Phil

Living the moment!

[Phil @PNzau]

@KenyaPower_Care check DM

[Phil @PNzau]

@Sophie_Mokoena Karibu Kenya, karibu Kanairo

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

I have interacted with many Gen Zs and most can't beat us millenials in shit. Pressure kidogo they start crying like babies. We are hardcores!

[Phil @PNzau]

@BravinYuri Kidogo tu 🤔

[Phil @PNzau]

@AIRTEL_KE Sent

[Phil @PNzau]

@AIRTEL_KE I have shared a request via DM, please check

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

Celebrity Activists Are Not Self Made. They Are Ecosystem Made

Celebrity activism is not activism in the pure sense. It is an economy, a stage and a survival model where visibility becomes oxygen and public suffering becomes the raw material for personal relevance.

A celebrity activist must always be seen. They must attend events, panels, workshops, conferences, embassy functions, NGO breakfasts, human rights dinners, climate forums, governance meetings and donor funded town halls because the moment they disappear from the public eye, the brand begins to weaken. Their power does not come from building real movements on the ground. Their power comes from being constantly circulated by the same ecosystem that created them.

This is why many celebrity activists are not self made. They are ecosystem made. Behind every loud public face there is usually a network of donors, NGOs, embassies, foundations, media houses, political patrons, corporate sponsors, international organisations, handlers and social circles that keep recycling the same people. They are invited because they are already known and they remain known because they are constantly invited.

They says they speak for the poor but they do not live like the poor. They say they speak for the voiceless but their careers depend on being the permanent voice.

They say they speak about suffering but suffering becomes the product that keeps them relevant.

A tragedy becomes a panel discussion on some TV linked to government etc. A protest becomes a photo opportunity. A national crisis becomes another opportunity to appear brave, moral and serious before donors and cameras.

That is the uncomfortable truth about this industry. The celebrity activist must always be attached to a cause because without a cause there is no stage. Without a stage there is no attention. Without attention there is no funding. Without funding there is no movement. Without movement the brand collapses.

This is why some of them never truly want problems solved. They want problems managed, prolonged, branded and monetised because a solved crisis kills the campaign. A healed society kills the panel. A truly empowered citizen kills the middleman.

Some will not want citizens to finish the business and eg remove an oppressive regime they will want you to protest from 8am - 6pm and go back home, to them it is like a career.

So they position themselves between the people and power, between suffering and funding, between anger and cameras, between victims and the international community. They become brokers of pain while pretending to be servants of justice.

The public must stop confusing visibility with courage. The loudest activist is not always the most useful one. The person who attends the most conferences is not necessarily the person doing the hardest work. The person who speaks the language of donors is not automatically the voice of the people.

Real activism builds people.

Celebrity activism builds profiles. Real activism sacrifices comfort. Celebrity activism converts outrage into access. Real activism becomes unnecessary when the people win. Celebrity activism panics when the people no longer need a spokesperson.

The real question is very simple. Who funds these activists and why are the same faces always selected to speak for everyone? Who platforms them and who benefits from their outrage? Why do they become richer, more connected and more powerful while the people they claim to represent remain trapped in the same pain?

A celebrity activist is rarely a lone hero. More often they are a product of an ecosystem that needs visible moral performers. The donors need local faces. The media needs quotable outrage. The politicians need controlled opposition. The NGOs need human stories. The activist needs relevance.

Everyone feeds from the same table.

And the most dangerous thing is that once activism becomes a livelihood, truth becomes negotiable.

Causes are chosen based on funding. Outrage becomes selective. Silence becomes strategic. Enemies are picked carefully and friends are protected. The activist does not speak where money may be lost.

That is not liberation.

That is branding with victims in the background.

[ZEBRA @Zebracrisis]

Your biggest achievement was being Uber for Jesus… relax

[Phil @PNzau]

@NytoP2PMwangi Maybe we need to 'encourage' the government to do this across the country just like civilized developed countries have done

[Phil @PNzau]

@autochat360 @Cushkelvins_ This all day 💪🏽

[Phil @PNzau]

@His_randomness 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[jacob juma @kabetes]

3 million Brazilians are demonstrating over state oil firm scam to remove the president while Kenyans just lament.

[Muriaso @muriaso]

Our healthcare is in a mess but hey, lets build Talanta Stadium and Bomas first. Their pictures will miraculaously heal the patients

[Joel Jirani @JoelJirane]

Methu alisema iko jamaa anakulia hizo CT scan machines, almost ¾ ya pesa inalipwa anasonga nayo, only ¼ inabakia hosy.

Sai hebu fika hiyo public hospital uone kama CT scan inafanya.

[Phil @PNzau]

@Kibet_bull The sad part is that this powerful conversation about our failing health care system will soon be diverted by some useless sex scandals to keep the average minds busy and as usual we will lose focus

[UFO Hunter @iamufohunter]

🚨 Prof. Francis Boyle found dead only days after he agreed to testify against Bill Gates and Albert Bourla over alleged dangers of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.

[Phil @PNzau]

@dube1286 A very harsh reality that has hit me so hard that I'm still struggling to accept

[Phil @PNzau]

@Kingzidizaga We are praying for you and hope you'll vote wisely on 16th Jan 2027