🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC

Ex-Dep. Minister of Trade & Industry (Kenya)🇰🇪.

Chair, @CrestwoodComms.

StratCom & Public Policy Pro.

Happy Husband. Dotting Dad.

Change-maker.

[𝙋𝘼𝙐𝙇. 𝐎. 𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎 @ouma_neko]

Someone should tell boda boda riders this: you can gang up against one person and assault him together, but when the day of judgment in court comes, each of you will stand before the judge alone.

The crowd that cheered you on will not be in the dock with you. The friends who encouraged the violence will not serve your sentence for you.

And while you sit behind bars paying for a moment of anger, life will continue outside. Your wife will find ways to survive, your children will grow up, and the world will move on.

Mob justice feels powerful for a few minutes. The consequences can last for years.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

Today, in the heart of Gilgil, at the stadium, 16 families with gather in a mass funeral service to take back the remains of their children for various burial sites around the country following the tragic Utumishi Girls inferno.

The agony of taking back charred remains of children, that the parents delivered to school in perfect health is unequalled.

The pain of going back home empty handed; carrying little coffins that bear years of investment of love, care, affection and warmth, is unparalleled.

In that stadium today, will lie 16 visions that were cut short 😭😭😭.

In that place, will lie ‘broken’ promises of “Mummy, when I become a millionaire business woman, I’ll buy you a house, take you on vacation abroad and get you gold jewelery”.😪😪😪😪

In that stadium today, will lie aborted promises of “Daddy, I’ll buy you a Range Rover and make you the proudest dad”😭😭😭

There at Gilgil stadium this morning, will lie the remains of our daughters who did so well to attain marks to enter a national school, but who became the mark of national grief.😫😫😫

16 dreams cut short. I don’t know who would have become what, but in that stadium today, our nation will witness how we have sadly been robbed of would-be terrific teachers, meticulous medics, boisterous business women, exemplary engineers, leading lawyers, patriotic police officers, principled politicians, masterful mechanics and so much more!!!

Oh death, what a grim reaper you are!😫😫😫😫. What a terrible thief, that you would take children in that manner😭😭😭.

I pray, that the silence of the absence of these young ones in their various homes will some day be replaced with healing and repair of souls. I pray that as a country and especially the leadership of Education, we will not let this be just another statistic, and that the arsons get the harshest punishment (yes, I said it as a Christian) and schools do better to prayer for such eventualities.

Because it is not easy to wait for the normal end term report forms and no one brings the home😪😪;

To wait for the ‘Happy fathers’ and mothers’ day’ wishes, in vain😪😪;

To call and wait for an answer at the end of your call, in vain😪😪;

To hope for a helping hand in the kitchen and the little/big sister love for other siblings, in vain😢😢;

This is heavy, but God… God is still faithful 😭😭😭😭

May the Lord heal the families indeed as they bury the dreams, aspirations, visions and hopes that were embedded in each child😪😪😪. Fellow Kenyans, let us stand with whichever family in whatever part of the Kenya that will bury their loved ones among these children.

For those who will be around Narok, please join the family of Dennis Nyakeri as they inter their little girl in Narok tomorrow, to give comfort and grace one more time. God bless you.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

@canoneokeyo I agree. I’ll try organize us.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

Yesterday was Sabbath, but the pain in my heart did not drive me to the pulpit or to the pews of my church in Lavington. The pain in my heart drove me to Narok town to trace and find the man whose daughter perished in the Utumishi Girls fire incident in Gilgil.

Dennis Nyakeri, a tour operator and Rebecca Maina, a pastor, were in a church service at home when I arrived. I avoided eye contact with Dennis when I was ushered in to sit, because in seeing his pain, I was going to lose my ‘manliness’ and shed a tear of communal grief 😪😪😪.

In that service, even as the founders of Fountain of Life Church Bishop Mureu and his dear wife spoke, one could feel a sense of emptiness, pain, anger and confusion. It is the pain that makes one question God. It was the kind of pain that seemed for a moment to obscure the clarity of Jesus Christ.

A parent of another child at Utumishi who was a close friend of Sheryl (the departed girl), recounted their conversation with Dennis earlier. She said Dennis referred to the Bible’s Psalm 90:10 which states that “The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty, if we have the strength...". And then Dennis paused and asked, where does 15 years come in😪😪😪??? How does God allow my 15 year old to die!!😫😫😫😭😭😭😭😭

At that point, I had lost it all. I broke down. When I stood to speak, I was a mess, I must confess. I told them that I did not know anyone there. I had never met Dennis, nor his wife my whole life. I am not a parent in Utumishi. I am not from Narok and own nothing in that county. I am not a fellow tour operator of Dennis. I am not Kisii as Dennis, neither am I kikuyu as his dear wife. I do not fellowship with their
Church. I was just a man, who felt the pain of his fellow man😭😭😭😭, took himself alone, to go and share this Jesus and to take love to a wounded soul.

Friends, the pain in that home cannot be compared to any I have seen in many days. The pain endured in identifying one’s child when it’s all ashes, breaks me to the bone 😭😭😭😭😭. Jesus, please come and heal the parents whose children died in that inferno😪😪😪. Please come Lord. Please come.

For the many who reached out with information about Dennis, thank you for helping me find him. For the hundreds of you who sought how they may help and chip in, please send your support to Dennis’s number: 0794589354. Please send your generous and kind support. 😭😭😭.

Those in Narok, please visit with this family and share cheer and comfort. God bless you all. #MenForMen #HealingJourney #GodInAllThings

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

@ImmanuelOchieno 🙏🏾

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

@kiprotich_lenny Utawala.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

From yesterday, I have been holding my heart and breath for this man😪😪. I don’t know him, but my attempts to figure out his pain still fail by a whole mile. Actually, I don’t know his pain. I can imagine it, I can try and figure out its depth, I can attempt to sketch the turmoil, rage, anger, anxiety and sense of loss of this gentleman. But I am unable to truly comprehend his extent of pain😢😢😢 that this parent of Utumishi Girls Gilgil.

