patrick A Machinga

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

Watching Ruto speak about investor confidence, economic recovery and booming opportunities sometimes feels like watching The Truman Show, where one man lives inside a carefully manufactured world and everyone surrounding him helps keep the illusion alive.

Truman wakes up each morning believing his peaceful town is real, never knowing that the houses, roads, weather, news and people around him are all part of a giant television production controlled from behind the scenes.

Ruto appears to wake up inside a similar political production, where advisers arrive with attractive charts, ministers praise economic growth, bloggers celebrate imaginary achievements and officials assure him that Kenyans are finally enjoying the fruits of his policies.

Outside that carefully managed set, businesses are closing, workers are losing jobs, traders are being buried under taxes and people who once supported entire families are now borrowing money for food, rent and school fees.

In Truman’s world, his wife, best friend, neighbours and colleagues are actors who know the truth but continue playing their roles, smiling at him and repeating reassuring lines whenever he begins suspecting that something is wrong.

Ruto has Cabinet Secretaries, economic advisers, governors, MPs and government propagandists doing exactly that, constantly telling him the economy is performing well, even when almost every Kenyan knows someone whose life has collapsed under his government.

Whenever Truman attempts to escape his artificial town, the producers create traffic jams, accidents, storms and frightening warnings meant to push him back into the comfortable lie they have built around him.

Whenever Kenyans challenge Ruto’s economic story, his government produces another excuse involving global conditions, past governments, dishonest traders, lazy young people or citizens who supposedly cannot recognise the opportunities surrounding them.

The illusion begins collapsing when Truman notices a studio light falling from the sky, people repeating the same movements and a radio station accidentally describing his exact location as he drives through town.

Ruto’s falling studio lights are the empty shops, auctioned homes, unpaid salaries, struggling schools, closed businesses and formerly comfortable Kenyans who have suddenly been reduced to begging relatives and friends for survival.

The clearest sign that the set is collapsing is that the economic success Ruto describes cannot be found anywhere outside government speeches, political rallies, State House dinners and businesses owned by people close to his administration.

The only people who appear to recognise this booming economy are Ruto, his friends, government contractors and officials whose salaries, allowances, tenders and lifestyles are protected by the same taxpayers being told to tighten their belts.

In The Truman Show, millions watching from outside understand that Truman’s world is fake, but the man living at the centre of it remains trapped inside the story created for him by people benefiting from the production.

That is Ruto’s Kenya today, a giant political studio where those surrounding the President keep reading from the investor-confidence script, even as the real country outside the cameras becomes poorer, angrier and more desperate.

The question is whether Ruto genuinely believes the production around him, or whether he knows the economy is collapsing for ordinary Kenyans and simply expects everyone to keep acting until the final credits roll.

[patrick A Machinga @AMachinga]

@Kimuzi_ The IED was just laying there. For how long?

[Nyakundi Report @NyakundiReport]

Public altercations around Kakamega Woman Representative Elsie Muhanda continue after she violently confronted the Western Women Conference organisers, claiming she had not been consulted before the event was held.

Witnesses said the confrontation turned physical as tensions flared between the visibly drunk Kakamega Woman Representative, who is also eyeing the county's gubernatorial seat, and the event organisers

[patrick A Machinga @AMachinga]

@FerdyOmondi There is Lamu mainland and Lamu Island. Where would it be built on a practical sense?

[patrick A Machinga @AMachinga]

@Mzee_Mzae @moneyacademyKE Coal had to be dug out.......

[patrick A Machinga @AMachinga]

@sholard_mancity Someone did the same to me. Safaricom mails were unsatisfactory and DCI have kept me waiting for two months now

[Farm With Fred @Fredmunene_]

Those Shocked by a KSh 160,000 Boer Buck? Haven’t Seen a ksh 10 million Ladoum Ram Yet!

Many young farmers are surprised even bitter when they see a top-quality 6-month-old Boer buck selling for $1,600 (KSh 160,000).
But have you heard of the Senegalese Ladoum ram?

These majestic animals routinely sell for $30,000 to $80,000 and in some cases, even higher, with record prices reaching $90,000+.
This raises an important question.

Are young farmers truly ready to take over agriculture from the older generation? Because if a KSh 160,000 breeding buck makes you bitter, how will you compete in a multibillion-shilling industry?

I have visited many farmers across Africa, especially in East Africa, and I can confirm . Farming is not just about owning big pieces of land. It’s about the value of what is on that land. Quality genetics, superior breeds, and a business mindset separate serious farmers from the rest.

Last year when i visited Dakar I met The “King of Sheep” Ladoum

The Ladoum is a prestigious hair sheep breed from Senegal, developed in the 1970s by crossing Mauritanian Touabire and Malian Bali-Bali sheep.

They are massive, elegant animals that can stand up to 4 feet tall and weigh 120–180 kg for rams.

