Dr. Juliana Kibatta (Ph.D)

19 days ago

@LarryMadowo Now you can't go celebrate a friend because of Wantam? Let's give Larry a break. Celebrate and pick up where you left off the next day...Wantam.

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SinCara ‎⁨ᥫ᭡ @dombwosque24823

20 days ago

@Won_4r Water - after a week you will start forgetting about soda.

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Cyprian, Is Nyakundi

@C_NyaKundiH

21 days ago

That Ruto is cornered is no longer something to dismiss, because the political mood, the anger on the ground and the fractures around him are becoming harder to ignore. “Ruto Must Go” can win an election, but it cannot run a country, and the opposition must now start telling Kenyans what happens after the celebrations are over. Start with the national debt. Which loans will they honour, which ones will they audit, what happens to odious or questionable debt, and how exactly will they stop Kenya from borrowing simply to repay previous borrowing? Then tell us what happens to this bloated government structure where almost every problem has somehow produced an authority, agency, board, council, commission, fund, secretariat, director general, board chairman, CEO, offices, vehicles and allowances. Why, for example, does Kenya need a whole Kenya Water Towers Agency with its own board and administration to coordinate conservation of water towers instead of placing that work directly inside the responsible ministry alongside the existing forestry, water and environmental departments? The government itself has admitted that some State corporations have overlapping or duplicated mandates and has been trying to merge or restructure them, which tells you the problem is not imaginary. How many water agencies does one country need before water actually reaches people's taps, when we already have the Ministry of Water, Water Works Development Agencies, the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority, Water Resources Authority and other institutions funded from the same taxpayer? How many agricultural boards, authorities and corporations do we need before farmers receive affordable fertiliser, functioning markets and reasonable prices for what they produce? How many youth funds, women funds, enterprise funds and empowerment programmes must exist separately, each carrying administrators and operational costs, instead of creating one properly managed financing institution with measurable results? Why do functions that could comfortably sit as departments inside ministries repeatedly become standalone State corporations requiring CEOs, boards, procurement departments, HR departments, finance departments, legal departments and expensive headquarters? The opposition must tell us which State corporations it will abolish, which ones it will merge, which boards disappear on day one and how much money those changes will actually save taxpayers. Tell us what happens to SHA and whether healthcare will continue being built around deductions, unexplained private technology companies and layers of agencies before money finally reaches the hospital treating the patient. Tell us what happens to the housing levy, and whether government should really be collecting money from every worker, building houses, identifying beneficiaries, financing mortgages and competing with private developers at the same time. Tell us what happens to university funding, HELB, school capitation and the endless experiments that leave parents discovering new education policies after schools have already opened. Tell us what happens to county financing and whether governors will continue travelling to Nairobi every few months begging Treasury to release money that Parliament already allocated to counties. Tell us what happens to corruption cases, because Kenyans do not need another government that arrives with its own thieves, protects them for five years and suddenly discovers corruption when somebody falls out politically. Tell us what happens to procurement. Will every tender, beneficial owner, contract variation and final payment become publicly searchable, or will we continue pretending transparency exists when more than half of government contractors can remain hidden behind companies? Tell us what happens to the police. Will the next president still call commanders when he wants opponents arrested, or will Kenya finally build a police service where an officer fears the law more than he fears State House? Tell us what happens to the DCI, ODPP, EACC, intelligence services and other institutions that become extremely energetic when powerful people have private problems but suddenly develop weak knees when politically connected goons, killers and thieves are involved. Tell us what happens to State House spending, advisers, presidential delivery units, special envoys, taskforces and endless committees created whenever somebody in government wants another office. Tell us what happens to Cabinet size, principal secretaries, CAS style positions if they return under another name, government advisers and political appointees scattered through State corporations. Tell us whether government vehicles will still consume billions transporting officials to meetings where they discuss why government has no money. Tell us whether every new president will continue creating offices for election losers and coalition partners instead of forcing political parties to carry the cost of their own political settlements. Tell us what happens to taxes, because promising to reduce taxation is easy until the same politicians enter Treasury and discover they inherited a government whose recurrent expenditure they are unwilling to cut. Tell us what happens to pending bills, because thousands of businesses have supplied government, paid VAT, borrowed money to perform contracts and then waited years for the State to pay them. Tell us what happens to electricity costs, fuel taxes, manufacturing, agriculture and small businesses, because Kenya cannot tax itself into prosperity and then wonder why investors move production elsewhere. And most importantly, tell us what happens to the structure of political power itself. If all the opposition is offering is another president controlling Parliament, influencing prosecutors, intimidating independent institutions, appointing friends everywhere and borrowing billions with no consequences, then we are simply preparing the next “Must Go” movement. Ruto going is now a reality. But Kenya cannot spend the next year discussing who takes the cake without asking why the cake is this expensive, why so many people are eating from it and why ordinary Kenyans are always the ones paying for it.

