 Locally, he pressed for responsible governance through the unique "After the Promise" annual governance report card.An avid reader and consummate writer, the Hubert Humphrey Fellow/Fulbright alumnus was also a regular columnist with the "Sunday Nation" and later "Standard on Sunday", Kenya's top two newspapers, where he wrote weekly political analysis for over five years.In 2003, he initiated the Ababu Namwamba Foundation, a charity that supports education, talent growth and economic empowerment for hundreds of young Kenyans.