Asaph

[TricyLove🦁 @amprincess9]

Tubarikiwe tutokapo na tuingiapo🙏

[Daniel Twining @DCTwining]

“We, the youth of this country, are becoming politically aware.”

[Daniel Twining @DCTwining]

Nearly 75% of 🇰🇪#Kenya’s population are youth, and they are politically mobilized. ⁦

⁦@IRIglobal⁩ is proud to co-host the Youth & Political Parties Dialogue Summit here in Nairobi with ⁦@ORPPKenya⁩

[Uwera @uweraEstherUg]

Accept it or not, there is a Demon on social media that deeply hates marriage.

[Asaph @AsaphLulinga]

Nimekua na uzoefu mbaya sana kutoka @airtel_tanzania Kwa muda wa siku kadhaa sasa. Router yenu haifanyi kazi na tokea Nina ripoti ninaambiwa nisubirie masaa 24 mtanirejea. This is worst experience ever. Yaani siku nne sasa mnashindwa kutoa huduma?

[Linda Tsungirirai Masarira @lilomatic]

My Sister, President @SuluhuSamia, You Are Betraying the Dreams of African Women

I am a woman leader. I believe, with every fibre of my being, in the power of women to heal our nations, to lead with compassion, and to build a more inclusive and just Africa. It is precisely because of this belief that I can not remain silent as a sister leader, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, you have dragged Tanzania down a path of tyranny and fear.

What we have witnessed in Tanzania is not leadership; it is a betrayal. It is a betrayal of the women of Tanzania who looked to one of their own and hoped for a new dawn. It is a betrayal of the democratic principles that countless Pan-Africanists fought and died for. The recent sham election, where you were declared the victor with a Soviet-style 97% of the vote, is not a victory. It is a funeral for democracy in Tanzania, and you are the chief mourner.

True women’s empowerment is not about putting a woman in a presidential chair. It is about what she does with that power. Does she lift others up, or does she crush dissent? Does she foster a culture of competition and debate, or does she silence every opposing voice? By jailing your main opponent, Tundu Lissu, on trumped-up treason charges, by disqualifying other candidates on spurious grounds, and by barring the main opposition party, CHADEMA, from even participating, you have not shown strength. You have shown a profound weakness, a fear of competition that is the very antithesis of healthy leadership.

We, as African women, are taught to be nurturing, to be builders of communities and bridges of understanding. What, then, is nurturing about a heavy military presence at polling stations? What is compassionate about security forces gunning down peaceful protestors, leading to the unnecessary and tragic loss of hundreds of Tanzanian lives? The internet shutdowns, the abductions, the torture of activists, these are the tools of a dictatorship, not of a democratic leader who believes in her people.

President Samia, you had a golden opportunity. The world applauded you when you began reversing some of the harsh policies of your predecessor. We dared to hope that Tanzania was opening up but we see now that those were merely tactical retreats. Your administration has intensified a crackdown so severe that it has shattered the very possibility of a free and fair election. You have not just tilted the playing field; you have set it on fire and told the other team they are not allowed to play.

This is a pivotal moment for Pan-Africanism. A democratic Pan-African movement can not be silent when a leader, regardless of gender, subverts the will of the people. We can not celebrate women leaders simply for being women; we must hold them to the same, if not a higher, standard of democratic accountability. To do otherwise is to engage in a hollow and meaningless identity politics that does nothing to serve the African people.

I stand in solidarity with the brave people of Tanzania who are demanding electoral justice. Their fight is our fight. The struggle for democracy in Dar es Salaam is intrinsically linked to the struggle for freedom in Harare, in Kampala, and across our beloved continent.

To my sisters across Africa, I say this: Our fight for a seat at the table is meaningless if, once we get there, we use that seat to bar the door to others. Our empowerment is hollow if we do not empower our people. We must shun the tyranny of a single voice and champion the beautiful, chaotic, and necessary chorus of democracy.

I believe in women’s leadership but I believe in justice more. And until there is justice for the people of Tanzania, I will not be silent. The African Union and all democratic nations must not legitimize this electoral charade. The soul of Tanzanian democracy is on life support, and it is our collective duty to fight for its revival.

#StandWithTanzania
#NotInMyName

[Mark Andrew Green @AmbassadorGreen]

Here’s my latest Moments Along the Way…on celebrating America overseas. Hope you like it and hope you’ll subscribe to my Substack…
https://t.co/kYBe0g7Jhj

[JC @JC_ILO]

Great consultation meeting held between @ilo_pretoria employment cluster team with @EUinEswatini Head of cooperation on collaboration on employment promotion, skills and vocational training and job creation in Eswatini

[Frederick Fussi @Fussi2015]

Earlier today, our programs n’ M&E team managed to conduct hands-on-mentorship to the Zanzibar recipients of the @USAIDTanzania Tushiriki Pamoja seed-funds provided by @IRIglobal as part of 2024 Ideathons which included #EmergingWomenLeadershipInitiative n’ #KijanaDumishaAmani

[Frederick Fussi @Fussi2015]

In #IYD at Golden Tulip Hotel, H.E President @DrHmwinyi accompanied by Youth Minister Tabia Mwita, @usembassytz Deputy Head of Mission Andrew Lentz @IRIglobal Country Director @sentellbarnes presented dummy check to 2024 Ideathon winners of IRI’s @USAIDTanzania Tushiriki Pamoja

[Frederick Fussi @Fussi2015]

Earlier today at Golden Tulip Hotel Zanzibar @usembassytz Deputy Head of Mission Andrew Lentz in a group photo with the IRI’s @USAIDTanzania Tushiriki Pamoja 2024 Ideathons winners soon after delivering powerful remarks on igniting youth development in Zanzibar and TZ @IRIglobal

[JC @JC_ILO]

Productive meeting held between @ilo DG @GilbertFHoungbo & @LabourSPKE on cooperation around employment promotion, labour standards, migration, social dialogue, OSH, labour law reforms & social protection in Kenya. @ILO_EastAfrica

[Asaph @AsaphLulinga]

@KwekaKweka @ckiangu sad...i dont know the story in full, but I want to believe there are unreported stories burred under the grave commonly known as investment, opportunity and development.

[Asaph @AsaphLulinga]

@Mandelamakabala Pole kaka Mandela. Pole sana.

[JC @JC_ILO]

Technological advancement, environmental changes, globalisation, demographic transistions and disruptive forces of crises are profoundly altering our societies, economies & world of work incl. on skills. @ILO_EastAfrica, @ILOAfrica

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 BREAKING: Manchester United have released official statement on Jadon Sancho.

“Jadon Sancho will remain on a personal training programme away from the first-team group — pending resolution of a squad discipline issue”, club reports.

[JC @JC_ILO]

Had a wonderful courtesy meeting today with SG, @COTU_K, Brother @AtwoliDza, to talk about ILO programmes in Kenya, importance of dialogue & opportunities for effective engagement & support to social partners. Looking forward to the big @ituc Congress @ILO_EastAfrica, @ILOAfrica