorium was alive with excitement on Monday, September 9, 2024, as we welcomed our newest cohort of students for the September-December 2024 intake. The three-day orientation program, which runs through Wednesday, September 11, is designed to equip our students with the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful academic journey.

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, the Avid Readers’ Forum hosted a momentous webinar for its fifth-anniversary celebrations. In partnership with Ms Wanjiru Gikonyo, the webinar focused on the accountability of debt contracts in Kenya and was part of a series of discussions on public finance accountability. The discussion centred on the increasing national debt and a constitutional petition by the Kenya Human Rights Commission and The Institute of Social Accountability (TISA) cited as Kenya Human Rights Commission & Wanjiru Gikonyo-V-CS National Treasury and Planning & Attorney General (Constitutional Petition/E179/2022), challenging the government's failure to disclose public debt information and emphasizing the importance of accountability in debt procurement and management.

The Late retired Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the American Supreme Court once said that, ‘reading is the key that opens doors to many things. Reading shaped my dreams, and more readings made me make my dreams come true.

Uncommon of an Avid Reader, this writing has five distinct and unrelated sections. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if you identify some correlation among all or any of them! It is a recollection of the pieces that formed the foundation for the Avid Readers’ Forum across different timelines.