Weka siasa kwa roho kabisa. That family is the reason you have to think twice before you spend money on lunch, the reason we don't have a working healthcare and education is in the pits. The reason you have to campaign for blood for your loved one, the reason we have compromised
There's aspirational theory then there are technicals of life. Circumstances outside of you exist whether you acknowledge them or not. And they influence your decision making, one way or the other. We need our country to stop being corrupt, why is it still corrupt if all it takes is motivational talk?
Nairobi CBD, especially from Moi Avenue downwards, has become so chaotic that many people only go there when absolutely necessary. Boda bodas ride in every direction, matatus overlap in the middle of town, and pedestrians are left to fend for themselves. How did we allow our capital city to deteriorate to this point?
The most consistent policy in Kenya since independence has been the protection of the political class from the consequences of their decisions. Everything else has been negotiable.
I swear to God i can never voluntarily listen to Ruto speak. When I'm scrolling Twitter and a video of him speaking pops up, the 2 seconds it takes me to mute the video makes my ears bleed and my brain shut. That's how much I hate that man.
Macron calling himself a Pan Africanist is the worst insult to Pan Africanism in our generation. The fact that this insult has been uttered in Nairobi is even more painful
The illusion of replacing leaders
2002: “We just need to replace Moi.”
Nobody cared about fixing the system.
2007: “We just need to replace Kibaki.”
No talk of systemic change
2022: “We just need to replace Uhuru.”
Infact vote Ruto to punish Uhuru
2027: “We just need to replace Ruto.”
Same illusion. Anyone but Ruto!
2032: “We just need to replace whoever”
A broken system eventually reproduces the same outcomes, no matter who sits at the top.
Can we discuss how we can reform the broken system atleast?
@AmbokoJH You are all missing a critical item. On the taxes for mobile phones, excise is to be collected at point of activation. Not import and not sale, activation. This gives the government user data for all new phones in Kenya, without having to compel operators with court order.
@OkiyaOmtatah@HonOtuoma This circus of Kenyans electing corrupt, selfish and greedy politicians and then immediately after elections they start complaining about the politicians they have elected MUST stop.
From the word go, Kenyans must elect leaders of integrity.
Or Kenya quietly granting extraterritorial rights to French troops , a decision with serious human rights implications given the history of foreign military presence in the country (British troops have been committing rights violations with impunity). I can go on.
There are no words to adequately describe the courage of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso in taking the stand when they did when they declared sovereignty. None. They are paying such a heavy price for it, sometimes I'm overwhelmed just thinking about it and I'm not even there. May the ancestors be with them.
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J’ai lu cet article ce matin, mais je n’avais pas le temps de réagir... Si le titre vous choque, prenez réellement deux minutes pour lire le contenu. Parce que le plus sidérant n’est même pas le titre !
Dans cet entretien, on va beaucoup plus loin qu’un simple débat sémantique sur le "djihadisme modéré"🙄. On évoque noir sur blanc un scénario où il faudrait le départ de Assimi Goïta, le retrait des forces russes, puis la normalisation progressive du JNIM groupe affilié à Al-Qaeda. Mieux encore : retrait des listes terroristes, intégration d’anciens combattants djihadistes dans les forces armées, reconnaissance internationale progressive.
Relisez cette phrase lentement ! Relisez-la lentement, s'il vous plaît !
On parle d’un groupe responsable de morts, de déplacements de populations, de destruction d’écoles et de terreur quotidienne imposée à des civils maliens. Et pourtant, certains trouvent désormais acceptable de théoriser leur recyclage politique au nom de la "stabilité" !
Imaginez une seule seconde qu’un média évoque avec autant de légèreté la normalisation d’un groupe terroriste en Europe. Ce débat n’aurait même jamais lieu. C’est précisément ce qui est révoltant : cette facilité avec laquelle certains "experts" pensent l’Afrique comme un laboratoire géopolitique où tout semble permis. Renverser un État imparfait pour envisager son remplacement par des acteurs armés ayant semé la terreur et appeler cela une solution stratégique ? C’est d’une gravité absolue. Une insulte à notre intelligence. Et le reflet d’un racisme décomplexé où la souffrance des populations semble toujours secondaire face à certains calculs géopolitiques.