Nikupee reason ya kutokea Monday ?
1. Rent increment
2.KRA access to mpesa statements
3.Transaction cost increment
4.Phones will become expensive to purchase
5.MTumba clothes increment
6.Bundles will become more expensive
Ni hayo Tu kwa sasaποΈπ
Kenya Revenue Authority wants their taxes on time but can't explain why Kenyans are paying Ksh 242 for diesel. File by June 30 they say. Survive how exactly? π
The matatu strike is over β but the fuel prices aren't. Kenyans walked to work, got stranded, and 710 were arrested. What exactly did the "talks" achieve? π #FuelPrices#KenyaStrikes
Several people have been killed in protest violence in Kenya where transport workers blocked roads over government fuel price hikes that took the cost of diesel to record levels.
π Ruto's approval: only 24% (TIFA Poll, May 2026)
β½ Fuel at record highs β highest diesel in East Africa
πΈ Finance Bill 2026 reintroduces taxes Kenyans rejected in 2024
β Protests erupted this week β 4 dead, 348 arrested
With 2027 elections approaching
BREAKING: EPRA has revised fuel prices effective TODAY, May 19.
β½ Diesel: DOWN Ksh 10.06/litre (after nationwide protests & 4 deaths)
β½ Petrol: UNCHANGED at Ksh 214.25
β½ Kerosene: UP Ksh 38.60
Kenya still has the HIGHEST diesel prices in East Africa.
So EPRA is essentially the face of the cost-of-living crisis right now β every time prices go up, EPRA's announcement is the trigger. The anger at EPRA and at #RutoMustGo are really the same conversation:
Despite President Ruto's decision in 2024 to reject the Finance Bill after mass protests, Kenya's youth continued to mobilize with #RutoMustGo in response to police violence against protesters and declining standards of living. The feeling now is that the government has backslid
Before you retweet. Before you panic. Before you forward that voice noteβ
π READ THE BILL.
It's public. It's free. It's 2026.
Facts over rumors. Let's build a better Kenya. π°πͺ #FactCheck#FinanceBill2026
CS Hanna Cheptumo has been in office 5 minutes.
Malaba border: still chaos
Traders: still suffering
Twitter: fully convicted she's already failed
Kenya we need to breathe π
Kenya and Tanzania relationship be like:
Monday: "We are one people, one region π€"
Wednesday: trade ban on each other's goods
Friday: "Karibu sana ndugu!" π€
East African unity hits different π
Malaba border at 6AM:
Trucks: π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦
Customs officers: πΆββοΈβπ°
Meanwhile the East African economy: ππ
We export goods AND patience at that border.
POV: You finally understand compound interest
You at 22: "Save money? Nah, I need these sneakers."
You at 32: "WAIT. If I had just put $200/month away at 22 I'd have HOW much right now??"
opens calculator
closes calculator
opens therapy appπ
Nobody talks about how Kenyan food hits different at 11pm.
Cold ugali. Leftover stew. Eaten standing next to the sufuria in the dark.
No plate. No shame. Just vibes. ππ₯