As another Easter season arrives, thousands of Kenyans hit the road—some heading home to rural villages, others journeying to coastal towns to enjoy the ocean breeze and break from the pressures of city life.
The roads are busy, Nairobi empties, and the stillness of the countryside returns, however briefly, to the centre of our national consciousness.
These movements aren’t just routine holiday escapes. They are powerful signals. In the villages, returning families reconnect with serene farmlands, open skies, and fresh air.
In the coast, they marvel at the vast ocean and the quiet resilience of mangroves swaying in the breeze. Meanwhile, Nairobi breathes easier—traffic thins, noise fades, and the skies clear.
This national pattern should prompt reflection. Easter, for Christians, is a celebration of life triumphing over death, of restoration after loss.
This message couldn’t be more relevant today. Our landscapes are under stress. Forests are disappearing. Rivers are choking. Cities are suffocating.
Yet each year, Easter reminds us that renewal is possible. We can choose life over decay and restoration over destruction.
This is a call to action. Let’s stop treating rural and coastal regions as just tourist or holiday backdrops. These are living ecosystems that provide food, water, air, and cultural identity. If the countryside feels like healing, it's because it still holds what our cities have lost. And if Nairobi feels more bearable during Easter, it’s because we momentarily stop suffocating it.
The question is: why do we only experience this reprieve once a year? What if we chose, like Easter asks us to, to breathe life into our surroundings every day?
What if we reimagined our cities with green corridors, cleaner air, and more space to live—not just exist? What if we invested in protecting mangroves, restoring forests, and rethinking development as something that works with nature, not against it?
Easter isn’t just a break. It's a moment that tells us revival is not only necessary—it's possible.
Kenya has an opportunity to extend this spirit of resurrection to our environment, our policies, and our priorities. This is not just about protecting the environment. It’s about preserving the soul of this country—our ability to breathe, to feel, to flourish.
As we return from our Easter travels, let’s not leave the peace behind. Let’s carry it into how we plan, how we build, and how we govern. Let’s make every day feel a little more like Easter—full of breath, balance, and life.
We need the will to act, and to choose life, while we still can. Happy Easter Holiday.
