Ndung'u Njuguna

A data scientist, tech & AI enthusiast. A passionate cyclist and a lifelong @ManUtd fan.

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

Tour of Dar es Salaam

Being a cyclist is always something that I enjoy. Among other things, one of the best things you get is adventure and the freedom that comes with it.
Last year, I decided to push myself a bit. I have been cycling for years now, doing weekly long rides.

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

@UnitedStandMUFC

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

@makaumutua @grok can you help get the gdp per capita? Would it be a better comparison?

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

@StatmanDave M…I

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

My fellow Kenyans:

Wake up! Wake, the hell up!

Our country is heading to hell and its racing there.

I talk to you all about the devastating impact of corruption and incompetence in our country almost every day.

Today I’m asking you to look at a single human being and see this national crime, for what it is.

Owen: A Dream Put on Hold by a Greedy State

Please look at the first attachment. That information belongs to Owen.

Owen is 20, from Kiambu County. He was raised by his grandparents, who told him that the ticket to escape a very unfortunate beginning would come through education. He listened to them. God good grades.

Was admitted to study Economics at Egerton University. He needs roughly KSh 100,000 a year to start. It’s late September 2025 and he’s still at home—calling strangers for help because every door has shut on him.

He has done everything right. Our "leaders" have done everything wrong.

And Owen isn’t an exception. He’s the rule.

The Broken Math at the National Level

In 2023/24, Kenya spent about KSh 3.8T and borrowed ~KSh 1.5T to make the numbers “work.” We then burned ~KSh 1.6T on debt service—money that produces nothing for citizens.

For 2024/25, we’ll raise about KSh 2.5T in revenue. Interest alone is projected near KSh 1.9T.

Do the math: that leaves scraps—~KSh 600B—before wages, counties, and the thieves queueing for their cut.

Meanwhile, ~50% of national revenue is swallowed by salaries for roughly 1 million national government workers—about 2% of the population.

Here is ethe truth:

When half your income feeds the bureaucracy, children go hungry and students stay home.

And then there’s the rot: sham “deals” like SHA rammed through without real value, followed by comically impossible “claims.”

Such as, KSH 41 million paid out for ONE patient who apparently delivered 10,860 babies in one year.

Such as, 51 million paid out for ONE patient who was able to be admitted into several different hospitals, receiving 2,808 procedures, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

Such as, more millions paid out for ONE patient who apparently delivered 656 babies through C-Section, ine one magical year.

These thieves, have no shame. They are incapable of shame. Don't you see?

Every shilling stolen there is a shilling taken from Owen.

Despite the fact that our country today is spending 75% of every single shilling on debt service, these thieves, are cooking up newer scams, every day. And, paying themselves unbelievably exorbitant salaries. Look at the second picture for some context.

At the County Level, it is a crime scene.

Counties: Law on Paper, Loot in Practice (Kiambu)

The law caps county wages at 35% of revenue. In the real world? 90% of counties blow past it.

Kiambu is a case study in upside-down priorities:

Wages as % of revenue: ~65% (2022/23) and >45% (2023/24)—illegal by the law’s own yardstick.

→ ~KSh 5.2B effectively stolen from service delivery in two years.

Wasteful travel: ~KSh 882M in two years on “trainings” in Dubai, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, etc.

→ While a brilliant student can’t find KSh 100k to enter university.

Look at the insanity and the impact of greed:

Bursaries: KSh 102M (2022/23) and KSh 392M
(2023/24) out of actual spend ~KSh 12B and ~KSh 18B.

With Ksh 18 billion in spending, @KWamatangi spent Ksh 392 million on bursaries in 2023-2024. This amount is FOR ALL CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY, WITH 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE.

But the county spent Ksh 479 million on luxury travel for a handful of politicians.

→ Across two years, for every KSh 1 on bursaries, leaders spent ~KSh 48 on themselves.

In these two years this theft by spending above the legal limit has stolen 5.2 billion. Wasteful travel? KSH 882 million.

This isn’t mismanagement; it’s moral corruption—a conscious decision to fund foreign junkets and swollen payrolls while telling Owen his dream doesn’t matter.

Owen is at home today because of corruption in government. Because of greed, and incompetence, of the entire government apparatus.

National and County.

We have been reduced to panhandling for fees for smart, and innocent kids. This humiliation must stop.

We must rise up and reclaim our country.

I need some help, if you can.

(1) If you think you can help chip anything for Owen, please DM me. Anything will do.

(2) This issue is not unique to Kiambu. I still need help from lawyers across the country to assist with public interest litigation to serve vulnerable Kenyans. If you can help, please stand up and be counted. Reach out to me.

