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you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

No matter where I go, I will always remember the road that leads me home.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

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[BIGBEN @fwBen_]

My sister left her five-year-old daughter with me for three days, and I thought I’d only have to put on cartoons and heat up some food. But on the first night, when I served her a bowl of homemade beef stew, the little girl didn’t even touch her spoon. Instead, trembling, she asked me: “Uncle… am I allowed to eat today?”

My name is Robert, and I live in Austin, Texas. My sister Paula asked me to watch her daughter, Ruby, because she had a business trip to Dallas……….

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

My mom got fired from her job today.

I wanted to call her boss, but I didn't have his phone number. So I found him on social media.

His Instagram was public. His latest post was a vacation photo. Palawan. A five-star hotel. A cocktail by the pool.

My mom had worked for that man for 11 years.

I wanted to leave a comment. My hands were on the keyboard. I just sat there for 10 minutes.

In the end, I didn't write anything. I closed the app.

That evening, my mom said, “I'll find another job, don't worry.”

She laughed.

That laugh burned inside me.

That night, I saved a photo of her boss to my phone.

My mom asked me why I saved it.

I replied:

[Hanifa @Honeyfarsafi]

That CCTV footage of those girls burning down the dormitory has completely broken me💔💔💔💔

[mariam @maryooomaaa_]

This season has made me realise that people hate arsenal more than they love their own teams and that’s truly embarrassing 😭

[‏ْ @marklfcx]

Emmanuel Petit on Premier League clubs mocking Arsenal after the final defeat:

🗣️ “I have to say, I found it embarrassing.

The second Arsenal lost, some Premier League clubs couldn't wait to jump on social media and remind everyone about their European trophies.

That tells you everything.

Instead of supporting an English club representing the league on the biggest stage in club football, they were busy celebrating Arsenal's pain.

For me, that's not rivalry. That's insecurity.

Arsenal were 90 minutes away from doing something special, and rather than show respect, people were desperately searching through the history books for old trophies to post online.

Why? Because they were terrified of seeing Arsenal join that club.

Let's be honest, some of these clubs spent the entire season watching Arsenal compete at a level they couldn't reach.

The jealousy was obvious.

The moment Arsenal fell short, they treated it like they had won something themselves.

That's the mentality of people who would rather see Arsenal fail than focus on their own success.

The trophy may have slipped away, but the reaction from some rivals showed exactly how much Arsenal still live rent-free in their heads.”

[CPA Wachira Joseph @WashiraX]

Hide your KRA PINs guys.

Why?

Tax cheaters are hunting for them.

Why?

- Many people do not have eTIMS receipts to support expenses for 2025.

- And KRA has now allowed deduction of such expenses.

But with conditions.

- One must send a list of those expenses to KRA before filing.
- And include the supplier’s KRA PIN.

Here is the catch.

- Cheaters will use any PIN they can find.
- Yours included.

Later, KRA will come for you with stories like:

- Vipi bro. We can see you sold goods worth 10M.
- But you only declared employment income.

Or,

- Mzee you declared 2M, but we can see 10M in sales. We want tax on the other 8M.

Simply because your PIN is sitting in someone else’s expenses.

Yet you did not sell such figures.

You will waste a lot of time cursing, emailing, visiting, and calling KRA to explain unaekelewa.

Protect your PIN!

[CPA Wachira Joseph @WashiraX]

Kiambu County has shown KRA dust.

KRA audited the county.

And found the county was collecting serious money from:

- Parking fees
- Business licenses
- Market fees
- Renting stalls
- Renting stadia
- And other county fees

Then KRA asked:

- Where is our VAT?

- If you charge 10,000 for stalls
- You should have added 16% VAT

So Kiamburians should have paid: 11,600

And the extra 1,600 goes to KRA.

But Kiambu did not charge VAT. So KRA became dramatic and said:

- No problem. You'll give us that VAT from your own county coffers.

It is at that moment that, Gov Wamatangi knew hii si mchezo.

He ran to court.

He argued:

- The county is not a business entity.
- It is a government unit performing public functions
- It does not operate for profit
- The county fees charged are already a form of tax
- Charging VAT on them is double taxation
- It is illegal

The court agreed.

And KRA’s VAT demand was set aside.

This is a big precedent.

It means:

- County services should not be inflated by VAT.

- Public services are not businesses to charge 16% VAT.

[Katyayani Shukla @aibytekat]

During a job interview, if they ask: "How do you handle it when everything is a priority?"

USE THE GOLDEN RESPONSE:

[CPA Wachira Joseph @WashiraX]

There is a very common land tax scam in Kenya.

And both the buyer and seller walk into it smiling.

Here is how it works.

- You agree to buy land at 10M.

But the seller and his lawyer convince you:

- Bro, let’s write 5M in the agreement.

Why?

- The seller pays less Capital Gains Tax and,

- You the buyer pays less stamp duty.

Everyone feels genius.
Everyone saves money.

Years later,

- You sell that same land for 20M.

It's time to pay capital gains tax.

KRA comes in and asks one simple question:

- What was your property cost?

You say - 10M.

KRA says:

- Show me the purchase agreement.
- Show me the stamp duty receipt.

You present them.

- They both say - 5M.

KRA smiles.

So your tax becomes:

- (20M − 5M) × 15% = 2.25M

Instead of:

- (20M − 10M) × 15% = 1.5M

You pay 750K extra.

Just like that.

