President Ruto should stop dismissing Kenyans with polished GDP figures, fake growth numbers and fake hustler narratives.
Almost every Kenyan has a story of a relative, friend, or neighbour who was stable two or three years ago but is now struggling to survive. He should leave the podium, go to the ground, and see the real economy....shops closing because rent cannot be paid, businesses dying because customers have no buying power, families skipping basics, and young people losing hope. Go to CBD for instance and see empty shops and stalls.
This tough-headed dismissiveness is exactly what pushed the country into the deadly Finance Bill crisis. Kenyans pleaded, warned, protested, and still the government behaved like citizens were the problem. By the time the climbdown came, families were mourning.
The fact that Oscar Sudi and the people around him are doing well does not mean the economy is okay. Their wealth is not Kenya’s economy. The real economy is in the kiosks, salons, workshops, farms, markets, rental houses, and homes where people are quietly breaking.
Ruto must stop lecturing hungry people about growth. A country is not doing well because those around power are eating. A country is doing well when ordinary people can breathe.
Every child deserves access to quality education regardless of their parents’ financial status, and exposing fee hikes is a way of defending that right and ensuring schools remain spaces of equity and empowerment.
Suggesting affordability as the solution normalizes exclusion and undermines the principle of equal opportunity. Instead of pushing families into cheaper, often under-resourced schools, society should demand accountability, fairness, and inclusivity in fee structures.
It is wrong to tell parents to “take their children to schools they can afford” because such a statement shifts responsibility away from institutions and policymakers. Education is a right, not a commodity to be rationed by income.
Transparency ensures that parents, communities, and oversight bodies can question whether the hikes are justified, whether resources are being managed responsibly, and whether the increases align with the actual quality of education provided.
Exposing fee hikes in schools is essential because education is a public good, not a privilege reserved for the wealthy. When schools quietly raise fees, families are burdened without accountability, and many children risk being excluded from learning opportunities.
A CRE teacher had challenges in organising for a field trip because of the variance in denominations. To eat something from parents like everybody else, he streamed the JESUS movie in the School TV and charged 300ksh. About 600 students. Made 180k in two hours. Divide by 3.
President Ruto has slashed University funding by 13 billion shillings while State House budget tripled since Uhuru days. President Ruto wants Kenyans to die poor. Uneducated and POOR.
A Kenyan by the name Elias Wekesa has taken Safaricom to court, and every Kenyan should pay attention.
He says Safaricom deactivated his line after it stayed inactive for a few months, then reassigned it to another person.
When he tried using it again, he was met with a shock.
The number was gone.
Worse, he says he could no longer receive OTPs from his bank and other platforms tied to that number.
This case matters because it touches every Kenyan.
Because your phone number is no longer just a number.
It is tied to your bank account.
Your email.
Your work accounts.
Your private life.
The moment that number is handed to someone else, the risks begin.
OTPs can go elsewhere.
Recovery codes can land in another person’s hands.
Account alerts can reach a stranger.
That person is not just holding a SIM card.
They may be holding access to parts of your digital life.
And if they have bad intentions, the damage can be immediate.
And for families who have lost loved ones, it cuts even deeper.
A parent’s number.
A sibling’s number.
A loved one’s number.
One day, it holds memories.
The next day, it belongs to a stranger.
This is why Safaricom must be forced to create stronger safeguards before reassigning numbers.
Because in today’s world, a phone number is not disposable.
It is identity.
And identity should never be reassigned without protection.
Do you know how school principals extort parents without raising eyebrows?
1. They ensure board of management is made up of greedy people. These ones will get tenders.
2. They influence who becomes member of PTA and since new parents do not these positions have influence, they elect people who get compromised and then they're stuck with them for four years. (We should have PTA elections for all classes every year)
3. Parents meetings are rushed with only compromised parents allowed to speak. It's never a consultation. Anyone opposed to any extra charges will never get a chance to speak.
4. Threats. Any parent who genuinely raises issues to do with fees additions gets threats low-key that their children might be targeted. This happens through compromised parents. They will always whisper the risks of you raising issues.
Can we get an explanation as to why salaried Kenyans are compelled to contribute to the Housing Levy to construct houses on public land ; land held in trust for all citizens, only to be required to purchase these same houses from intermediaries who profit from public contributions, despite adding no value? What legal or policy justification exists for taxing citizens to build, then selling the same to them at a profit?
@wahomethuku I can also inform that you are talking from a point of privilege. When the school population is largely made-up of middle class families, assumptions are made. neighbour had to sell their only cow and again a small piece of their land to maintain their girl in this school
@WehliyeMohamed You're talking from point of Privilege, What about that poor parent struggling to raise the approved 53K? Section 28 and 29 of The Basic Education Act exists to protect helpless and voiceless Parents. We shouldn't justify and illegitimate act
@Georgekamande53@baroswahjr@EduMinKenya@TSC_KE There is NKUENE girls in Meru...raised fee by almost 10k , plus 4000ksh per term for remedials. No official fee structure. Fees is communicated via whatup by class teachers. Last term we paid 26k, this term 19k, third term is around 17k