@EricLatiff @MoGAbdi @Wanjiru2027

[Ben Haggai @benhaggaio]

She was born tiny, but mighty. Diagnosed with Turner Syndrome, her journey began early with every feed a step toward growth.
This #BreastfeedingWeek, we raise awareness for children with special health needs & the parents who champion them. 💜
#TurnerSyndromeAwareness

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

#GetItDone
#Turnersyndrome
#Africa

[Ben Haggai @benhaggaio]

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.” Barack Obama
Day 50 of #Turnersyndrome awareness. Every girl in #Africa who has Turner syndrome should be encouraged.
To support in this journey....https://t.co/WiamYmzoUw Till: 3506174

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

A man on a mission

#CyclingForACause

[Ben Haggai @benhaggaio]

"One bike. One voice. Thousands of lives touched by Turner Syndrome."
It's a #weekend, get some exercise done
#CyclingForACause #July4th #MakeADifference #MakeADifference
#BeTheChange
#inspirational
#StrongerTogether
#NeverGiveUp

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

😂😂😂 yako kaptura

[Rapcha The Sayantist @IAMRAPCHA]

Life ni short lakini yangu ni toja 🎵

[Ben Haggai @benhaggaio]

💪 Admitting it: This journey is HARD.
But every blank stare when I ask "What’s Turner Syndrome?" reminds me why I pedal.
Silence won’t win. To support in this journey....https://t.co/PU4ea5nNo6
Mpesa Till: 3506174 #Monday #TurnerAwareness #RareDisease

[Yoko @Kibet_bull]

If you can't board a car then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl if you can't crawl repost and do the online fighting.

Umoja ni nguvu

[𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠 @whereisjackkk]

Wenye hawako ground don't stop tweeting
#SiriNiNumbers

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

#ikonini

[Mwafreeka @Mwafreeka]

Iko Nini!! The sitdown with @dkmaraga now available on YouTube #ikonini

https://t.co/lYplirJHDR

[OCTOPIZZO @OCTOPIZZO]

Someone asked me why I looked old or older in my Kibera photos compared to Now, this was my house when Legendary @NaziziHirji visited me in 2009. Looking to how youths are being used badly as goons let me tell those who don’t understand coz it’s clear most of you may not fully grasp the reality of life in the informal settlements so allow me to offer you a lived synopsis.

The slums age me long before the world ever gave me a fair chance. By 18, I carried the weight of decades not because I wanted to, but because I had to.

Spending your first 25 years in a place where poverty is normalized doesn’t just shape you it scars you. Not only through the absence of basic needs, but through the constant dehumanization even from relatives who distance themselves once they move beyond those streets. You’re criminalized by default. Watched, profiled, and blamed before you’re ever seen or heard.
There is no access to food security, no reliable healthcare, no consistent education, and certainly no financial safety net. Just the brutal mathematics of survival.

And survival isn’t free it demands your innocence, your dreams, and often, your spirit. It ages you. It erodes your sense of wonder. It kills the child in you before he ever knows what freedom feels like.
But somehow, I found a way out. Music became my escape not just an art form, but a form of resistance. Through it, I found my own . I reclaimed my voice. And in doing so, I began the slow work of reinstalling my soul.

This is why ending poverty is not charity it is justice. It is the restoration of dignity and the protection of every child’s right to simply be a child.
If this doesn’t happen the goons will never ever go away and your favorite politician probably knows this and it excites him.

#endpolicebrutalityke
#DON 🐐

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

#WorldBicycleDay

[Peter Sagan @petosagan]

Happy #WorldBicycleDay everybody 🚴 Ride today, tomorrow, whenever you can. In fact, every day is a good day for a bike ride!

@iamspecialized @ride100percent @my_whoosh

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Happy birthday to former Red, Chicharito 🥳🇲🇽

#MUFC

[Yoko @Kibet_bull]

I don't recognise Madaraka Day, I recognise 25th June.

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

#RejectFinanceBill2025 #FreeRoseNjeri #RejectFinanceBill2025

[Dr. John Njenga Karugia PhD. @johnnjenga]

#FreeRoseNjeri

[Ndung'u Njuguna @JoeWahenga]

#FreeRoseNjeri

[Hillary Kiptoo @hillarykiptoo_]

As a techie, you can easily fit in Rose Njeri's shoes. What she built didn't break any law. She just made it easier to send emails, more of a quick template.
So please raise your voice and cry for her release. Today it's her, tomorrow it could be you.
#FreeRoseNjeri

[Rapcha The Sayantist @IAMRAPCHA]

#RejectFinanceBill2025 ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[David Maraga @dkmaraga]

Today, we begin a solemn month of reflection in memory of the lives of more than 60 young people killed in June 2024.

It is a month to stand in solidarity with those injured and abducted. It is a month to comfort the families of those who lost their loved ones to police brutality.

Madaraka Day is about internal self governance and the freedom to run our country.

These are the freedoms that the young people were seeking. They instead were killed, abducted and some have disappeared without a trace.

Ms. Rose Njeri is the latest to be abducted for allegedly innovating an accessible system for citizens to express their views on the Finance Bill 2025. This completely negates the spirit of Madaraka.

There is therefore nothing for the young people of Kenya to celebrate. Youth Unemployment is still soaring, livelihood opportunities keep shrinking while a minority of the political elite live in opulence straddling the young majority into servitude. This government has indeed lost the moral and legitimate basis of governing.

We need to rejuvenate the true spirit of Madaraka. To this end I will walk with the GenZ during this solemn GenZ Revolution Month and beyond, in their activities and plans as they seek to reset, restore and rebuild Kenya.

Let us use this month to chart a path back to the aspirations of our 2010 Constitution. #MadarakaDay2025 #GenZRevolutionMonth