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Isuni yilu yi maa me muyo! Exploring the Ukambani culture & opportunities

[Africa’s Voices @africas_voices]

As Kenya marks Madaraka Day, we celebrate the power of self-determination, active citizenship, and the voices that help shape our communities.

Building a stronger future requires listening, engaging, and working together to address the issues that matter most to people. Today, we honour our shared journey and reaffirm the importance of ensuring every voice is heard.

Happy Madaraka Day!

#MadarakaDay #MadarakaDay2026 #CitizenVoices #ActiveCitizenship

[Paul Muite SC @Paul_Muite]

All these leaders at the Prayer Breakfast on the morning of the terrible tragedy at Utumishi with loss of so many innocent young lives;was there no one to draw the Presidents attention for the need to request the gathering to be upstanding in remembrance of these Girls??

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

The Court of Appeal has dismissed NSSF’s application to suspend the ELRC judgment that declared the NSSF Act, 2013 unconstitutional. In simple terms, the Court has refused to revive an invalid law through interim orders and has insisted that constitutional violations cannot be cured by fear‑mongering about alleged chaos in the pensions sector.

The judges reaffirmed the well‑known Rule 5(2)(b) test which states that an applicant must show both an arguable appeal and that, without stay, the appeal would be rendered nugatory. They accepted that the intended appeal raises at least one arguable point including whether the High Court mis‑characterised the NSSF Act, 2013 as social assistance under Article 43(3) rather than a contribution‑based pension scheme and whether the Bill needed Senate input under Articles 110 and 205. However, they were emphatic that arguability alone is not enough. The Fund had to demonstrate concrete, evidenced risk that a successful appeal would be worthless if stay was denied and it failed to do so.

Crucially, the Court called out NSSF’s alarmist claims of destabilisation, governance quagmire and catastrophic financial loss. The Board alleged paralysis of the Haba na Haba scheme, exposure of over 580,000 informal‑sector members and billions in contributions and even the freezing of emigration and burial grants but placed no audited accounts, actuarial reports or empirical evidence before the Court. Bare assertions could not satisfy the stringent nugatory test, especially where respondents showed that contributions have flowed under Cap 258 for nine years without crisis, refunds, or threats of non‑remittance.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

"Why do Americans think that their lives are more important than the lives of Kenyans?"

My CNN report on the public opposition to an Ebola isolation facility for Americans in Kenya

[Pauline Njoroge @paulinenjoroge]

Linus Kaikai described yesterday’s National Prayer Breakfast as one of the most heartless gathering in Kenya’s history.

The speakers of the day, and those leading prayers went ahead with their business without a single mention of Utumishi Girls Academy. They even cracked jokes without care, on one of Kenya’s darkest days in recent history.

[I am Chege @_James041]

I have seen a report that the killer regime is planning to increase NSSF deductions and unconstitutionally use the money for a different purpose. It's the same script that IMF tried in Hungary, 2010 and what followed later, was a disaster. Suicides, more debts and dead economy. This clip is seventeen minutes long (Part 1 and 2) and it is worth your time.

[Joshua Malidzo Nyawa @joshuamalidzo]

#hotoffthebench
Big from the Court of Appeal on the right to access information:
Public sector information is available on a right to know basis. A citizen need not demonstrate the necessity or benefits to be served by disclosure of the information sought.

[PBO REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PBORA) @PBO_RA]

We have made it abundantly clear that organisations registered under the NGOs Co-ordination Act (now repealed) are *NOT* required to re-register under the PBO Act, 2013. ^MN

[James Smart @jamessmat]

Some hard truths.

[IEA Kenya @IEAKenya]

📢 How should the judiciary approach AI in the courtroom?

Join us for a webinar on the "Law and Economics of AI: How should the Judiciary Approach the Use of AI"
🗓️ Thursday, May 7, 2026
⏰ 11am – 12:30pm

Key question: Should pleadings drafted/proofread by generative AI be admissible before courts?

Recent court rulings have set aside AI-generated pleadings. We’ll tackle:
1️⃣ Admissibility?
2️⃣ Impact on lawyer remuneration & legal services market?

Don’t miss this critical policy conversation.

[IsuniYilu @IsuniY]

Isn't this the perrenial deficit problem in Kenya's public finance management where GoK spends more than it collects and tells us gava can nevergo broke? We need to live within our means.

[Kwame Owino @IEAKwame]

Here's a summary table from page 392 of Economic Survey 2026.
1. SHIF has a payout ratio of 156%, meaning that it pays out Kshs. 156 for every Kshs. 100 received . That's a fund that is in trouble. 1/N

[Journal of Democracy @JoDemocracy]

The judiciary is widely assumed to defend democracy. Yet in reality, even when independent of elected governments, courts can endanger democracy—sometimes by enabling executives and sometimes by aggressively fighting them.

https://t.co/2JSDlFTSj6

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

@KenyaImf and @WorldBankKenya conditionalities for Africa are at times absolutely indispensable. Look at the Kenyan case. IMF wrote a report on Kenya identifying corruption as the cancer that is killing the country. Kenya refuses to even acknowledge the report. IMF now imposes conditions that kenya must fight corruption before it helps it with urgent and critical aid. Kenyans support such conditions 100%

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Hope isn’t blind optimism — it arises in the face of uncertainty. If you look at our history, we’ve gone through some rough patches. But we tend to come out on the other side of them stronger than before.

[Shoba Gatimu @shobanes]

Tenwek hospital built a brand new Cardio Thoracic hospital from scratch for about 5Billion. 176 beds, 6 theatres, lab, blood bank, 52 ICU units, endoscopy rooms etc. Ruto went to open it. The 89 Billion spent on statehouse in 4 years could build 17 of these across the country.

[Crystal Asige @CrystalAsige]

When millions of persons with disabilities remain without national IDs, disability certificates, health insurance, voter cards, and more, they are effectively shut out of ALL democratic spaces.

Government cannot speak of equity and democracy while millions are missing from the register. And if we are not counted, we do not count. #VIP

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Addiction to short-form videos is associated with reduction of brain activity in the frontal lobe and weakened focus.

[Okoa Uchumi @OkoaUchumi_KE]

Photo via @NationAfrica

WE DON'T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM. WE HAVE AN EXPENDITURE PROBLEM!

Pesa yako. Serikali yako. Maswali yako. Today’s Daily Nation front page says it all.

Kenya is on course to have its most expensive presidency ever. Sh89 billion and counting. And 94% of that has gone to recurrent expenses: salaries, hosting delegations, and travel. Less access to water. Limited healthcare. Budget cuts to education 👇

Let us put this in perspective.
✅️Uhuru’s entire first term cost Sh36.27 billion.
✅️His entire second term cost Sh53.72 billion.
✅️Combined: Sh90 billion across 10 years.
⚠️Ruto’s presidency is projected to surpass that figure before his first term ends in June 2026.
💱One term has cost more than that of his previous predecessor.94% recurrent.

While Kenyans are being told to tighten their belts, the executive offices, State House, Office of the President, Deputy President, Prime Cabinet Secretary, are spending at record levels.

This is not national interest. This is not prudence. This is not what Article 201 looks like.

Kenyans deserve to know what they are getting for Sh89 billion. Because right now, 94% of it is not reaching them.
#OkoaUchumi #PeoplesAudit #BudgetAccountability #TISAKenya