Joseph Akwiri

Journalist in Kenya. PR/Corporate Communications Expert. Focus on security, business, political risk. My views, my own.

[Joseph Akwiri @JosephAkwiri]

@ZukuHome what's happening with your internet? Extremely slow speeds for over a week now. Impossible to work. Can this be resolved ASAP please?

[wisdom is not for sale @ObiO2019]

@the_marcoli_boy Jesus reigns and no gate of hell can stop his reign.

[Eric @amerix]

If you are planning to build a house in your rural village,

Do the following:

• Open a bank account. Call it "Project Development Account 2026."

• Write a plan. Use the Triple Constraint Theory in Project Management: BUDGET, TIME and SCOPE.

• Save 50% equivalent of your rent in the account, monthly for 15 months, eg, if your rent is 10,000, then, save 5,000 in that account every month.

• If you can't raise 50% equivalent of your rent to save, then you are living beyond your means. Look for a cheaper house.

• Get an architect and a draughtsman to design a house.

• Do research, consult, read about building and construction online. Travel beyond your comfort.

• Get a Quantity Surveyor to do feasibility and the cost of the project.

• At month 15, draw a budget and begin buying material for construction, eg Sand, Ballast, Stones and timber. Stick to the budget.

• At month 18, start building.

• Get a professional mason licensed by the National Construction Authority. Be present. Supervision by phone calls is disastrous.

• Be hands-on. Learn to do the masonry work alongside the mason. Mix the ballast. Lay the bricks. Be part of the team.

• Create a rapport and good relationship with a hardware. Let this hardware be the only place you will buy construction material.

• Don't live in government houses. Don't buy the so called "affordable houses."

Build your house, to your preference and taste.

Therefore, if you are intending to build, and you start planning today, then you should be building your house in 2026 March.

It is not far.

Start today.

Be patient.

Start.

#BetterTogether

[Joseph Akwiri @JosephAkwiri]

@HonAdenDuale To compare Japan that makes prudent use of their taxes and renders all crucial services free and quality including education, healthcare and infrastructure, with Kenya where we collect taxes that are embezzeld with nothing to show for them, is utterly ridiculous!

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@hon_wamuchomba The kind of rare courage we need for this rare political affliction that has befallen our country.

[Hon.Gathoni Wamuchomba, HSC, MP @hon_wamuchomba]

May God use you to save this Country.
Amen .

[Joseph Akwiri @JosephAkwiri]

@ahmednasirlaw No, the order says 'including appointment' to mean the order has prohibited more than just the appointment. It stays IMPLEMENTATION of the Senate resolution to impeach DP. That means any actions succeeding the Senate resolution including swearing in of a new DP.

[Joseph Akwiri @JosephAkwiri]

@Kenyans Maraga without doubt

[Donald B Kipkorir @DonaldBKipkorir]

Reconciliation by IEBC of FORM 34A & FORM 34B show that in Mount Kenya Region & for sure Rift Valley, in each Constituency, votes of William Ruto were upped by 10,000 & votes of Raila Odinga were subtracted by 10,000. The Sun, the Moon & the Truth can’t be hidden.

#BabaThe5th

[Mr. Kinuthia Pius. @Belive_Kinuthia]

UPDATES:

Gatanga constituency.

Raila had 5070
After verification of form 34A he has 15070

Gatundu South previously Raila Odinga had 2290
After verification it stands at 12290

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

When you build your company,

Please respect it.

Don't sleep with female employees.

Don't promote women because you sleep with them.

Put a clear boundary between you and female employees.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Joseph Akwiri @JosephAkwiri]

Kenyan policemen to face murder trial over UK aristocrat's death - judge | Article [AMP] | Reuters https://t.co/eFbr2opSCW

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In Kenya, COVID-19's rural spread strains creaky healthcare https://t.co/NlfnDpml1h

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Kenya & Tanzania 'diplomatic' row paints the picture of an immature couple breaking up. Rather than pursue a solution, we are more focused on who hurts the other more.

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Screen writer in my other life.

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Kenyan police arrest fugitive indicted in U.S. for ivory, rhino horn trafficking https://t.co/Ckywwmgjcu

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Kenyan official charged with wilfully spreading coronavirus | Article [AMP] | Reuters https://t.co/MlIHWhPbU2

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UPDATE 7-Three Americans killed in al Shabaab militant attack on... https://t.co/X40Fg4lp0c

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