Jaytisa

Hip-Hop head | House junkie | Small-time foodie | Soon-to-be IT systems analyst | Good girl | Fun-timer

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

@TeyaKevin This is a good design; clean lines, well tailored and a good presentation of our athletes on a world stage 👏🏾 👍🏾 👌🏾 🇰🇪

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

No Faith Kipyegon or Beatrice Chebet?

It’s giving Tanzanian elections

[Odumbe 'Deep State' Kute @IOdumbeKute]

In Kenya, if you have a problem and turn to the Police, then you have two problems. ‘Tis a long read, but indulge me for a bit as I try to explain why. I’m reminded of stories my Irish friends used to tell me of discriminative signs that were posted all around the UK at the doors of restaurants, pubs, public places and many establishments that stated bila chills “No Dogs. No Blacks. No Irish”. You’ll be surprised how much of kindred spirits the Africans and Irish are when it comes to being oppressed and exploited.

It's no surprise for example, that Ireland was the first EU country to unequivocally declare that Israel is committing genocide against the people of Palestine. It’s because the Irish know what being exploited and oppressed is. They have lived in solidarity with oppressed people around the world under the brutal legacy of the British. I see you scratch your head and ask, “What do the Irish have to do with our bandit Police officers in Kenya?”.

My answer to this is history. I’ve said several times up in here, unless and until we understand our history – how we got here and why we’re in this cluster fuck of exploitation, oppression and state violence, then we can never understand how to get out of it. There is a reason why predatory and extractive states like Kenya are considered bandit states and “owned” if you will - and run by resident bandits, the business and political elites whose only raison d’étre- their reason to exist is to exploit and oppress the natives for personal gain.

The Police tactics that were brutally used in Ireland, In Palestine, in Malay – Present day Malaysia, In India, In Kenya and in literally all of the former British colonial empire has one genesis. The monopoly of violence and the brual and unhinged used of that violence to control the oppressed natives.

I’ve mentioned a few territories. Kenya, Ireland, Palestine, Malay, India and many more. Consider the following similarities in these and many more countries that were colonized by the British:

· Land dispossession: Lands in these countries was seized through brutal violence and given to English landlords and English settler communities, forcing natives and peasants into poverty
· Economic exploitation: “Laws” were enacted by the British even as far back as the Wool Act of 1699 destroying Irish and local African and Asian industries to benefit British markets
· Cultural suppression: We were told we were primitive and savage and needed to be civilized. Our languages, traditional religions, and native customs were systematically dismantled and repressed
· Penal Laws: Those people across the world who were oppressed and exploited were barred from owning land, voting, or accessing education.

Whether it’s the colonial aspect, the theft of native land, Cultural and educational suppression, resistance against the oppressor and the long term legacy and impact for hundreds of years, there are two very common themes. One, the British were involved as the master oppressors and exploiters and two, unhinged violence through paramilitary and policing structures were the means to keep the restless natives in submission.

One of the most offensive and sickening organizational mottos is “Utimishi Kwa Wote”. That’s just brutal psychological warfare. The Kenyan Police, like all the other police forces in the territories I’ve mentioned across history – whether it’s in 17th century Ireland, through the troubles in the last few decades by the Ulster Constabulary, in the 1920’s to 1947 British colonial conquest of Palestine that was transferred to the Israeli monopoly of violence in 1948 and still runs to this day, or in Kenya today, the themes that run through all of these scenarios is that the British are responsible and the DNA of using absolute violence is the way things work to keep the restless natives in check. All these territories are and have been considered resource territories to be exploited and the Police are the instrument to enforce that protection.

Since inception, the Kenyan Police and the Special Branch have never had anything to do with “Utumishi Kwa Wote”. Their reason for existence has always been to protect the political and business elite. Historically, this was the British Empire, today, it’s the resident bandits who are the puppets of the latter day reincarnation of Imperialism. Historically, colonialism and violence was “legal” – according to the British mandate to civilize the savages – including the Irish mind you.

Today, Imperial power is exercised through foreign policy, foreign aid, unjustifiable and unilateral sanctions, economic control through economic terrorist organizations like the World Bank, IMF and WTO, colourful concepts like “We’re spreading peace, justice, freedom and democracy”. They don’t even pretend when they tell you to achieve this peace, justice, freedom and democracy, we will bomb those who choose a different way of life for themselves or assassinate silly leaders who colour outside our lines of control.

Consider the life cycle or training evolution of a Kenyan Police Officer. Their education typically ends at high school if at all. This is deliberate and strategic. They need to be controlled and made instruments of violence for the state. Ask yourself why like many progressive Police organizations in the world, the Kenyan National Police Service does not seek out graduates of psychology, criminology, social sciences, technology and cyber systems, humanities, and other essential skills that will positively impact their engagement and understanding of working effectively with communities up and down the country. The Police Service deliberately recruits cannon fodder because they need to control them as instruments of violence.

Their training from day one, Police Essentials 101 is “You belong to the state, the peasants and natives are the enemies of the state, and your job is to protect the political and business elite”. It’s been the same doctrine since the inception of the first reincarnation of the Kenyan Police and Special Branch since it was created by the British colonial structure. The Special Branch eventually became what is now the National Intelligence Service but their mandate is still the same, protecting the political and business elite. The colonialist left, the white settlers operated from the shadows, the current local resident bandits took over, but the DNA and mandate of the Police has never changed.

