Cliff Otega - I Need Results!

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[Kass Media Group @Kass_FMOfficial]

National Assembly leadership led by Majority Leader Kimani Ichungwah and his Minority Counterpart Junet Mohammed visit Dangote Petroleum Industries refinery in Lagos, Nigeria.

#KassNews #KassDigital

[Dr. Eng. John Mativo CP³P @MativoMJohn]

The new power plants that came onboard between October 2022 and October 2026 are:
35MW Sosian Menengai Geothermal Power Plant
35MW Orpower 22 Menengai Geothermal Power Plant
35MW Globeleq Menengai Geothermal
44MW Alten Solar Power Station (Kesses 1 Solar PV Park)

Olkaria I Additional Unit 6 and Olkaria V: commissioned earlier in July 2022 by KenGen with capacities of 86 MW and 172 MW respectively.

I personally don’t know of any new power plants that commenced construction in the four year period.

Remember the three Menengai Geothermal power plants signed their original PPAs in 2014. Clearly the turn around period has been ten years.

What I don’t know is how many large scale original PPA have been signed in the last four years.

[CPA Ephantus Kimotho C.B.S - PS Irrigation @EphantusKim]

Today, I paid a courtesy call on Mr. James Mworia, Chief Executive Officer of the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF), to discuss opportunities for financing bankable irrigation projects and projects with the potential to attract equity investment from NIF.

Our discussions focused on the Galana-Kulalu Food Security Project, including the proposed dam and associated irrigation infrastructure and investments. We explored opportunities to mobilise private capital to support large-scale irrigation development, enhance food production and strengthen agricultural value chains.

We also discussed the importance of developing robust financial and commercial models, and appropriately structuring project risks to enhance bankability and attract investment. The engagement is part of ongoing efforts to unlock innovative financing for irrigation infrastructure and accelerate the expansion of irrigated agriculture in Kenya.

The meeting was attended by the Chief Executive Officer of the @Irrigation_Auth , Eng. Charles Muasya MBS; Head of Resource Mobilization @NdaiFlorence , and other senior Government officials.

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

President Ruto to Dangote: I want to assure you that nobody is going to extort anything from you. Some of the people issuing statements and sponsoring court cases are actually extortionists… I want to tell those brokers: there will be nobody to talk to you.

[Cliff Otega - I Need Results! @cliffotega]

10/10 @mohammedhersi - this is all already or will be public information as required and as the project sequence evolves.

[Mohammed Hersi : Mr Optimist @mohammedhersi]

My Bro @NdindiNyoro

You say your post on the Dangote East Africa Refinery is "for the archives." Good. Let the archives also carry the facts, and one reminder you are not an ordinary citizen shouting from the sidelines. You are the Member of Parliament for Kiharu and a former Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. You know better than most that Parliament gives you every tool you need to get these answers on the record.

✅️1. You can file a question to the Cabinet Secretaries for Energy and Treasury.

✅️2. You can move a motion. You can ask the Energy Committee or the Public Investments Committee to summon officials and demand documents under oath. Answers given on the floor of the House are binding on the record. Answers demanded on Facebook or X is theatre.

So I ask you respectfully, why the archives of social media rather than the Hansard?

Let me now take your questions anyway.

✅️1. You asked who the shareholders are?

The structure has been public since August. Dangote offered East African governments a combined 30 percent equity stake. Kenya's share is 10 percent, about $500 million. Treasury CS John Mbadi has said Kenya could take more if our neighbours do not take up their options, and that individual Kenyans will be able to invest. Dangote himself pledged in Nairobi this week to list the refinery on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. A company that plans to list on the NSE is a company that will publish its shareholders to the world and once the Kenyan entity is registered, you can pull its shareholding from the Business Registration Service yourself. Hon. Nyoro, you are asking the government for a document you can request with your own phone.

✅️2. You asked how much Kenya is committing.

Roughly $500 million for 10 percent, in a project where about 70 percent of the cost is debt. Where that money comes from is a fair question. But you know this better than anyone in the country: under our Constitution, not a single shilling can leave the Exchequer without Parliament appropriating it. That $500 million will have to pass through the House you sit in, and through the very committee you once chaired. You will see every figure before any Kenyan on Facebook does. You will get to vote on it. That is not secrecy. That is the Constitution working.

✅️3. You asked whether our port counts for anything, since Dangote built his own in Lagos.

Dangote built his own port and roads in Lekki because Nigeria did not have them. Kenya built Lamu Port precisely so that anchor investors like this would come. For years, critics called those Lamu berths a white elephant. Now that an anchor tenant has finally arrived, the same port is suddenly a gift we are giving away? Public infrastructure is not handed over. It is used, and its users pay port charges, taxes and fees. That is how infrastructure pays for itself.
You asked about the land. A fair question, and you are perfectly placed to ask it formally. The size, terms and value of the land should be published, and whether it converts to equity should be stated plainly. Table the question in the House. I will support you.

