James Kerr Watson was a man of many firsts in colonial Kenya, both in the construction industry and in the agricultural industry. Little is known about him, so...
Let us do the honors:
Here's a thread explaining everything that you need to know about tea. To be clear, when I say 'tea,' I mean the beverage made from Camellia sinensis.
All teas mentioned in this thread can be found either at any KTDA / Independent factory in Kenya or at the Tea Research Institute in Kericho. (Content is directly lifted from my slides, which I prepared from the Drunken Lecture I delivered in Nairobi, Kenya, September 2025 unless stated otherwise, photos from google unless otherwise stated). Photo source: @maisonchailtd
@KillaLando Tax ACT allows businesses to build public infra, roads, etc and then deduct the expense before paying taxes. It however do require a prior approval from CS.
I'm not aware of any biz that has ever taken this up.
Church psyops: This is public information I am stating. Okay. So the church can never really oppose or antagonise the govt. It'd be stupid. Bad business. Because inherently they're a business. Serious business. I'll give you an example with their best performer. 🧵
Jackson HARVESTER Angaine.
Here's the story of how Kenya's first Minister of Lands and Settlement grabbed 2300 acres of land in the Mt Kenya Forest.
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🧵 🪡 Thread on issues and solutions pertaining to tea quality West of the Rift: Tea breeding must align with farmer needs, methods of processing tea and market demands. Regional suitability for cultivars is key.
@MalcomvonRongai@GideonNgumbau@Bossyator@KenyaGovernors@ConstantCap@aomenya There are many things that play into such a thing.
1. Kenyans believing their plots are sacrosanct. Thus "you-can-not-stop-me=from-developing-my-plot" attitude. Any effort to control development using zoning fails because of this attitude. Kabogo lost a lot of votes because he
All this supremacist, self help, hard work and entrepreneur talk hides a lot of uneasiness and uncertainty.
That's why people were selling kidneys to buy motorbikes and politically they brought us the digital duo who have wreaked havoc on the economy
Yes. Now go read on the long history of Jomo Kenyatta vs Nyandarua, Moi vs Nyandarua etc
It is also proof that development in the rest of Kikuyu areas was not due to hard work. If it was Nyandarua would be at par
USAID Funding:
According to a shared document, the fate of USAID funded projects in Kenya is out. Out of 83 projects, 72 projects have been terminated. 11 active projects ending between 2026 and 29 will continue.
Uhuru is a very poor specimen of leadership.
He should never talk about anything leadership.
That Africa still has a use for him hows how the continent is bereft of leaders
CIA-LEFTIST ACTIVITY IN KENYA (31/7/1964).
Of concern to Langley was Odinga's recurrent flirtation with socialism and the rapid growth of his power base largely through the dispensing of Communist funds and university scholarships—all thanks to his networks in Moscow and Peking.