$C_NyaKundiH's tweet photo. That Ruto is cornered is no longer something to dismiss, because the political mood, the anger on the ground and the fractures around him are becoming harder to ignore. “Ruto Must Go” can win an election, but it cannot run a country, and the opposition must now start telling Kenyans what happens after the celebrations are over. Start with the national debt. Which loans will they honour, which ones will they audit, what happens to odious or questionable debt, and how exactly will they stop Kenya from borrowing simply to repay previous borrowing? Then tell us what happens to this bloated government structure where almost every problem has somehow produced an authority, agency, board, council, commission, fund, secretariat, director general, board chairman, CEO, offices, vehicles and allowances. Why, for example, does Kenya need a whole Kenya Water Towers Agency with its own board and administration to coordinate conservation of water towers instead of placing that work directly inside the responsible ministry alongside the existing forestry, water and environmental departments? The government itself has admitted that some State corporations have overlapping or duplicated mandates and has been trying to merge or restructure them, which tells you the problem is not imaginary. How many water agencies does one country need before water actually reaches people's taps, when we already have the Ministry of Water, Water Works Development Agencies, the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority, Water Resources Authority and other institutions funded from the same taxpayer? How many agricultural boards, authorities and corporations do we need before farmers receive affordable fertiliser, functioning markets and reasonable prices for what they produce? How many youth funds, women funds, enterprise funds and empowerment programmes must exist separately, each carrying administrators and operational costs, instead of creating one properly managed financing institution with measurable results? Why do functions that could comfortably sit as departments inside ministries repeatedly become standalone State corporations requiring CEOs, boards, procurement departments, HR departments, finance departments, legal departments and expensive headquarters? The opposition must tell us which State corporations it will abolish, which ones it will merge, which boards disappear on day one and how much money those changes will actually save taxpayers. Tell us what happens to SHA and whether healthcare will continue being built around deductions, unexplained private technology companies and layers of agencies before money finally reaches the hospital treating the patient. Tell us what happens to the housing levy, and whether government should really be collecting money from every worker, building houses, identifying beneficiaries, financing mortgages and competing with private developers at the same time. Tell us what happens to university funding, HELB, school capitation and the endless experiments that leave parents discovering new education policies after schools have already opened. Tell us what happens to county financing and whether governors will continue travelling to Nairobi every few months begging Treasury to release money that Parliament already allocated to counties. Tell us what happens to corruption cases, because Kenyans do not need another government that arrives with its own thieves, protects them for five years and suddenly discovers corruption when somebody falls out politically. Tell us what happens to procurement. Will every tender, beneficial owner, contract variation and final payment become publicly searchable, or will we continue pretending transparency exists when more than half of government contractors can remain hidden behind companies? Tell us what happens to the police. Will the next president still call commanders when he wants opponents arrested, or will Kenya finally build a police service where an officer fears the law more than he fears State House? Tell us what happens to the DCI, ODPP, EACC, intelligence services and other institutions that become extremely energetic when powerful people have private problems but suddenly develop weak knees when politically connected goons, killers and thieves are involved. Tell us what happens to State House spending, advisers, presidential delivery units, special envoys, taskforces and endless committees created whenever somebody in government wants another office. Tell us what happens to Cabinet size, principal secretaries, CAS style positions if they return under another name, government advisers and political appointees scattered through State corporations. Tell us whether government vehicles will still consume billions transporting officials to meetings where they discuss why government has no money. Tell us whether every new president will continue creating offices for election losers and coalition partners instead of forcing political parties to carry the cost of their own political settlements. Tell us what happens to taxes, because promising to reduce taxation is easy until the same politicians enter Treasury and discover they inherited a government whose recurrent expenditure they are unwilling to cut. Tell us what happens to pending bills, because thousands of businesses have supplied government, paid VAT, borrowed money to perform contracts and then waited years for the State to pay them. Tell us what happens to electricity costs, fuel taxes, manufacturing, agriculture and small businesses, because Kenya cannot tax itself into prosperity and then wonder why investors move production elsewhere. And most importantly, tell us what happens to the structure of political power itself. If all the opposition is offering is another president controlling Parliament, influencing prosecutors, intimidating independent institutions, appointing friends everywhere and borrowing billions with no consequences, then we are simply preparing the next “Must Go” movement. Ruto going is now a reality. But Kenya cannot spend the next year discussing who takes the cake without asking why the cake is this expensive, why so many people are eating from it and why ordinary Kenyans are always the ones paying for it.$

