Good afternoon patriots. Here is your Lunchtime dose of anger. This should make you angry enough to avoid any nice looking thing near you.
Today at Milimani High Court.
Courtroom 31.
One man is challenging KSh 7 trillion of debt.
Borrowed in your name.
Without your approval.
Routed to offshore accounts instead of the Consolidated Fund.
KSh 12.4 trillion total.
And only 28.6% had proper legal backing.
The rest was just borrowed.
Quietly.
On your behalf.
While you were sleeping.
The political class is silent.
The media is silent.
The same media that covered Ruto's misquoting in real time.
Silent.
The same politicians who scream about the people on rally podiums.
Silent.
Because this case does not just challenge the debt.
It challenges everyone who borrowed it.
Past presidents.
Current presidents.
Treasury officials.
The IMF.
All named as respondents.
Now here is the question nobody is asking.
If Omtatah wins.
Who pays?
You.
The same Kenyan who did not borrow the money.
Did not approve the money.
Did not see the money.
Will pay back the money.
With SHA deductions.
And housing levy.
And dirty fuel taxes.
This is the most important court case in Kenya's history.
And it is trending below Ruto's English lessons.
Stand with Omtatah Kenya.
He is doing what the whole Parliament should be doing.
For free on your behalf.
Again. Make it trend as they do not want you to know about #DeniBandia
Dismas wa Tabu. Dreaming in installments. Billed in full.
@OkiyaOmtatah@Kevins_arsenal The Auditor-General is a historian who records what the Treasury tells her. This Court is a surgeon who must cut open the secrecy of the offshore accounts to find the truth. We cannot wait for a historian to read us a story written by the defendants
BRIEF ON TODAY’S PROCEEDINGS IN THE ODIOUS DEBT PETITION AT MILIMANI HIGH COURT
This morning, the Milimani High Court did not hear the substantive Odious Debt Petition. Instead, the matter was adjourned to allow the Court to address multiple interlocutory applications seeking either to dismiss the petition unheard or to strike out some parties from the suit.
The key applications before the Court are as follows:
1) The Attorney General argues that, because the Government has directed the Auditor‑General to conduct a special audit of Kenya’s huge odious debt stock, the petition is premature and the Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain it at this stage. The AG therefore contends that the Court should await the outcome of that audit. The National Assembly supports the AG’s position.
2) The @IMFNews seeks to exit the case, invoking immunity under a treaty it signed with Kenya in 1963, which grants it absolute immunity before Kenyan courts.
3) The Former Auditor General Edward Ouk and the former Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo claim personal immunity, asserting that they acted in good faith during their tenure and therefore cannot be held accountable for any shortcomings.
4) The Current Auditor General FCPA Nancy Gathungu, CBS, and the current Controller of Budget Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o maintain that they cannot be sued in their personal capacities; only their respective independent constitutional offices may be parties to the suit.
Although the petitioners had fully responded to all the applications and were ready to proceed, the @IMFAfrica and other parties stated that they were not ready and requested seven days to respond to the petitioners’ rebuttals of their applications.
The Court then directed that all parties wishing to file any responses (replying affidavits and/or submissions) do so within seven days of today. The Court will thereafter peruse the documents and render its ruling on the applications on 25th June 2026.
To fast‑track the matter, the Court will deliver its ruling on the applications without orally hearing the parties. There will be no highlighting of submissions.
If any of the parties are struck out, they will be dropped from the case, and it may become necessary to amend the petition before it is heard on the merits.
Finally, if the AG’s application to strike out the case unheard is dismissed, the petition will proceed to be heard and determined on the merits. If the application succeeds, the matter will end there.
The petitioners are fully prepared and are doing everything possible to succeed in this epic battle against Kenya’s huge odious debt stock. Kenyan taxpayers deserve accountability and fiscal justice. We shall not relent. The petitioners will not be the first to blink. #ReKe #DeniBandia #OdiousDebtKenya
Nike spent ten years trying to break the 2-hour marathon. They named a project after it. They built special shoes. They paid the greatest marathoner alive to chase it. Yesterday, a Kenyan runner finally did it in 1:59:30, wearing Adidas.
Sabastian Sawe used to be a pacemaker. A pacemaker is the kind of runner you hire to set the speed for the first few miles of a race and then drop out before the finish. In January 2022, Sawe got booked to do exactly that at a half-marathon in Spain. He'd never raced more than three miles in his life. He stayed in for the full 13 and won the whole thing. Adidas signed him not long after. Four years later, he became the first human ever to run an official marathon under 2 hours.
Nike, meanwhile, started this whole project in 2016 with a public goal called "Breaking2." They paid for the shoes, the pacemakers, the science labs, and Eliud Kipchoge himself. Kipchoge ran 1:59:40 in Vienna in 2019, but the event was a closed-course exhibition with rotating pacemakers and a pace car projecting a green laser line onto the road. The sport's governing body never recognized it as a real race. It didn't count.
Then Nike's running business cratered. Digital sales fell 26% in one quarter. Their share of footwear sold at Dick's Sporting Goods went from 39% to 32% in five months. On Running grew from $330 million to $1.8 billion between 2020 and 2025. Hoka nearly quadrupled. Roger Federer left Nike for On. Nike's board fired the CEO in October 2024.
Adidas spent the same period building a better shoe. The new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 took three years to develop. It weighs 97 grams, about 3.4 ounces, lighter than a deck of cards. A Wall Street Journal-cited study found that wearing a shoe 3.5 ounces lighter saves a runner around 57 seconds across a marathon. Sawe beat the third-place finisher by 58 seconds.
