Bertha Kang'ong'oi

Information & Communication;
Views expressed here my own

[The Mayor @themayor_ke]

When Uhuru left power, NSSF was at flat rate of KSh 200. For Ruto, it's 6% on the employer side and 6% on the employee side.

When Uhuru was leaving power, the dollar was KSh 118. Ruto took it to 160 and brought it down to 129.

When Uhuru was leaving power, petrol was going for KSh 158 with subsidy. Ruto took it to 217, brought it down to 178, and now it’s at 198 with subsidy.

When Uhuru was leaving power, the maximum NHIF contribution was KSh 1,700. For Ruto, it's 2.75% of your salary.

During Uhuru’s time, KSh 100 would give you about 6 KPLC units of tokens, but under Ruto you now get about 3 units for the same amount.

During Uhuru’s time, VAT across key sectors was 8%, but under Ruto it has gone up to 16%.

For Uhuru, affordable housing meant no deductions on your payslip, but under Ruto, you now have an additional mandatory deduction.

Despite all this, borrowing hasn’t stopped. In fact, it has picked up.

So, how has Ruto reduced the cost of living ?🤔

[Mary Kathomi @MaryK2022]

This is a South African lady called African marmalade

Dedicated to preserving our indigenous seeds.

This is gold

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

Okay, this is funny! 😆

[I am Ken @Ikennect]

Ah-that felt good🤣🤣
Do not approach hippos from the rear

[🇰🇪 James WaNjeri @JamesKWaNjeri]

The best outcome for 2027 is the People vs William Ruto and his money. Because his ego and hubris blinds him, he will buy out everyone he considers a threat. When the people unite, it will be like Noah’s flood for the corrupt elite who have been milking us dry and killing us

[Sir. Acholi @nassaropiyo]

I had an interesting debate on how food shapes behavior. The comparison was Uganda and Kenya.

Kenyan staples lean heavily on carbs. Ugali, githeri, high energy meals built for endurance. That kind of diet sustains physical resilience and mass mobilization. It partly explains how prolonged resistance against colonial rule was possible through sheer manpower.

Uganda tells a different story. Matooke, groundnuts, rice. Comfort foods. Filling but sedating. They calm the body more than they ignite it. You can trace the laid back political culture right back to the plate.

You are what you eat. Sometimes history is cooked before it is written.

[Dr. Roselyn Akombe @DrRoselynAkombe]

Interesting that someone destroys a beautiful country & then offers to take his people to an imaginary one.

[Ani😼 @sushi33trash]

The human obsession with purpose is merely a distraction from the absurdity of existence.

[Leaders 𝕏 Junction @LeadersJunction]

Here's how you know someone is highly intelligent✅

[Hanifa 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 🇨🇩 🇰🇪 @Honeyfarsafi]

8 bills were today signed into law at statehouse!!!!

1. The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Ammendment) Bill, 2024
2. The Land (Ammendment) Bill, 2024 (Land Laws)
3. The National Land Commission (Ammendment) Bill 2023
4. The Privatisation Bill, 2025
5. Wildlife Conservation and Management (Ammendment) Bill, 2023
6. National Police Service Commission (Ammendment), 2024
7. Air Passenger Service Charge (Ammendment) Bill, 2025
8. Virtual Asset Service Providers, 2025

[Shoba Gatimu @shobanes]

Some of these assented Bills have been suspiciously hurriedly rushed through the Parliamentary process. Kaeni standby, breakdown bado tutasoma. I'll try to cover a majority of thebones I've not covered before end of the week.

[Peter Gregor @GregorPepe]

When the rules and morality no longer apply.

Psychopaths eventually rise to the top of every power structure—NGOs, corporations, and states. In a game without rules, those without morality will always have the upper hand. A man who will do anything to win holds a decisive advantage over someone with limitations.

This is, unfortunately, an uncomfortable truth, and this fact is sometimes used to argue that psychopathy could be the next step in human evolution.

Welcome to the Western rule disorder.

[gathara @gathara]

The quintessential Kenyan delusion: you want a seat at tables created to enable eating and imagine that you are there to build systems to stop it.

[Mbiyu @mmbiyu]

Accountability must come first, before compensation — that is the right order of addressing injustices. We have competent constitutional institutions to enforce accountability. Anything else amounts to a cover-up. Don’t allow yourself to be complicit, or to lend legitimacy to a process that sweeps responsibility under the carpet

[Sajid abu Sajid @AlhajiKe]

Wearing Cartier sunglasses and still looking like a welder is nasty business.

Aura hukuwa in the pits.

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

Let that sink in!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

The Periodic Table Symbol for lead is 'Pb,' which comes from the Latin 'plumbum,' meaning "lead."

Early pipes were made of lead, so people who worked with pipes became 'plumbers.'

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

President William Ruto’s government spent Sh6.3 billion on tea, mandazis, and entertaining guests in the last financial year—about Sh17.2 million daily.

[M A G U N G A @theMagunga]

This Karura story makes no sense. The one place that needs to be preserved as is, ndio they insist on putting tarmac road. But the many roads on Nairobi that need fixing they overlook.

[Mūrūthi @Ngartia]

Both the Karura and Uhuru Park fights were triggered by anonymous tips from concerned citizens.

Never underestimate the power of raising an alarm.