When it comes to politics, and even geo-politics, some people assume their feelings determine reality. But reality is shaped by facts, not by our biases or emotional preferences.
Last night, when some of us reported that Israeli sources had confirmed the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, a few people came out guns blazing, branding us Zionist apologists, Western propagandists, simple minds etc, and very authoritatively insisting that Khamenei was alive.
One guy here even told me, “Pauline naonanga kama uko na akili, lakini leo nimejua huna. How can you fall for Western propaganda? Khamenei is so much alive.
Now, I have the advantage of being a student of the international system. I mean, I went to class for this, where I was trained to analyse signals, not emotions. Yesterday afternoon into the evening, I followed multiple international news channels with different ideological leanings. I listened to the analysts, I watched Netanyahu, I watched Trump. I observed the language, the posture, the sequencing.
And from that assessment, I could tell Israeli sources were not bluffing. It was never about which side I support or my feelings, but about reading the board correctly.
This morning I almost went back to the guy who declared that sina akili to ask him to reassess that statement in view of himself, but then I remembered it’s Sunday and we are in the Lenten season 🙊😅
Having a different position or even being in denial is perfectly alright. That’s the beauty of public discourse. But insulting people simply because they hold a different view, especially when you don’t have facts to back yours, makes one look intellectually shallow.
But it's know that the same Winnie Odinga was having sex with Lucky Okudo in India while bodyguard Ogeta was struggling to take care of her own father
Why is she pretending?
Raila Odinga’s own wife, Mama Ida, never even attempted to go bring the body from India.
“We have realized not everyone of these people believed in Baba. Wale wanasema sijui Baba alisema nini nini, hiyo ni kukosa adabu. Baba alikuwa anasema maneno take hadharani. Wanaongea sana na tukiuliza maswali wanasema tutoke kwa chama. Tutoke kwa chama ibaki na nani? Chama ni ya wananchi. Nataka kuwaletea salamu kutoka kwa Babu Owino, na SG Edwin Sifuna. Tuko pamoja sana”.- Winnie Odinga.
You have a right to mourn. You also have a right not to.
I worry about the insults though. You're polarising one another. And it will come back to bite you.
President Ruto signed the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes bill into law as soon as Raila died (surprise, surprise). An offensive tweet can now get you 10 years in jail or a 20-million-shilling fine.
The way y'all are posting, one of you is definitely getting arrested soon under the new law. Do you think you will be united like you were before with what I'm seeing?
Mtateteana kweli? Ama mtaonyeshana receipts?
Mbona hamuoni mbele ?
I know we're mostly tribal and innately repulsive.
But the sudden spike in ethnic bigotry is too sudden to be a coincidence.
Someone's determined to break you and make you feel tribalism is the only metric.
Who stands to gain ?
It’s a joke people think Babu is a good person. Do not let up your opposition, any one who was in UON during his second term at SONU know how dangerous he can be as well as his widespread usage of goons. If he gets power, he has the potential to be worse at building a cult following worse than Baba's. Violence is in his nature: Exhibit A, this was years before the Dj Evolve shooting
From my DM
The sale of Kenya's priority parastatals is the last straw that will break our country back.
Kenyans must wake up before it is too late.
Kenya needs a Renaissance
You are yet to be charged because you are related with @DCI_Kenya boss Amin.
I hope that he will be patriotic enough to have all anarchists and terrorists arrested and charged soon.
He is too lenient to real terrorists like you.
The state is going around throwing words like “terrorism” so casually on innocent Kenyans. A every dangerous path where real terrorists will have it easy soon. It’s disgusting watching DCI doing their normal theatrics. The bar is in absolute hell!
Comrades, @bonifacemwangi is now missing.
We lost the @DCI_Kenya cars in traffic and when we got to the DCI headquarters on Kiambu road, we were told they’re not here.
His whereabouts are now unknown. Let the @DCI_Kenya tell Kenyans where they’ve taken @bonifacemwangi.
Btw, if you knew me during the Gen Z protests, just know that I didn’t start being active then. I’ve been doing this work for years. Four years ago, we pushed your governor to fix the roads and clean up the city. We weren’t waiting for anyone to come save us. We formed a group called @Mazingiramov and went straight to the ground sensitizing the community, organizing cleanups, and installing garbage bins across the city, especially in low-income areas where the government never really pays attention.
It wasn’t easy. I used to clash with MCAs all the time because some of them wanted money from us or tried to frustrate our work. They’d show up with entitlement and threats, but mimi ni nani? I didn’t back down. We knew what we were doing was right and we were doing it for the people.
And now, I’m feeling like doing it again. A major cleanup, but also a chance to come together as a community. I want us to clean up our spaces, install bins, and while at it, have real conversations about the state of our country, about leadership, about what we deserve. I want us to make it more than just cleaning. Let people enjoy their snacks, play music, laugh, and talk politics as we work together. Because civic engagement doesn’t have to be stiff and formal. It can be right there in the neighborhood, with gloves on, stories shared, and energy in the air.
Let’s bring that spirit back. It’s time.