George Reagan

Monetary Economist • Statistician • Strategist•
University of Nairobi Students Association 20/21• Father•

[Kipkalya Kones @MrKipkalya]

After @WilliamsRuto accused @edwinsifuna of extorting Governors (and no Governor has ever come out to lend veracity to these claims), I checked the records to draw a head to head analysis of all allegations against the two. Note that the Ruto ones here are only a tiny fraction of all.

EDWIN SIFUNA

1. Extorting Governors.

2. Hating shiny things.

3. Refusing to elevate chickens to the 12th floor of shiny things.

WILLIAM RUTO

1. Issuing passports to RSF Sudanese militia.

2. KPC land.

3. Muteshi's land.

4. Involvement in PEV.

5. KCAA land where Weston-super-Mare Hotel stands.

6. Jirongo's public claims of a daylight strangling in Kitale.

7. G to G fuel deals kickbacks.

8. Affordable housing single sourced contracts.

9. Gen Z murders and kidnaps since 2024.

10. Maize scandal in 2009.

11. The eating of Arror and Kimwarer Dams funds.

12. Diversion of Eurobond priceeds.

13. Over Kshs 100b in procurement of SHA system.

14. ICC witness tampering and case manipulation.

15. Election rigging claims over 2022 and 2017 (including Msando's demise).

16. Police killer squad repeatedly outed by Rigathi Gachagua.

17. Adani JKIA deal.

18. Fake fertiliser.

19. Launch of fake projects not backed by budgetary allocations across the country.

20. Opaque refinery deal in Lamu.

I actually stopped at 20 when AI gave me a list that would take two days to type!

Head to head, the allegations roll speaks for itself!

[Eric @amerix]

END OF THE MONTH is a MAN's most difficult day:

"Hello Sir, rent for this month is due."

"Boss, the tax amnesty ends today."

"Hello, Sir, I will not come to work tomorrow unless you send me fare."

"Hi Bro, don't forget. The event is tomorrow."

"Hello cousin, my son was admitted to university. I spent everything. I don't have fare back home. Help me, please."

"Jemo, someone has my money. Send me something small; I am being held at the Police Station for a traffic offence. If he refunds it, I will refund you. Please."

"Boss, I know I have your money. But I commit to pay. My wife is going into labour. Just help me with something on top of the other one; I will refund."

"Dear Customer, this is a polite reminder about your loan."

"Your post-paid line has been barred due to insufficient funds."

"James, your father is going for dialysis tomorrow. We hope to be at the hospital at 4 am."

"Hello, parent, Jayden is sitting his exams this month. Prepare for prayer day and to gift his teachers."

"Baba Jay, the tokens."

"Baba Jay, the gas."

"Baba Jay, my mother's consecration in the church women's guild is this Sunday. This is your mother-in-law, for heaven's sake!"

"Brethren, our church's hotel project fundraiser is next week."

"JAMES, your Online transaction of USD 81.76 has been declined on your card ending **42 at Truecaller due to insufficient funds."

Steven Uber: I tried to call you at 30-09-26 13:41 but you were not reachable.

Amos Mechanic: I tried to call you at 30-09-26 13:43 but you were not reachable.

"Please call me. Thank you. Everybody wins!"

"You, James, I will not remind you about your child's upkeep. Behave, or I will tell your wife. Nonsense!"

"Failed. Insufficient funds in your M-PESA account as well as Fuliza M-PESA to send KSH340.00. Your M-PESA balance KSH0.00."

It is tough being a MAN.

Grace be upon you, the MAN.

[George Reagan @GeorgieReagan]

@HEBabuOwino As long as SIFUNA is breathing, chama tutatumia hata ya wamama!

[George Reagan @GeorgieReagan]

@HEBabuOwino It's Sifuna moment, Handover the Party Leadership to him!

[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

“Someone has also registered my TAWE movement as a political party,” — Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya explains how the government is trying to block the Linda Mwananchi Nairobi Rally.

[Heisenberg @DrJuma_M]

Akiyaaauuu, This Has Never Been Seen in The History Of Kenyan Politics #SisiNdioSifuna.

