Sir. Bobby

You'll know soon enough

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@ahfkenya Hello, do you have a testing center in nakuru county?

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@KenyaPower_Care no lights again at ngondu in Egerton Same issue as yesterday, mlirudisha one hour alafu mkatoa, meter - 37221523196, check on that au tununue ecoflow

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@KenyaPower_Care What is your emergency helpline for njoro and Nakuru, siku moja hii stima itachoma watu na hamuwezi jua juu namba za Nakuru hakuna mtu hushika

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@KenyaPower_Care no power at ngondu area in Egerton since yesterday 7pm the neighbouring areas have power but we don't , how can that be possible??

[Mwalimu Mūtemi wa Kīama @MutemiWaKiama]

The Land Bill 2024: How Ruto’s New Law Threatens Kenya’s Sovereignty and Soul

By Prof. @GNaituli

President William Ruto’s signing of the Land Bill 2024 into law marks one of the most consequential and dangerous policy shifts in Kenya’s post-independence history. Behind the polished language of “modernization,” “rationalization,” and “reform” lies a quiet but sweeping reconfiguration of who controls Kenya’s most sacred resource: its land. It is not merely a legal reform; it is a structural takeover that risks converting millions of Kenyans from landowners into tenants and a sovereign nation into a marketplace for corporate and foreign interests.

Land, in Kenya, is not just a means of production. It is the foundation of our identity, memory, and freedom. From the Mau Mau struggle against colonial dispossession to the constitutional battles for land justice, the question of land has always been the question of nationhood. To own land in Kenya is to belong to have a stake in the promise of independence. That is why any law that alters this delicate balance must be examined not through the lens of economics alone but through the deeper lens of justice and sovereignty.

The Land Bill 2024 cloaks itself in reformist language, promising efficiency and investment. Yet, beneath its technocratic surface lies a dangerous centralization of power. The law grants the executive unprecedented control over land allocation, valuation, and conversion. By moving key decision-making away from communities and devolved institutions into the hands of the national government, it reverses the spirit of devolution that was enshrined in the 2010 Constitution to protect citizens from the abuses of a centralized state.

Even more alarming is the introduction of new taxes on freehold land. For the first time in our history, ordinary Kenyans who have held ancestral land for generations will now have to pay annual levies simply to retain what already belongs to them. The state, in essence, is positioning itself as landlord over its own citizens, a profound betrayal of the principles of independence. For many small-scale farmers and rural families already struggling with high costs of living, these taxes will be unbearable. Land that has sustained them for generations could soon be auctioned off to settle tax arrears or absorbed by wealthy interests circling for profit. Equally troubling are the provisions that open the door to long-term foreign leases. Under this law, foreign entities can lease Kenyan land for up to 99 years, the same duration used during colonial times to entrench foreign control. History is repeating itself, not with gunboats and settlers, but with contracts and corporate seals. In a world where global investors are desperate for agricultural land, Kenya’s soil could soon be in foreign hands, producing for export while local communities face displacement and hunger.

The Bill also undermines the mechanisms for addressing historical land injustices. Placing new procedural hurdles and narrowing the scope for review, it effectively closes the chapter on the unresolved pain of past displacements, from the Coast to the Rift Valley to the Mau Forest. It tells communities that their suffering is no longer a priority, that the state has moved on to more “pragmatic” concerns. But how can a nation move forward when it refuses to confront the injustices that define its past?

Those who defend the Land Bill call it modernization. But modernization without justice is simply dispossession by another name. Kenya does not need to “reform” its land laws to please investors; it needs to protect its people from exploitation. Development that strips citizens of their land is not progress. It is regression.

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[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@KenyaPower_Care @KenyaPower why are there so many recurrent outages in Egerton especially Ngondu area , while tweeting this we have lost power three times ,, meter number 37221523196

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@KenyaPower Egerton njoro, if you want to destroy our equipment si mseme stima inablink every two minutes, au mzime mara Moja take hivo bas

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@KenyaPower_Care We have an outage in Egerton for almost three hours now,, any information on this

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

Check dm @HELBpage

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage @BrianMunyiri16 @HELBpage si mwangalie dm nimechoka hadi au mkae

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage So helb mmeamua sitapata this academic year,, nimewadm hadi nimechoka allocated since sijui miaka Gani kama hamtaki kunipea mseme nijue ntafanya nini nkt.

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage Hello please check dm

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage @plug450 @HELBpage come on respond bana some last week check dm

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage @Churchil5525111 Hello @HELBpage my account says allocated for two months check dm please

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage imekua hivi for the last two months bana .. mwaka ya mwisho ndo helb inaamua kusumbua?? Please advice

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage My helb inasema allocated for like a whole month right now what could be the issue sina hadi batch namba yet

[Sir. Bobby @R_Kathinja]

@HELBpage Hello I applied for subsequent but I I'm finishing school this year .. like this is my last semester I'm I going to still recieve the helb or how will it work

[Felt @felt]

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[Alinur Mohamed @AlinurMohamed_]

He surrendered.

Hands up

Just a vuvuzela.

But for the police, brutality is what they enjoy.

This is a human rights violation from @DCI_Kenya @NPSOfficial_KE.

Repost widely.

#RejectFinanceBill2024

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