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[Eric @amerix]

It is easy to con people.

But it is difficult to convince them that they are being conned.

Politicians know this well.

If you tell people that you have a quick deal to make millions, you will con them as they wait for the millions.

But if you encourage them to work hard, live an honest life and be disciplined, they will mock you, call you a fraud and a poor man who can't afford an iPhone and a luxury car.

[Eric @amerix]

Java Plum, or Jamun, also known as Mzambarau in Swahili, is a natural fruit.

They are not sweet but tangy-bitter.

They are seasonal, fibrous and nutritious.

People will avoid eating natural fruits because they have a bitter-sweet and tart taste, and then buy sweetened, unhealthy, modern fruits and say, "My doctor told me to eat fruits."

Educated fools.

#FoodFriday

[Eric @amerix]

The most fascinating thing about Kenya's national holidays is the discipline, order and competence of the military.

Precision. Timing. Results.

Happy Mashujaa Day, KENYA. 🇰🇪

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your wife tells you to stop sending money to your mother because your mother does not like her.

As a loyal Millennial husband, you

A) Block your mother's number

B) Send that money to your wife instead

C) Tell your mother to pray about it.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your colleague presents your project to the boss as his own work.

The boss promotes him.

As a humble team player you

A) Congratulate him and buy him lunch

B) Offer to do his next project too

C) Keep quiet because God is watching.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

It is 2 PM, your OMAD window.

Your wife has cooked chips and bought soda and sweetened juice.

As a peace-loving man, you

A) Eat everything to avoid conflict

B) Add two slices of bread

C) Promise to start your diet on Monday.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your friend borrowed KSH 20,000 six months ago.

Today he is posting holiday photos from Diani.

As a loyal friend, you

A) Like the photos and comment "Enjoy bro"

B) Send him fare back home

C) Apologise for asking about the money.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your wife demands your phone password.

When you ask for hers, she says you do not trust her.

As a transparent husband you

A) Give her yours and apologise

B) Change your password to her birthday

C) Stop asking, because trust is one way.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your pastor asks every man in church to give his car logbook as a seed for the new church building.

As a faithful believer, you

A) Hand over the logbook

B) Add your title deed as a bonus

C) Walk to work and thank God.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your mother-in-law came to stay for two weeks.

Six months later, she is still in your house and controls the TV remote.

As a respectful son-in-law, you

A) Buy her a second remote

B) Sleep in the sitting room

C) Ask her permission to watch news.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

On your third date, your girlfriend shows you the tattoos on her back and thigh.

As an open-minded man you

A) Call it art

B) Book a matching tattoo for both of you

C) Tell yourself it means nothing.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your girlfriend of two months asks you to pay her rent and her sister's school fees.

As a generous gentleman, you

A) Take a loan from the app

B) Sell the land your father gave you

C) Thank her for trusting you with her problems.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

You have a job interview tomorrow.

Your shirt is creased, your shoes are dirty, your beard untrimmed.

As a Gen Z man, you

A) Go as you are, looks do not matter

B) Wear sandals because comfort matters

C) Blame the economy when they reject you.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

You have no money, but your fiancée forces a big wedding. You add your friends to a WhatsApp committee and take your only SACCO loan.

As a committed groom, you

A) Take a second loan

B) Add more people to the group

C) Sell your car for decor.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your wife earns more than you.

She tells you to stop asking about the household budget because it is her money.

As a prayerful husband, you

A) Hand her your payslip too

B) Ask her for bus fare every morning

C) Apologise for being a burden.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Nelson Amenya @amenya_nelson]

I was reading today’s Cabinet resolutions and it got me thinking: there is something missing from how they plan and measure performance.

@RayDalio , writing about China’s planning discipline, describes how long-term ambitions are broken down into shorter-term plans with clear metrics for measuring performance. The objective is the vision, where are we going? Long-term key results define what success looks like and by when, while short-term key results allow government to track progress and adapt quickly.

Look at the Cabinet resolutions. There are hospitals, roads, energy projects, water infrastructure and USD350 million for Kenya Airways. Some have numerical targets, but what is largely missing is the feedback loop: What was the objective? What was the baseline? What was the target? Where are we now? What worked, what failed and what are we changing?

Take the proposed 2,000-bed hospital. Building 2,000 beds is an output, not the ultimate objective.

Objective: Improve access to specialised healthcare and reduce pressure on the referral system.

Key results could be: reduce specialist waiting times by 20% by 2027; have 80% of planned specialist departments operational by 2028; reduce referrals to Nairobi for selected procedures by 40% by 2029; reduce specialist waiting times by 50% from the 2026 baseline by 2030.

Now we can measure whether the hospital actually improved healthcare instead of merely celebrating that 2,000 beds were built.

The USD350 million for Kenya Airways should work the same way.

Objective: Restore KQ to sustainable financial and operational health while protecting taxpayers’ investment.

Key results could include: return economically viable grounded aircraft to service by 2027; reduce cancellations caused by aircraft availability; achieve sustainable positive operating cash flow without another emergency injection by 2028; meet defined profitability, debt and repayment targets by 2030.

Subsequent Cabinet meetings should return to these objectives and review the key results. Are they moving us towards the objective? If not, adjust them, delete what isn’t working, introduce new ones or redirect resources. Key results can be broken down from 5 years to 1 year to quarterly and monthly metrics.

That creates a simple management loop:

Objective → Long-term key results → Short-term key results → Execute → Measure → Learn → Adapt.

If government wants to build public trust, this is what should be published after Cabinet meetings, not vague resolutions that leave citizens trying to decipher whether the country is actually making progress.

Cabinet should become one of the country’s highest-level performance review meetings. Tell us what you wanted to achieve, the numbers you started with, where you wanted to get to, where you are today and what you are changing when things don’t work. Vague posting achia wakulima for Christ’s sake @StateHouseKenya

As Jay-Z famously put it: “Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t.”

[K.i.p.k.i.r.u.i @andaa_korir]

@amerix Tuning in from Mombasa,
Good morning Doc

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

You learn that the two children your girlfriend called her nephews are her own, hidden in the village, by two different men.

As a forgiving man, you

A) Thank her for being honest

B) Start paying their school fees

C) Propose the next day.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

Your wife says she is going for a weekend road trip with her male best friend from campus.

As a modern, understanding man, you

A) Pack her bag and give her fare

B) Ask her to send you photos

C) Pray for journey mercies for both of them.

#MasculinitySaturday

[Eric @amerix]

Hospitals should NOT have "Customer Service Week."

Patients are NOT customers.

Customers have a choice:

• Patients are sick, they don't have a choice.

Customers are buying goods or services to fulfil their needs/wants;

• Patients are looking for a shelter (hospes) to heal from ill health, morbidity or infirmity.

#BetterTogether