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

Kenyans shouldn't begrudge Sen Sifuna for his meteoric political rise. We should instead celebrate it. It's always a good thing when a young man gets a break in politics or any career for that matter and thrust himself into the national limelight. Remember, Sifuna hasn't elbowed anyone. He simply claimed a space that was empty since Hon. Kijana Wamalwa died two decades ago. For too long, Western was bereft of a political heavyweight that sat at the national table as of right. Sifuna seems to be the new kid on the block. And to be fair to the young man, his appeal goes beyond Luhya land.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

“Because what has capitalism resolved? It has solved no problems. It has looted the world.”

Fidel Castro giving an interview, 1991.

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

Fuel ’Shortage’ Scandal: Big Fish Hooked

Ndindi Nyoro on the arrest of MD Sang, PS Liban and the EPRA boss: It has very little to do with the welfare of Kenyans, and it has everything to do with 'watu wadogo wamekula chakula ya mzee'.

#NTVAtOne @wangechimu

[Abdikarin Dahir @Abdikarindahirr]

Yoweri Museveni made specific reference to the Somali community in Uganda has said, When we went to Somalia, the Somali community in Uganda called us “kafir.”(disbeliever) He responded by saying, “Yes, we are kafir, but this is our land. If you do not want to live in this Christian land, then go to Pakistan. This is our land, and if you bring trouble, we will deal with you. If you are looking for an Islamic country, go to Islamic country.
#Uganda #Somalia

[Kipkalya Kones @MrKipkalya]

The speed with which the petroleum sector officials have moved from arrest to sacking is mind boggling. Could we now pause a bit and revisit these others with the same vigour?

1. The edible oils scandal.

2. The fake fertiliser scam.

3. The SHA scandals.

4. The 7 billion Chinese bidding dispute over the rail line.

5. The eCitizen scams.

If they all go at this speed, we could change our vote too!

And why doesn't the sacking letter state what happened to the millions in cash these guys were found with? Who has the money been forfeited to?

If it quacks like a duck....

[BRAVIN YURI @BravinYuri]

A police officer fires shots inside a student’s house during a night party at the UoN Kikuyu Campus.

We have no country here.

[OTWOMA THE BRAND🇰🇪 @Isaac_Otwoma]

"This time we Luhyas have brought our watchman, anaitwa Sifuna na hatulipwi. Sisi ni team ya Busia na tumeingia Kakamega!"~Sifuna supporter

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

It is very clear @edwinsifuna has inherited the shoes of the enigma Baba. Since the death of Kijana Wamalwa, Kenya has not had a leader who stirs personal emotion on leadership than Sifuna. It's our time!

[Kipkalya Kones @MrKipkalya]

Wahome Thuku has offered unsolicited advice to Senator Sifuna. He sensationally claims that it is at a time like this (in reference to Sifuna's political rise) that JM Kariuki, Robert Ouko and Tom Mboya were assassinated. These assassination claims are usually peddled by intelligence to instill fear and make it look like the quest for justice and feedom can only happen within the orbit of regime benevolence.

First, Ouko and Mboya are false examples in that narrative. Neither had mass appeal; in fact, both were seen as traitors by their communities and only became popular at the point of assassination. Meanwhile, JM was hugely popular among poor Kikuyu masses and not beyond, before being taken out by the Kikuyu establishment. You didn't expect an anti-Kenyatta uprising among Kikuyu masses after his murder. In all three cases, the regime at the time must have considered the cost of each assassination and figured that it could ride the wave after.

But consider the ones that those governments didn't touch.

Jaramogi Oginga was the greatest challenge to the Jomo Kenyatta regime. He remained untouched. Raila Odinga was always a step away from sending government off the cliff. He even conducted one coup. They didn't touch him. I don't know if his death was a murder, but if it was, the killer must have waited until there were no more presidential runs left, and the "coast was clear". Every once in a while in the pursuit of liberation, a leader comes along who enters this realm of the "unkillable", because the cost would be too high.

Today, there are three political formations in the country; Sifuna, Ruto and Gachagua. Those three can not die under any circumstances. The other day, a friend was regaling me with stories of "intel" he had about an impending assassination of Senator Sifuna. I told him that at this point in time, if Sifuna was inside a lodging doing things that don't conform to biblical teachings, and he started coughing in a manner that doesn't denote sweetness, it is the NIS agents trailing him in the shadows who would break the door and jump in with defibrillators to save his life as they rush him to the nearest cardiologist.

Because there is now a cost and price to pay.

