This tweet changed my life. โค๏ธ
This short story I posted in Feb,2025, became my debut novel's prologue.
1 year and 4 months later, we have a book, COMING OUT SEPT,2026 ๐ .
Thank you to everyone who read, shared, and encouraged me to keep writing ๐. ๐
I was a journalist during El Adde attack, which is Kenya's worst military defeat. Up to 400 KDF soldiers were killed. What makes it hurt even more is that KDF were betrayed by the very community it was protecting. Here is how it unfolded, step by step: ๐งต
(If you're wondering why your'e seeing this thread again, X sent me a graphic content warning on the last one and I had to pull it down)
There's a very expensive flower that grows naturally in the 400 acre Mbololo Forest in Taita Taveta County.
The African Violet.
This is a 50 million dollar industry annually, that benefits foreigners while the people of Taita languish in abject poverty.
Locals aren't allowed to farm it.
The forest is under the custody of the Kenyatta family.
Again, it just also happens to be endowed with;
Rubies
Tsavorites
Red/blue/green garnets
Aquamarine
Beryll
Corrondum
Quartz.
Wake up.
" The Kenyan Government collects 8 Billion per day but spends 12 billion per day"- Kwame Owino on how Kenya the 46th poorest country in the world survives!
Matatu sector leaders were each given KSh 500,000 in a quiet deal reportedly facilitated through Governor Sakaja.
With about 30 leaders involved, the total payout is said to be around KSh 15 million.
I am also told flight tickets have been booked for them to travel to Mombasa for a meeting with President William Ruto.
Cornelius Chepsoi, I am a happy man listening to such an intelligent fellow talk. Murkomen & Co should stop tribalizing serious matters affecting our country courtesy of their rogue administration. It's not about Kikuyus but Kenyans at large!!