Mr Engineer

#Becoming Socially Aware #YNWA

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

Kenyatta Avenue partially blocked as mothers protest abductions and disappearances of young men from Mathare, Huruma and Kiamaiko.

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

NEW: Ruto has hosted 5,000+ private security guards at State House and delivered the classic package of optics over substance.🚨

He has directed NITA and training institutions to harmonise their curriculum.

He has called for "career progression" pathways.

He has ordered an end to the terms "watchmen" and "guards", they must now be called "private security officers."

And on salaries, the familiar warning: employers who fail to pay the minimum wage will face the law. "Mambo ni matatu."

Strip away the packaging, and nothing structural has changed.

A new title does not put food on the table. Harmonised training is useful only if the industry actually pays for skilled labour.

Career progression means little when the base wage remains at starvation level and enforcement is virtually non-existent.

Kenya already has a PSRA-gazetted minimum wage of KSh 30,000 that most firms simply ignore while still winning government contracts. Another presidential warning changes none of that.

Until the state is willing to revoke licences, blacklist non-compliant firms from public tenders, and treat underpayment as the serious labour crime it is, these announcements remain political theatre.

The guards will keep working 12-hour shifts for poverty wages. The companies will keep pocketing the difference. And the cycle continues.

Optics are cheap. Dignity is expensive.

[Linda Mwananchi @LindaMwananchi_]

Sisi tunataka Kulinda Mwananchi...

[Gitz  @Gitz__]

Amerudi sasa kwa Hustler nonsense after doing nothing for 4 years to improve their livelihoods.

[Lynn Ngugi @lynn_ngugi1]

There’s a reason they won’t push this as Grand Coalition, because they know very well this is the kind of coalition that has the potential to serve Kenyans, not their interests.

A Maraga, Omtatah and Sifuna led government has the potential to right so many wrongs in this country. That is exactly why the conversation will quickly shift to who can bring votes, who has numbers and who is “electable”, not because they care about Kenya but because they need politicians they can control and who will protect the very system that has looted this country for decades.

This idea that we need Person A, B or C because they will “bring votes” needs to end.
Go out there and campaign for the candidate you believe in, talk to your family, talk to your cousins, talk to your grandparents, form groups, have conversations, convince people… this is how democracies are won.

No one has a monopoly on votes in this country. As someone once said, THE VOTER IS THE KINGMAKER!!

Why are we waiting for the same political class that helped ruin this country to tell us which direction Kenya should take? Until we understand that the opposition is not a group of wealthy politicians fighting each other but you, the people, demanding better leadership, we will keep surrendering our power to those who have never had our interests at heart.

WANTAM!!

[STF @okeaSnikeT]

Respectfully sir, you will not be a part of that 2060. I don’t think you are the right person to lead that discussion.

[MaRuBoZu @XaU_1880]

Tam Ni Jamo!

[Lilian @lilymutinda]

Parliament has never been breached.
We have never had a President win on their first try.
We have never had a deputy president impeached
IEBC has never had such high voter registration numbers in one run

We are living through many firsts - anything and everything is possible.

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

This “free university” bill is looking less like freedom and more like a lifetime debt trap.

What we know so far:
- 4% interest
- Up to 25% of your salary deducted
- Repayment starts one year after you get a job
- Fail to pay - court action, and your assets can be seized

Remember, University fees have already gone up… and they can still rise.

So "free" today could mean paying until you retire.

Many young people will walk out with degrees and straight into debt that follows them for decades.

If you (or your child) can fund even 80% of your education yourself, seriously consider it.

Parents, students, recent graduates…
Are we sleepwalking into another HELB-style burden, only bigger.

I wonder if this the best we can do for the next generation.

[millicent bystander @Nyokaffiii]

🤣🤣🤣of course this is what he meant by free uni. Mlidhani he is clever all of a sudden?

[James @MrJamesKe]

One of my biggest concerns about Sifuna deputizing some of the established political elites is the risk that comes with it. If he stands his ground on matters of principle or refuses to support decisions he believes are wrong, he could easily become a target for impeachment. That would not only derail his political career but also deny Kenyans the opportunity to elect a leader with great potential in the future.

For that reason, I don't support him deputizing anyone in that camp. If he has to be a running mate, Maraga would be the better choice because he has built a reputation around integrity and respect for institutions. Sifuna's political future is too important to be left at the mercy of the same political class that has dominated Kenyan politics for decades.

[Gloom❄️ @gloomyanimal]

Orihime reveals that ichigo kurosaki is her favourite Shinigami of all time.

[James @MrJamesKe]

People keep saying, "Sifuna can't win unless Gachagua, Kalonzo, or Matiang'i support him." That's the mindset that has kept Kenya trapped in the same political cycle for decades.

Those leaders don't own your vote. They each cast one vote, just like you. It is citizens not political kingpins who elect a president.

If you genuinely believe Sifuna, Maraga, or any other reform-minded candidate can transform the country, then support and vote for them. Stop demanding that they become deputies just to satisfy the old political order while the same familiar faces occupy the top seat.

We cannot demand a different outcome while clinging to the same politics of endorsements, negotiations, and elite deals. The greatest political force in Kenya is not a coalition of politicians, it's an informed voter who refuses to be dictated to.

[KIPRONO @Onorpik]

We must fight the monster of "cheap labour" in Kenya. Companies make super normal profits and pay employees peanuts. And Atwoli is just getting fat!

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Kenya's government now plans to scrap university scholarships and replace them with 100% government-funded student loans under a proposed Bill.

If passed, graduates will repay the loans after securing employment, with deductions capped at 25% of their earnings.

[Ayahuasca🏝️🍹 @Ayahuascababe]

Don't forget in his first quarter in office Wamunyoro and his son had already stolen from KEMSA. We will not vote for Moi orphans, stay guided!

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

🚨 BREAKING: President Ruto has officially switched to CO-OPTATION.

Unable to sell a strong national record, State House appears to have pivoted to a strategy of winning over one group at a time, Muslim clerics, village elders, church leaders, private security guards, regional delegations, and more.

The playbook is simple:
- Invite them to State House.
- Offer tailored concessions.
- Create a sense of recognition and obligation.
- Turn community leaders into political mobilizers.

Each delegation leaves believing it has been uniquely favored. In reality, every group may be receiving the same transactional treatment.

The problem? Community leaders don't control the secret ballot.

A village elder can receive a stipend. An imam can secure concessions. A church leader can get an audience. But none of that changes what millions of Kenyans experience every day: the cost of living, jobs, healthcare, and taxes.
Retail politics may influence elites.

General elections are decided by households asking one question:

Has life actually improved? This is what I hope everyone will be asking.

[James @MrJamesKe]

Gachagua never publicly criticized Ruto while serving as Deputy President. In fact, he was one of Ruto's fiercest defenders, often responding aggressively to critics of the President and the government. It was only after his impeachment that he began speaking out. Sifuna, on the other hand, has consistently criticized this administration. Even after the handshake between ODM and the government, he continued to call out Ruto whenever he believed the government had fallen short.