Naivasha and Nakuru are not places where you sleep with every woman you meet.
The same goes for Salama, Emali and Sultan Hamud.
There is a brutal reality along our highways that young men must stop pretending does not exist.
Highway sex work is a source of income for some women, and bus and trailer drivers are among the customers.
A woman can board a trailer from Naivasha heading to Nakuru, and along that journey, sex can become part of the transaction between drivers, conductors and women working along the highway.
The tragedy is that an innocent young man may never know.
He sees a beautiful young woman.
He sees her smile.
He sees innocence.
He sees someone he wants to take home.
He doesn't see the risks behind the face.
She looks innocent. She looks beautiful. But you may be looking at a road you should never have entered.
That is the naked reality I want young men to understand.
Do not judge a woman by her beauty.
Do not assume that because someone looks clean, young or innocent, they are free from sexually transmitted infections.
HIV does not have a face.
It does not announce itself.
It does not care whether you met someone in a club, on the highway, in a matatu, at a hotel or through a friend.
This is why Patrick Mbacio's own confession should make every young man stop and think.
He said he believed he was infected by a 21 year old Kikuyu woman.
Whether you believe his account or not, the lesson is devastatingly simple:
You can be attracted to someone for five minutes and live with the consequences for the rest of your life.
Beauty is not a medical certificate.
A smile is not an HIV test.
And sexual attraction is certainly not protection.
Young men, stop gambling with your lives.
Protect yourself. Test. Know your status.
Because the grave does not care how beautiful the person who gave you the final kiss looked.
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Democracy and democratic governance β every voice counts, citizens participate, decisions are transparent and accountable.
Social justice and equality β equitable distribution of resources and opportunities, fighting inequality.
Unity in diversity and inclusivity β building a united Kenya while ensuring marginalized groups, women, youth and all communities are represented.
The ODM we knew
Integrity and progressive governance.
Social democracy, devolution, human rights, constitutionalism and the rule of law.
Supremacy of party members.
These are not slogans. They are the reason ODM was formed and the reason millions have stood with it through thick and thin.
2007: Raila Odinga(Rigged)
2013: Raila Odinga (CORD)- Rigged
2017: Raila Odinga (NASA)- Rigged
2022: Raila Odinga (Azimio)- Rigged
But still some selfish people from certain regions still hated him.
So Ruto Rigged him out 3 times!!!
And that's the person the likes of Wanga is forcing the Lake region to vote for?
That is the unbroken tradition. Claiming now that βour candidate is Rutoβ and that ODM will not have its own presidential candidate in 2027 is a departure that has not been debated and resolved by the party in the manner Baba insisted upon. It cannot be imposed by any individual, however senior.
We remain ODM. We honour the agreements signed and the cooperation that exists. But we do not abandon the principles, the values, the internal democracy, or the partyβs right and duty to field its own presidential candidate when the time comes β after proper discussion and resolution.
That is the reminder. That is the standard Raila set. Let us uphold it.
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After the DNA result tested negative he took the small pink bike, hooked it to his, and rode off.
The boy was not his. The bicycle still was.
The child ran after him anyway.
This is Soo cruel, we shouldn't punish step sons like this because they didn't choose to be in this situation
have been watching those Nigerian films where a man is killed and the living think it is over. They bury him. They share what he left. Then he comes back as a spirit and forces them to speak the truth they already know.
That is Kenya this week.
Raila is gone. The anniversary is close. And men who were in the room when power changed hands have started talking. Uhuru says he still believes Raila won in 2022; that those who want the truth already know it. ODM asks the question the film always asks: if you knew, why did you hand over the house? Others have dragged 2007 and 2013 back onto the screen. The other side still says 2022 was lost in court, fair and square.
The spirit in the movie does not invent a new story. It only makes silence expensive. That is what this moment feels like. Not ghosts on Uhuru Highway. A dead manβs unfinished argument walking into 2027.
In Nollywood, the living built a house on a lie and expected it to stand. In Kenya we bury the fight under βthe court has spoken,β then meet the same ghost every cycle. The film ends when someone tells the truth in daylight. We are not there yet. We are only at the scene where the dead manβs name is back in the mouths of the living.
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