@kinjeketile A 2019 Actros 2545 or 2019 Scania R450 costs £25,000 CIF & taxes ~ 1.4M all inclusive.
Total landed cost averages 5.8M-6M.
The real test is durability.
You need a truck that will handle 15-20 years of EA roads to break even+profit.
5 years is working for financiers only
@kinjeketile People understand consequences.
Create the Offense of "Hazardous Theft at Accident Sites" weka 10-15 years.
Ongeza sub-offence of Siphoning in the presence of fire risks or near residential areas. Weka another 10 years.
@kinjeketile@King_Ottokar_@K2grind @Jasiri_D30 It is going to bite us proper. This is now 244/- from the previous price of 183.75.
I wonder how EPRA will manage to inplement the 10/- reduction in the next cycle.
Fuel brokers are having the time of their lives.
Crude oil is still under $100.
Refineries are making a kill
@kinjeketile They should be issued with a simcard that expire same day their visa (or free 6 months period) expires. When they renew visa, they get to renew it again.
Simcard remains unallocated for 2 years of inactivity.
Same for landlords. Tenancy should match visa period.
Why are we even pretending this is about elections anymore?
The government is fake, the opposition is fake, and most of the political class is just one network of gangsters changing jackets depending on where power is. Kenya is now trapped in a game where the same people loot, defect, reconcile, betray, regroup and return to ask for votes again.
Kenyans made a historic mistake after June 25th 2024. That was the moment the country saw the system clearly, naked and afraid, but instead of forcing a total civic reset, the political class was allowed to reorganize, buy time and return with the same old tricks.
At this point, elections alone cannot save Kenya if the choices are manufactured by the same rotten system. Voting between thieves, brokers, family empires and fake saviours is not democracy; it is managed frustration.
Kenya does not just need another election.
Kenya needs a complete political reset, a new civic consciousness, new accountability, new leadership standards and a public that refuses to be recycled through the same gangster menu every five years.
Once again I repeat. It is not your business to defend the government, your primary allegiance is to the nation not the government of the day. Where they are wrong, call them out!
Whoever came up with the phrase cheap is expensive certainly never fueled at Astrol Petrol Station.
1. It is 100% Kenyan, founded in 2000 by the late Thayu Kamal Kabugi and is now run by the son, James Mwangi.
2. They not only own the land their stations are built on to cut costs but also manage their stations directly rather than franchising.
3. Their fuel contains a high 91 PON rating, which is higher than the premium fuels around, including V-Power.
4. They are not only 2 - 7 shillings cheaper but also never hoard fuel whenever there are shortages.
We don’t appreciate such companies enough