I get really tired of all these assassination claims that people peddle. They are meant to create fear and make it seem like freedom depends on the mercy of the regime, like Kinangop potatoes that you boil and share with us on a whim. At any rate, an assassination plot can not be so pedestrian that Wilkista Nasimiyu of Ndengelwa Kamakhalange "experts" has heard of it and is calling me in Nairobi to report it. Senator Sifuna has already stated that even if anyone with such a mad wish tried to harm him, there would be 15 million Sifunas to rise again.

Of course a hugely popular politician like the Senator knows the hazards that come with the job and the need to exercise care and due diligence in all he does. Which means that for the rest of us, instead of scouring the internet researching who was killed and how, we could be working on more basic stuff like;

1. How did Raila hold a popular base for so long?

2. How did Obama raise a huge national volunteer army that practically carried him to the White House?

3. How can we translate popular appeal into a massive vote bloc.

4. How can we remove a sitting President in a country where each has served a second term?

Besides, why do people think that the only solution for a government, in regard to a rising politician, is death?

We can't discuss assassinations each time a politician becomes the darling of the masses.

[Kipkalya Kones @MrKipkalya]

I looked at the cast in that ODM presser and saw a bunch of cowards. Traders, brokers and political harlots.

Unable to stand dissent or divergent opinion.

Incapable of running a real political organisation.

Working with government but insisting on being the owners of the minority Azimio Coalition (so that they can somehow keep the privileges attendant to both sides).

Unable to even answer press questions about their own decisions.

Dancing to the tunes of players far away from the venue.

But next year, this madness will be corrected.

[George Reagan @GeorgieReagan]

There's not a single member of the ODM , alive and dead, that remained committed to the very ideals the Orange Party was founded upon than Sen. @edwinsifuna: Advancement of Equity, Social Justice, Economic Liberty, Nationalism.. maybe..and just maybe the late K'ajwang.

[Hon. Aden Duale, EGH @HonAdenDuale]

'For the Record,' my journey in politics is intertwined with the birth and growth of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).

When ODM opened its doors twenty years ago, we, including H.E. President @WilliamsRuto, were among the founder and ranking members who believed that Kenya deserved a wider democratic horizon and a louder, freer voice.

It is through that party that I first set foot in Parliament in 2007, to represent the people of Dujis Constituency.

Over the years, political paths have shifted, alliances have realigned and today I proudly serve under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA). But in all these seasons of change, one truth has never left my compass: the D. Democracy. It is the thread that has stitched together every chapter of my public life.

And when we speak of Democracy in this country, we speak the name of one man who lived for it, suffered for it and insisted that no Kenyan should ever fear their own voice: The Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. Baba.

His life was a long walk through sacrifice, bruising battles and unending courage. There were moments he carried the weight of an entire nation on his shoulders. Moments when he bled so that the rest of us could breathe freely. Even when we disagreed, even when the country wavered, he did not. He stood, sometimes alone, sometimes wounded, but always firm in the belief that Kenya must never shrink its freedoms. That is his enduring gift.

And now, even in death, we owe him the same thing he fought for all his life: The protection of our democratic space.

As ODM marks twenty years of shaping our political landscape, I join them in celebration, not as a mere member, but as a grateful beneficiary of its history, its courage and its vision. The party gave me my first platform of service and that is a debt I acknowledge with humility.

H.E. President William Ruto, too, has held high the value of Democracy, but he has also added a new weight to that letter D: Delivery. Democracy must speak and Delivery must answer. That is the Kenya we are now building. A country where freedoms are protected and services reach the people who deserve no less.

And so, on this anniversary, I honour ODM for its two decades of shaping our politics, nurturing leaders and expanding the democratic frontier. Parties may change and paths may diverge, but the legacy remains.

In the grand canvas of our politics, colours often tell stories. Orange shaped my early steps, Yellow guides my work today. And truly, these colours are not opposites. They carry the same hope, just in different shades.

Yellow might be the future we saw in Orange!

Happy 20th Anniversary to the Orange Democratic Movement; two decades of struggle, sacrifice and steadfast belief in our democracy!

[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

"We are more interested in our noisiest thieves, conmen and fraudsters and drug dealers, and we put them in our sensitive dockets and somehow hope that we shall be a great country."- Elisha Ong'oya takes a swipe at President Ruto over making Kenya a first-world country in the next 30years!

[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

"They wanted to behead a Namibian chief, but they twisted the story to make it look like they were treating him,” Julie Gichuru says, highlighting how African stories are often distorted to suit certain perspectives!