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[Solo @Sanchizzle_5]

2 red cards is crazy. Lmao

[Solo @Sanchizzle_5]

@Teresa_Wk @W_Asherah What’s the name of the book please?

[Marcus Olang' @marcusolang]

Record EVERYTHING.
Document EVERYTHING.
Photograph EVERYTHING.

Even an accidental picture or video may have something in the background that proves useful.

Photo, video, audio, real-time written pieces... Share EVERYTHING. Publish EVERYTHING.

#EndFemicideKE

[Joan Thatiah @JoanThatiah]

Unpopular opinion

Kenyan women are rightfully taking to the streets, demanding justice and action from the government. But as we hold the state accountable, we must also confront another powerful institution shaping public perception—the media.
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A thread

Photo: @usikimye

[MOgada @m_ogada]

People, now we know the power of Empire. Phone calls have been made, and the documentary will not be screened😡😡😡We will find another way. Aluta continua ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

The Kenyan government sent hundreds of caregivers and certified nursing assistants (CNA) to Saudi Arabia.

They say they work in slavery-like conditions with rampant racism, no days off and other labor law violations

[Dr. Roselyn Akombe @DrRoselynAkombe]

Our Mothers camped at Uhuru Park for 11 months to demand for the release of their detained sons.

Together with Nobel Laureate, Wangari Maathai, they liberated Uhuru Park so that we never have to seek anyone’s authorization to use it.

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

Treasury Cabinet Secretary, John Mbadi, held a presser to mark 50 days in office.

Let's unpack some key take outs from the session.

It happened that the CS was also meeting the Ambassador of the UAE to Kenya Dr. Salim Mohamed Al-Naqbi so let's start with the US$1.5 billion UAE loan facility being pursued

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[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti-Commentary @RealOmtatah]

This is what I kept telling you about.

Some very interesting coincidence. Check the dates!

The Adani-KETRACO deal was signed on 9th October.

Guess what else happened that day?

Gachagua Impeachment!

All of you had your eyes glued to the TV following the SCAM!

The DISTRACTION worked.

When you finally realize how smartly you are being played, the whole country will be gone!

The whole impeachment saga is a carefully crafted distraction.

In reality, Gachagua I going nowhere. Bookmark this tweet.

Msipofocus mtalia!

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

Me: I think writing a paper would be a good idea

Me every moment since:

[Writer | Climber | Mother of Dragons | Kas Ka Gan @Wordslinger__]

I sat down with some people this week, and we talked about the "Kenyan Dream" - I asked them "how many of your parents went to school, finished, got jobs, and worked hard knowing they were going to become wealthy?" All hands went up.
Then "how many of your parents are wealthy?"

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

We must demand public participation as shown today for:

1. University Funding
2. SHIF
3. Adani
4. Housing Levy
5. The Fuel Levy increase that’s made fuel very expensive
6. CBC

Either we do that or we burn this country down. It can’t be working for thieves alone as the rest of us struggle to make honest hustles. No way. Enough is enough.

[TheStarKenya @TheStarKenya]

"Kama waziri hawezi explain SHIF ni nini, na mimi kama Buluma nimeenda shule siwezi explain, nyanya yangu nitamwambia nini?" - participant at the ongoing SHA Public Participation Townhall shares his views. #BimaYaSHIF

[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti @OkiyaOmtatah]

Filed a court petition together with Eliud Matindi & Magare Gikenyi to stop the launch of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), we also seek to quash the contract between the government and the Safaricom Consortium, citing concerns over the lack of legislation to operationalise the fund.  

On Monday, 30th September, 2024, the petitioners moved the High Court, under a Certificate of Urgency, seeking interim orders suspending the implementation of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) on the grounds that the subsidiary legislation required to operationalise the Social Insurance Health Act, were not in place.

The petitioners have requested the Court quash the subsidiary legislation which are illegally and unconstitutionally being used to implement the SHIF.

The petitioners also requested the Court to suspend, and later quash, the decision by the Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Health, State Department of Medical Services, to contract the Safaricom Consortium (comprising of Safaricom Plc, Konvergenz Network Solutions Limited, & Apeiro Limited) to provide the Integrated Healthcare Information Technology System for Universal Health Care (UHC), under Tender No. MOH/SDMS/ADM/SPPP/005/2023-2024.

The petitioners have attached to their petition highly classified documents which expose the entire fraud scheme between corrupt government operatives and highly connected wheeler dealers in the Safaricom Consortium.

The secretive documents expose the contract between the Government of Kenya and the Safaricom Consortium to be a vicious fraud scheme deliberately designed to steal colossal amounts of money from the SHIF and/or from the Consolidated Fund, in the event contributions to the fund fail to raise the contract billions.

Though the Safaricom Consortium masquerades as investors, the truth of the matter is that they will not invest even a single cent into the Kenyan economy. They are basic computer software vendors, who will retain all rights to their product, including the right to sell it to third parties, as they charge Kenyans for using it.

Not only is the contract unlawful; Kenyans will not get any value for money from it. Further, there is no justification for contracting the Safaricom Consortium because is the exclusive mandate of the Digital Health Agency, which is established under the Digital Health Act (No. 15 of 2023), to deliver the Integrated Healthcare Information Technology System for Universal Health Care

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

The heartwrenching account of the ordeal suffered by the Mombasa-based blogger, Bruce John, bespeaks everything that is wrong with the leadership of our country. No humanity, no conscience, no regard or respect for the sanctity of human life, rights, and liberty. This display of impunity and criminality in leadership is indefensible, and perpetrators must be held to account.

