This wisdom from @OwidiOdoyo deserves to be broadcast across every media station and boldly splashed across every newspaper.
Online emotional battalions, kujieni dose yenu. 😂
Facts over feelings...
I can’t agree with Joakim anymore. Kimani Ichung’wah is better than Ndindi Nyoro 💯 because he has a clear political stance.
You can go to war with Ichung'wa but not Ndindi Nyoro
After Ruto retires we want @JohnMbadiN to replace him.
We cannot allow this brilliance to go to waste.
Journalist must learn to ask politicians tough questions.
Ask Gachagua is Rironi-Mau Summit road has stalled as he prophecised.
Ask him if Fertilizers are going for 2500, Sugar belt regions are back to business.
Ask Gachagua if it is a lie that Kenya is the largest Cow and Camel milk producer in Africa.
Ask Gachagua if Unga is retailing at 258 when Uhuru left power, ask him about the foreign reserves and exchange rate. Ask Gachagua if we defaulted as Uhuru expected in our public debts.
FACT-CHECKING PASTOR DORCAS:
Rigathi clearly stated that it is the good Pastor who wrote his speech, and deficiencies of facts agrees with Gachagua.
So let’s factcheck Mtumishi:
1. BASE TITANIUM:
❌ The Claim: Politically driven closure or policy failure.
✅ The Truth: Pure geology. Titanium ore reserves in Kwale (South Dune & Bumamani) were 100% depleted by late 2024 after 11+ years of active extraction. You can’t mine what isn't in the ground!
2. NAKUMATT SUPERMARKETS:
❌ The Claim: Recent economic policies collapsed the retail giant.
✅ The Truth: Mismanagement & debt.
Downfall started back in 2017. Nakumatt accumulated over KSh 38 Billion in debt through hyper-aggressive overexpansion, empty shelves, severe supplier defaults, and massive shock losses- 2009 Downtown fire and 2013 Westgate attack.
Officially liquidated in Jan 2020, 3 years before Ruto administration.
3. HILTON HOTEL(Nairobi CBD):
❌ The Claim: Hilton completely pulled out of Kenya due to bad business environment.
✅ The Truth: CBD dynamics have been gradually shifting for decades and the winding up wasn’t if but when. The iconic 1969 tower closed Dec 31, 2022, because corporate/diplomatic clients moved to Westlands & Upper Hill. Renovation costs were astronomical.
Hilton didn't leave Kenya—they expanded elsewhere (Hilton Garden Inn, DoubleTree).
4. DE LA RUE:
❌ The Claim: Arbitrary shutdown.
✅ The Truth: Global restructuring.
Suspended operations in Jan 2023 after losing a KSh 1.1 Billion High Court tax case to KRA relating to royalties paid to Parent company between 2013-2017, combined with parent company global cost-cutting across their printing footprint.
5. JUMIA FOOD:
❌ The Claim: Jumia exited Kenya.
✅ The Truth: Vertical exit across all of Africa. Delivery of low-ticket meals lost money continuously against specialized app competitors.
Jumia shut down its food app across 7 African nations on Dec 31, 2023, to focus 100% on its core e-commerce marketplace and JumiaPay.
6. TWIGA INDUSTRIES.
❌ The Claim: Closed down / dead.
✅ The Truth: Twiga Chemicals remains very alive, active, and fully operational across.
7. CMC MOTORS.
CMC Motors had been struggling for roughly 14 to 15 years before officially announcing a complete exit and wind-down of operations in East Africa in January 2025.
The company's prolonged decline did not happen overnight; it was driven by a sequence of corporate infighting, strategic blunders, loss of major vehicle franchises, shifts in consumer buying habits, and macroeconomic pressures.
All the vehicle brands previously under CMC are fully in the market under different franchises.
Facts over noise!
The 187 MPs who skipped yesterday's leg day must be complimented for saving themselves the embarrassment of voting for a Bill they never had the bandwidth to analyse its contents. It's way better than watching advocates of the High Court reducing themselves to village windbags.