Prized for their beauty, symmetry, curved horns, prominent muzzles, and overall stature.

In Senegal, they are more than livestock they are status symbols and part of cultural heritage.
Wealthy owners treat them like pets. They compete in televised beauty pageants, and top specimens are sold like luxury cars.

Owning a champion Ladoum ram is a sign of wealth and prestige in West African society.
These animals are not primarily for meat they represent excellence in breeding and cultural value.

Dear young farmers,
We cannot inherit or build wealth in farming with a KSh 1,500 mindset. High-value genetics like Boer goats or Ladoum sheep are investments that multiply your herd’s productivity, market value, and profitability over time.

If we want to transform African agriculture, we must value quality, invest in superior breeds, and think like business people not just subsistence farmers.

Are we ready to embrace high-value farming, or will we continue mocking serious investments?
#LetsGrowTogether

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

To understand how badly this country is broken, just imagine that I receive over 1,000 complaints every day from different parts of Kenya.

From companies, public institutions, private offices, banks, schools, hospitals, government departments, workplaces and ordinary citizens dealing with everyday injustice.

It is everywhere.

The problem is no longer just bad leadership. It is a rotten national culture where people abuse power, steal, intimidate, frustrate, neglect duty and expect victims to suffer quietly.

This country needs more than reforms. It needs a serious moral reset.

[Omolomo @Omolomo_o]

have you ever been in a car and it suddenly stops moving because it runs out of fuel?

that’s how the death of this guy came about like his heart and brain suddenly stopped working because he had low blood sugar.

low blood sugar can kill you FASTER than most people realize.

It’s not just feeling dizzy or hungry. When your glucose crashes too low (hypoglycemia), your brain and heart literally run out of fuel.

You can pass out, have a seizure, slip into a coma�� and die alone in minutes.

this 22-year-old bodybuilder Gabriel Ganley died after using insulin for muscle growth this made his sugar levels plummeted with no one there to help.

cases like this occurs in people with diabetics on insulin who miscalculate a dose or skip a meal, extreme dieters or athletes pushing fasting too hard without monitoring.

your body needs balanced blood sugar to survive. Shake, sweat, confusion, or sudden weakness? please treat it immediately. Sugar, juice, or a glucagon kit can save a life.

Don’t play with powerful tools like insulin. Stay safe. ❤️

[patrick A Machinga @AMachinga]

@ZachariaNg24674 @sholard_mancity Have lost a lot from Mpesa online fraudsters. How can this be stopped.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

A gorilla has a colon the length of a small motorway. It ferments plant matter for up to 24 hours. It eats all day. Every day. Just to stay alive.

It still can't fully digest cellulose. It extracts maybe 30% of the calories from the fibre it consumes. The rest exits approximately as it entered.

A cow has four stomachs. Four. It regurgitates its food, chews it a second time, passes it back through, ferments it with specialised bacteria, neutralises the resulting acid, and extracts nutrition from grass that would be entirely indigestible to any primate on earth.

Then there's you.

You have a stomach the size of a fist, a colon that runs for about five feet, and a digestive transit time of roughly 24-72 hours. You have almost no capacity for fibre fermentation. You have essentially no cellulase. Your gut is optimised for one thing: dense, calorie-rich, rapidly digestible animal protein.

You are not built to process plants.

But here's the beautiful thing.

You don't have to.

The cow has already done it. It took the grass, ran it through four stomachs and a rumen of microorganisms, and produced beef. The beef arrives at the other end pre-converted. Bioavailable. Ready.

You outsourced the hard part ten thousand years ago when you domesticated ruminants.

You are the apex predator that invented a living food processing system.

And somewhere, a nutritionist is telling you to eat more fibre.

[Africa Today Media Group @africatodayMG]

“Bury him. That’s all the land a man needs, six feet.”

There was once a poor farmer named Pahom who believed that if he only had enough land, he would be happy forever.

One day, he heard of a distant tribe that sold vast lands for very little money. Their only rule was simple:
For a fixed price, he could have as much land as he could walk around from sunrise to sunset — but he had to return to the same spot by sunset.
If he failed, he would lose both his money and the land.

At sunrise, Pahom started walking.
He walked fast, marking boundaries, dreaming of how much wealth he would gain.
The land was fertile, the grass was green and greed pushed him forward.
Every time he thought of turning back, he saw more beautiful land ahead and thought, “Just a little more…”

As the sun began to sink, panic set in.
He realized he had gone too far.
Breathing heavily, he ran back towards the starting point, desperate to reach before sunset.
His heart pounded, his legs trembled but the finish line was near.

Just as the sun disappeared, he collapsed at the starting spot…
Dead.

The chief of the tribe looked at his body and calmly said,
“Bury him. That’s all the land a man needs six feet.”

The Timeless Lesson

Greed always promises happiness, but it ends by taking peace away.
We chase more more money, more property, more status forgetting that no one truly owns anything.
At the end, we leave this world with the same empty hands we came with.

