Tumsy

[SHAV★ @shavnyuy]

Rwanda keeps raising the standards that most African countries are neglecting.

Ruhehe Primary School sits along a gently curving wall of local volcanic stone, paying homage to Rwandan craftsmanship. Volcanic rock on the walls. Clay roofing tiles that muffle rainfall so lessons continue through storms. Woven bamboo and bark panels filtering light and absorbing sound. 80 percent of construction materials sourced within 50 kilometres of the site. 75 percent of the budget spent inside Ruhehe Village and Musanze district. 110 local workers hired. 35 percent of them women.

Now look at what we build and call a school across most of this continent. A cement block box. Plastered over. Painted yellow on top and ox-blood red at the bottom. No ventilation strategy. No acoustic consideration. No connection to the landscape or the culture. A building that could exist anywhere and therefore belongs nowhere.

The material knowledge is here. The stone is here. The clay is here. Rwanda proved that building well does not cost more and it costs differently, and it pays back in ways a painted cement box never will.

This is not a foreign standard. This is an African one.

Ruhehe Primary School, Musanze District, Rwanda 🇷🇼 | MASS Design Group + African Design Centre | 1,120 students | 2018 | 📷 Iwan Baan

[Bahari Motors 🇰🇪 @BenardMakumbi_]

Kama your dad is over 65yrs na ni mtu anapenda kupiga mbili baridi ama muratina hapa kule buy his this car akipata one too many hataweza kuwasha gari na akizima gari pia inazima alafu pia it cannot be stolen like the auto.. This is a 2011 Model 1.5L, Manual Transmission munipee 800k sahii!

[Sacrinos Π 🇰🇪✊🏿 @dnahinga]

Attending to details.

🏡

[Tumsy @Tumsy_K]

You never told us affordable housing was a gift khabusie!

[Tumsy @Tumsy_K]

@CarolRadull To make you $355k, total worth the price, for the prize.

[Khairallah AL-Awady @eng_khairallah1]

INSTEAD OF WATCHING NETFLIX TONIGHT.

Spend 1 hour with this.

Claude AI FULL COURSE that teaches you how to BUILD and AUTOMATE anything.

The people who watch this tonight will wake up tomorrow with a new skill.

Watch it and Bookmark it now.

[Tumsy @Tumsy_K]

@mbiti_mwondi Check out the living room facility in Eldoret Kipkorgot handling palliative care and the elderly.

[Tumsy @Tumsy_K]

@MwangoCapital Really?

[National Research Fund Kenya @nrfkenya]

Something big is coming for Kenya’s science and innovation community!

The inaugural STRI for Society Week 2026 will take place 18–22 May at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre.

Convened by the State Department for Science, Research and Innovation in collaboration with @nrfkenya , @nacosti and @KENIAupdates

🔬 Showcasing research
💡 Driving innovation
🤝 Building partnerships
Be part us! 🔗 https://t.co/lALGJWMECg

#STRIforSocietyWeek #KenyaInnovation #ScienceForDevelopment

[CPA Peter Ndirangu @pitandirangu]

Understanding How Tax Works for Influencers & Freelancers in Kenya.

Let’s break this down using a hypothetical scenario.

You land a gig worth Ksh. 100,000.
The company pays you 95,000 and withholds 5,000 as tax.

Many people think that 5,000 is the final tax. It is NOT.

That 5,000 is a Withholding Tax ; which simply means tax paid in advance on your behalf.

What this means in practice:
• The tax authority already knows you earned 100,000
• The company remits the 5,000 withholding tax
• Upon remitting the 5,000 , a withholding certificate is issued .
• That certificate links the income to your PIN

When filing your taxes, the system already expects you to declare the 100,000 income.

With the current validation rules, you cannot declare less than what has been reported.

Here’s the important part most people miss 👇
-You are not taxed on the 100,000 unless you have zero expense

-You are taxed on NET PROFIT.

Net Profit = Income – Expenses

Example:
Income from gig: 100,000
Possible expenses:
• Capital allowance on Equipment (camera, lighting, microphone)- most people have zero clue on this 😎
• Internet costs
• Transport for the shoot
• Editing software subscriptions
• Studio hire
• Assistant payments

Assume total valid expenses = 40,000

Your taxable profit will be 60,000, not 100,000.

The 5,000 withholding tax you already paid is then credited against your final tax liability.

Important to note going forward (especially from this year 2026)

-Expenses must be properly supported, ideally through eTIMS compliant receipts/invoices.

