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[Todd of Mischief @AndToddsaid]

I wish they showed me stuff like this in school.

[Ernest Nyakundi 🇰🇪 @ernest_nyakundi]

Ever wondered why some people own multiple properties…

…but are still broke?

This is how it happens.

A client was about to take a KSh 35M loan to build rental units.

On paper, it looked perfect.

Then we did the math.

A thread 🧵

[𝙋𝘼𝙐𝙇. 𝐎. 𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎 @ouma_neko]

This morning I walked into a pharmacy near Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, just before Naivas Supermarket Bee Centre.

I asked for a simple deworming tablet Albendazole (ABZ) the kind millions of Kenyans take without thinking twice.

I chewed the tablet right there and paid KSh 50, the price it has always been.

Then the lady behind the counter looked at me and said, “Ni mia.”
KSh 100.

I froze for a second. Double the price. No explanation. No receipt. Just quiet daylight robbery inside a place that pretends to be a health facility. Out of sheer awkwardness I paid the extra KSh 50.

But something didn’t sit right.

So I walked to four other pharmacies around the same area and asked for the exact same tablet.

KSh 50.
KSh 50.
KSh 50.
KSh 50.

Then I crossed the road and checked another one.

KSh 50 again.

That’s when the anger hit me.

I went back and asked the question that every Kenyan should be asking right now:

When did medicine become a tool of extortion?

Because if a simple deworming tablet can be inflated 100% in broad daylight, imagine what happens to a desperate mother buying antibiotics for her child at night. Imagine the robbery happening to cancer patients, diabetics, people fighting infections.

Pharmacies across Nairobi are quietly turning sickness into a marketplace of exploitation.

And the most frightening part?
The government is watching and doing absolutely nothing.

Where is Pharmacy and Poisons Board?
Where is Consumer Federation of Kenya?

Who is checking these pharmacies?
Who is enforcing prices?
Who is protecting sick Kenyans from predators wearing white coats?

Because right now the reality is brutal: many pharmacies are operating like kiosks selling pain and profit in the same breath.

You could see the shame in that lady’s eyes when I confronted her. She knew exactly what she had done.

And that is when it hit me why everyone is opening pharmacies today politicians, businessmen, even people who have never studied medicine. It is one of the easiest places in Kenya to print money from human suffering.

This rot cannot continue.

Medicine is not a luxury.
Medicine is not a gambling market.
Medicine is not a space for quiet theft from sick people.

If regulators will not act, then Kenyans must start naming, exposing, and shaming these pharmacies one by one.

Because a country where the sick are cheated at the pharmacy counter is a country whose health system has already collapsed.

[REABETSWE @itsReabetswe]

This is where I take my ball and go home😭😹

[Charlton Athletic FC @CAFCofficial]

He's here 👀

#cafc

[NTSA KENYA @ntsa_kenya]

If you are driving a vehicle that is still registered in the previous owner's name, responsibility for any traffic offences and liabilities rests with the person currently using the vehicle. To avoid future inconvenience and ensure ownership records are updated, the new owner is advised to promptly complete the Alternative Forced Transfer process.. Follow the link https://t.co/0Ue5welb5D. #NTSAServes #UsalamaBarabarani

[gathara @gathara]

"The highest amount was from a Cerelac product sold in Kenya".
Why does that not surprise me?

[Mamba Creatives @MambaCreatives]

Done ✔️ 🥹😭

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

Female Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year nominee ✨

Repost to vote for Peres Jepchirchir 🇰🇪 in the #AthleticsAwards.

Voting closes on Sunday 2 November at 11:59 PM CET.

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

Here's a list of some of the most notable cases, but even I'm not sure if this is a complete list....

• 🇰🇪 Rita Jeptoo (the three-time Boston Marathon and two-time Boston Marathon champion who tested positive for EPO in 2014)

• 🇰🇪 Agatha Jeruto (800m runner who tested positive for norandrosterone in 2015 and received a four-year ban)

• 🇰🇪 Jemima Sumgong (the 2016 Olympic champion who tested positive for EPO in 2017 but still retained her gold medal. Her suspension was later extended to eight years for tampering with the anti-doping process)

• 🇰🇪 Visiline Jepkesho (Sumgong’s teammate; limited details available regarding her case)

• 🇰🇪 Asbel Kiprop (the 2008 Olympic 1500m champion who tested positive for EPO and served a four-year ban from 2018–2022)

• 🇰🇪 Lawrence Cherono (the 2019 Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon champion who received a seven-year ban in 2024 for testing positive for trimetazidine and then tampering)

• 🇰🇪 Purity Rionoripo (2017 Paris Marathon champion who tested positive for the diuretic furosemide and received a five-year ban from 2022 to 2027)

• 🇰🇪 Mathew Kisorio (the 2012 Kenyan national half marathon champion banned for anabolic steroids and whereabouts failures from 2012–2014, then again from 2022–2026)

• 🇰🇪 Sarah Chepchirchir (the 2017 Tokyo Marathon champion who was banned four years for violations found in her Athlete Biological Passport and then tested positive for testosterone upon her return in 2024)

• 🇰🇪 Titus Ekiru (the 2:02:57 marathoner who tested positive for triamcinolone acetonide, pethidine and then tampered with the process and received a 10-year ban)

• 🇰🇪 Sheila Chelangat (the 16th place finisher in the Paris Olympics 10,000m final and 1:06:06 half marathoner who is provisionally suspended following a positive test for EPO)

