Raphael Omondi

East Africa Safari Specialist | Wonderlust

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@njanja_dennis @chosen179062 The name of that thing ends with House. Beginning could be Ch... I'm not sure about the first name.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

Join the dots
https://t.co/QjrfthsOKE

[𝙋𝘼𝙐𝙇. 𝐎. 𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎 @ouma_neko]

A disturbing question is emerging from Nanyuki: who exactly was behind the chaos witnessed during the protests against the proposed Ebola quarantine facility?

According to former Laikipia Woman Representative Cate Waruguru, some of the individuals who turned a peaceful demonstration into a battleground were not ordinary protesters at all. She alleges that government-linked goons infiltrated the crowds, sowed confusion, and created the perfect excuse for a violent crackdown.

If those claims are true, then Kenyans should be deeply worried.

There is something profoundly dangerous about a government that cannot tolerate dissent. Citizens raise concerns, demand answers, and seek transparency about a matter affecting their community. Instead of engagement, they are allegedly met with provocation, chaos, and ultimately bullets.

Even more alarming is Waruguru's claim that police used live ammunition against protesters. No democratic society should ever become comfortable with reports of citizens risking death simply for expressing their views.

The tragedy of modern Kenya is that every time people take to the streets, the conversation quickly shifts from the issues being raised to the violence that follows. The questions citizens ask are buried beneath tear gas, fear, and bloodshed.

Whether one supports or opposes the Ebola facility is beside the point. The real issue is whether Kenyans still have the freedom to question government decisions without fearing infiltration, intimidation, or deadly force.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@C_NyaKundiH Theatrics.

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@marto254_ At what cost, fellow Kenyan?

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@njanja_dennis @njanja_dennis, let's pause and think for a moment. Hiyo ya 2024 kuna vitu zilislide through as we focus on the 'main' issues that were removed after the protests. Hii ya 2026, what are the such issues that will also slide as we focus on hizi?

[Eric @amerix]

One day, you will pay school fees, hospital bills, and salaries.

You will stay awake calculating figures while others sleep peacefully.

It is the day you will realize your father carried a weight you never understood.

Now it is your turn,

The burden is heavy, but it is SACRED.

Your FATHER carried it, now carry it for your son.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@kijanayamwingii Mayers shughuli inaendelea. Zero PSV activity na private cars ni U-turns tu.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@Asamoh_ Ati United what😅. Unless the association was formed overnight

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@Itsmutiso @zizo_nation @amerix There's a reason it unknown. Read it and let's exchange thoughts.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@El_Presh_ @ivymuthe Not forgetting she's going back to her husband. Justice indeed😂.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@mabrukix Go read the whole tweet. The excerpt here has not even touched the critical issues raised, which is likely to be taken out of context.

[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti @OkiyaOmtatah]

This is a monument to policy failure. The people of Nandi will not leave their farms to become hermits in tenth-floor bedsitters. The serenity of Nandi, the land of champions cannot be traded for concrete caves that nobody wants to inhabit.
The State Department for Housing boasts a 96.3% budget absorption rate. But what has been absorbed? Public money into empty walls. Meanwhile, the government has mobilized over KSh 518 billion for this programme, collected over KSh 110 billion in housing levies from hardworking Kenyans, and allocated another KSh 50.6 billion for the coming fiscal year.
THE REAL CRISIS: OUR SCHOOLS ARE CRUMBLING. While billions sit idle in unoccupied apartments, Kenya's 24,566 public primary schools across 47 counties are falling apart. The government's own data reveals a KSh 117 billion funding shortfall for education over the past four years. Primary schools alone face a KSh 14 billion deficit.
Children are learning under trees. Classrooms built for 40 pupils now hold 100. The Competency-Based Curriculum requires laboratories, libraries, and adequate spaces , yet a majority of schools lack even basic mathematics materials and proper sanitation.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba admitted before Parliament that "as a country we do not know how much it costs to educate a child." This is not governance. This is abdication.
THE NUMBERS DO NOT LIE. If the government redirected the KSh 518 billion already mobilized for housing, plus ongoing levy collections, toward school infrastructure at the current standard NG-CDF construction rate of KSh 70 million per two-story school building, we could immediately upgrade over 9,600 schools; nearly 40% of all public primary schools in Kenya. Within three years, EVERY single public primary school in Kenya could have proper classrooms, offices, sanitation, and learning materials. We call upon the National Assembly, the Executive, and every Kenyan of conscience to reject the politics of concrete and embrace the politics of human capital. Let us PRIORITIZE to build schools. For the record you don’t need the Housing Levy tax to achieve this. The budget has a lot of misplaced priorities that can be realigned, leakages and theft stopped and we make this happen. Let us educate a generation, not warehouse them in empty promises.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@SomoinaKapeen Not to go into technical details, but your brain is a frequency generator and receiver. The same applies to your devices (especially newer phones) and the people operating at the same frequency as you. That's why your phone suddenly shows what you were 'thinking'.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@moneyacademyKE Hii ni kama tutabeba tukienda camping.

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@254_mogogo @KorbeMzee Connections. Kwanza hapo kwa fobe. I've actually gotten some good networks when indluging in such and grown as a result of these.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@iamcheropmark I'd want to visit that mountain in Nakuru.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

Kenya ni yetu kama wananchi. It's up to you and me to have the vision that will propel the country forward. Do you think the politicians you choose have your best interest at heart? No, they don't report to you. Let's build the country we want together, one mind at a time.

[Nelson Amenya @amenya_nelson]

When I started the expose on JKIA Adani scam this is exactly how small minds advised me, ooh Ruto will never cancel the deals he already are the money, Kenyans can’t force him to cancel, even the finance bill many were saying ooh he will never cancel it. The thing is somebody has to carry the vision and for now you as many kényans don’t see it yet but many others are seeing the possibility so sit back and Watch.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@KWPFIVE The all is mental.
Nice summary of that principle. Those interested in finding out more read THE KYBALION.

[Raphael Omondi @Archie_Yeung]

@Maryian96 There's this cohort of drivers that also seem to delay rides intentionally so that you can pay more.

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@The77594Wolf @mumiasfinest Job tunaona hatuwezi fanya ndio wanafanya. Kuuza miwa, kutumbeza kahawa na njugu, while we chase kazi za rahisi.