-If your influencer or freelance business is:
• unstructured
• cash-based
• poorly documented,

Reconstructing expenses at the end of the year will not work

This is one of the main reasons why influencers & freelancers must treat their brand like a real business.
-Track your income
 -Record your expenses
 -Keep invoices and receipts
 -Use proper documentation

Otherwise, you risk paying tax on income that was actually spent running your business.

The earlier you structure your business model for Tax planning , the better

#CreatorEconomy #Freelancers #Influencers #TaxEducation #Taxfiling #Taxcompliance

[SHAV★ @shavnyuy]

We don’t need imported glass towers. We need buildings that respect the sun, the wind, and the place they stand in. Our climate already tells us how to build, we just need to start listening

[Gichuki Kahome @kahome_steve]

If I was getting started with investing in the NSE via the newly launched Ziidi Trader by M-PESA,

Here are the 5 stocks I Would consider buying to kickstart my NSE portfolio on the Ziidi Trader Platform👇🏽👇🏽

[𝑪𝑷𝑴 𝑴𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊 @CPMMwangi]

Women’s Opportunity Center by Sharon Davis Design.

The center revives the lost Rwandan tradition of circular, woven-reed dwellings. By utilizing 450,000 clay bricks hand-pressed by the women themselves.

[Amos Kibaru 🇰🇪 @akibaru]

This juice roof cost on an 89 sq m 3 bed 2 baths .

🔳Sh 210,000

🔳Gutters Sh 20,000

Totals costs Sh 230,000/-

Affordable structure means lowering roof cost to basic but still harvesting solar energy easy .

What’s the cost so far

🔳Precast shell (foundation / walls / big windows labor ) Sh 1,000,000

🔳Roofing + gutters Sh 230,000

🔳Plumbing drops /mixers = 60,000

🔳Electrical Drops Sh 23,000

🔳15,000 liters Membrane tank plus submersible pump 60,000/-

🔳Precast bio digister Sh 35,000

🔳Interior plasters works / flooring = Sh 140,000/-

Total to this LEVEL cost Sh 1,548,000

What remains

⭕️paint works (wall master /interior /labor ) Sh 220,000

⭕️Ceiling (gypsum) Sh 110,000

⭕️interior doors /frames / cabinetry Sh 182,000

⭕️Wiring & lighting Sh 160,000

⭕️plumbing fixtures Sh 70,000

⭕️Flooring (Mkeka wa mbao™️ plus tiles Sh 266,000

Totals for finishes costs 1,008,000/-

Totals 🟰 Sh 2,600,000/-

Average Cost per sq m Sh 29,000/- for premium finished precast houses .

This is based on premium finished unit …

Additional cost would be fencing …

Engage

[Sacrinos Π 🇰🇪✊🏿 @dnahinga]

THE LOGIC OF INCREMENTAL BUILDING.

You can build one wing of this house every year.

In fact, you can build this house as the family grows.

Stage 1: When you are just alone or with your partner, you can build the mid section.

It has a lounge, dining area, kitchen and pantry.

You can build this to test the waters.

Stage 2. If you happen to get a child, you can build for them one wing (left or right). Each side is a complete 2 bedroom with bath and wardrobes

Stage 3. You can continue on this path up to a maximum of four bedrooms.

The gap created between the wings of the house can be used as parking, extra dining space or extra lounge space.

This can also make a good restaurant at a shopping center.

We design houses that work for people.

As a machine for living, a house should solve real problems and mimic the Pattern of Life.

📝✍🏿✨ 🇰🇪 https://t.co/oAfri0X3x0

[𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇 @pr0ud_americans]

The burnt toast Theory!

The minor setbacks and frustrations you're facing right now? They might just be the hidden catalysts propelling you toward your biggest breakthroughs tomorrow. Embrace the detours, they're often the fastest route to success.

It's an interesting concept check out this video and tell me what you think.

[🔨Robert The Builder 🇺🇸 @NobodymrRobert]

Have no idea do you.

[Tumsy @Tumsy_K]

@UoE_Main you're wasting PDGE students

[Kenyan Wall Street @kenyanwalstreet]

A comparison of NSE trading costs shows Ziidi Trader cheaper than AIB Axys across KSh 100, KSh 1,000, and KSh 100,000 equity buy trades.

The fee gap holds at about 0.34 percentage points, driven by lower brokerage, while statutory levies converge as trade size rises.

AIB Axys is used only as a reference, with most brokers pricing in a similar range.

[Mahnoor Fatima @MahnoorAi12]

handed my portfolio to GROK for 30 days.
It beat my watchlist by 12%.
7 AI prompts to make your investments smarter