Gerald Ngui

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

And just like that, I use Arch BTW. @Itsfoss

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@DstvStream customer experience is everything. When a customer cannot login to your system because you are trying to prove I am human is stupid. When a customer cannot figure out how to pay for your service is double stupid.

[Rwanda Is Open 🇷🇼 @RwandaisOpen]

Only in Rwanda: a whole city choosing wellness, community, and clean living every month.

Car Free Day isn’t an event, it’s a mindset.

🎥 courtesy.

[Stephen Mutoro @smutoro]

Finance Bill 2026: Ruto’s “Forgetful Warthog” Moment 🐗
🔁 Deja Vu — What He Clearly Didn’t Learn
🫆The 2024 Finance Bill triggered massive Gen Z protests that forced govt into full retreat — yet here we are, same playbook, 2 years later
🫆A 23-year-old protest organiser says it best: “We are not the same people who protested in 2024. We are worse off”
🫆Inflation is at a 2-year high — the worst possible moment to pile new taxes on ordinary Kenyans
🫆Budget deficit has worsened from 4.7% to 5.3% of GDP — meaning the fiscal mismanagement continues unabated

💸 The Pain Points — What Gets Taxed Now
🫆Mobile phones — 25% excise duty
🫆Bottled water — Sh6.41 per litre, despite unreliable tap water supply
🫆Fruit juices — Sh14.14 per litre (unsweetened); Sh20 per litre (with sugar)
🫆Mitumba clothes — 5% customs value levy, hitting the poorest hardest
🫆Imported furniture — 30% excise duty
🫆Ceramic sinks, toilets, urinals — 5% of excisable value or Sh50, whichever higher
🫆Crypto & digital wallets — 10% excise duty on every transaction fee
🫆Gambling winnings — 20% withholding tax

🏦 The Card Swipe Trap
🫆Interchange and merchant fees (Visa, Mastercard, mobile payment networks) now taxable as royalties
🫆Every debit/credit card swipe could attract two separate taxes
🫆Banks will pass costs to merchants → merchants pass to consumers
🫆Small shopkeepers risk financial ruin if electronic invoicing systems malfunction

⚖️ KRA’s Expanded Draconian Powers
🫆Commissioner can re-open any transaction for up to 5 years — a 5-year look-back with no upper limit
🫆KRA can generate pre-populated tax returns using your electronic data — shifting burden of proof: you must disprove what KRA says you owe
🫆Penalty for non-compliance with electronic tax system: higher of twice the tax due or Sh100,000 (Sh10,000 for individuals)
🫆Tax filing deadline moved from June to April — shrinking compliance window dramatically
🫆Nil returns now due by January 31 — squeezing small businesses with limited capacity

🏠 Landlords & Renters Feel It Too
🫆Residential rental income tax raised from 7.5% to 10%
🫆Non-resident rental income (foreigners earning from Kenyan property) taxed at 30% — landlords will simply pass this to tenants as higher rents

🎰 Gambling Gets Squeezed
🫆Betting & gaming excise of 5% on every deposit
🫆Gambling winnings subject to 20% withholding tax
🫆A Sh1,000 bet that wins Sh10,000 = govt takes Sh2,000 immediately plus 5% on deposit plus existing excise — total tax Sh4,050 on one transaction

💊 Even Medicine Gets Hit
🫆Previous excise exemption for glass bottles used for pharmaceutical products removed — meaning medicines get more expensive

🔑 The Revenue Target vs. Reality Gap
🫆Govt targets Sh3.63T in 2026/27 — an ambitious figure against a backdrop of economic pain
🫆Yet the budget deficit grows, suggesting revenue collection failures, not just revenue shortfalls
🫆The road maintenance levy on fuel has been halved from Sh3 to Sh1.50 per litre — the only genuine relief in the entire Bill

🔥 Political Recklessness — The 2027 Election Gamble
🫆Elections are next year — introducing punitive taxes now is political self-destruction
🫆Gen Z is angrier, more organised, and explicitly says: “They think we are tired. They are wrong”
🫆”The Standard” correctly calls this “tone-deaf” — a president who either doesn’t remember 2024 or doesn’t care

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@SakajaJohnson the irony. Tuendelee na Gaucho n others.

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@ledamalekina And the dying donkey is ODM.

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@paulinenjoroge OMG, this is what ODM has become?

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@ledamalekina Two term MP suddenly knows what is good for the country.

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

#PredatorBadlands 10/10

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

Kudos to banks that send transaction emails and Swift confirmations. @StanbicKE this is a great service. @Coopbankenya and @KCBInKenya is it too much to provide your customers this very helpful service? @KenyaBankers

[Yoko @Kibet_bull]

They're some leaders who've stood with us when government tries to harass us or pass bad laws.

1.Okiya Omtatah
2. Maraga
3.LSK
4.KNHCR
5.Karua
6.Babu Owino
7.Hussein Khalid

And many more

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

Let's see how @TheODMparty navigate these difficult times. They are either swallowed by UDA as @rigathi predicted or they chart their own way forward. Interesting times.

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

What a send-off for Baba Raila Odinga. Teargas at his funeral.

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@SigeyWendy This is a really nice photo..

[JESHI LA SIFUNA @Jeshi_LaSifuna]

Half man @RobertAlai in 1992 where were you when this man bought the plot in runda. You had not even started bad behavior at Onjiko boys..So You busy moving your waistline like a pendulum for Zakayo koz apparently you have land appetite too.

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@SigeyWendy Mtoe pesa, nothing comes free....

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

What's with Kenyan DJs? Wanakaa serkal tu.

[Hanifa @Honeyfarsafi]

If you have a few seconds to spare please use the hashtag #AtwoliRetire

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

The colonialist played the ultimate card on the African with Religion and Superstition. The same colonialist overcame the dark ages with the renaissance. One day the African will experience a renaissance from the ultimate card @AfricanHub_

[Gerald Ngui @gnguim]

@HonOscarSudi It's the states responsibility to protect everyone including our children from harm. Instead the government teargasses them for a play, just a play.