Miss Etemesi🦋

•Lawyer •Public Policy & Governance • Harvard Girlie’24 • PhD Girlie🎓 • Gender & Disability Inclusion • Sports •French Translator🇫🇷• Book & Perfume Junkie

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

A short thread on pschologists & therapists. I hope this helps someone on the timeline.

[jonzing. @ehisssss]

i'm fun for 32 minutes, then i start thinking about going home.

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

Kenya has never healed collectively. We’ve moved from tragedy to tragedy without processing the trauma, so numbness became survival. Psychosocial support was never part of how we were taught to cope and it shows, even in how we speak to people in pain.

[Nyarari🎀🌸 @nyar_uai]

another thing, we don't know how to handle people in distress.
look at what they are telling those parents

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

@ntsa_kenya also work on people not having to take their biometrics everytime they renew their licence.
With thanks.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

NTSA is set to replace physical logbooks from June 10, 2026, with e-logbooks on the eCitizen platform.

The new system will allow instant updates, online vehicle transfers, and digital verification.

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

@Brianmbunde This!!!

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

Exactly what i mean!

[Theo Kahler @tckahler]

The Maurten team took 6 trips to Kenya to work with Sawe over the past year.

They developed a “personalized gut training program” for him.

Nerdy details here:

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

London marathon has proven it: talent thrives where science, policy, and systems align. Kenya has the talent, no doubt but without investment and structure, we’re leaving potential on the table. A sports policy is long overdue. We can’t keep operating on vibes and inshallah.

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

15/60 ‘My name is Maame.”
Tender, honest, and quietly powerful. Maame captures the weight of being a firstborn daughter and the courage it takes to choose yourself. A soft but striking read. Couldn’t put it it down finished it in a day

Plug @NuriaStore

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

14/60 And Home Was Kariakoo by M. G. Vassanji is part memoir, part East African history. It moves through migration, memory, and belonging; tracing lives and histories across the region and quietly asks what “home” really is.
A lovely read!

A thoughtful gift from @NuriaStore

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

Book #13/60
House of Huawei by Eva Dou stayed with me long after I finished it.

It made me realize that power rarely arrives loudly. Sometimes, it comes as infrastructure. As networks. As presence.

Not everything shaping our future asks to be seen.

[Jumanne Mtambalike @Afruturist]

Nothing personal, but Nigeria is one of the countries where I found it particularly difficult to access my own money as a foreigner. During my visit, I held accounts with Absa Group, Equity Bank, and Standard Chartered.

Even withdrawing a modest amount like $200 was often a challenge. I would spend several minutes waiting at ATMs, only to find that cash had run out, especially when attempting to withdraw larger amounts equivalent to $500 or more in naira.

On the payments side, the situation was equally frustrating. Many local restaurants and hotels do not readily accept international debit or credit cards. On one occasion in Abuja, after dinner, we had to send someone out to exchange $200 into naira just so we could settle the bill. When he couldn’t find a bureau de change, he ended up purchasing naira informally from individuals on the street.

While I acknowledge and respect the impressive growth of fintech innovation in Nigeria, these experiences point to deeper systemic challenges, particularly around cash accessibility and the usability of international payment systems for foreigners.

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

@weak_spell Use hair polisher that’s the trick

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

@readswithravi Tuesdays with Morrie

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

A few of you said you missed my book reviews…
I think I missed them too.
Here we are..
The crack pandemic is often framed as a story about drugs.
But this reads more like a study of power
of how entire communities can be failed, then narrated as the problem.

A masterpiece🤌🏾

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

This is beautifully written…

[Petina Gappah @VascoDaGappah]

Is there honestly a more original and wonderfully cerebral Zim writer than Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu?

This is so, so good!!

So good!!

https://t.co/4qcbMOom3w

[Heisenberg @DrJuma_M]

CONFIRMED:Ruto and His Thugs,The ones who destroyed Moi University were seen Harassing And Intimidating Doctors in Nairobi Hospital.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

[Joice🤍🇧🇪 @Joiceoflagos]

And when the topic is about having “a mom who genuinely loves you unconditionally”
I will stand up and talk loudly about my mom🥹

[Mbabz @Kalasinga_]

At this point, I think people have just refused to understand the role of Senate, National Assembly, County Assemblies, Governors and Judiciary (and especially the Chief Justice). This malaise spread rapidly during the maandamano period and won't go away soon.

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

@lynnaowiti A banana plus a table spoon of peanut butter half an hour to your workout to prevent an energy crash mid session always works for me.

[Miss Etemesi🦋 @Lynetemesi]

@OnlyOneTuri I started in practice too, because that’s the “default” route. But it wasn’t aligned. I had to deliberately research people outside the traditional path and reach out to them. The opportunities exist ,they’re just not visible. You have to be intentional about finding them.