Welan

Social Justice, equity and inclusion

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@HonAdenDuale Toka hapa, hatutaki ufala!

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@Safaricom_Care I paid for my home fibre yesterday morning and upto now my account is still suspended despite several calls to customer care and assurance that the account will be activated within 2 hours. Kindly check and activate my router 11118292

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@Maryian96 Tough one!

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@JustKingss Tupee kidney msee , niko na customer

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@susankihika You think you are any better?

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@WilliamsRuto Olenguruone Silibwet road, 4 years down the line still waiting ulete maendeleo

[Joshua Okayo @okayojoshua]

If it appears, just retweet.
We shall never forget!

#RutoMustGo

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@alexmwangi0 @Frednjerii 😂

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@Safaricom_Care I am not able to make calls… anyone jamming signals?

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@KE_MrBlack This brain should be protected

[Nelson Amenya @amenya_nelson]

URGENT: Kenya's Healthcare Sovereignty Under Siege

President Ruto is about to sign away Kenya's health data sovereignty through a fundamentally unconstitutional agreement with the US Government.

THE SMOKING GUN:
I have obtained three explosive documents:

1. Model Specimen Sharing Agreement
2. PEPFAR Bilateral MOU Template
3. Legal Advisory by Dr. Mugambi Laibuta proving this violates Kenyan law

HERE'S WHAT RUTO IS SIGNING:
REAL-TIME SURVEILLANCE OF ALL KENYANS

US gets 24/7 access to Kenya's ENTIRE national health database
Every HIV test, TB diagnosis, malaria case - accessible to US officials
Your medical records, your children's health data - all exposed
NO anonymization required
NO consent from you
NO restrictions on what they can see

YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? GONE.
Legal analysis confirms this violates:

Article 31: Your Right to Privacy - VIOLATED
Kenya Data Protection Act - COMPLETELY IGNORED
Health Act confidentiality provisions - BYPASSED
Digital Health Act - RENDERED USELESS

THE MOST DANGEROUS CLAUSE:
"This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with U.S. federal law."
Read that again. US law - not Kenyan law - will govern YOUR health data.
This means:

Office of Data Protection Commissioner: POWERLESS
Kenyan courts: NO JURISDICTION
Your data protection rights: DON'T EXIST
US has weaker privacy laws than Kenya: YOUR DATA LESS PROTECTED

IT GETS WORSE:
25-YEAR PATHOGEN EXTRACTION

Kenya must hand over disease specimens within 5 DAYS of US request
US shares with 10 private American pharmaceutical companies. They develop vaccines and drugs from OUR diseases. Kenya gets NOTHING guaranteed in return. US serves its own needs first. 25 YEARS of this arrangement

COUNTY GOVERNMENTS LOCKED OUT

Health is devolved - counties run these systems
Counties haven't been consulted
This violates Intergovernmental Relations Act

FINANCIAL BLACKMAIL BUILT IN:
"Failure to fulfill commitments could result in changes in planned assistance or discontinuation of this MOU."
Translation: Give us your data or lose funding.

WHAT THEY GET ACCESS TO:
Not just statistics. Not just aggregated data. They get:

Direct system access to query ANY patient record.

Rights to audit 5% of health facilities randomly selected

Access to lab results, treatment records, epidemiological data

Metadata and system architecture

Real-time disease surveillance

All diagnostic and testing data

50+ MILLION KENYANS' MEDICAL PRIVACY - GONE.
DR. MUGAMBI LAIBUTA'S LEGAL VERDICT:

"This Agreement, as drafted, is NOT legally compliant, poses CRITICAL constitutional and sovereignty risks, and must be SIGNIFICANTLY renegotiated before Kenya can lawfully sign or operationalize it."

THE BOTTOM LINE:
This is not cooperation. This is:

Data extraction disguised as aid.
Biopiracy of our pathogens for pharmaceutical profit.
Surveillance infrastructure embedded in our health systems.
Constitutional rights traded for donor dollars.
25 years of compromised sovereignty.

OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE SAYING NO

The template shows this is being pushed across Africa. Reasonable countries are rejecting these terms. But Ruto, desperate for any "investment" narrative, is ready to sign away our most sensitive data.

WHAT MUST HAPPEN NOW:
This cannot be signed as drafted. The Constitution doesn't allow it. The law doesn't permit it. Our dignity as a sovereign nation demands better.
We need:

IMMEDIATE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE - Full text published

COUNTY CONSULTATION - Governors must weigh in

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE - MPs must approve or reject

ODPC REVIEW - Data Protection Commissioner must audit for compliance

COMPLETE RENEGOTIATION - Fair terms or no deal

You cannot sign agreements that violate the Constitution. This is not about being anti-partnership. This is about protecting Kenyan citizens' rights and maintaining our sovereignty.

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@PSCharlesHinga I have been pondering about Affordable Housing, you collect construction funds through AHL, the land used is public land. So why are you selling the units again? And who benefits from the sale? Shouldn’t contributors of AHL funds get something?

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@VyKing_13 @AnuarSaddat @morarakebaso Suspend constitution,Capture and execute in Public park

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@kiptooh1 @Karanimutonga I am a kale but don’t count me in loving him…

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@penjki @Kenyans Parliament does not pass benefits, they pass bills to be enacted by respective arms or governments.
The bill itself is okay, how it is being implemented is where the problem lies

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@NationAfrica The college of insurance land is already being subdivided to be sold out…

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@Grok, Is there a way I can configure my X feeds not to get anything related to Ruto lies…?

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@AokoOtieno_ Good thing where those firewalls will be installed si protected area… we will visit there physically to configure ourselves.

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@geraldbitok @WilliamsRuto Everything yake ni future tense 3 years later on…

[Welan @ItsWelan]

@ChantelleKosank @edgarwabwire_ Unlike Sudan, the Kenyan Military don’t give a fuss about Kasongo re-election. 3 day’s concerted demos and he will be trembling. Don’t give him too much credit.