Whether it’s extra-judicial killings, kidnapping and torture, suppression of legal protests using lethal and non-lethal forms of violence, that DNA has never changed since the 17th Century when the Irish were suffering the same. The Palestinians have been suffering the same from these tactics for over 100 years, tactics designed and honed by the British and adopted by the Israeli’s. The same tactics were unleashed on Kenyans in the last 100 years of the last century, but the current political and business elite carry on with this DNA regardless. If you really want to understand this DNA and why we still suffer it today, I recommend 3 books you can read that deal comprehensively with this topic. I know for some Kenyans, reading anything in detail is malaria, but Shauri yako. If you don’t want to understand how and why you are here in this cluster fuck, continue living your ignorant life until you have a problem and have to call the police to start a second problem.

1. British Gulag by Caroline Elkins
2. Legacy of Violence also by Caroline Elkins
3. Savage Warfare by Ken Wagner

We have no chance of fixing our situation until we understand the playing field and how we got to that very unlevel playing field. Look at the legacy of this violence and use of that monopoly of violence by the state.

· Colonial strategy – use of violence to control unrest. Modern legacy in Kenya – teargas and live bullets at protests
· Colonial strategy - protection of political and business interests. Modern legacy in Kenya – Policing poor and deprived areas more harshly
· Colonial strategy – lack of accountability. Modern legacy in Kenya – Rare prosecution of abusive officers if at all, and if they are, it’s the cannon fodder junior officers getting prosecuted and convicted to keep the natives happy

Consider this also. Police officers are by definition disciplined forces – just like military and intelligence officers. They do not, unless under extraordinary circumstances, have the ability to decline a direct order given to them. Yes, the constitution and direct legislative instruments for the military, intelligence and Police services provide for an officer to decline an illegal order, but the reality is that from day one in training, that kind of misadventure of declining a direct order is knocked out of their system. Refusal to carry out an order is tantamount to a transfer to a brutal outpost in North Eastern province or in many cases, you’ll be murdered bila chills.

There’s also the fact that Police Officers are not paid very well and even when they are put in harms way, some of them having to die in the line of duty, their families are never taken care of. It’s no wonder Kiganjo is considered a Business School and not the National Police Training facility. Most officers who graduate from Kiganjo are experts at extortion, bribery and business hustles and they now have the authority of a badge and a gun.

You can constitutionally change the name of the outfit from a Police Force to a Police Service. You can constitutionally create an “Independent” Police Oversight Authority. You can insist on “Utimishi Kwa Wote” for political correctness. You can carry out vetting of police officers to audit their lifestyle. They’ve even changed their uniforms a few times for dramatic effect.

But if you don’t change the DNA of the Police Service, change it’s culture, recruit well, train them well in terms of values, skills and purpose, pay them well and take care of their families if they come into harms way, then you have no chance of changing the current insecurity situation in Kenya.

Like most bandits and predatory states, the government in Kenya and their security apparatus are the largest organized crime group in the country.

@bonifacemwangi @NelsonHavi @JerotichSeii @WanjeriNderu @Nanjala1 @MigunaMiguna @NjeriWaMigwi @RuthMumbi @MissingVoicesKE @mx__chichi @Wordslinger__

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

@SeweS_ Kenyans have a problem 💯

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

Luis is an absolute WEIRDO #Youngfamousafrican how dare he ambush Ini Edo like that? Full on WEIRDO.

[AG @art_gambino_]

Na mkitengeneza hizo AI za Must Go, keep in mind he is a MAN, that bra and panty stuff might be funny, but its an insult to Women. Its annoying how women are viewed as weak when it comes to insolent and corrupt behaviours that is in fact done by a man. Welcome to my Ted Talk.✋️

[Adar Poonawalla @adarpoonawalla]

I am pleased to announce that the WHO has recommended the R21/Matrix-M™️ Malaria vaccine. The efforts of @SerumInstIndia and @UniOfOxford have come to fruition. This will save thousands of lives, and bridge the gap between the demand and supply of vaccines against Malaria.

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

@SamGichuru @uber_kenya @boltapp And all drivers reported to be doing this should be turned off from the app.

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

😂😂😂😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #RutoMustGo

[Sun Tzu @ItsChanzu]

Scenes in the Situation Room at Statehouse🤣🤣 #RutoMustGo

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

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[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

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[Vincent Flibustier 👽 @vinceflibustier]

First day at Crowdstrike, pushed a little update and taking the afternoon off ✌️

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

#RutoMustGo

[MWANGI 🇦🇷 @mwas_mjanja]

Tomorrow utaskia dci wameshika mwenye amehack plate tectonics and caused earth tremors. Very unserious group
#earthquake

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

@SirAlexas 😂😂😂😂

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

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[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

This KTN reporter destroyed your favorite former CSs with a whole 5 mins TV story using only memes😂😂😂😂 #RutoMustGo #AngukaNayo #DrainTheSwamp

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

I absolutely love us. I love this FOR us. What a movement #RejectBudgetedCorruption #rutomustgo

1 koome down, 1 more to go. #KoomeMustGo x2

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

Partyless, leaderless, tribeless #RutoMustGo

[Gitau Gatonye @Gitaooh]

That's why the movement said it's leaderless. We knew how turncoats like Raila Odinga behave with opportunism. He knows his real Throne is in danger because the real leaderless opposition has appeared. Not that gatekeeping of his for government to keep the masses in poverty as he collects cheques. He has aligned with his true friends . He is an enemy of the people

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

#RutoMustGo #railamustgo Fagia wote.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says they have agreed to dialogue with President William Ruto’s government following weeks of Gen Z-driven protests.

Many Kenyan youth say neither Ruto nor Raila speaks for them and they will not be a part of the dialogue

[Jaytisa @JayTisa]

@QueenGathoni 😅😅😅😅😅

[Rodgers Kipembe Mpuru @RodgersKipembe]

Ni kesho.