Karambu Muthaura

Health Taxes &Administration Expert @ Foresight Advisory Africa
Formed by God's hands
dreamed up in His heart
placed in this world for a purpose
Fibro Warrior💜

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

In 2022 I argued Kenya's excise rates should move with inflation. Parliament deleted the provision in 2023.
On 1 July 2026, Tanzania legislated exactly that.
Three years of quiet erosion later, my piece in yesterday's Business Daily:

https://t.co/a2MQDyFy2p

@ForesightAA

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

@alexmwangi0 @DavidNdii Can you imagine? He talks like there are ways of monitoring who uses it at what time with a timetable like school activities.

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

My op-ed in the Business Daily: if vaping is meant to help smokers quit, why is it marketed to the nine in ten African adults who don't use tobacco?

Harm reduction means fewer deaths and less disease, not more sales.

#TobaccoControl #Kenya #WHOFCTC

[Business Daily @BD_Africa]

Karambu Muthaura: Why Africa must not mistake vaping for harm reduction https://t.co/LD0mxxkTlY

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

Public participation belongs to Kenyans. Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC protects health policy from tobacco industry interests, including when they speak through others.
Every presenter on the Tobacco Bill should declare industry links, on the record.
#PassTobaccoControlBill2024KE

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

Stronger tobacco control won't fuel illicit trade. Kenya had the strong administrative systems required by the WHO Illicit Trade Protocol years before ratifying it. Parliament, pass the Bill.

My op-ed in @thestarkenya: https://t.co/2SUzpGvRcJ

#PassTobaccoControlBill2024KE

[Business Daily @BD_Africa]

Karambu Muthaura: Tanzania has rightly legislated the excise tool Kenya threw away https://t.co/AhsKTLvFy7

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

@MwangoCapital 🤣🤣🤣

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

@ntvkenya @NationFmKE @EricLatiff @MariamBishar @fellariswambui My lookalike can sing 🤣

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

Fridge is full and I am not sorry. Pineapple, hibiscus and a hint of cinnamon. Apple and mint. And one very enthusiastic ginger bug that I am opening over the sink. Flowers from my garden staying right where they are🌺🫧
#GutHealth #KombuchaLovers #HomemadeGoodness #homegarden

[Foresight Advisory Africa @ForesightAA]

Sweet flavours. Bright colours. Same poison. Nicotine is addictive by design, it harms the developing brain, and it is built to keep you paying for life. The industry calls it an alternative. The science calls it a trap.

#NicotineIsPoison #BehindTheSmokeScreen #YouthBrainHealth

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

Looking forward to this space tomorrow @MwangoCapital

[Mwango Capital @MwangoCapital]

Join us tomorrow at 8:00 PM on #MwangoSpaces as we assess Kenya's economic performance in the first half of 2026, covering growth, inflation, interest rates, the shilling, public debt, fiscal policy, and the outlook for the remainder of the year.

Host: Ramah Nyang

Guests:
—Kwame Owino, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Economic Affairs Kenya
—Stephanie Kimani, Economist
—Churchill Ogutu, Head of Research, Capital A Investment Bank
—Prof. X N Iraki, Associate Professor, University of Nairobi

Set a reminder and join the conversation: https://t.co/4HGNCGi7Mx

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

Every stem in this vase came from my garden. Grown, picked and arranged by my own hands. Fresh flowers on the table every other week is my little ceremony, and the whole house always feels softer for it.

[Foresight Advisory Africa @ForesightAA]

@karambu @MwangoCapital Beyond the Bill, we will keep educating and engaging you on health taxes and much more. This field touches our health, our economy, and our everyday lives. Karibuni🙏🏽
Also find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram as Foresight Advisory Africa.

[Foresight Advisory Africa @ForesightAA]

In the interim, you will see a lot on tobacco control here. That is by design. The Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill 2024 has passed the Senate and is now before the National Assembly. This is where public voices count the most.

[Foresight Advisory Africa @ForesightAA]

Welcome to the official page of Foresight Advisory Africa, a consulting firm specialising in health taxes policy and administration. Follow us as we transform foresight into impact. 👋

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

Friends, I have news 👋 My beloved consulting firm now has a home on X. Kindly follow @foresightaa, the official page of Foresight Advisory Africa, where I share my work on health taxes policy and administration (and much more) Karibuni! 🙏🏽

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

A boy died over his own change while a full bus watched. Years ago a conductor told me to go “sell myself” for asking him for my change. Some people laughed. Same throne, same silence. Cruelty is a choice, and so is silence. I wrote about it, see link.

https://t.co/WyBBY7xOZM

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

That’s exactly why we MUST safeguard the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill 2024 from the tobacco industry and their front groups. They’relobbying hard to delay it, water it down, and keep profiting from our kids. Parliament, pass this Bill without compromise. Protect our children!

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

🚨 The silent addiction is destroying our children.

Watch this heartbreaking reel: flavored nicotine products (pouches, vapes, cigarettes) are being deliberately made sweet and attractive so they can hook our youth. Jamaal and thousands like him are already trapped.

[𝗩𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 @vinguard254]

TV47 exposes the rising addiction to flavored cigarettes among Gen Z. Take a listen

[Karambu Muthaura @karambu]

I feel so sorry for these children. They are too young to understand that this “cool” habit will damage their brains, lungs, and future forever. No child should be fighting addiction before they even finish school.