#52: Vet Moses Kwereba on Chess Missions across the globe, Animal Health and the Art of Simplicity

In this first episode of their fourth season - Kamande and Kigondu are back all fresh and curious! Seated beside experienced Chess Coach and Veterinary doctor Moses Kwereba, the trio engage in a great conversation that closes with a poetic cherry on top! Opening with talks on reconnection and paying respects, the middle game sees the convo focus on the guest’s experience and come-up in the animal health industry. The fight and end game stages of the episode soon enough dig deep into chess and its parallels with life, its complexities, lessons, benefits and beyond. Following Vet Musa’s journey to coaching, leadership and the practice; the episode covers experiences from Kabete to Lusaka and stories from Durban to Dubai. From protégés in Norway to sheep in Macedonia, the trio highlight memories from Kabete Ng’ombe to Kamande’s AI jokes, benefits of volunteering and extension work to those of telemedicine, also exploring topics around consistent study of both sport and science to rankings, strategy, analysis, timings, parenting, emergency response and so on, all in the day in the life of a mobile vet spreading the chess ministry across the globe. The episode is as technical as it is poetic, perhaps exploring another argument for chess players being better than the rest of humanity.

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The episode is brought to you by FunkeScience.

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Moses Kwereba is a Veterinary doctor and an accredited Chess National Coach - formerly National Federation Treasurer, whose team led Kenya National Youth Teams to World and Africa Championships. His interests spill into poetry, music and photography and his passions have seen him travel across the globe, train across communities and coach across schools.

 

Episode LINKS:

• On ‘SMASE’ and the STEM promotion program
• On the 4K Clubs of Kenya
• On FIDE and the History of Chess
• Scandal of man dressed as girl at Kenya opens 2023
• On the Kenya National Chess Opens 2023
• Tears of Akoko, the African Drum. A poem by Moses Kwereba
• On Kabete community endeavors
• On journalist Olive Burrows
• On Strategic Volunteering

Books and Music

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Shawshank redemption book
• Garry Kasparov’s - How Life Imitates Chess 
• Guests reggae mention: Another Moses by The Ethiopians
• Kamande’s reggae song mention - Simplicity by Sizzla