• 🇰🇪 Faith Chepkoech (30:22.77 10,000m PB and banned three years from Sept. 2024 after testing positive for EPO)

• 🇧🇼 Nijel Amos (2012 Olympic silver medalist in the 800m, tested positive for Metabolites of GW1516 and banned three years)

• 🇧🇷 Thiago Braz (2016 pole vault Olympic champion was provisionally suspended in July 2023 following a positive test for Ostarine glucuronide and handed a 16-month ban that ran through November 2024)

• 🇰🇪 Marius Kipserem (2016 and 2019 Rotterdam Marathon champion banned three years from Sept. 2022 after admitting to a positive for EPO)

• 🇰🇪 Ruth Chepngetich (marathon world record holder with a 2:09:56 victory at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, also won in 2021 and 2022 + 2019 World champion)

• 🇺🇦 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (a world championships silver medalist in the long jump and triple jump banned 4 years after testing positive for metabolites of testosterone.)

• 🇰🇪 Cornelius Kibet Kiplagat (2:04:54 marathon PB from his runner-up finish at the Barcelona Marathon back in March and was just banned 5 years for testing positive for EPO and CERA)

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[Keith Ang'ana @AnganaKeith]

Now, let's talk about Elijah Omolo Agar.

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A conversation on him, though, is incomplete without first talking about Tom Mboya's meteoric rise from a kanjo to a LEGCo representative.

[Keith Ang'ana @AnganaKeith]

To understand the story of Ojijo demands that we start this discussion by talking about Maseno School.

Maseno School was the first educational institution for Africans in colonial Kenya, established in 1906 to train the sons of African chiefs how to read and write.

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[Bright Mawudor,PhD @BRIGHTZEED]

IBM reported that 1 in 4 public Wi-Fi hotspots is unsecured. In Nairobi, unsecured café hotspots are a
growing target for data interception.
Risks include “man in the middle” attacks, credential theft, and malware injection.
Best practices:
● Use VPN for sensitive transactions.
● Avoid banking/shopping on public hotspots.
● Default to mobile data when possible.
Remember: convenience shouldn’t come at the cost of your privacy.
Beware and be aware

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

Male Track Athlete of the Year nominee ✨

Repost to vote for Emmanuel Wanyonyi 🇰🇪 in the #AthleticsAwards.

Voting closes on Sunday 19 October at 11:59 PM CEST.

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

Female Track Athlete of the Year nominee ✨

Repost to vote for @Kipyegon_Faith 🇰🇪 in the #AthleticsAwards.

Voting closes on Sunday 19 October at 11:59 PM CEST.

[David Nandwa 🍯💛 @justvibesncode]

It’s official: $4.9M raised to build the OS for finance and money in emerging markets.

Led by @FlourishVC, joined by @Visa, @lavavc_ , @TLcomCapital, @AntlerGlobal, @MushaVentures, 4DX Ventures and more.

Grateful. Humbled. Excited.

4 years ago, I built @honeycoinapp from my bedroom during COVID.

Today, we move $150M+ every month across 100+ countries. This is the first time we're talking about our journey ever. 🧵 1/

[Eng. Karis | MSC | @Briankariu]

When my kids were born, I was living in Ruaka with borehole water. We saw the effects when she was 3 years old. Perfect teeth when she was 2, regular dental visits now.

Fluorosis. This is now becoming a crisis, and I hope that someone sees this tweet and avoids it for their kids

[Too Early For Birds @tooearly4birds]

If you love our way of telling Kenyan history, why don't you come and watch our theatre show, BADASSERY - about the biggest and baddest Kenyan criminals from the 70s & 80s - happening this weekend (20th - 22nd June).

Get your tickets here:
https://t.co/lCnI4hzOkI

[Lynn Ngugi @lynn_ngugi1]

The UK Visa Application Centre (VFS Global) in Westlands, Nairobi, is a masterclass in modern day exploitation.

Kenyans pay hundreds of dollars, wait in the sun, get misinformed, and walk away feeling less human. The new venue at Principal Place (yes, they left 9West) has no proper waiting area and no parking. This is by design to have you pay 17K for their VIP/Premium “services “

If you’re not paying for premium services, you’re left outside in the heat, on the pavement. Elderly people, parents with kids, students, all treated like a security threat

Their Communication is Trash. You get vague emails like “your passport is ready for collection ” only to be turned away and told “collection is from 2pm to 5pm, (you can easily indicate that on the same damn email) That means if you show up at 10am, you’ll have to wait till 2pm or you can easily pay the 17K to be attended to quickly.. ?? EXPLOITATION
No clear timeline. No courtesy. You’re meant to guess your way through it.

These centers aren’t run by embassies, they’re outsourced to private companies who monetize your desperation. It’s a business, not a service.
And guess what? No refund if your visa is denied(familiar?)

The worst part? This is normalized.
We’ve accepted that applying for a visa means surrendering your dignity just to maybe be allowed into a country that benefits from our labor, money, and talent.

If Global North countries want to charge Africans these high fees and accord them zero dignity , the bare minimum should be basic human respect. Decent waiting areas. Transparent timelines and Fair communication.
This isn’t about security. It’s about power and exploitation…

This system needs to be called out and changed.
And it’s time African governments started protecting their citizens from this daylight exploitation.

[Africa Uncensored @AfUncensored]

Despite an energy surplus, and a 70.6% renewable energy mix, Kenya has some of the highest electricity costs in Africa. We look into how this paradox – abundant supply, unaffordable prices – came to be. [THREAD]