Kip Bitok, PhD.

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[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

@Itswambuaa Our complaints are landing on deaf earI have defaulted to other apps that do the same. @SafaricomPLC and @Safaricom_Care will have to miss out on those transaction fees from my side.

Options include @Wise and @sendwaveapp and they work just fine. Or just bank-to-bank.

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

@Safaricom_Care @GathogoBMwangi @SafaricomPLC This method does not work. Tried many times.

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

@Safaricom_Care + @SafaricomPLC why are you doing this? Huge inconvenience. Either let the old app be or enable it for us to download via WiFi. You are locking us out for months to years! And you are missing those transaction fees along the way.

[Boniface G. Mwangi @GathogoBMwangi]

Dear @SafaricomPLC @Safaricom_Care this is utmost inconvenience for users of Mpesa outside the country.

You have logged out all of us and the only way to login again is to have the Safaricom network connected, which doesn’t work on roaming. One had to wait to come to Ke so they can activate the app.

Now tell me, what do you want me to do with the money in my mpesa? How will i continue using it?? Huge disappointment!

[Boniface G. Mwangi @GathogoBMwangi]

Dear @SafaricomPLC @Safaricom_Care this is utmost inconvenience for users of Mpesa outside the country.

You have logged out all of us and the only way to login again is to have the Safaricom network connected, which doesn’t work on roaming. One had to wait to come to Ke so they can activate the app.

Now tell me, what do you want me to do with the money in my mpesa? How will i continue using it?? Huge disappointment!

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

Thank you @SeroneiCheison et al. for all the #Nandi teachings from back in 2020. I am catching up and missing the wisdom of my #agui #mainonindet that I didn't appreciate when he was around.

#ArapKapKisiebIitKotKetuuch

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

I asked @Google's @GeminiApp how @WilliamsRuto's government in #Kenya is doing based on what they promised. Kenya Kwanza gets a score of 6.1 out of 10 on key pillars. [My only contribution is in making the table cute and color-coding the scores.]

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

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[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

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[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

Hey @Delta, a polite Q: why is it difficult to get an answer on why it's taking a while to get credit for SkyMiles for flying via @KLM.

KLM rectified an issue related to #FlyingBlue but I keep getting an unsatisfactory answer from the Delta help desk ... unlike Delta.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

President Trump is taking 325 mg of aspirin a day to prevent heart disease. His doctors advise him to take 81 mg. Both are wrong. Here’s why.
New edition of Ground Truths, open-access
https://t.co/PpnNFoxtEP

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

FDA drug approvals over time, but excluding gene therapies, vaccines, ...

[Nature Reviews Drug Discovery @NatRevDrugDisc]

2025 FDA drug approvals https://t.co/1lIWG9AiF2

The US FDA approved 46 new drugs in 2025, despite a tumultuous year at the regulatory agency. Read about the trends and highlights, and see the full list of approved therapeutics in our annual round up

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

Hey @Starlink there have been lots of network interruptions for the past two days ... What is happening?

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

Wacha nione hii theory yangu kama iko sawa

Nilienda #Milan, #Italy last year nikaona @ahmednasirlaw alikuwa. Nikaenda #Japan (#Osaka, #Tokyo) nikaona ako pale.

Hii wiki niko #Florence, #Italy. Swali: Atakuwa huko?

Either anatafuta asali ama yeye ni nyuki anatengeneza asali. Penye ako, kuna asali ... Lazima yeye ni nyuki vile anamaliza #JurisPesa

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

From a theory in the 1980s to the 100th small molecule inhibitor in 40-something years.

[Ohad Hammer @ohadhammer]

FDA approves 100th small-molecule kinase inhibitor 🥳🥳🥳
https://t.co/eUBUmfkiPe

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

@citizentvkenya The same youth that knows how to protest very well also doesn't know how to protect? :)

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

Hey @elonmusk, I am an existing @Starlink user. They require an ID, which I provided but now they're suggesting I create a new account. The ticket was archived, so I can't ask there.

It seems convoluted to create a new account with the same name / email only to provide the same ID, no?

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

I just did a @Starlink support call for a device in #Kenya with a customer service agent based in #CostaRica

It seems surreal as I am in #NewYorkCity ... but then again, it is almost 2026!

[nature @Nature]

Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results

https://t.co/y9G85IAjW8

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

We’re building tools to support research in the life sciences, from early discovery through to commercialization.

With Claude for Life Sciences, we’ve added connectors to scientific tools, Skills, and new partnerships to make Claude more useful for scientific work.

[nature @Nature]

Pauses to some US graduate programmes have led universities in several countries to launch initiatives to entice would-be PhD students

https://t.co/vzdrwnklkz

[Kip Bitok, PhD. @kbeetalk]

Hey @mkainerugaba come see this. Ati “Museveni’s Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D is Muhoozi, ...” What UgandaDO about it? African politics is not for the weak. @Mkainerugaba_ #Uganda #kenya @WSJ #politics #africa #kox
https://t.co/ewmDCBCITs