Ruby Mutheke

Whiskey in a teacup ❤️

Travel • Environment • Swimming • Volunteering

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

🚨BREAKING: France has failed to include Kenya among the 13 countries eligible for visa-free travel to its overseas territories.

​Only one African country, South Africa, made the cut, alongside China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

​Yet, we’ve been treated to countless photos of Ruto and Macron laughing, dining, and exchanging warm handshakes in Nairobi. This is the stark difference between diplomatic optics and diplomatic results.

​As an analyst, I see this as a failure of Kenya’s contemporary diplomacy. We have replaced hard bilateral negotiations with photo-ops and personal rapport.

​Macron secured France's strategic interests in East Africa. What comparable benefit did Kenya secure?

​International relations are driven by cold national interest, not personal friendships. What has Kenya actually gained from this partnership with France?

[DUA LIPA @DUALIPA]

Mr & Mrs

[Author Sakwah Ongoma @CSakwah]

The story of NdidI Nyoro and the MPs who missed parliament on the Finance Bill voting day should teach us that not participating in an election has the same consequences as voting for bad leaders and bills.

[Yoko @Kibet_bull]

Mwai Kibaki ensured every child goes to school. Uhuru Kenyatta ensured children are born safely and at no cost. Under Ruto, children are disappearing at an alarming rate.

[Martha Ahumuza @MarthaAhumuza]

There’s something consistently unsettling about the way femicide is reported in the media. The victim is everywhere. Their name, face, photos shared and reshared, sometimes even in moments that strip away dignity. Meanwhile, the perpetrator is often blurred, unnamed or

[Dr. Koena Moabelo 🇿🇦 @Koena_za]

Luther is still missing. Retweet until he is found. #KoenaVsDirtyCities

[KingstonGirl🍁 🇰🇪 @Lsankei99]

Fuel up 46 shillings
Electricity up by 4 shillings with less units
Salaries stay the same
Taxation stays the same
Unemployment at its highest with industries closing

Parliament is silent

All 349 of you will go

[Eric @amerix]

The debt Moi handed to Kibaki: 600 billion.

600 billion in 40 years.

The debt Kibaki handed Uhuru: 1.8 trillion.

Kibaki borrowed 1.2 trillion in 10 years.

The debt Uhuru handed Ruto: 8.5 trillion.

Uhuru borrowed 7.3 trillion in 10 years!

Legally, Uhuru was allowed to borrow only 2 trillion, but he borrowed an extra 5.3 trillion ILLEGALLY.

By the time Uhuru left, we had paid 7 trillion according to an independent and verifiable forensic audit.

We paid the legal 2 trillion, and also paid Uhuru's illegal debt of 5 trillion.

Therefore, our balance was 1.5 trillion in 2022.

However, the debt has continued to skyrocket, rising from 8.5 trillion to 12 trillion.

This begs the question, who is pocketing our money?

Why is the parliament not summoning Uhuru to explain this blatant constitutional violation?

Why is Ruto not being put to task by parliament on why he continues to abet this illegal repayment?

Why are we paying a debt that doesn't exist?

Today, for every 100 shillings we collect as revenue, 96 shillings is repaying this debt.

A debt that doesn't exist, builds nothing, and gives zero return on investment.

We are only left with 4 shillings to pay civil servants, run the government, and build infrastructure.

We are in chains.

Our children deserve to be told the truth.

We can't hand the country to them that is in debt, in shambles and in chains.

This madness must stop!

[LANDLORD🇰🇪 @bozgabi]

A child is missing kindly retweet widely

[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.

[susa @prinkasusa]

what is a highly underrated advantage of living alone??

1. walking around naked
2. buying minimal groceries
3. no one drinking my leftover alcohol
4. not having to talk
5. cooking for one
6. sleeping anywhere
7. cleaning up after ME
8. crying/singing out loud without having to explain why
9. lazy days are real
10. actual peace of mind

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

Unpopular opinion but busy days are the best days, you might be tired and stressed but atleast you were not overthinking and sad all day

[Kylie @KylieHopkinsX]

Ile kitu our parents have mastered more than our generation is they know how to keep and show up for their friends.

[Idara @Idarabasimi]

We have a very serious shortage of normal people. There's a shortage of sense. A general lack of shame, and don't get me started on integrity.

[𝓑𝓮𝓷 @iz_ben]

What’s maddening is even without protestors the police will still look for people to kill. It’s like they have a kill quota

[Anjeyo E. Ananda @anj_116_]

Hello @IPOA_KE and @NPSOfficial_KE
Don't say you guys didn't see this. Never seen such an archaic, barbaric and repugnant act like this one. Diabolical evil!

[Hanifa 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 🇨🇩 🇰🇪 @Honeyfarsafi]

That is one of the most diabolical, cruel, and dehumanizing things I’ve witnessed in a long time. The sheer disregard for life, for dignity💔💔

[Shoba Gatimu @shobanes]

I've seen numerous tweets za whether we should just wake up tomorrow and go on like everything is okay. Going by the tweets, videos and pics I'm seeing, tomorrow is the least of our worries. We should be worried about each others safety tonight. Looks like we have to keep vigil.