Chrispine Okoth

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@LibertyCappy It's called Captain Fantastic, movie from 2016

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@KymDooh @Dreymwangi They are via Gitaru

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@Branicemercy @jefftush00 Recurring calendar reminder like you would for a birthday.

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@alexmwanzo Does it affect Vpower fuel as well?

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@StanleyMasinde_ Until each product validated uniquely and checked off of a database, this problem is here to stay

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@IAMRAPCHA They need more swap stations, you can technically partner with Spiro to open a swap station

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@AutismCapital Or YouTube music for $4 then get YouTube premium for free

[LAnDo NIFFIRG™️🇨🇦 @llandoniffirg]

Proof that people are sheep! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@SokoAnalyst I think cash use is declining, more people paying directly to pochi, tills etc

[Ng'ang'a Muigai @NgangamuigaiCoK]

It is these Jua Kali guys in Eldoret City that initiated this petition.

We are seeking your assistance in reposting the petition to have the constitution of Kenya studied in school from primary to tertiary level.

Regards,
Ng'ang'a Muigai

https://t.co/juUHSmlymp

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@Star_Knight12 Pay for YouTube music your get YouTube premium fee

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@Kenyans Corruption has never been punished as it should in Kenya. Someone needs to make an example out of the most corrupt ones, public arrest, fast court arrainment and a hefty fine/sentence then give the other culprits 2 weeks to return what's stolen or face the consequences.

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@_Musanga @StanleyMasinde_ You could purchase a 4G signal booster they aren't that expensive

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@setu_ai_expert G

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

If we are going to save our country from the sure economic catastrophe that it is today, we will have to have a discussion about the cost of the system of government we have chosen for ourselves.

Because, if we don't, will lose devolution, and our country as well.

Understand the economics of our system of government.

In 2023-2024, the average Kenyan earned KSH 16,000 a month, before taxes.

During that same period, our county governments, who employ roughly 1% of their county population, used 44% of their entire budgets on salaries alone, for this 1%.

In addition to that, county governments used 10% of their entire budget, which was KSH 483 billion, on 2,200 MCAs.

Each MCA cost Kenyans KSH 18 million.

When the average Kenyan earned KSH 16,000 a month before taxes, the average MCA earned KSH 58.7 thousand in "sitting allowances" a month.

Not salary, but "sitting allowances".

In other words, the average MCA earned about 4 times what the average citizen earned in a month.

In "sitting allowances" alone.

Counties such as @NairobiCityGov have prioritized high compensation for politicians and their staff.

Over serving citizens.

The absurdity of the economics of our current version of devolution is difficult to articulate. But it is sad.

What is the rationale for each county to give up 10% of its entire budget to an average of 47 MCAs?

What is the rationale for each county to give up 44% of its entire budget to an average of 1% of the county population? When the legal limit is 35%.

What is the rationale for our county governments spending KSH 16.4 billion in luxury travel in one year, KSH 2.5 billion in cars, when they spend a measly KSH 7.9 billion on bursaries in a country with a 44% poverty rate?

In 2023-2024, the average county could only raise 10% of its annual budget. The rest had to be borrowed.

Yes, borrowed, because at the National Level, our country did not even have enough funds to run the National Government, having spent about half of the country's entire income on 1 million people employed by the National Government.

20 counties, 10 years after devolution, could only raise about 6% of their budget. And they have a self-chosen budget of KSH 7 billion, on average.

Not different than you selecting a meal costing KSH 7,000 at your Kempinski, when your entire balance in the bank is KSH 400!

Just so you understand the absurdity of this situation, I want you to consider independent market comparison.

The first one is from the State of Texas. In the same fiscal period, Texas spent 9.4% of it's USD 175 billion in spending, on salaries and wages. It then spent an additional 9% on employee benefits.

That is a total of 18.4%.

Let's look at META (formerly Facebook). With USD 164 billion in revenues, it spent USD 41 billion on salaries and wages, and benefits.

That is, 25%.

So, you can see that a government entity such as Texas, even flush with money, chooses to spend less than the private sector.

Because the entire point of government is service to citizens.

That concept appears to be as difficult as Chinese arithmetic for our politicians.

When corrupt politicians spend 44% of all revenue at the county level on their own salaries, before we consider the wasteful trips, the KSH 4 million breakfasts, the mansions and cars, the victim of this greed is the child who cannot afford a private school education. The very person government is supposed to be serving.

It is the 20-year old aspiring college student who won't get an education because of our upside-down priorities.

It is the cancer patient who shows up at the county hospital for treatment, only to be told to share a bed with strangers, and ends up dying waiting for care.

Today, for every single shilling in our name, we must take 75 cents and set it aside to cover "debt service", which is a fancy way of saying, funds required to facilitate the fancy lifestyles of our greedy politicians.

And, corruption.

It was just last year when Gen-Zs went to the streets to confront their own government, and to call upon their own government to show discipline, and be responsible with public funds.

Not a damn thing has changed. Other than, @WilliamsRuto cutting deals with @RailaOdinga and other washed up and totally corrupt politicians.

Nobody has said anything about plans to introduce fiscal discipline. Or eradicate wastage and corruption.

It is business as usual. But it won't be for long.

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@NanFlorin2 122k

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@SokoAnalyst Name them state report as your source

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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@047County Got a notification my car was spotted in Industrial area (haven't been there in years!) for unpaid parking, then a Ksh 2000 fine minutes later. Called customer care, but the guy in charge of parking even won't pick up. What nonsense is this?!

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@kevinlu625 Looking to try it out