Meet our next host cities for the World Championships ‼️
Nairobi and Munich have been selected to host the 2029 and 2031 World Athletics Championships, respectively, following one of the strongest bidding processes in the history of the sport’s flagship event.
Read more in the press release 🔗 https://t.co/ajpS5RwASO
#WorldAthleticsChamps
A school in Kenya that harvests over 2 million liters of rainwater every year.
The roof is the water system. The stadium seats 1,500 and collects 1.5 million liters on its own. Classrooms face inward toward agriculture courtyards where students grow their own food.
Girls who spent hours fetching water now attend school. Attendance hit 95%.
This is what architecture looks like when it solves the actual problem.
📍 Waterbank Secondary School Campus, Laikipia, Kenya
Architect: PITCHAfrica
Sponsored by the Samuel Eto’o Foundation
Senator Johnson Sakaja is the "gay partner" of Ronald Karauri in the Sportpesa "betting bed." No way he was going to argue against betting which is destroying the lives of young Kenyans, mostly from Nairobi. #JKLive
Someday Raila and Uhuru will be out of the picture but the injustices you support today might boomerang on you because they are getting normalized. Stay woke!
I took a mental note of all speeches by ODM leaders yesterday. Here is my summary.
1. @AnyangNyongo: Raila's ideological and birth twin. He suffers no fools and will never be a sycophant. For all intents and purposes, he is the real Luo leader left, regardless of what the others say or do. Amolo trusted him the most. He avoided simping. He is the one whose lead the community will follow.
2. @orengo_james: He is "the other Raila", because he may have been the Luo leader if Raila hadn't grabbed it in 1997. From his speech, you could tell that the Siaya Investment Conference hasn't been completed, the pier at Usenge still not yet built and the nuclear energy plant needs to be completed. So he balanced between burning photo and waiting a little longer. He and Nyong'o are the true ideological peers of Raila. Luos will follow them.
3. @A_S_Nassir: Deputy Party Leader. But a coward who has lived so long under Joho's shadow that he has no idea when he is free. He reminds me of Moi's parable of a chicken bought at the market, with its feet bound, such that when it gets home and the strings are removed, it doesn't realise it, and moves around as if it is still bound. He fears that Hassan Omar will come for his seat and Joho may sponsor someone else, so he has to hang on Ruto. He has no ideology and no script. Just a shell moving one day at a time.
4. @SimbaArati: Deputy Party Leader. He is obviously waiting to see where Matiangi and/or Maraga land(s) before he decides what to do. In the meantime, he will remain ambivalent.
5. @HonSenOsotsi: Deputy Party Leader. He always reminds me of a girl in those Kileleshwa spas. "Styro unataka dio nitukupea beb". No person there. Flag moving with the wind.
6. @JunetMohamed: Raila is gone. Junet is gone too. End of analysis.
7. Gladys Wanga: Junet's ideological twin. Her political model is "buy them all or manipulate them all". With Raila gone and no one to raise her hand, she is gone too!
8. Ruth Odinga: The new hope. She will save the community. Because she knows the cartels and wants them gone. She carries a powerful name and knows her brother's last words.
9. Edwin Sifuna: There is a reason Raila protected Sifuna. Even his enemies admitted that when Sifuna speaks, Raila has spoken. Now the masses are out there waiting to confirm which voice they resonate with. There will be drama from now.
10. ODM Experts: Mbadi is a powerful orator in DhoLuo, and can carry the audience any day, but he is so hot headed that he is quite easily a member of the Sifuna faction, if you remove the flag. Time will tell.
11. Joho: Cartel without ideology.
12. Opranya: Lazy politician. Waiting to be told where to go.
13. Askul: Kiawa.
14. Wandayi: A sycophant who lost respect for self and stopped trying to act dignified. Simp extraordinaire.
15. Millie Odhiambo: I will make this comment next year.
16. Ledama: Thermostat.
I have seen some people argue that Queen Elizabeth II and the Pope were buried in private ceremonies.
Let us remind them that neither the Queen nor the Pope were Luos. They were buried according to their societies’ cultures, customs and traditions.
A Luo man with a homestead must be buried in accordance with Luo culture, customs and traditions. We must not accept colonial practices to take over our mores, traditions and customs.
As for those who argue that the Odinga family owes Kenyans nothing, let me remind them that everything members of the Odinga family have and enjoy—the power, influence, wealth and privileges—emanate DIRECTLY from the people.
For those arguing about “the Will”, let me remind them that we have not seen or read it, nor have we seen the advocate who read it in the PRESENCE of ALL beneficiaries as required by law. After all, no one has claimed that @RailaOdinga wanted to be buried as a boy who died in his father’s homestead.
Some of these issues are too consequential to be left to opportunists, hypocrites and transactional dealers.
@RailaOdinga must be given a befitting send off as a Luo Elder. He cannot be buried in secret like a thief.
The public and state agencies are urged to exercise absolute restraint and decorum during the entire process.
Period.
On behalf of the Government and people of South Africa, President @CyrilRamaphosa extends his heartfelt condolences to the government and people of Kenya on the passing of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. https://t.co/gLw8uVkvsZ
Deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend and former Prime Minister of Kenya, Mr. Raila Odinga. He was a towering statesman and a cherished friend of India. I had the privilege of knowing him closely since my days as Chief Minister of Gujarat and our association continued over the years. He had a special affection for India, our culture, values and ancient wisdom. This was reflected in his efforts to strengthen India-Kenya ties. He particularly admired Ayurveda and traditional medicine systems of India, having witnessed their positive impact on his daughter's health. I extend my deepest condolences to his family, friends and to the people of Kenya in this hour of grief.