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[A @ay1m]

@Kalasinga_ Now i get why @alexmwanzo anaekanga kwa container. Makes absolute sense now.

[Ellie Rofe @eliotranch]

I left school when I was 17 (got 'asked to leave', is the more accurate term I guess). This was 1997.

My unqualified, entry-level salary was more than the average salary now.

My Dad - hopping mad - had sent me to three months of secretarial college and I came out into an £18k job in the local Glaxo factory as an admin assistant.

To give a sense of how long ago this was - my boss would hand-write messages onto sheets of paper and I would touch-type them into this new-fangled 'email' thing she couldn't fathom.

Nearly 30 years later, the equivalent - in purchasing power at least - would be £36k.

A year later, I parlayed that up to a £21k job in the R&D side - still as a PA, 18 years old.

I saved up and went to Taiwan to teach English for a bit. When I got back, I went to London and got a job earning £24k designing presentations and documents in a marketing agency.

I was 20yo.

The equivalent in 2026 would be £46k.

With zero qualifications beyond the ability to touch-type and a certificate saying I could use Word, Excel and PowerPoint, I was on 1.35x the average salary now.

I made a lot of mistakes as a kid. Most of my mates did.

But the economy I lived in allowed the messiness of life to roll out. We could learn, take risks and still be able to live and breathe.

We are failing future generations.

And we have a generation that's already been failed.

Our politicians are addicted to cheap slogans. They want power, not service. The failure of their reality-denying ideologies continues to spiral outwards.

Yes, immigration plays a role. Yes, housing, technology and deindustrialisation play a role. But the state has morphed into a deeply incompetent, self-indulgent boondoggle machine, that spends more time bribing voters than it does serving - or investing in - the country.

[A @ay1m]

The traffic lights in nairobi cbd were destroyed by maandamano peeps. https://t.co/ykn5KKOQyI

[A @ay1m]

@comeupshuffle I love it.

[A @ay1m]

@BravinYuri And finally. The Rironi mau summit road, the SGR to western and the new Jkia terminal. We all know if we elect someone else these projects will be halted. We need these projects in our lifetime. But new leadership comes with new priorities. Are we willing to risk that?

[A @ay1m]

@BravinYuri Third Rigathi being the strongest candidate is not quite palatable. Nowhere in his political history has he fought for all of Kenya. When he was DP he only employed mount kenya people. Now imagine him as president.

[A @ay1m]

David Ndii looking sharp. Good to know we are present at the table.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Today at Nakasero, I met Mr. Aliko Dangote and we discussed the proposed East African regional refinery.

I informed him that from the very beginning, we have always opposed the export of raw materials without value addition. That is why Uganda delayed oil production because we insisted on first having a refinery. Without refining our oil, it would not make economic or strategic sense to simply export crude oil while others benefit from the finished products.

I, therefore, welcomed the idea of a bigger regional refinery because our objective is African integration and shared prosperity. We cannot continue operating as fragmented and weak markets. If East Africa works together, such projects become more viable and beneficial to our people.
Uganda is ready to support the regional refinery initiative while also continuing with the development of our own refinery in Hoima.

[A @ay1m]

@Kamaitha How do you beat an invisible enemy? Wueh.

[A @ay1m]

I know a lot of people who are voting tutam, but they don't talk about it because the wantam brigade are quite hostile to the point no one can openly say they are tutam. Is it possible there is a silent majority who will vote tutam but can't say so due to hostility?

[A @ay1m]

@giniekay I see that. Like WSR won't even have to rig and he will win with a huge margin. But this discourse can't be had on social media due to the hostile wantammers.

[A @ay1m]

@Safaricom_Care how long are we going to suffer?

[A @ay1m]

2006 Mercedes-BENZ E-Class W211 for sale at KES 1,299,000.
167,000 km, Petrol, Automatic Transmission, Westlands, Nairobi, Nairobi.

https://t.co/BqvS20Trz1

[A @ay1m]

2017 Toyota LAND Cruiser 80 for sale at KES 6,500,000.
Diesel, Manual Transmission, Westlands, Nairobi, Nairobi.

https://t.co/vLArdDUmht

[A @ay1m]

2019 Mazda Mazda 2 DJ for sale at KES 1,285,000.
80,000 km, Petrol, Automatic Transmission, Westlands, Nairobi, Nairobi.

https://t.co/5JxzmFX5aQ

[A @ay1m]

2018 Toyota LAND Cruiser 200 for sale at KES 10,800,000.
86,609 km, Petrol, Automatic Transmission, Westlands, Nairobi, Nairobi.

https://t.co/xAEWu9FSFq

[A @ay1m]

2015 Mazda CX-5 KE for sale at KES 1,350,000.
178,567 km, Diesel, Automatic Transmission, Westlands, Nairobi, Nairobi.

https://t.co/z3dJA74KK1

[A @ay1m]

2015 Volkswagen Passat for sale at KES 1,490,000.
74,447 km, Petrol, Automatic Transmission, Westlands, Nairobi, Nairobi.

https://t.co/tk0TQjTclu

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines eight years ago, you would have $49.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG insurance seven years ago, you would have $33.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers eleven years ago, you would have nothing today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Northern Rock nine years ago, you would have nothing today

But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago at Tesco's, drunk all the beer, then taken the aluminum cans to the scrap metal dealer, you would have received $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.

A recent study found that the average person walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found that we drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.
That means that, on average, we get about 41 miles to the gallon!

Makes you proud to be a piss head.🍻😂