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jkibatta retweeted

22 days ago

History will be kind to this man

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jkibatta retweeted

22 days ago

There’s a reason they won’t push this as Grand Coalition, because they know very well this is the kind of coalition that has the potential to serve Kenyans, not their interests. A Maraga, Omtatah and Sifuna led government has the potential to right so many wrongs in this country. That is exactly why the conversation will quickly shift to who can bring votes, who has numbers and who is “electable”, not because they care about Kenya but because they need politicians they can control and who will protect the very system that has looted this country for decades. This idea that we need Person A, B or C because they will “bring votes” needs to end. Go out there and campaign for the candidate you believe in, talk to your family, talk to your cousins, talk to your grandparents, form groups, have conversations, convince people… this is how democracies are won. No one has a monopoly on votes in this country. As someone once said, THE VOTER IS THE KINGMAKER!! Why are we waiting for the same political class that helped ruin this country to tell us which direction Kenya should take? Until we understand that the opposition is not a group of wealthy politicians fighting each other but you, the people, demanding better leadership, we will keep surrendering our power to those who have never had our interests at heart. WANTAM!!

lynn_ngugi1's tweet photo. There’s a reason they won’t push this as Grand Coalition, because they know very well this is the kind of coalition that has the potential to serve Kenyans, not their interests.

A Maraga, Omtatah and Sifuna led government has the potential to right so many wrongs in this country. That is exactly why the conversation will quickly shift to who can bring votes, who has numbers and who is “electable”, not because they care about Kenya but because they need politicians they can control and who will protect the very system that has looted this country for decades.

This idea that we need Person A, B or C because they will “bring votes” needs to end.
Go out there and campaign for the candidate you believe in, talk to your family, talk to your cousins, talk to your grandparents, form groups, have conversations, convince people… this is how democracies are won.

No one has a monopoly on votes in this country. As someone once said, THE VOTER IS THE KINGMAKER!!

Why are we waiting for the same political class that helped ruin this country to tell us which direction Kenya should take? Until we understand that the opposition is not a group of wealthy politicians fighting each other but you, the people, demanding better leadership, we will keep surrendering our power to those who have never had our interests at heart.

WANTAM!!

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Cyprian, Is Nyakundi

@C_NyaKundiH

24 days ago

DCI Seizes Massive Gold Consignment at JKIA as Somali Nationals Arrested in Multi-Billion Smuggling Ring Shielded by Top Gov't Officials — https://t.co/3FtpnVwSi4

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24 days ago

@MissLELOMK1 @ledigakoketso Your not late. Had my first at 35 and holding my second right now who is 2 months old. Congratulations mama.

