by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 11, 2015 | DailyFT
In George Lucas’ classic space trilogy ‘Star Wars’ (actually, a trilogy of trilogies), it was easy to discern who the good guys and the bad guys were… or who were meant to be as such. The idealistic hero with stars in his eyes, literally, Luke...
by Wijith DeChickera | Aug 5, 2015 | DailyFT
It’s been a rude awakening, it has this week. The electorate went to sleep dreaming of good governance and a free and fair election at last, hopefully, but awoke sweating with fright at the sound of gunfire. A tear in the fabric of a...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 29, 2015 | DailyFT
This, among other questions, has been on many hearts and minds in the past six months or so. After the initial euphoria of early January 2015 died down, it began to be clear – or, at least, strongly felt – that ‘good governance’ was still very much a...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 22, 2015 | DailyFT
Yes, the murders have stopped. No, not even the odd abduction captures the headlines anymore. Even in the good old, bad old days, there was hardly any reportage about corruption or fiscal/fiduciary crime by the powers that be. So, the hues of good governance...
by Wijith DeChickera | Jul 17, 2015 | DailyFT
Now that nominations are in and planted, there’s a month to go before the fruit of our voting on them can be ripened, plucked, and harvested. In the short run-up to nominations, and in the long haul before elections, the clarion call has been – and will, no doubt,...
