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[The village tycoon @jckiptoo]

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[WelBeast @WelBeast]

It’s okay Arsenal fans. We will not win all. Days like this are bound to happen no matter how hard we fight.

[The village tycoon @jckiptoo]

@Arsenalnewschan Nop it was a too notch game and very physical

[Goddie @Goddie_Ke]

Justin Muturi ; To Kenya’s youth: they are not after your phones, they are after your freedom

[Francis Gaitho @FGaitho237]

WITH THE DEATH OF RAILA ODINGA, IT’S TIME FOR THE MIDDLE-CLASS TO ERADICATE THE OPTICS OF SLUM-DWELLER POLITICS ONCE AND FOR ALL

The architects who ravaged Nairobi’s soul by weaponizing poverty as a psychological ploy; franchising slum-politics to ensnare the desperate in cycles of dependency and manufactured loyalty - are four notorious figures:

1Raila Odinga
2Maina Kamanda
3Fred Gumo
4The late David Mwenje

This insidious gerrymandering wasn’t mere boundary-tinkering; it was a calculated mind game, exploiting human vulnerabilities like tribal kinship and survival instincts to import voters en masse during the Moi era.

By flooding constituencies with “loyal” demographics, these demagogues engineered fiefdoms, sustaining their grip on power through the illusion of organic support - psychologically conditioning masses to view them as indispensable saviors amid engineered chaos.

Raila Odinga masterminded the influx from Nyanza to Kibera, transforming Lang’ata into his unassailable stronghold by preying on ethnic solidarity and poverty’s despair, fostering a cult of personality where votes became acts of tribal fealty rather than free choice.

Maina Kamanda orchestrated the Mount Kenya migration to Starehe (Mathare, Kariobangi, and beyond), leveraging regional pride and economic desperation to stack the deck, creating echo chambers of allegiance that drowned out dissent.

David Mwenje, alongside opportunists like Ferdinand Waititu, colonized Embakasi’s expanses like Ruai, Mwihoko, Mwiki with imported voters, weaponizing land grabs and slum sprawl to fabricate electoral invincibility, all under the guise of “community empowerment.”

Fred Gumo dominated Westlands by channeling voters into Kangemi, exploiting urban migration’s rootlessness to build a facade of grassroots backing, where poverty became the currency of political patronage.

But the true psychological ploy lurks deeper: gerrymandering as mass hypnosis, diluting diverse voices into monolithic blocs, eroding individual agency, and instilling learned helplessness.

The optics of staged mass movements; protests, rallies, and “spontaneous” uprisings - amplify this, crafting spectacles of unity that gaslight the public into voter apathy.

When crowds are bused in or paid to perform, it breeds cynicism: “why vote when it’s all already pre-rigged?”

This induced disengagement is the ploy’s masterstroke, turning elections into theaters where voter-apathy crowns the real winner - the entrenched elite, who thrive on low turnout from the disillusioned, ensuring their fiefdoms persist unchallenged.

In the 2022 elections, the true victor wasn’t William Ruto, who scraped by with a paltry 7.1 million votes. The real power lay with the 8 million who boycotted and the 4 million eligible voters who never registered; a middle-class majority lulled into voter apathy by the psychological ploy of staged popularity, orchestrated by the vocal minority of slum-dwellers and peasants.

Yet, the middle class holds the key to shattering this endless loop. Bypass the trance by rejecting tribal optics: educate yourselves on policy over personality, leverage digital platforms for independent voter mobilization, support civic tech for transparent redistricting, and amplify cross-ethnic alliances.

Vote en bloc for reformers, fund accountability watchdogs and cultivate financial independence to immunize against poverty’s weaponization.

The demagogues’ spell breaks when the informed opt out of apathy and in to systemic overhaul - reclaiming Nairobi from the shadows of manipulated masses.

More scrutiny into these four’s lasting scars is imperative; their “legacy” demands dissection, not deference.

[Martha Karua @MarthaKarua]

We will push back # AlutaContinua

[Dr. Strange @Imonaar]

Once calm and normalcy is restored. The eighth assented bills will hit us like a brick.

Ruto only move now is to consolidate power and tightly regulate speech.

[Ademba Allans @Ademba_47]

RUTO MUST GO

[Juma G 🇰🇪 @jumaf3]

Ruto took advantage of the noise around the death of Raila Odinga to sign into law The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill. I tell you, what Kasongo has planned for us, only Wele Khakaba will help us. Khabusie!

[Elkanah Mbaka 🇰🇪 @ElkanahMbaka]

Bruh, forget Rao's passing, the bills being passed today are the true death of Kenya as we know it. What the hell is going on?

[Kimuzi @Kimuzi_]

We all agree on one thing. Wantam

[EDGAR @edgarwabwire_]

A Cybersecurity Bill has just been passed into law and it will severely censor freedom of speech! We cannot afford to stay silent until it’s too late. Our forefathers shed their blood for these freedoms; we must protect every single right to the very core!

[Kigonyi Wa Nduthi 🏍 @rex_maina]

You listen to something and it stays with you forever.

Leo i took my old man for admission at KU Referral Hospital for an endoscopy. Ahead of us was an elderly man, after his appointment, I overheard him tell his daughter in Kikuyu, “We can’t afford the procedure, let me go rest at home as I wait for my day.”

That one cut deep.

Healthcare should be affordable for everyone. An example, the two items below cost almost 40k, excluding other procedures barely covered by SHA. It’s insane.

So when you see me question or ridicule politicians, nielewe, waende wajidishi nahuko.

[Mavin Mabonga @Mabonga_254]

No one can rescue Ruto again, let’s take back our country.

[African @ali_naka]

Dear African Rulers

Invest in healthcare system at HOME!

This thing of coming back as CARGO is not sustainable!

[I am Chege @_James041]

William Ruto has just signed eight murderous bills into law.

Eight. Just moments ago.

Including the Cybercrime and Privatization bills.

#RutoMustGoNow

[Ohta Ryota 🇸🇬 @Ohta_Ryota]

Ruto aliamkia to assent to bills well knowing Raila was dead.....because he knew the death would cloud any scrutiny....jamaa anakuwanga mkora professional

[PropesaTv @PropesaTv]

President Ruto took advantage of Raila’s death to quietly sign 8 controversial bills into law, including one giving him the power to shut down social media platforms and pages without court orders.

He knew the sad news would bury public scrutiny.

[wanjiru @Wanjiru2027]

The Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Ammendment Bill 2024,has been signed by ruto

"A person who communicates in a way that will cause fear of violence, is liable to a fine not exceeding Ksh 20M or not more than 10 yrs imprisonment"

Our freedom of speech has been signed off.
#OccupyStatehouseNow

[I am Chege @_James041]

The Cybercrime bill needs streets.

We cannot sit and watch as our freedom of speech and expression are being taken away.

Not in this era!

#RutoMustGoNow #DrainTheSwamp