Afandi Bande

Interested in #Politics #Governance and #Socio-economic #Development in 🇰/Africa | MSc.@LSE_ID | BA.@uonbi | LSE Lalji Scholar and member @LSEPfAL

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

We remember 💔🇰🇪

[Nelson Havi SC @NelsonHavi]

This is an impeachable offense. In fact, it is treason against the People of Kenya.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

BREAKING VIDEO: Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person ever to win a regular marathon in under two hours, setting a new world record at the London Marathon in 1:59:30!

Kenyans invented running™

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

@edwinsifuna Long live Jakom’s spirit!!

[Magatte Wade @magattew]

The TRUTH politicians don't want you to know: there's something way more important than voting.

[Non-Fungible Frank @frank_ikemefune]

Classism in Nigeria is just poverty with a microphone..

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

@GvnMutula Some of us ODM members did not buy into b/based even when Baba was still with us. Let Kalonzo go for the sit with a coalition that includes Ida, her kids, UK, Martha, Maraga, Omtata, Matiangi and the like. Keep Rigathi very far from this coalition and let him get us to a run off

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

@mbiti_mwondi We are many 💔

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

@Karanimutonga @mauongombe Very true. Those political praise & worship speeches reflective of Moi’s era were painful to watch. This was intentionally engineered by we-know-who, and someone should have seen through it. The right people to have eulogized Baba would be those that were in the trenches with him

[Derek R Peterson @Unseen_Archive]

The news of Raila Odinga's passing is very distressing. He was one of the key figures in Kenya's democracy.

Here is a thread I did a few years ago about the early phases of the late Raila's political career.

Peace be with those who mourn him.

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Signs of a Declining State & Uncompetitive Society: The Politics of Shiny Decay, And Airports Without Light Bulbs
1. A Celebrity Wedding Dominates News For Days
In a context where many struggle, a society’s and media’s fixation on things like a celebrity wedding for days reflects a culture prioritising escapism. It normalises inequality by glorifying ostentatious displays in the face of widespread poverty.
2. Politicians Compete In Funerals, Not Ideas
When the greatest currency in politics is the size of your condolence envelope, governance has already been outsourced to coffin carpenters.
3. Sportspeople And Influencers Earn Over 10 Times More Than Teachers And Doctors
Not because entertainment is evil, but because the system has decided applause is worth more than survival.
4. Status Women Outshine Stateswomen
Society hails the minister’s Instagram wardrobe more than her budget speech; power is worn, not exercised.
5. Education Becomes A Certificate Factory
A declining society prioritises credentials over competence. Degrees are exported to Dubai; remittances are imported back home.
6. Economy Measures Itself By Consumption, Not Production
If the supermarket looks full while the factory floor stays empty, decline is already dressed in imported suits.
7. Food Becomes Fashion
A farmer is pitied, but avocado toast in a café is worshipped. Hunger grows in the village as nutritionists preach in the capital.
8. Garbage, Plastic Piles, And Clogged Pipes
Rubbish choking streets, rivers, and markets reflects a broader disregard for public spaces. The failure to organise basic sanitation mirrors a deeper inability to coordinate for collective progress.
9. Culture Is Staged For Foreigners
Drums beat only when the donor agency lands. The rest of the year, local musicians survive on beer-fuelled karaoke of American hip-hop.
10. Technology Is Measured By Phones, Not Patents
A nation of the latest iPhones but no indigenous operating system or software scrolls the future instead of building it. Leaders tout “digital progress” through internet access while neglecting to train coders and engineers.
11. Parliaments Debate Allowances More Than Laws
The national budget is a sideshow; what matters is the car grant, the per diem, and who travelled to Geneva.
12. The Middle Class Invests More In Security Than In Industry
A house with five guards but no running water is not wealth; it is paranoia institutionalised.
13. Religion Becomes Therapy
Churches and mosques compete to sell miracle oils and prosperity visas, while poverty queues outside like an eternal congregation.
14. Heroes Are Mourned More Than They Are Made
National pride is reserved for dead poets, long-gone guerrillas, and footballers. The present is too barren to celebrate.
15. Infrastructure Crumbles While Megaprojects Shine
An uncompetitive society prioritises flashy megaprojects—like shiny airports or presidential palaces—over basic infrastructure. Rural roads remain impassable, and urban power grids flicker. Sometimes it’s a deliberate choice to create visible symbols of progress for political gain, while neglecting the less glamorous but critical systems that enable broad-based growth. The result: bridges to nowhere, airports with no planes, and stadiums without leagues—all ribbon, no road.
16. History Is Rewritten Every Election
A president erases the last regime’s sins and writes new myths about himself; the nation survives only in political speeches, not in memory.

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

@cobbo3 @karnjcharles40 “all ribon, no road.” Governance by PR of a government I know of ☹️

[Ken Opalo @kopalo]

We always assume that politicians optimize their chances of staying in office. But it’s also true that politicians can be bad at politics.

This is the underlying theme of my take on the Kenyan opposition’s chances in 2027: https://t.co/wwIHZd3Row

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

@BBCWorld https://t.co/1clf1h5QaJ

[The Elephant @theelephantinfo]

AFANDI BANDE - Taking Back the House: Gen Zs and the Crisis of Representation in Kenya @afandibande
https://t.co/JB15vqEcs5

[The Elephant @theelephantinfo]

AFANDI BANDE - Taking Back the House: Gen Zs and the Crisis of Representation in Kenya @afandibande
https://t.co/JB15vqEcs5

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

@johnallannamu @kipmurkomen Do they think through their statements? The level of reckless talk coming from these folks is so dishonorable

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

…. the broken promise that power belongs to the people. Their protest wasn’t about entering the halls of power through talks and negotiations meant to co-opt. It was about rewriting the terms of belonging.

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

June 25th wasn’t just a protest. It was meant to be a renegotiation of a weakened social contract. A redefinition of what citizenship, representation, and governance ought to mean in a republic. And the young people did it outside the usual vocabulary of politics…

[The Elephant @theelephantinfo]

AFANDI BANDE - Taking Back the House: Gen Zs and the Crisis of Representation in Kenya @afandibande
https://t.co/JB15vqEcs5

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

No manifestos. No party flags. No tribal alliances. Just one raw, defiant question: “If you cannot represent us, who gave you the right to govern us?” In breaching parliament, Gen Zs didn’t just enter a gate, they crossed into the republic’s deepest wound…

[Afandi Bande @afandibande]

Stacey Abrams with some very important civic lesson for anyone determined to guard democratic foundations. Stay vigilant

[I am Chege @_James041]

I don't know who this beautiful lady is, but I want you to listen to what she's saying.

She's describing the exact thing William Ruto is doing.

Listen 👇