El-haji Mursal Faladagan

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[Hon. Aden Duale, EGH @HonAdenDuale]

*Ethnic profiling has no place in our country!*

Indeed, the preamble of our Constitution celebrates and recognizes our ethnic diversity as the people of Kenya.

Suffice it to say, Article 12 of the Constitution which is in the Bill of Rights espouses in black and white the right of every citizen to a Kenyan passport and identification documents regardless of their ethnicity.

That a media house could therefore go on a rampage, without hesitation, to profile Kenyans only of Somali origin who are constitutionally entitled to be issued with registration documents just like all other Kenyans, is nothing short of ethnic profiling and targeted discrimination against the Somali community based purely on ethnicity.

I call out the media house for unprofessionalism, dishonesty and bias. The "investigative" news item was nothing short of attempts at targeting and discriminating the Somalis by casting aspersions on their citizenship. This has NO place in our Constitution!

[Mohammed Hersi : Mr Optimist @mohammedhersi]

You assume that all Somalis trading in Eastleigh are from Somalia? You forget that 3 largest counties that border Somalia and parts of Ethiopia are inhabited by kenyans of somali ethnic group.

You have also decided thag all somalis in Eastleigh dont pay taxes ?

You need to get that clear. You cannot paint an entire community with a single dirty brush. If that is the case then there is alot that can also be said about Kikuyu as an ethnic group besides if having one of your own on the house on the hills equates to milk and honey then Morima should be swimming in milk & honey . You have occupied that office for 35 years.

Even in the current government Somali CS is only one while Morima has 6 slots .

Once again please dont throw stones when you live in a glass house and no community is superior in this republic .

If anyone is breaking the law , eg not paying taxes we have able authority that has been led by someone from Morima as DG for more than 20 years .

You have no business to be the judge and jury demonising an entire community.

[Yussuf Ibrahim @YussufIbra]

These are the days when you realize why Northern Kenya needs its own strong media platforms. If you don’t tell your story, someone else will tell it for you and usually through a lens of ignorance, stereotypes, and political convenience.

[CPA Wachira Joseph @WashiraX]

I hear you, Lynn.

But Somalis, with all their wisdom, choose cash for a reason.

Others, with all their wisdom, choose M-Pesa for a reason.

There is no need to sensationalize or criticize the Eastleigh community over that.

People are free to accept the means of payment that is most convenient for their businesses.

• Some businesses prefer cash only.
• Others prefer M-Pesa only.
• Others accept both.

Cash is the only legal tender in Kenya. Digital money derive its value and legitimacy from cash.

Accepting cash is not illegal. Neither is preferring M-Pesa.

Different people have different money preferences.

KRA has had legal mechanisms and tools for taxing cash businesses since 1995. Long before M-Pesa even existed.

M-Pesa came the other day. It found KRA right here collecting taxes.

KRA should use those same mechanisms to tax businesses that choose to transact using Kenya's only legal tender.

Let us all, including KRA, support our only legal tender.

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

She shouldn’t be contributing to this campaign or reinforcing the prejudice that certain tribes are cheating the country or not contributing to the economy. Narratives like that can easily plant bias in the minds of her audience and unfairly stigmatize Eastleigh traders and an entire community.

We all know Kenyan X is often filled with tribal narratives and agendas, but a journalist with such a large platform should be held to a higher standard! .

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@tonymugo_ @lynn_ngugi1 Bullshit! We’re the by a 1000 miles the biggest victims of terror attacks.

The effects of terror attacks have set our region years behind, something the rest of country doesn’t have to worry about

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

It can be inconvenient and frustrating sometimes having to go next door to withdraw cash, but that doesn’t make the business illegal or imply they’re conducting illegal activity.

Our frustration with the lack of seamless payment options shouldn’t lead us to destroy the livelihoods of thousands of jobless young people who depend on this work to feed their families!

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

She is the one who made the claim and started this conversation without any data and facts to prove other than saying Eastleigh traders like to be paid in CASH!

Odour, the is a highly rated journalist let her substantiate her claims. For God’s she ain’t an engagement farmer like Jim Njue that we’d ignore.

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@Nikomwangi @Bookten8 Shove it up A$$ Mwangi!

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@XirsiJJ99 She part of the status quo’s affected by the competitive business model by Somalis

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@lynn_ngugi1 @AlinurMohamed_ Like I mentioned in this post you’re clearly cherry-picking Alinur’s reply and evading the serious questions about the claims you’ve made!

You should be the one answering the questions

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

You’re cherry-picking the few posts you can easily criticize while ignoring the legitimate questions people are asking. Your only reply since posting that BS is aimed at an engagement-farming account whose arguments don’t hold much weight.
Why not address the real concerns, how’s paying cash automatically amounts to tax evasion?
And on top of that, you’re throwing an entire community under the bus without presenting any credible research or evidence. With one of the largest platforms on YouTube and X in the country, you have a responsibility to be accurate and fair rather than making sweeping claims that fuel misinformation.

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@dcoduor @lynn_ngugi1 If someone is an ethnic chauvinist in their own country and have ethnic prejudice against your country men, how on earth can one be a Pan-Africanist!

Or maybe it they don’t understand PanAfricanism or they aren’t at all

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@Nikomwangi @Bookten8 That’s not how business works mwangi!

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

You’re cherry-picking the few posts you can easily criticize while ignoring the legitimate questions people are asking. Your only reply since posting that BS is aimed at an engagement-farming account whose arguments don’t hold much weight.
Why not address the real concerns, how’s paying cash automatically amounts to tax evasion?
And on top of that, you’re throwing an entire community under the bus without presenting any credible research or evidence. With one of the largest platforms on YouTube and X in the country, you have a responsibility to be accurate and fair rather than making sweeping claims that fuel misinformation.

[Lynn Ngugi @lynn_ngugi1]

This is just lame!!
Would the Somali community be operating in Kenya if there wasn’t a conducive environment to do business in the first place?

You thrive here because the environment is stable enough to operate, invest and grow businesses. And when you say “illegal vetting” when seeking IDs and passports, what exactly do you mean?

Or do you simply want IDs and passports issued on the basis of, “We’re Somalis and we’re here to enlighten Kenyans on entrepreneurship”?

Contribution to the economy does not exempt anyone from citizenship verification processes. Those are two completely different issues.
Na pia watu walipe tax ama sisi wote tuamue we won’t pay!!

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@lynn_ngugi1 Do it yourself!

[El-haji Mursal Faladagan @YousuphaM]

@ZacEnya Context?

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

As a World Cup host, the U.S. shouldn't be flippantly barring officials from entering the country to do their jobs.

It's terribly backward.

It's also counterproductive.

Global sports competitions should improve international exchange and relations, not the reverse.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

A Somali referee who is due to officiate at the World Cup has been denied entry to the U.S. after “vetting concerns” emerged upon his arrival in Florida over the weekend.

Omar Artan arrived at Miami International Airport on a flight from Istanbul on Saturday but was barred from entering the country following a “routine” inspection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed in a statement to The Athletic.

Artan, the 2025 Confederation of African Football men’s referee of the year, is one of 52 referees handpicked by world governing body FIFA for the tournament.

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