Reason Why I Supported Senegal In The AFCON: “Morocco Denied Being African And Even Applied To Be a Member Of The European Union. They Also Withdrew From The African Union Because They Didn’t Want To Be Part Of Africa.” ~ P. L. O. Lumumba
There’s a girl who’s said “my parents sold everything so I can graduate. Now I have no job and they are broke. Maybe if I die tomorrow they will be given ksh 2 million and my death will be my gift to them”
Man! The hopelessness William has caused. #RutoMustGo
The average Kenyan is taxed like they live in Dubai, but treated like they live in a war-torn failed state.
Their money builds mansions for MPs, not hospitals for their children.
You wake up at 5AM not to build hospitals, not to fix roads, not to feed children .
But to wrap Parliament in wire like a crime scene.
You barricade the city like you’re under siege. But the only thing you’re hiding from is the truth.
You don’t fear bandits. You don’t fear cartels. You don’t fear the murderers in government.
You fear the teacher who speaks out. The youth who stands up. The mother who says ‘enough.’
That’s who you fear. Because you know ; once the people wake up, you can’t govern them with lies anymore.
BREAKING: Kenyan authorities have ordered TV and radio stations to stop broadcasting ongoing protests live.
They have started shutting them down, violating Kenyan law and the constitution
I’ve seen a few people suggest I should join politics and while I deeply appreciate the sentiment, I need to be honest with you, this is where we go wrong.
Being vocal about injustice shouldn’t automatically make someone a political candidate. Speaking up should be a collective responsibility, not a career path, not a shortcut to power, and definitely not something we do for applause.
The only thing I know for sure is this, I have a platform, and I will use it to call out https://t.co/gLLMBJh1vW’s a personal choice. I’m not afraid of the consequences. There is no brand I’m protecting here. Cancel me if you want
My so-called “brand” is made up of over 1.3 million subscribers ,real people. And I’d be damned to assume any of them is okay with what’s happening right now. I’d be equally damned to believe I deserve a political seat simply because I’m vocal.
Most of these politicians have mastered the game. They know how to perform outrage, sell hope, and trick us into confusing advocacy for leadership. They’ll promise you Nairobi will become New York. That “bottom-up” will uplift the mwananchi, that land injustices will be fixed. That vijana watapata kazi
But I’m not here for the narrative.
I’m not here for the political stage.
Maybe one day. But not now!!
Right now, I’m here to use my voice and my platform to speak truth so that people like Albert Ojwang don’t become statistics.
So I ask you, what platform do you have? And how are you using it? Because that’s what truly matters.
Ruto Must Go
Arrest Lagat
Sakaja is a clown✌️
#JusticeForAlbertOjwang
Do Not Forget.
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Like all Africans and beyond, I am deeply saddened by the situation in the Eastern Congo.
I want to pass my condolences to South Africa on the death of its soldiers who have died in pursuit of peace in the DRC, and everyone who has been killed by this crisis.
Today I took time to understand the issues and the root cause of the Great Lakes crisis, you can’t understand it all in a day.
I am not an expert on the Great Lakes, but I found two insightful videos featuring Tanzania’s founding father, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, and former South African President Thabo Mbeki explaining it.
Both leaders were actively involved in efforts to address the Great Lakes issue, with Nyerere engaging as far back as 1992 and earlier.
The problem can be traced back to 1885 during the Berlin Conference, where Africa was partitioned among European colonial powers and borders were drawn regardless of ethnic sensitivities.
Belgium, the colonial power in the DRC, and Germany, the colonial power in Rwanda, drew borders that divided the Rwandan Kingdom, incorporating parts of it into what is now the DRC.
As a result of this partitioning, the Banyarwanda (including the Banyamulenge) ended up living on both sides of the border—in Rwanda and the DRC. Just like the Tswanas in South Africa and Botswana.
Despite being Zairean (Congolese) citizens, the Banyarwanda in the DRC were often treated as foreigners by successive Congolese governments, and they faced significant discrimination.
The situation worsened after the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda in 1994 which was carried out by the Hutus, when perpetrators of the genocide fled into the DRC, particularly to areas where Congolese Banyarwanda lived.
These perpetrators formed a militia called the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
The FDLR, which opposes the current Rwandan government, was later incorporated into the Congolese army, causing Rwanda to view their presence in Eastern Congo as a significant security threat.
Rwanda objected to the persecution of the Congolese Banyarwanda by the Congolese Government and the FDLR in the DRC.
Rwanda’s said its involvement in the DRC is rooted in its efforts to neutralise the FDLR and protect its national security, as well as to address the marginalisation of the Banyarwanda in Eastern Congo.
However, this involvement has also sparked significant controversy and accusations of resource exploitation and destabilisation by the DRC.
The M23 (March 23 Movement) originated from the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), a Tutsi-led rebel group in the DRC that operated in the mid-2000s.
The CNDP was mainly focused on protecting the rights of Congolese Tutsis (Banyarwanda) who faced discrimination and violence, particularly after the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
Reports by Human Rights Watch in October 2022 revealed that the Congolese military supported the FDLR in their military operations against the M23 rebel group.
At the same time, the Congolese government has accused Rwanda of supporting the M23 militarily.
Currently the conflict involves the M23 and the Congolese army, with the DRC accusing Rwanda of deploying its troops on Congolese soil.
As Nyerere points out in the video, the Zairean government stripped the Banyarwanda in the Congo of their citizenship, rendering them stateless. However, they are Congolese due to the colonial borders.
What is clear is that this crisis is not an overnight problem, it has been there for decades, long before both Presidents Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi were in power.
What is lacking is leadership from the region and the continent to help both countries resolve this crisis once and for all.
It is like a volcano that has been erupting periodically, the crisis is crying out for a modern day Nyerere or Mbeki.
It is now unrealistic to expect Presidents Kagame and Tshisekedi to invite each other for coffee, it needs someone with gravitas to invite them.
This crisis has no military solution except dialogue.