By Roy Hezron
A Senior Civil Servant in the Ministry of Education Archbishop Titus Zakayo Ingana has launched nine books he has authored over the years.
The Nine books were launched by the Vice Chancellor University of Eldoret Prof. Teresa Akenga on behalf of Principal Secretary State Department for University Education and Research Amb. Simon Nabukwesi in Nairobi.
In his remarks, the PS observed that Book writing is not a common feature within the civil service fraternity. “Most Government employees always undertake tasks within their duties and don’t bother delving deeper to write books as we are witnessing at this book’s launch” said the PS in a speech read on his behalf by Prof. Akenga.
He said the simple act of committing to a writing project, and seeing it through, measures the depths of discipline.
“Writing a book can be a powerful way to get in touch with personal thoughts, values, and motivations. Actually, there is a school of thought that writing is cheaper than therapy. This is probably the most impactful reason why writing is important. If you can’t or don’t write, you probably find it more difficult to communicate with all sorts of people. Another observation is that writing every day builds discipline,” the PS said.
The books titled ‘road map on Kenyan intellectual capital causes, Overcoming dichotomy of brain drain and brain gain, Harnessing entrepreneurship and innovation at Kenyan Tertiary institutions, The politicians speech, strategy for developing Third world countries, Hotuba ya mwanasiasa, Mikakati wa kuendeleza mataifa ya ulimwengu wa tatu, God’s strategic plan for saving lost humankind, Mind changers of Ngoloma, Wabadilisha mawazo ya Ngoloma and Skills audit report are published in both English and Kiswahili. Most of the content of books borders on strategic planning.
In the book “POLITICIANS’ SPEECH”; strategic issues that fit our country are presented. The book titled “GODS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SAVING LOST MANKIND” the author interrogates the Bible from the book of Genesis to Revelation and presents a very simple but profound way of anchoring religious truth into us.
The book “ROADMAP ON KENYAN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL CAUSERS” comprehensively presents a competitive University Education, Research and Innovation sector that is aligned to national priority areas and international obligations. The book “OVERCOMING THE DICHOTOMY OF KENYA’S BRAIN DRAIN AND BRAIN GAIN” answers the question “Why Brain Drain and why not Brain Gain?” and thirdly the book. The book “HARNESSING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA” addresses a modern model culture of entrepreneurship and innovation based on Porters Value chain.
The book “MIND CHANGERS OF NGOLOMA” is a potential literature book in which Ngoloma is a country endowed with immense natural resources. This book also has a Kiswahili version. While the book titled “SKILLS AUDIT” is a report on consultancy work carried out in a neighboring country.
Bishop Inganga is a long serving Civil servant ,he is a Director Research Science and Technology (DRST)and an accomplished Researcher, a consultant in policy formulation and strategic planning. He began writing books at the age of 16 while in High school. He underscored the place of professionalism and time management adding that his vision as a role model is to see future generations develop a reading culture and gain intellectual capacity from an author who took the pedigree challenge to achieve success.