Adidas also did something Nike never did for Kipchoge. They wrote a $50,000 check to the official anti-doping body for track and field, asking it to test Sawe more aggressively than any other runner alive. He got tested 25 times in the two months before last year's Berlin Marathon, and Adidas signed up to fund this for the length of his contract. The logic: the moment Sawe ran a marathon this fast, the world was going to ask if he cheated, especially after his countrywoman Ruth Chepngetich got a 3-year doping ban in 2025. Adidas got out ahead of it.
The shoe retails at $500 and is barely available. Adidas's Adizero shoes won half of all major marathon races in 2024. Yesterday in London, four of the top five finishers wore the same Adidas shoe. Yomif Kejelcha crossed the line 11 seconds after Sawe and also broke 2 hours. The top three runners all beat the previous world record.
Nike's only response was an Instagram post. Three sentences long: "The clock has been reset. There is no finish line." That was their entire public reaction to losing a 10-year moonshot to their biggest rival.
Maraga speaks about fuel prices, high cost of living, failing health systems, poor education etc
Mainstream media: Maraga says he is ready to join the united opposition 😩😩
Just nonsense
Why Sen @OkiyaOmtatah is challenging Kshs. 6,950,163,132,328 (Sh6.95T) in public debt — including USD 7.1B in Eurobond loans — incurred between 2014/2015 and 2024/2025.
Core Issue: The Executive borrowed without parliamentary appropriation, deposited proceeds offshore, and used funds outside budgeted development expenditure. The debts are therefore odious, unconstitutional, illegal, and unenforceable against Kenyan taxpayers.
Seven Interlocking Legal Doctrines
1. Odious Debt — Debt incurred without popular consent, not used for public benefit, with lender knowledge of illegitimacy, is not binding on the people. Only 28.6% of actual borrowings had Appropriation Act authorisation. Eurobond proceeds financed no development projects — borrowed for “hot air.”
2. Derivative Unconstitutionality — Like the “fruit of the poisonous tree,” all subsequent transactions (repayments, roll-overs, refinancing) are void. Anchored in Ndii v AG (BBI case) and Kenya Bankers Association [2024]. Every successive Eurobond is a “child of the poisonous tree.”
3. Illegality (Ex Turpi Causa) — Four compounding constitutional violations: offshore deposits breaching Article 206(1); unauthorised withdrawals breaching Articles 228(4)&(5); borrowings outside Appropriation Acts; and unconstitutional PFMA amendments passed without Senate involvement.
4. Ostensible Authority — Lenders cannot claim apparent authority where the agent (CS Treasury/PS) exceeded expressly limited statutory powers. Eurobond proceeds placed offshore was a clear red flag that constitutionally mandated channels were bypassed.
5. Public Policy — The borrowing scheme subverted constitutional oversight, USD 999 million from first Eurobond remains unaccounted for, and 73% of tax revenue was consumed servicing debt — largely odious. The 55% GDP debt ceiling is itself contrary to public policy; debt sustainability must be measured against revenue.
6. Legitimate Expectation — Citizens reasonably expected constitutional compliance, parliamentary authorisation, development-linked use of funds, and transparency. All expectations were systematically frustrated.
7. Restitutionary Remedies — Article 226(5) imposes personal liability on public officers who direct unlawful use of public funds. Former President Uhuru Kenyatta (Sh4.6T) in unauthorised borrowings during his tenure) and named Treasury/audit officials face personal liability.
Key Conclusions Sought
✅Sh6.95Tdeclared odious and not binding on Kenyans
✅USD 7.1B Eurobond loans declared unconstitutional and illegal
✅PFMA Amendment Act 2014 declared unconstitutional
✅Named respondents, including Uhuru Kenyatta, held personally liable under Article 226(5)
✅IMF “On-lent loan” facilities declared to have no basis in Kenyan law
✅Government permanently prohibited from repaying odious debts from public funds
If poorer nations became fully developed and stable, migration would drop and richer countries would face shortages of cheap labor and raw resources. It feels like there’s a deliberate effort to keep things that way
Opening statement by SC Ongoya;
“I have reflected on a number of unjust trials in human history.
1. The trial of Sir Thomas More
2. The trial of Socrates
3. The trial of Jesus Christ
One element characterizes these trials; They are carried out with predetermined outcomes.”
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Kenyans must be clear on one point. Public debt is not a blank cheque for the Executive. Where borrowing violates the Constitution, bypasses Parliament, and fails the test of public benefit, it ceases to be a national obligation and becomes a personal and institutional liability.
This case is about enforcing Articles 206, 228, and 226(5) of the Constitution. It is about restoring parliamentary control over public finance. It is about ensuring every shilling borrowed is traceable, lawful, and works for the people. If we normalize illegal debt, we mortgage the future. If we challenge it, we reset the system. Accountability is not optional. It is the law. #ReKe #DrainTheSwamp #DeniBandia
Odious Debt case comes up tomorrow, 28 April 2026 at 11:00 a.m. before a three judge bench at Milimani High Court, Courtroom 31.
This case goes to the core of accountability in public borrowing.
Join virtually: https://t.co/HpbZDPn70G
#DeniBandia#OdiousDebt
Juzi we were at St.Mary's Girls Igoji & teachers were demanding 6K from each student because teachers wanted a trip to Mombasa this holiday.
Bwana parents have never been that mad, two stood up & asked for a white board & a marker pen so they could do the math.
The calculated the amount & it was coming close to 20 Million. Then they asked them unless they all want to go to America, China or Austaralia, there is no way they were going to pay all that money.
Then they brought it down to 1500/- each student from 6000/- and they were told no more trips until they meet the target.
Than reminded me how we were exploited when I was at Nkubu High School. Our Principal Mr.Nyaga had like 15 parents to always back him whenever he wanted money from the parents. One would suggest, then the rest would second & support. After which no parent would question.
I am glad Kenyans are waking up & are all questioning things. Back then, parents would have paid that 6K.