There’s something strange about this World Cup, but somehow everyone is pretending it looks normal.
France are fighting for their lives in the Round of 16.
Brazil already had a tough first knockout game.
England have a serious opponent in the Round of 16.
Portugal had a difficult group and now have Spain waiting.
Every big team has had to suffer somewhere.
Except one.
One team has somehow been given a clean road straight to the quarter-finals, and we’re meant to believe it’s just coincidence.
This Kenyan man came so close to defeating Coca-Cola in market share. Unfortunately, his own government couldn’t protect him or help him build a true Kenyan brand.
Peter Kuguru started Softa Soda in 1997. He believed that Kenya deserved its own drink at a price that ordinary people could afford, and it worked.
By 2004, Softa had taken 10% of the entire carbonated drinks market in Kenya. By 2007, they controlled 70 to 80% of the market within 200 km of Nairobi.
So what happened?Kenya’s soda industry depends on recycling bottles, but Coca-Cola had the biggest collection network in the country. When Softa bottles ended up in Coca-Cola’s sorting yards — which happened most of the time — they simply disappeared.
And here is where the government comes in. All that was needed was a simple regulation requiring companies to return competitors’ bottles within a set time frame. This kind of rule exists in other markets, but the Kenyan government classified it as a private commercial dispute and stayed out of it.
Why? Because this was the liberalisation era, and Kenya was under pressure from international lenders to open its market and let competition run its natural course. Getting involved would have looked like a protection scheme.On top of that, Coca-Cola was one of the largest taxpayers in the country, and governments tend to protect revenue sources.
In the end, a promising Kenyan brand was lost.
@Jesseabisheck@evenmaina God bless you, do you good. Have fruitful ventures, God expand your territories, protect you from sickness and showers of blessings in your homes
Beyond the hype of the match, the way Mbavu’s mother showed up is what stood out to me. In a world where friends come and go, and most things are temporary, that kind of love isn’t. I don’t second guess where I’m loved, I go home.
WEKA MAWE
You're dating a woman who doesn't read books, all she does is just listening to toxic Lyrikali & being delulu 24/7,,, and you expect to become successful & sire sharp kids brother Bernard?
@AokoOtieno_ built a reputation as someone exposing the truth. But when you encounter stories she writes about situations you actually know firsthand, the illusion quickly collapses. Much of what she writes about @wnyakera is misleading and politically motivated.
Propagandist!
I am not a fan of PS Raymond Omollo
He knows. God knows and those who follow my TL know nimeishi kumlima
In fact, Kipchumba Karori personally told me ni Ray alisema Government does not "need us"
Despite fighting hard for Ruto against my community in 2022
My weakness however is that I spit facts!
Ray had nothing to do with Hoteli ya huyu F@g, Irungu Nyakera kuvamiwa in Kisumu
Alifukuzwa KICC juu ya wizi. Kemsa ni wao wali loot
Vying for Nairobi yet kazi ni kuita Babu criminal
That toad- cheecked Msenge has squabbles with LAKE BASIN and owes rent worth 27.4MILLION
The lease was formally terminated on 26th Feb, 2026
Let him face his issues without seeking sympathy b'coz hata kwao Nyandarau hawamtaki
Meanwhile, let him seek LEGAL REDRESS against those who violated Fairways, kama ako sure ako innocent
Baradhuli yeye