We call on the @DCI_Kenya to immediately bring the individuals behind these heinous acts to book and demand that the @ODPP_KE institute charges against such criminal conduct. Kenya is a country governed by the rule of law, and nobody is above it, especially not any state officer that might be involved.

We demand #JusticeforBruce

[Claire Nasike Akello @MissNasike]

Just finished going through the Horticultural Crops Authority Bill 2024

One thing is clear, our government is serving the interests of non-Kenyans and huge commercial farmers

The bill has too many punitive aspects for the small food growers

I will try break it down shortly.

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

The @LawSocietyofKe strongly condemns the withdrawal of the security of the Hon. Justice Mr. Lawrence Mugambi. We note that this unacceptable retaliation against a Judge for the lawful discharge of his duty is a threat to the Rule of Law and Administration of Justice.

The security of Judges is an intrinsic part of upholding Judicial Independence. The removal of a Judge's security detail is an unconstitutional act of intimidation against the @Kenyajudiciary and offends the duty of the Police to uphold the Constitution. We call on the National Police Sercice to reevaluate this unpalatable miscarriage of duty and immediately reinstate the Judge's security.

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Booker Omole: We gave President Ruto the mandate to accelerate industrialization in our country so that we are employed in dignity and not be auctioned abroad. He is now like a broker for slaves to go work abroad #CitizenDayBreak @TrevorOmbija

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

I keep telling y'all that our country is on the precipice of total collapse. I am not certain that people really appreciate the seriousness of our predicament.

Let me try to paint the picture one more time, so you can see why what you see in the attached letter is likely to become normal across the country.

We are in debt up to our neck. Almost KSH 11 trillion.

For every shilling the KRA collects today, we put aside 60% to pay just interest.

Then we have to try and make do with the balance, 40%.

Paying the army. The Navy. Police. Teachers. Doctors. MPs. Judges. etc.

Buy MPs and government's top cream cars, houses, etc.

And then send KSH 400 billion to the counties, to places like Busia.

You can see that there is no way the 40% that remains after paying interest can cover the rest of these bills.

So each year we borrow more. To the tune of around KSH 1 trillion annually, in order to maintain this scam of a government.

Now, 100% of our counties cannot cover their annual budgets.

Only 6 of our 47 counties can cover more than 10% of their annual budget. 6 out of 47!

The average county is covering only 6% of its annual budget. These "leaders" from each county sit there, come up with a budget, knowing that they can only cover 6% of it from local revenue sources, but no one says, well, where is the rest of the money going to come from?

That's how Busia comes up with a budget of KSH 9 billion, despite the fact that it can only raise KSH 200 million.

The natural consequence of this is that 100% of the counties have their hand out every time a bill is sent. Including paying their own staff.

But remember that at the National level, this "magical" place where money is supposed to come from, does not have enough money to cover ITS OWN BILLS.

Yes, even before you factor in the counties, the National Government is already in a fiscal deficit.

So, now we borrow money to pay the bills as they come, and kick down the can.

No body is asking how long we can keep doing this.

This issue is only going to get worse.

If you have no control over 60% of your income, you are a slave. Pure and simple.

That is why the IMF will tell Kenya that it needs to raise VAT on bread, and your leaders go for it. Knowing good and damn well that this is going to be highly punitive on the poor in our country.

But these same leaders have absolutely no interest in reducing their salaries, their allowances, or their trips and dining domestically and abroad.

Look on the second picture.

None of these people will miss their checks. And the County governors and MCAs will not miss theirs either.

The Governor in Busia, who makes KSH 12 million annually before benefits, and who in 2022 received KSH 150 million in cars and mortgage from the County budget, won't miss his checks.

The MCAs in Busia, who received KSH 101 in cars and mortgages in one year, and KSH 66 million in MCA allowances, won't be missing their salaries. And even if they did, they have more than enough in the bank to wait a year or two.

The County politicians spend around KSH 300 in travel annually. Hundreds of millions in cars and mortgages for politicians.

Don't you think that if these politicians did not eat up pretty much all the money, and waste the rest, Busia workers, the ones actually delivering services to citizens, would be more likely to receive their salaries?

Kenya needs reforms. Immediately.

The size of our government needs to shrink. Significantly.

The compensation of our politicians needs to change, significantly.

The behavior of our politicians with our money needs to change, significantly.

If you are a politician and needs someone to build you a free house, and send you abroad every month for benchmarking, go employ yourself.

Leave us alone.

@OkiyaOmtatah @EricLatiff @040County @Senate_KE @NAssemblyKE @HillaryGondi @MoGAbdi @NationBreaking @citizentvkenya @KenyaGovernors @WilliamsRuto @rigathi

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

High Court grants LSK and KHRC's request for leave to file a judicial review to challenge the KAA's decision to lease JKIA to Adani for 30 years.
The court has meanwhile issued a stay prohibiting any person from implementing or acting on the privately initiated Adani proposal over JKIA pending the conclusion of the court case.