So the saving you made on stamp duty comes back later as:

- Higher Capital Gains Tax

Lessons:

- Do not understate purchase price in agreements

- What you sign today becomes your tax tomorrow

- Short term savings create long term pain

[Mwai, MBS. @IanJamesMwaiK]

Paying taxes in Kenya feels like funding criminal activities.

[𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗴 @huko9m]

Ukicall millennials na whatsapp call wanakuonanga so unserious ati wacha nikucall na normal call

[Eric @amerix]

Whenever someone responds to my FASTING or WELLNESS posts with farcical comments like,

"We shall all die,"

I instantly block them.

They are mostly obese, mediocre, and have never nursed a family member with a chronic disease.

Health doesn't have room for pettiness, mockery and jokes.

If you walk into any hospital's medical ward, you will see patients groaning in pain because of chronic metabolic diseases.

Their only wish is to have their health back.

These diseases have drained the family's joy, peace and money.

Therefore, keep your absurd jokes to yourself.

[I am Chege @_James041]

They taught you in school about Diatomite and Fluorspar and made you sing Kariandusi near Gilgil.

The intention was to make you believe that your country doesn't have valuable minerals.

They never taught you about gold in Ikolomani, Migori etc, Mercury in Pokot, Iron ore in Laikipia, Rare earth in Kwale, Rubis in Tsavo.

They mapped the deposits in the 1950s and in there 'exit' plan,

They fenced the mineral deposits and labeled them as CONservancies.

The documentary I am watching today can make someone crazy.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Corporate Rules for Happy Life In 2026

1. Trust nobody.

2. What happens in office, remain in office. Never take office gossips to home and vice versa.

3. Enter office on time, leave on time. Your desktop is not helping improvement in your health.

4. Never make GF/BF and/or brother/sister in office. It will always backfire.

5. Expect nothing. If somebody helps, feel thankful. If not, you will learn to know things on your own.

6. Never rush for position. If you get promoted, congrats. If not, it doesn't matter. You will always be remembered for your knowledge and politeness, not for your designation.

7. Never run behind office stuff. You have better things to do in life.

8. Avoid taking everything on your ego. Your salary matters. You are being paid. Use your assets to get happiness.

9. It doesn't matter how people treat you. Be humble. You are not everyone's cup of tea.

10. In the end nothing matters except family, friends, home, and Inner peace

[Saitabao ole Kanchory @Saitabao]

Lest we forget, the people promising to make Kenya a first world country, killed Kenyans for demanding a better country

[Kìama Kìa Ngai @KiamaWangeshi]

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1000 smarta package has.,
*1.5gb daily data for 30 days
*400minutes allnet talktime
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Walai, crazy offers.
Don't forget you won't get snitched
#boycottsaffaricoml

[Phöêbé @Nyambecah]

@BabaAdrielle @GermSeed Mlima will vote.
Baba die hards didn't vote for him., sembuse someone else

[Lynn Ngugi @lynn_ngugi1]

There’s a big part of me that honestly believes we deserve everything we get from these politicians. Because how do we keep watching the same people mess this country over and over again and still act surprised?

We have a generation that’s too comfortable letting Gen Zs fight for the country while they sit and comment from a distance. How are you in your late 30s, 40s, 50s okay watching your children or younger siblings fight battles for problems you helped create? You voted for thieves, defended them, campaigned for them, and when they get back in office you act like victims.

Look at what’s happening right now. Our lecturers are on strike. Students are stranded. Campuses are falling apart. But a whole CS is in another country praising their universities and lecturers as if ours don’t exist. How disconnected can you be?

Our healthcare system is collapsing. Hospitals have no medicine, doctors and nurses are exhausted and underpaid. When these politicians fall sick or want to give birth, they fly out for treatment instead of fixing the same hospitals they destroyed. They go to countries whose hospitals were built by LEADERS who cared about their people.

We have MPs passing harmful laws that directly affect the same people who voted for them. They show up, collect allowances, and disappear until the next campaign season. And still, we say “tutawafundisha lesson next election.” How many lessons have we taught so far?

Then there’s the Kenyan middle class. The most delusional ones, the ones who think national issues don’t concern them. As long as they have Wi-Fi, their kids are in private schools, and they can drive to work, everything else is “noise.” They don’t realize that the same system they ignore will come for them too :when taxes rise, when school fees double, when the economy finally collapses and insecurity rises due to lack of jobs for the “common” mwananchi…

We can’t keep outsourcing courage from Gen Z. Every generation that stays silent makes it worse for the next one. This habit of saying “minding my own business” is why nothing changes. Because those who created the mess never stay to clean it up.

And before we complain again, here’s the truth we actually have power, we just don’t use it.
We can recall MPs who betray the people, but we never do!! That’s why they’re comfortable saying they want to copy this and this from China coz they know you guys aint shit.. We can demand accountability, but we don’t..We can organize locally, but we wait for someone else to start

If we were serious, we’d start showing up for public meetings, asking questions, and refusing to clap for politicians who don’t deliver. We’d rebuild civic awareness and stop acting like politics ends at voting. We’d stand with those who are fighting instead of mocking them. And we’d vote with memory , not tribe, not token, not empty promises.

Because if nothing changes, one day your child will ask you what you did when this country was falling apart and silence won’t be a good enough answer.

For me, I will continue using my platforms no matter what 🚶🏾‍♀️🚶🏾‍♀️

[Chief Njoku @NemeremNjoku]

They borrow loan

Squander it

Create no jobs for you

Mess the economy up

Inflate prices

Ask you to bring tax from the job you created for yourself so they can pay off the loan that was of no benefit to you