Amb. Derek🇰🇪

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[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@KenyaPower_Care Power outage in Kinango. The nearest landmark is AIC Kinango, Kwale County.
Please do something about the constant power outages in the area. Looking forward to hearing from you. Texted you in your DMs

[Kodak @its_pabloh1]

Until you date a woman who has her own money and loves you, you won't realize how much the broke ones have been dragging your life back.

[Bruno Fernandes @B_Fernandes8]

how can I assist you? ☕

[Monica Juma @Monica_Juma_]

I am deeply proud and honoured to start my tenure as Director-General/Executive Director of the UN Office at Vienna/@UNODC.

I look forward to leading the @UN’s work in addressing the challenges of drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism, for a safer and more just world.

[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@HELBpage @HELBpage, jambo. I have been paying my loans for a while now but kujaribu kuacess system inaniambia a user with my email/ID doe not exist in the system. What could be the problem?

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iran says any Arab or European country that expels Israeli and US ambassadors will get free passage through the Strait of Hormuz starting tomorrow.

[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@Fahadnaimb @MutuaAbel , kuja huku. Ama hii umepiga?

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

It's matchday in the capital! 🔥

[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@gmltony

[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@smutoro This is not the B-2 Spirit? Sure looks like one

[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@AlexTran677026 @grok, which movie is this

[GenZ Sec Gen @KinyuaNjeri]

WHY THE GOVERNMENT FEARS A LUO KIKUYU UNITY

Whenever Kikuyus and Luos unite, the coalition they form always leads to a tyrannical revolution.

It is a historical thing in Kenya, and everyone in government knows this.

Those who hate change and love the status quo have learnt to hate a unity between the Lake and Mountain.
And no, it has nothing to do with whether the phallus is sharpened or not. It's deeper!

In 1952, Kikuyus and Luos formed a militia under the Kenya African Union (KAU, which would later become KANU) to fight for independence.

Kûng'û Karumba and Bildad Kaggia met with a genius Luo called Ochieng Oneko to form a think Tank for the MauMau.

They were arrested and detained in who we call the Kapenguria Six

And yes- Ochieng Oneko, the Luo strategist, was a MauMau thinktank!

The white colonial oppressors hated to imagine a union between the lake and the mountain.

Whenever the colonialists killed a prominent Kikuyu, they'd scatter leaflets to blame it on the Luo.

And whenever they killed a prominent Luo, they'd blame it on the Kikuyu.

The idea was simple- keep these powerful communities hating each other.
Divide them, and rule them.

In 1963, Jaramogi Odinga fondly insisted that his friend Jomo Kenyatta be released before anything like independence.
"No Kenyatta, No Uhuru", he said

Jaramogi would have been Prime Minister. But he refused because he understood the Whiteman's divisive tactics.

Kenyatta and Jaramogi would eventually fall out in 1968; which soured relationships between the Luo and the Kikuyu.

Two young brilliant minds, Tom Mboya and Mwai Kibaki, would write down a beautiful paper on economic planning dubbed
Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965, titled "African Socialism and its Application to Planning in Kenya."

The policies in the document would then lead to the conception of the LAPSET project in 1975.

Literally, every major infrastructural project you know today was captured in their plan.
Lamu Port, SGR, Superhighways, Etc.

But Tom would be killed!

The Whiteman had achieved his scheme.
Kenya would sink into a dark chapter for the next four decades!

In the late 80s and early 90s, the country saw a glimpse of hope when the Luo and Kikuyu communities came together again.

This time, to repeal the electoral laws.
They successfully repealed section 2A, which made Kenya a multiparty state!

THe Forum for Restoration of Democracy (FORD) party was formed.

But, like a porcelain mason jar, the new party would fall and break into several pieces.
FORD People, FORD Asili, FORD Kenya and every other FORD they could get.

The division now earned the tyrant Moi and the white man's cabal yet another ten years to loot the country.

In 2002, the Luos and Kikuyus came together to bring down the tyrannical KANU era! 70% of Kenyans rallied behind them to bring an economic revolution that would last ten years.

But how would they run the country on the punitive and draconian white man's laws of the Lancaster Constitution?

In 2001, Luos tried without Kikuyus to bring constitutional changes on Maximum reforms vs Minimum reforms. They failed terribly.

In 2005, Kikuyus tried alone without Luos to bring a constitution and failed terribly during the Orange 🍊 vs Banana 🍌 referendum.

In 2010, gracefully, the heavens conspired to put Luos and Kikuyus in one basket. The constitutional reforms came with the Constitution of Kenya, what people called the Kibaki Raila Constitution.

Kenya had never seen the kind of development that happened when Kibaki and Raila were in power.

Education was free.
Hospital bills were paid in peanuts.
Banks literally chased after people to register bank accounts.
Banks advertised loans and credit like ice cream vendors.
Raila's Tinga would bulldoze Mûrang'a Road and, together with Kibaki, built the phenomenal Thika Super Highway!
These were the good times!

#tribalbigots

[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@vibewitmih @WambuiMuchiri_ , see this Balozi😂😂

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Ruto & NO team currently conceding defeat at Bomas #kenyadecides 'Majority had their way, we had our say'

[Adelle Onyango @ADELLEO]

Yien
(Or what some are dubbing car insurance)

[Amb. Derek🇰🇪 @254diplomat_]

@Thriving_luos They look at us through the dim lenses of their own ignorance, those fixed-minded ignoramuses who mistake depth for madness and sacred ritual for noise. Their inferior comprehension cannot grasp that our mourning is not chaos, it is communion.

[Kyle McCarter @KyleMcCarterIL]

Honoring the life of Raila Odinga, known as Baba to most,the handshaker to many. We spoke mostly about infrastructure in Africa & the good things it would do for the people. As an engineer he understood this better than anyone. I was fortunate to know him. May God bless his family with peace.

[DHOLUO DICTIONARY , PhD @Thriving_luos]

Residents of Nakuru mourn Mboya as his cortege passes through the town, 9 July 1969.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend and former Prime Minister of Kenya, Mr. Raila Odinga. He was a towering statesman and a cherished friend of India. I had the privilege of knowing him closely since my days as Chief Minister of Gujarat and our association continued over the years. He had a special affection for India, our culture, values and ancient wisdom. This was reflected in his efforts to strengthen India-Kenya ties. He particularly admired Ayurveda and traditional medicine systems of India, having witnessed their positive impact on his daughter's health. I extend my deepest condolences to his family, friends and to the people of Kenya in this hour of grief.

[Hakainde Hichilema @HHichilema]

Saddened to hear of the passing of former PM @RailaOdinga. We extend our deepest condolences to the people of Kenya, the Odinga family, President @WilliamsRuto and all those touched by this towering advocate for democracy. His legacy will endure. May he rest in eternal peace. HH