I have so many funny stories about my mother. I remember when she got appointed acting Governor of the CBK, they had this Range Rover assigned to her. She got so pissed off about it, she hardly used it. She liked her Peugeot 504 which used to jerk from a sensitive clutch.
Omwami Senator @edwinsifuna ,
I have never addressed you directly in my tweets , but please indulge me this once.
Many of us support and believe in you precisely because you appear different from the old Kenyatta/Moi/Nyayo political culture and the current UhuRuto style of politics.
You speak to a generation of Kenyans that is tired of tribal mobilization, political entitlement, elite deals, and recycled coalitions that promise change but eventually protect the same old system.
That is why many of us respectfully feel that your greatest political strength is not in “joining” the traditional opposition establishment, but in first building and protecting the LindaMwananchi reform movement as an independent national force rooted in constitutionalism, justice, accountability, competence, and issue-based politics.
The truth is that the mathematics of 2027 actually gives reform politics a serious chance if approached strategically.
More than 8 million registered voters skipped the 2022 election because of frustration, voter apathy, and loss of faith in the political system.
Raila Odinga received about 6.8 million votes in that election. If a reform movement attracts even half of that support base, that is already about 3.5 million votes.
By 2027, millions of new young and Gen Z voters are also expected to join the register. If only half of those align with reform-oriented politics, that could realistically add another 3 million or more votes.
On top of that, the current administration won with about 7 million votes, but growing economic hardship, unemployment, governance frustrations, and public dissatisfaction mean that even a shift of 2 million voters away from the regime significantly changes the political equation.
That is how the LindaMwananchi movement can realistically build a reform coalition approaching 10 million votes and importantly, one that is NOT built on tribal kingpins, dynasties, or fear-based ethnic politics.
This is why the argument consistently made by @Honcalebamisi makes sense to many young Kenyans: Kenya needs a genuinely new political direction, a new leadership culture, and issue-based politics rather than another recycling of the same political class under different slogans.
Many people within your emerging support base are already comfortable with cooperation among reform-minded leaders such as @dkmaraga , @OkiyaOmtatah , @bonifacemwangi , @ReubenKigame , @ProfKibwana , @MigunaMiguna and others not because they are perfect individuals, but because they symbolize an attempt to move Kenya toward ethical, constitutional, citizen-centered leadership outside the traditional political establishment.
That is why many of us become concerned whenever you appear to position yourself as simply waiting to be absorbed into the old opposition structure without subjecting them to the following criteria:
Those values include:
1. Constitutionalism
2. Respect for the rule of law
3. Social justice and equality of all citizens as envisioned in the Constitution
4. Positive ethnicity and seeing Kenya as one nation, not merely a collection of tribes
5. A complete departure from the Kenyatta/Moi/Nyayo and UhuRuto brand of politics and leadership which has been a cancer
If that happens too early or without ideological clarity, there is a real risk of weakening the authenticity and independence that currently make you politically attractive to many young and politically independent Kenyans.
Please protect what makes you different.
Because that difference is not a weakness.
It is your greatest political strength.
I would love to see you and these like minded individuals hitting the road on a campaign trial to counter the sitting administration and attract the legacy politicians like it has already done for @EugeneLWamalwa ( Thank you Kiongozi for your recent endorsement)
I wafikie; @UGMParty ,@LingaiLili29539 ,@NetoAgostinhoMP ,@NRAPARTY2 ,@LindaMwananchi_ ,@abbiezuena ,@_pmkenya ,@CaroliOmondi ,@orengo_james ,@HEBabuOwino ,@Ademba_47 ,@genz___baddie ,@genzinitiative@MungaBenso80190 ,@nikokadiKE ,@WilsonM5950 ,@DAP_Kenya
Researchers from ETH Zurich have found that two large lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Lakes Mai Ndombe and Tumba — are releasing carbon that’s been locked away in surrounding tropical peatlands for thousands of years.
By analysing dissolved carbon in the lakes, they discovered that roughly 40% of the CO₂ emissions come from peat deposits 2,000–3,500 years old, not just from recent plant material. This shows that tropical peatlands, long considered stable carbon stores, can leak ancient carbon back into the atmosphere.
The study highlights a hidden climate risk: these peatlands could contribute to atmospheric CO₂, especially if disturbed by climate change or land‑use changes, challenging assumptions about how securely carbon is stored in tropical ecosystems.
Published in: Nature Geoscience, February 2026
https://t.co/gpsy13GsUY
THE LOGIC OF INCREMENTAL BUILDING.
You can build one wing of this house every year.
In fact, you can build this house as the family grows.
Stage 1: When you are just alone or with your partner, you can build the mid section.
It has a lounge, dining area, kitchen and pantry.
You can build this to test the waters.
Stage 2. If you happen to get a child, you can build for them one wing (left or right). Each side is a complete 2 bedroom with bath and wardrobes
Stage 3. You can continue on this path up to a maximum of four bedrooms.
The gap created between the wings of the house can be used as parking, extra dining space or extra lounge space.
This can also make a good restaurant at a shopping center.
We design houses that work for people.
As a machine for living, a house should solve real problems and mimic the Pattern of Life.
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How to invest KES 1M in Kenya?
1M in an Infrastructure bond yielding 13% will give you 130K per annum.
1M in a dividend king like BAT at the NSE will give you 104K per annum after taxes. (Current div yield of 11%)
1M in a MMF with an annual yield of 10% will give you a return of 87K after taxes.
1M in a special fund with a return of 17% will net you a return of 170K after taxes
1M in SACCO savings with a rebate of 10% will give you 95K after taxes.
1M in the average rental property in Kenya (8% return from rental income, with 90% plus occupancy) will give you 75K after taxes.
1M in your bank savings account will earn you a very big ZERO after a whole year
Where are you investing your money?
7 investment accounts that Kenyan investors should have:
a) A Money Market Fund - Regular savings
b) DhowCSD account - Investing in T-bonds
c) CDSC account - Investing in the NSE
d) Offshore brokerage account - investing in offshore stocks & ETFs
e) Special fund account - Above average market returns
f) Crypto wallet - Bitcoin exposure
g) Individual Pension plan - Plan for retirement
Which of these do you think is the most essential?
I am working on an article why Kenya should abandon the hype around manufacturing and industrialisation as the pathway to job creation. Our best bet are agriculture & services sectors - given our own endowment & global value chains. The article is still work in progress.
@254CoonSlayer@MaryK2022 Her Meru husband owns the farm. She lives in Meru, they just forward a way to market it to USA where they lived together before