We had this conversation when Gachagua visited his childhood friend soon after he became DP.
There is a huge cultural difference between parts of this country.
Nataka tu kusema in some contexts kujengea mwanaume mwingine ni very insulting juu Kwani ni mke wako?!
@GacheriNdumba I know this is a really bad example 😂
But ukiwatch interviews za watoto wa Ruto when they were asked about their dad I think during the campaigns for the 2013 election alongside uhuru, you'd be shocked how the talk about him.
@Snkyi1@RonaldoW7_ Because the request was to remove the fake GOAT from the picture. In my analysis, that meant editing out Ronaldo, leaving the true legend, Messi. 😊
@GacheriNdumba Na the next step after that inakuwanga authoritarianism on the issue.
I wonder how the middle class would react to being told by law you can only have one child, even when you reach the levels you so preach of having children.
@LeelaLakhana@XivTroy Be that as may, the point here is effort.
Are you implying that if she had put in the same amount of effort while married she wouldn't have achieved the same results?
Or are you implying she wouldn't have had it in her to put the effort? Which then shifts initiative, and to who?
@miss_mumbzk Liz Truss was peak comedy. A guy put a 24/7 webcam on a lettuce, a month after she'd gotten into office. The lettuce didn't even go bad by the time she was out of office.
I disagree with only one aspect of this.
IT TAKES CONTEMPT.
The truly privileged in this country are not in conversation with us watus. They don’t even plot out their politics with us.
I have never seen anybody articulate this sentiment who was not some type of middle class.
Apparently to be a Kenyan man means to be stupid, ignorant and a-historical.
And to think of all the men who fought for a dignifying education for Africans, from Dubois, to the Mau Mau to Jaramogi to even Traore, this is the best that Kenyan men can come up with.
And by the way, this masculinity being promoted here is from the British public schools. The Etons that became the model for education in Kenya. The link to my post on this is in the replies.
@miss_mumbzk Unfortunately, I think it is well-suited for Kenya for now.
The general public isn't education hungry(an honest and often non-profit able endeavor).
If the majority can find literacy and then some productive skill, maybe then we might start going up Maslow's hierarchy.
‼️ Agit Kabayel has now been officially elevated to become the WBC heavyweight world champion after Oleksandr Usyk vacated his titles.
Kabayel previously held the WBC 'interim' belt.
An accident in 2025 left Patricia paralyzed from the chest down. Today she moves her arms and drives her own wheelchair, earned in physio five days a week.
KES 750,000 covers six more months of care. M-Pesa, under a minute. Link in first comment. Keep her recovery moving.
ONE AFRICA: NO BORDERS, NO FENCES - ONLY GATES
For centuries, European imperialism and the colonial borders it imposed have sought to divide Africans, fostering fear of one another rather than encouraging people to challenge the systems that impoverish them. In this clip, Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), pushes back against the claim that greater African unity would somehow "collapse" South Africa.
He argues that migration between African communities is not new. Long before the EFF, Africans built economies, cities and industries together. South Africa’s mines, railways and industries were built through the labour of Mozambicans, Malawians and countless other African workers, he says. Even Fanakalo, the mining pidgin language developed under colonial labour systems, is proof of how deeply interconnected Africans have always been.
Malema also challenges a common anti-immigrant narrative: if poverty alone automatically forces people to migrate, then why don’t all poor South Africans leave provinces like Limpopo for Gauteng? Why do people across Africa still remain deeply tied to their homes, families, languages and communities?
At its core, this is a debate about colonial borders, economic inequality and Pan-Africanism. The same borders drawn by colonial powers continue to divide Africans politically, while multinational corporations and Western capital move across the continent freely.
The question Malema raises is important: are Africans truly a threat to one another, or have colonial systems taught them to see each other that way?
Unconfirmed Reports from comrades who were released after allegedly being dumped at different locations along major highways last night indicate that Comrade Davis Lichuma was subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment while being held at an alleged private detention facility. According to these accounts, the abuse was carried out under the instructions of Deputy Inspector General Lagat. The reports further allege that Comrade Lichuma has not been released because he remains in critical condition due to the injuries he sustained. Albert Ojwang didn't die in vain #FreeDavisLichuma