Can Kenya's healthcare system be fixed—and who should lead that change?

In this episode of Troublemakers, Monica Kamandau speaks with pharmacist, healthcare consultant, and activist Morgan Derek Omondi about the future of healthcare in Kenya, the impact of corruption on public services, and the role Gen Z can play in shaping better systems.

Drawing from his experience in the Gen Z protests, healthcare policy, and community work, Morgan reflects on accountability, civic responsibility, and why data-driven decisions could transform healthcare delivery across the country.

Meet the Guest

Morgan Derek Omondi is a pharmacist, healthcare consultant, and regulatory affairs specialist. He is also involved with Spurgeons Child Care Kenya, supporting vulnerable children through education and community initiatives.

What We Unpack in This Episode

• Why Morgan joined the Gen Z protests
• The challenge of working with the government after protesting against it
• Corruption and its impact on healthcare delivery

"We should all take responsibility for the change we need in our communities. If it means going to the streets, then we have to go to the streets." Morgan Derek Omondi

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Resources & Show Links

• Troublemakers Podcast Links
• Follow Morgan Derek Omondi on LinkedIn

What does “development” really mean—and who is forced to pay for it?

Ziada is a climate and gender justice advocate working at the frontlines of renewable energy and community resistance. Trained in medicine, her activism was shaped by real encounters with inequality, environmental breakdown, and lives lost to preventable conditions.

What is EACOP, really? A massive oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania—sold as progress, contested on the ground.

The real cost of “development” Displacement. Lost livelihoods. Closed schools. Communities cut off from land and identity.

Why women are hit hardest Economic exclusion, social disruption, and power imbalances intensified inside homes and communities.

Key Takeaway

“We don’t lack solutions—we lack implementation.”

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What happens when poetry becomes testimony? What happens when a voice carries the grief, rage, memory, and survival of an entire people?

In this deeply emotional and politically charged episode of Troublemakers, we journey through “Vous allez où?”, a haunting spoken-word piece that confronts war, displacement, colonial violence, exile, and the persistence of hope in places the world often chooses to ignore.

Through vivid imagery and painful truths, the poem paints a world where mothers bury children, rivers carry bodies instead of songs, and children draw rifles instead of suns. Yet even within devastation, there remains resistance the stubborn insistence on dignity, memory, and life itself.

This episode reflects on:

• War as a lived daily reality, not a distant headline
• Forced displacement and the psychology of exile
• The silencing of oppressed voices
• Colonial legacies and systems of domination

At its core, this episode asks: Where do people go when home itself becomes unlivable? And what does it mean to continue dreaming in a world built to erase you?

This is not just poetry. It is testimony. It is mourning. It is resistance.

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