In our pursuit of more, we often lose what matters most health, relationships, peace, and time.

Remember:

The earth is vast, but our needs are small.
We spend our lives expanding our boundaries, while forgetting the one truth:
In the end, all we really need is enough land to rest in.

(The story taken from Leo Tolstoy’s classic tale, “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”)

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Ketraco plans to build a Kilifi substation and expand Malindi’s in a Sh15 billion project in a bid to address rising demand and frequent power outages at the Coast.

[Omosh @omondike_]

This is one post that will break every parent’s heart. 💔

Imagine losing your child… and not even knowing when or how it happened.

15-year-old Ian Gichagua Maingi, a Form 2 student at Njumbi High School, is missing.
A bright, disciplined, and cheerful boy — full of dreams and potential.
Nothing seemed unusual until 17th October, when Ian’s mother, Jennifer Muthoni, received a text from the school saying students would be released for the long December holidays. She was happy her son had completed the term well. The school even praised his performance in another message.

But when the students were released the next morning, Ian never came home.

Earlier in September, Mama Ian had visited the school after hearing that students with school fees balances would be sent home. She pleaded with the administration to allow her son to stay as she tried to clear the balance. The school agreed — and that’s the last comfort she had.

When she didn’t see Ian among those sent home for fees, she thought he was safe and studying.

But on 18th October, as other parents welcomed their children home, Mama Ian waited for the notification that never came.
When she called the school, a teacher said the students had already left hours earlier. Later, Ian’s class teacher claimed he had gone home weeks ago due to school fees. But the principal denied ever sending him home.

That’s when reality hit — her son had been missing for nearly three weeks, and the school never noticed.
A classmate said Ian had mentioned feeling unwell and wanting to go home after church on Sunday, 28th September. But his mother never received any leave-out message — and the school has no idea how he left.

The matter is now reported at Nyakianga Police Station, under OB Number 13/19/10/2025 at 1511 hours.

Now a family is living through every parent’s worst nightmare — wondering where their child is, whether he’s safe, or if he’s even alive.

Please, if you’ve seen Ian Gichagua Maingi or have any information about his whereabouts, contact:
📞 Ian’s Dad (David Maingi): 0705 808 358
📞 Ian’s Sister (Beth): 0724 258 870
or report to Nyakianga Police Station or any nearby police post.

🙏 Let’s pray for Ian’s safety. Let’s help bring him home.
Share widely — your share could be the one that saves him.

#FindIan #MissingChild #Kenya #PrayForIan

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

HOW THEY CREATED THE FAKE PANDEMIC

1. China released staged footage of people "dropping dead" in the streets: scenes never seen anywhere else in the world prior and after December 2019.
2. A PCR test was introduced that didn’t determine if someone was actually sick. Almost all results were false positives.
3. They pushed the lie of asymptomatic transmission to justify restrictions on healthy people and mass testing the whole world.
4. Tech companies and media outlets were mobilized to censor dissent and label truth as "misinformation."
5. Behavioral psychologists were used to craft fear-based messaging and manipulate public compliance.
6. To maintain the illusion of a deadly pandemic, they needed excess mortality data.
7. Since mild cold symptoms wouldn’t deliver that, they terrorized the global population to trigger a mass psychogenic illness.
8. Constant fearmongering led to chronically elevated cortisol levels, weakening immune systems, especially among the elderly.
9. Social isolation, medical neglect, and lockdowns caused the excess deaths they needed to support the narrative.
10. They suddenly claimed masks worked, something no serious authority had ever recommended before for respiratory pathogens, turning every face into a walking billboard for fear.
11. People were gaslit into staying home "until the vaccine was ready," giving authorities more time to expand control.
12. They injected billions with an experimental product, claiming it would prevent infection and transmission.
13. When that failed, they moved the goalposts: "If the unvaccinated don’t get the shot, your shot won’t work."
14. They invented new "variants" every few months to justify never-ending booster campaigns.
15. They fabricated a new condition, "long COVID," to cover up the mounting side effects of the injections.
16. Pharmaceutical giants made record profits, protected by government contracts and zero liability.
17. Those who spoke out were silenced, banned, investigated, or publicly discredited.
18. And once the narrative became too absurd to sustain, they abruptly declared the pandemic over, and pretended none of it had ever happened.

[HarmonyHaven @HarmonyHaven_1]

If you want to fix your gut health, here's every tip I could come up with:

1. Stop drinking alcohol.

[patrick A Machinga @AMachinga]

@sairahul1 Send guide

[Liz Churchill @liz_churchill10]

As I type this…someone is nervously purchasing Ivermectin and Fenbendazole…to treat their cancer…or a loved one’s cancer…at the direction of Underground Doctors…who are curing cancer with repurposed, inexpensive drugs…because Dr. Fauci, Bill Gates and the ENTIRE Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex HAVE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING.