You stood tall for Africa now help us stand clean . Your Excellency President William Samoei Ruto @WilliamsRuto
Politics may divide us in Kenya, but on Wednesday night you gave every Kenyan a reason to stand together. When you took the podium at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, you spoke not only for Kenya but for a continent of 1.5 billion people. You did us proud, and I say so without reservation.
You made Africa's case with courage and clarity. You reminded the world that Africa's 54 Member States, more than a quarter of the assembly, have no permanent seat on the Council, and you captured our situation in one line that will be quoted for years: "Permanently discussed, yet permanently excluded." Your persistence is paying off, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres now officially backing your campaign for a permanent seat for Africa on the UN Security Council.
You spoke at a proud moment for our continent. Just weeks earlier, the "Correct the Map" resolution, which addresses a colonial-era injustice that visually shrank Africa for 450 years, passed by 164 votes to one. Togo led it, the African Union championed it, and voices like yours carried its spirit onto the world stage. Our children will now grow up knowing Africa is about 14 times larger than Greenland. The world finally sees how big we are.
Mr President, the next victory must be won at home . Having won the argument abroad, you now have a rare opportunity to win it at home. The world has accepted that Africa is big. What it still needs to see is that Africa is well governed.
Our own record falls short of your words in New York. In the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, Kenya scored 30 out of 100, down from 32 in 2024. Kenyans feel this every day, in delayed services, stalled projects and money that never reaches the people it was meant for. Yet Seychelles, Cabo Verde, Botswana and Rwanda have shown that African nations can score above 50 and earn the world's respect.
Kenya, with all its talent, can and should be among them. You told the Assembly that many developing countries now spend more on interest than on classrooms and medicine. You are right but every shilling lost to graft at home is a shilling we must borrow abroad or from local bamks who squeeze out Wanjiku & Fatuma out of the credit market space. Bank in kenya make billions NOT because our economy is making billions . When only banks make billions in profits then there is something fundamentally wrong with the economy of a nation.
Cleaning up how we run our government is the surest way to put down the begging bowl for good.
Our elders say that when a child washes his hands, he can dine with kings. Mr President, you have secured Africa an invitation to the high table. Let us arrive with clean hands, so no one can question our right to the seat.
In more than thirty years of promoting Kenya in many countries, I have seen how warmly the world responds to African confidence, and how quickly that warmth turns into partnership when it is backed by strong institutions. The passion you showed in New York, carried home and shared with your fellow African leaders, can make good governance Africa's next common cause.
Mr President, you have shown the world how big Africa is now show the world how great Kenya can be.
History will remember the speech; let it also remember what followed.
As always i choose to remain an optimist
Former National Treasury CS, Prof. Njuguna Ndung'u, says whereas institutions in Kenya have the capacity to do the right thing, "the current President overruns all the institutions and that is why everybody in those institutions will have to conform, for fear"
The Egyptian coach won the hearts of all Muslims last night. ❤️
By waving the Palestinian flag in front of the Jews last night, he represented the sentiments of all Muslims. ❤️🔥
الفيدو دة الفيفا عمال تستخدم حقوق الملكية الفكرية وتمسحة من مواقع التواصل علشان تمحي آثار الجريمة. انشروا الفيديو في كل مكان قبل ما يختفي. خلوه يوصل لكل الناس فيصعب مسحة.
🚨🗣️ José Mourinho on the Repeated Argentina World Cup Controversies
"I look at what happened with the Folarin Balogun red card being magically suspended after politics got involved, and I look at how Egypt was completely robbed in the Round of 16 against them, and I just have to smile. All of this started in the very first week of the tournament when Lionel Messi was allowed to escape a clear red card against Algeria. When you set a precedent that the rules do not apply to certain teams, you lose all control. We are seeing it match after match. It is a recurring script."
"Some people are calling it a scandal, but a scandal is something unexpected. For me? This is just normal now. We witnessed the system protecting them throughout the group stages, we saw it against Cape Verde, and we saw it again when Mohamed Salah was denied a clear penalty while Cristian Romero stayed on the pitch after a horrific tackle. You can put the tournament in America, in Mexico, in Canada, it doesn't matter. The geographic location changes, but the hands pulling the strings stay exactly the same. It is a cinematic production."
"If you are a smaller nation playing in this World Cup, you have to accept that you start the match 1-0 down before a ball is even kicked. Egypt played beautiful football, they went 2-0 up, and they still couldn't win because you cannot defeat a referee who is determined to look the other way. When VAR can rewind the play from five minutes ago just to disallow an Egyptian goal, but refuses to check a blatant foul on Salah in the 93rd minute, the game is dead. The integrity is completely gone."
🚨🗣️ Hossam Hassan on Palestine:
“By the way, the Palestinian children you are leaving to die love football. They wear Barcelona, Real Madrid and Argentina shirts.
They love you and they love football… but you are leaving them to die.” 💔
Salah was fouled in the box, but VAR did not review it like they reviewed the foul on Martinez. Anyone saying world cup isn't rigged doesn't see the sense.
🚨 Thierry Henry on Argentina knocking Egypt out of the FIFA World Cup:
🗣️ “This one feels like outright daylight theft on the pitch.
I’m not questioning Argentina’s talent they’re stacked with elite players but they didn’t merit the victory tonight.
Egypt fought tooth and nail to establish that two-goal cushion. They showed real grit in defense, flair going forward, and fully deserved every bit of their advantage.
The game shifted because of the officiating, in my view. That early penalty for Argentina already looked questionable, and from then on, it seemed like every big call went against Egypt.
Those moments completely altered the flow and handed Argentina the lifeline they needed.
Egypt will be devastated leaving this competition. They came so close to pulling off what would have been one of their finest triumphs.
Football can be won through moments of genius or through disputed calls and right now, the refereeing decisions will be talked about just as much as the action on the field.”
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🚨🗣️New: Mohamed Salah on the controversial officiating decisions in Egypt and Argentina game, Messi and Argentina are being favored:
“People will say Argentina showed the mentality of champions. Fine. But tell me this: when exactly did Egypt get the same protection from the officials?
We scored a second goal. The stadium exploded. The world saw it. Then suddenly VAR became an archaeologist, digging through the ruins of football history to find a foul from another lifetime.
Funny how they could rewind the game Five minutes to cancel our goal, but when I was brought down in the box, everyone suddenly forgot where the replay button was.
That’s what hurts. Not losing. Not Argentina.
The inconsistency.
One decision gets examined under a microscope. Another gets buried under the carpet.
We were told football is decided on the pitch. Tonight it felt like it was decided in a control room.
And let’s talk about those final minutes.
Two penalty appeals. Two moments that could have changed everything. Nothing. No review. No urgency. No explanation.
Then Argentina go down the other end and score the winner.
That isn’t a plot twist. That’s the kind of script that leaves millions of people asking questions.
Egypt fought for every blade of grass. We defended. We believed. We earned our moments.
But every time we climbed the mountain, someone moved the summit.
The disallowed goal.
The ignored penalty shouts.
The cards flying around our bench because people who dedicate their lives to this game couldn’t understand what they were witnessing.
And now we’re expected to smile and say football won?
No.
Football wins when the rules are applied equally.
Football wins when VAR is a shield for fairness, not a sword that appears only when convenient.
Because from where I’m standing, Egypt didn’t just lose 3-2.
Egypt lost a goal, lost two penalty appeals, lost faith in consistency, and eventually lost a place in the quarter-finals.
Maybe Argentina deserved to advance.
Maybe they didn’t.
That’s football.
But what will make people angry isn’t the result.
It’s the feeling that one team was forced to play against eleven men, the clock, and a set of decisions that seemed to change shape whenever the game demanded it.
And that’s why this match will be remembered long after the scoreline is forgotten.”