Mumbi

My tweets are personal ramblings of a human being

[César Biondini @BiondiniCesar]

La seleccion de fútbol de Irán llegó a México, donde se alojará durante el Mundial. Si bien jugará todos sus partidos en EEUU, Trump les negó hospedaje y los obliga a salir del país apenas termine cada encuentro. La FIFA aceptó ese acto de mal anfitrión.

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

@Nprezzed @graciejones730 😂😂😂😂😂😂 RHOA fans are the best

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

@melanin_afrique It was a 4. Food was bad compared to the previous one. The artist line up looked good on paper, kwa ground vitu were different.

[I talk hoops 🏀 @trendyhoopstars]

Madina Okot off the bench:

14 PTS
11 RBS

The Atlanta Dream outscored Las Vegas by 18 points with Okot on the floor. ✨

[WNBA001 @AngelReese38366]

Angel with the dish to Madina in Sundays game vs. the LV Aces. Madina earned her first career double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

@AdamsGriffins @kagondu_yvonne And I think it's being pushed by state powers. It might be the next political ideology of he whose name shall not be spoken

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

@DavisThuranira @jnrmbuvi I tend to think the ptb pays for these dumb takes because they wanna rile up emotions and disrupt the movement.

[lexi 🇺🇸 @lexi_trades1]

@lizzkelly7 Workplace credit theft is more common than people admit.

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

We grew up in a different time. You had to be there. Hey Baby Sis @laura___wendy ❤️❤️

[DNZIE TH33 STALLIONE @DNZIEK]

@RachelTrue

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

@Davidkmwenda @CycloneKenya1 I was in Kinango, we visited the hosi and the number of babies with babies, it was so painful to watch. And the families are very poor. The hosi was giving them Ile food huwa donated in papers.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Let us #PrayTogether that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and to ensure that everyone has access to quality food. #PrayerIntention @clicktopray_en https://t.co/S3TtsnBEer

[Fr. James A (Faith-Chat Platform) @frjamesa]

Pope Leo XIV prayer intention for the month of May is that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and to ensure that everyone has access to quality food.

#PrayerIntention

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

Insulting Kenyans because you didn't see a G Wagon is low IQ. G Wagons aren't a measure of our quality of life. We are fighting for better education, agriculture, universal healthcare and you're talking to us about cars? Call us out for bad schools/hospitals/roads/energy access

[Oyindamola🙄 @dammiedammie35]

This video dey Pami…. Every country get em own problem, na Kenya problem she dey highlight so 😭😂💔

[La Patrona @karimiBeryl]

As young women, we shouldn't be undoing progress. We should be advancing it. Women before us ensured we found proffesional environments that were kinder than the ones they found. We have a duty to ensure we are moving the needle for the next generation.
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[Mzalendo Mūtemi wa Kīama @MutemiWaKiama]

That boy circled in green is Peter Edung. Fourteen years old. From Sosian Village, Laikipia North. From a family that has very little, except now they have even less. They have a funeral to plan.

Peter went to visit his uncle, a casual worker at Oldonyo Lemora Ranch. The ranch is owned by Ivan Tomlinson, a British - Kenyan dual national. It's the kind of place where tourists pay good money to forget the world exists.

Peter didn't go there as a tourist. He went there to see family.

He never came back.

According to police reports, the incident occurred on the night of April 21, 2026. A firearm was discharged. Peter sustained fatal injuries. The weapon, a Mark Four CZ 527 rifle, was licensed to Ivan Tomlinson. The person police have named in connection with the shooting is Lance Tomlinson; the 15-year-old son of the ranch owner.

One teenager shot another teenager. One is now at Rumuruti Funeral Home. The other is... not in custody. Probably watching Netflix somewhere.

The suspect is unaccounted for. The System is "Moving."

Here's what we know so far, based on publicly available information.

Ivan Tomlinson, the father and firearm owner, reported to the DCI offices in Laikipia West on Thursday. He came with legal representation. He recorded a statement. He was subsequently released on cash bail of KSh 100,000 for the alleged offense of allowing a minor access to a firearm, contrary to the Firearms Act.

Meanwhile, the juvenile suspect; Lance Tomlinson has not yet been formally apprehended. Police have stated that efforts to trace him are ongoing.

I hope we are together up to that point.

A 14-year-old boy is dead. A firearm registered to a British man was involved. The father has been questioned and released on bail.

The son named in connection with the shooting is still at large, and the official word is that the search is at "an advanced stage."

We are not investigators. We are not the court. We simply note the sequence of events and ask: If the roles were reversed, would the pace be the same?

Multiple sources have indicated that the young suspect was taken to Nanyuki Cottage Hospital for what has been described as a mental health assessment.

We do not know the medical history of the individual involved. We do not know the legitimacy or necessity of such an assessment. That is for medical professionals to determine.

But here is what we can observe: When a poor Kenyan teenager is named in connection with a violent crime, the path is generally direct; arrest, cells, court. There is rarely a private hospital visit in between.

Whether this assessment is standard procedure or something else, the public is watching. And the question is fair: Is this healthcare, or is this strategy?

This tragedy did not happen in a vacuum. It happened in Laikipia; a county where land, identity, and justice have been tangled for over a century.

More than half of Laikipia's land mass is occupied by large private ranches and wildlife conservancies. Many of these are owned by families of British descent; descendants of settlers who remained after independence.

Meanwhile, pastoralist communities who once moved freely across this landscape have, over generations, been squeezed into ever-smaller parcels.

Peter Edung was not part of any conflict. He was a 14-year-old boy. He was from an extremely poor family. He was visiting his uncle, a casual laborer, on a ranch his ancestors may once have walked freely.

And now he's dead.

We do not know all the facts of that night. We do not know what led to the discharge of the weapon. We do not know the full story and we may never know it completely.

But we do know the context. And context matters.

Where Are the Leaders?

This is the part that should disturb every resident of Laikipia County.

[Essie @EcEssie]

Life has never been the same since you left us😭

[Kristina Bolten @Kristinartz]

Did anyone in your family ever read Reader's Digest? That little magazine was always around - on the table, in the bathroom, tucked in a drawer. Short stories, jokes, and advice you somehow always read. Who remembers it?

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

@TheCinesthetic

[Mumbi @MumbiMutuko]

@BoardLotSultan Lol tulikuwa tunapelekwa hapo casino tukigonjeka mashilingi as kids 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @laura___wendy