While Jomo Kenyatta was busy consolidating power, assassinating political threats, and presiding over one of the largest transfers of public land into private hands(illegally), his counterpart Lee Kuan Yew was laying the foundations of a modern industrial state. In the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, Singapore deliberately positioned itself as a trusted refining and trading hub, investing heavily in oil refineries and petrochemical industries. By the 1990s, it had become the world’s third-largest oil refining center and third-largest oil trading hub.
The contrast could not be starker. One leader spent his years building institutions and industries that would enrich future generations. The other spent his securing power and patronage networks. One was a founding father in deed. The other was a founding father in ceremony, a pseudo-founder standing in the shadow of a nation won by the sacrifices of the very people he had abandoned.
All the records broken by Lionel Messi today:
Most FIFA World Cup finals goals by a football (soccer) player - 18
Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by an individual - 28
Most matches won by a player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 18
Most minutes played in the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 2,489
We are witnessing history.
KTN News decided to bless Ruto with a very good piece of his consistency in telling “alternative facts” and “Six months” promises.
The Gallery of Ruto lies it is. Wapi salute na makofi.
'President William Ruto was at Evian because South Africa was not there. French President Emmanuel Macron, under pressure from Washington over its tensions with Pretoria, needed an African face at the table.'
'Kenya was not the partner but was simply the venue — invited not because it was indispensable, but because it was available.'
Read more: https://t.co/hpvmcVyWlL
FIFA is setting a bad precedent on this visa and immigration issue … a time will come where a host nation will deny an entire team from playing the World Cup .
The President of Finland flew into Kenya via a scheduled Turkish Airways commercial flight in May 2025. President Ruto flew to Finland on a very expensive private charter jet in June 2026.
@BlowTell@kait_wangamati@Kenyans Are those who can't afford forced to downgrade? By who? They can just visit the clubs' websites and place their orders there.