You see, the loss of any child is grotesquely painful. One child dead is a child too many. The loss of a child defies the norms of nature, which is that children should bury their parents, and not the vice versa.

One may struggle to comprehend the ‘madness’ of this man. I don’t know the full story. What I know is that some of these children we see and are blest to have, were products of many years of prayers. Some came to their parents after trying for many years and were the blessings that defied all village talk of barrenness. Some have been the only children who survived deaths that had claimed their older siblings at a tender age. Some may have been lone survivors of an inferno or disease that swept the entire family. Some children may be the only memory of a spousal partner who died at their prime in life. You may not know why the man had such hysteria and anxiety attack. What I know, is that the death of even a single child to a parent blest with tens of children, is deeply painful and leaves a wound that can never be healed easily😩😩😩.

This morning, my heart reaches out to him. I’m still clinging on the hope for life for his dear daughter, even when my innermost heart fears for the worst. But I am praying that this inferno was not caused by juvenile arsonists. I am praying that the allegations of some students having started the fire because they were denied celebrations of Eid-al-Adha is just some pep talk that is unfounded. I am praying that this was an accident, and not a premeditated incident. Because I am unsure how the parents of the children who perished will heal, if it were to be established that other students plotted to murder their colleagues.

Dear Lord, reach out to this man and all parents who have suffered the agony of waiting today. Please keep our children safe Jesus. Heal the parents who have to bear the unkindness of burying their children😭😭😭

[Dan Aceda @danaceda]

Pole sana to those affected.

This is how KLM behaves all over Africa. I used to have to fly KLM alot and it happened on every flight.

If you can avoid this airline, please do.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

CALIBRATION is a very critical virtue in leadership especially during crises. It is the wisdom of knowing WHAT to say, WHAT NOT to say, as well as WHEN and HOW to do either.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

Thank you.

[Dickens Ojijo @ojijo_dickens]

@DavidOsiany telo receive greetings from Arera Sda church our church looks neat courtesy of work.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

@ntsa_kenya this public can will kill innocent lives. It was almost rammed into by a lorry because it has no parking or break lights at all. I feel sad that it carried excess passengers and risked their lives in this unfortunate manner. Kindly don’t wait until lives have been lost

[Abdulahi Adan @AbdulahiAdan10]

Former CAS David Osiany narrates how one time he sneaked in the Late Raila Odinga at KICC when State resources were deployed to block and lock him out at a time everyone was lining up to recieve Raila Odinga only for The People’s President to alight from the car throwing everyone to the drawing board.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

Any parents whose children are captured here assaulting a younger boy in school, should themselves parade their sons and beat the pulp out of them in full assembly at school to serve as an example of setting standards for characters that are unacceptable. This is tragic and sad!!

[Juma G 🇰🇪 @jumaf3]

This is so wrong and the parents of this kid should sue the goons in this video who are also students... Reports say this is Merishaw School... Who is the headteacher and what action has he taken? Cc @DCI_Kenya @EduMinKenya

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

Sir Geoffrey Cox (KC). Member of Parliament for Torridge and Tavistock. Pure oratory prowess punctuated with flare, patriotism and a dash of pomp! Beautiful art. His passion is not lost in his poise. What a compelling call to preserve the jury.

[David Davis MP @DavidDavisMP]

For those of you interested in jury trials, this is Parliament at its best. 👇

[Mutembei TV @MutembeiTV]

Ignore Nairobians,Nairobi was built erroneously, Why Nairobi floods Will Continue!!MP James Nyikal Educates Sakaja!

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

“But generational change must not become amnesia. The new must stud the old. The old must mentor the new.” - @AnyangNyongo.

[Daily Nation @NationAfrica]

Prof Anyang' Nyong'o: Generational contest within ODM should refine, not frighten, us. A movement that cannot debate cannot think. One that cannot reproduce leadership cannot reproduce relevance. Young leaders questioning old assumptions is renewal, not rebellion. But generational change must not become amnesia. The new must study the old. The old must mentor the new.

Read the full story: https://t.co/l1S0CzuWD5

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

@KamendeCarolyne @JLetangule You have done a good job. @OkisegereOjepat told me about your interactions and great initiative and I am proud of you. Keep going!

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

Well deserved appointment. Congratulations @AmbMonicaJuma.

[Monica Juma @Monica_Juma_]

I thank His Excellency Antonio Guterres, @antonioguterres the United Nations Secretary General for appointing me as the next Executive Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Director General of UN office in Vienna @UN_Vienna.

I appreciate the Secretary General’s confidence in my ability to steer these two important offices at the Under Secretary General level, at this critical point.

Coming on the eve of the International Women’s Day, this appointment is demonstrative of the UNSG’s belief in women leadership.

I sincerely thank H.E. President William Ruto @WilliamsRuto for the confidence he bestowed upon me in serving him as his, and the first, National Security Advisor of the Republic of Kenya, as Secretary to the National Security Council, and for enabling me to take this global assignment, demonstrating yet again his belief in Kenya making its contribution to the community of nations.

I look forward to serving at this new mandate diligently and flying Kenya’s flag high, to the best of my ability.

Thank You Kenya for preparing me to serve humanity!

[🇰🇪 David Osiany, HSC @DavidOsiany]

Today I paid a courtesy call on my brother and good friend @g_odundo, the Group CEO & MD of @NationAfrica.

Always a pleasure connecting with you brother. Keep fixing the nation. #FixingTheNationNTV