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Anwar Saddat

@AnuarSaddat

28 days ago

That the Ruto Regime gave a Sudanese Warlord Kenyan diplomatic passport, and protects his Nairobi homes 24/7 with over 30 security officers but abducted Ugandan Opposition Leader and Human Rights defender, Dr. Kiza Besigye in Nairobi and ferried him to Uganda, to be tortured and will most likely be killed by Museveni, was very unfortunate. Ruto is fully responsible for everything happening to Besigye.

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28 days ago

@wekiauto2000 We all have a democratic right, that right one day shows you which side of history you chose and as such,you are judged by it. Its tough being a leader. As they say, heavy hangs the head that wears a crown.

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28 days ago

Kuna mtu amesema Siasa haitaki akili mingi😂😂WANTAM!!

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28 days ago

@edwinsifuna please for those of us who believe in the cause...we can't have people who sold us to join Linda Mwananchi. Enough is enough. @lynn_ngugi1 has put it very well.

28 days ago

The slogan is “Linda Mwananchi.” The new sign in is Aisha Jumwa😳 What a shame!! Nini haswa mna linda? You cannot build a movement around accountability, integrity and putting Kenyans first, then turn around and recruit the very politicians who represent everything people have been complaining about for years. If this is the standard, then “Linda Mwananchi” risks becoming just another political rebrand with a catchy slogan. Also @orengo_james this is beneath you! This is the same Aisha Jumwa who has spent years at the center of political controversy, changing political camps, facing persistent integrity questions, and becoming a symbol of the kind of politics many Kenyans say they want to leave behind. At a time when people are demanding accountability and a complete break from the old political culture, having her in your camp sends the exact opposite message🚶🏿‍♀️ kwendeni uko

lynn_ngugi1's tweet photo. The slogan is “Linda Mwananchi.”
The new sign in is Aisha Jumwa😳 What a shame!! Nini haswa mna linda?

You cannot build a movement around accountability, integrity and putting Kenyans first, then turn around and recruit the very politicians who represent everything people have been complaining about for years.
If this is the standard, then “Linda Mwananchi” risks becoming just another political rebrand with a catchy slogan. Also @orengo_james this is beneath you!

This is the same Aisha Jumwa who has spent years at the center of political controversy, changing political camps, facing persistent integrity questions, and becoming a symbol of the kind of politics many Kenyans say they want to leave behind. At a time when people are demanding accountability and a complete break from the old political culture, having her in your camp sends the exact opposite message🚶🏿‍♀️ kwendeni uko

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highFashion @rahman_jago_

28 days ago

@lynn_ngugi1 When he said no one is above the law or whatever... I lost it!!! Talking about a constitution he never supported.

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Edwin Sifuna

@edwinsifuna

29 days ago

Alijaribu ku argue na mimi mambo ya kuku akakwama. Sasa ameingia mambo ya preamble ya katiba. Ole wake.

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about 1 month ago

Please get addicted to thinking everything will always workout for you.

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Edwin Sifuna

@edwinsifuna

29 days ago

Ruto just spent 40 minutes trying to create a false equivalence between our national values set out in the constitution and his so called “development”. Kenyans, please trust me when i tell you there is a reason the Preamble comes before Article 43. You don’t get to the “development “ clauses until and unless you have taken into account the reasons we passed this constitution in the first place. Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, Equality, Rule of Law and Social Justice.

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29 days ago

@lynn_ngugi1 The whole thing was fluff. Nothing of substance.

jkibatta retweeted

29 days ago

Ruto’s Special National Address felt so random and forced. You listen carefully, waiting for substance, but there’s no depth, no value, no direction. Just a lot of words that amount to nothing. Pure nonsense It almost feels like this administration needed something to dominate the headlines because the numbers are down. Total waste of time Fellow citizens…WANTAM!

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