✅️4. You asked about offtake and warned us with Nigerian cement prices.

Any offtake agreement should be public, and any agreement committing public money will in any case need to come before Parliament. But your cement comparison does not survive scrutiny. Nigeria's cement prices are driven by a collapsed naira, punishing energy costs and deliberate import-substitution policy and fuel is not cement. Kenya's pump prices are set monthly by EPRA under a regulated formula. A refinery on our own coast removes shipping distance, cuts landed costs and ends our exposure to every Gulf crisis that sends tankers around the Cape. If anything, Kenyans should pay less, not more.
You implied patronage. You have suggested, without evidence, that shares may have been demanded as a condition for this project. That is a grave allegation.

[Kenyans.co.ke @Kenyans]

If you want to go to court to stop the Lamu Refinery, go ahead; we are ready for you - Dangote

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

We are ready to break ground on the East Africa refinery in Lamu, a transformative project that will enhance the region’s energy security, deepen local value addition, create jobs and advance our industrialisation agenda.

Held talks with the President and CEO of Dangote Industries, @AlikoDangote, and the CEO of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Samaila Zubairu, on the sidelines of UNGA in New York, USA, to discuss the financing and final preparations for commencement of the project.

The refinery will unlock new economic opportunities, strengthen regional supply chains and position East Africa as a competitive energy and industrial hub.

We are focused on turning this landmark project into reality and delivering tangible benefits for the people of the region.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

https://t.co/3Sjm5coIzF

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

The World Athletics Championships are coming home!

Our country has won the right to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, making Kenya the first African nation to stage the premier global athletics competition.

This is Kenya’s moment, Africa’s moment and a victory for generations of athletes who made our nation synonymous with excellence on the track, on the road and cross country.

I congratulate our bid team, Athletics Kenya, the Ministry of Sports, Youth Affairs and the Creative Economy, our athletes and everyone who worked tirelessly to deliver this historic feat.

We thank World Athletics for the confidence it has placed in Kenya. We will honour that confidence by delivering an unforgettable championship worthy of our athletes, our country and our continent.

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

No amount of propaganda can erase the fact that the Social Health Authority (SHA) has stamped its mark in the delivery of universal healthcare in Kenya.

Already, 33 million Kenyans are registered with SHA as opposed to only 8 million under the defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). Unlike NHIF, which largely covered people in employment, SHA covers all categories of the people of Kenya.

SHA is also paying hospitals - from the dispensary to Level 6 hospitals - for the services they offer. And in line with the Facility Improvement Financing Act, the funds go to each hospital's account.

Consequently, more Kenyans are now accessing medical attention, including primary healthcare, and experiencing the benefits of social health insurance.

[Cliff Otega - I Need Results! @cliffotega]

@DonaldBKipkorir Nothing in this article speaks to market barriers. It's a case of personal debt fuelled expansion. The lesson here is deepening capital markets so that entrepreneurs big & small don't need to bet the house...

[Cliff Otega - I Need Results! @cliffotega]

https://t.co/CpHnAt9b8Y - Aliko Dangote on the EA Refinery & African economic prosperity - in case you missed it!

[Amelia @amelia_tweetz]

I think I’ve reached the point where I’d rather stay in a hotel than an Airbnb.

I don’t want to buy groceries. I don’t want to take out the trash. I don’t want to strip the bed before checkout.

I want a cozy hotel room, breakfast waiting downstairs, housekeeping doing their thing, and zero responsibilities while I’m on vacation.

When I’m traveling, I want to be a guest, not a temporary homeowner.

[Bloomberg @business]

"We're selling a story."

Fatima Dangote, daughter of Africa's richest man and Dangote Group's executive director for oil and gas, tells @jennzaba the upcoming IPO of the family's refinery business is a milestone for African industrialization. (Corrects graphic) https://t.co/kDO9bGVfZj

[Cliff Otega - I Need Results! @cliffotega]

Famous last words 🤷🏿‍♂️

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

This has been a Tuchel tactical masterclass. Take us home, Thomas! 👊👊👊👊

[Mwango Capital @MwangoCapital]

Kenya’s inbound FDI rose 38% YoY to a record $3.2 billion in 2025, extending the sharp recovery from $1.7 billion in 2023 and $2.3 billion in 2024.

That is the strongest foreign investment inflow in the 2006–2025 period, surpassing the previous peak cycle seen between 2011 and 2013.

[Bloomberg @business]

A new mega-refinery to be built at the Kenyan coast by Africa’s richest person will cost as much as $17 billion, a spokesman for Dangote has confirmed https://t.co/MXpjD9bZo7

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

Delivered

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

State shares design renders of what JKIA will look like after the airport is upgraded
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[Davis Chirchir, EGH @davis_chirchir]

BRIEF ON STATUS REPORT ON THE PROPOSED DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION OF JOMO KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JKIA).