David Lidioli

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@bnbchen Me

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@GunnerAfrican @edwinsifuna @SakajaJohnson Umesema jalango nikacheka.. Kwani Nairobi no Churchill show!

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

Our biggest problem in this country, is that we prefer to offer answers, without thinking about what the questions are, in the first place.

Take a look at the "line up" below. Proposed "answers" for 2027.

That is what some believe Kenya needs.

The first question we ought to confront is, what are the problems that these "answers" are designed for?

We have many problems, but let me state just a few, and then let's consider the sheer stupidity of this proposed line up.

(1) First issue is that our economy is not working for 99% of Kenyans. We pay taxes, high taxes, and the government of the day takes everything, and spends everything on salaries for themselves, and ridiculous benefits. For example, am MP is earning an income that is 93 times higher than your average neighbor, in 2025. What is not spent on these sky-high salaries, is spent on useless travel abroad. Critical services such as healthcare and education are almost non-existent in public settings. Go to your local county hospital, and see for yourself. So you pay high taxes, and get nothing in return.

(2) We have a culture of corruption. Kenya is losing 20% of the budget every single year, to corruption. More specifically, we are losing KSH 800 billion annually, TO CORRUPT POLITICIANS AND THEIR CRIMINAL ASSOCIATES. We have been playing games over the last 40 years on this issue. We say we are serious about it, but we continue electing thieves, and expecting miracles.

The issue is not the lack of legal mechanisms and legal "teeth" to address the issue. The issue is the lack of will, and frankly, the stupidity of assuming that thieves can police themselves.

(3) We have a ridiculously large and unsustainable government. It is eating up all the resources in the country. 47 counties. 47 local legislatures. 2,200 MCAs. 94 Governors and Deputy Governors. 67 Senators and Women Reps. 290 MPs.

The average politician in Kenya represents 20,000 people. For context, in Texas, the average State politician, in an economy that is 21 times bigger than Kenya's, represents 166,000 people!

So, take this ridiculous over-representation, and compound with the above-mentioned over-compensation. The result is a killer concoction of debt, corruption and misery. Today - we as a country owe KSH 11 trillion in debt, and this year, we will add KSH 2 trillion to that, so we can afford our system of government, and the expensive tastes of our politicians.

(4) We are a lawless purgatory. While we love to talk about our lovely constitution, it means practically nothing. That is because by and large, our government is led by thieves and criminals who are NOT lovers of the constitution and law and order. It is why Albert Ojwang is dead. It is why Boniface Kariuki is dead. It is why @bonifacemwangi is being charged with fabricated terrorism charges, while the thieves I reported on just last week, as having stolen billions of your Covid funds, are still hanging at @StateHouseKenya

In other words, we have a political culture that does not take seriously the constitution, or important institutions, unless we are demanding that @WilliamsRuto serve out his entire term in office "as per the constitution".

(5) We have a dying economy. Global firms are leaving Kenya - they cannot compete with companies owned and favored by corrupt politicians. They cannot plan out the future - because we change our tax laws whenever we feel like it. And we hike taxes to compensate for stupid decisions and corruption by those in power. Kenya has become a very difficult place to run a business.

(6) For all the reasons above - we have a large population of Kenyans who are highly educated, and underemployed and under-utilized. Their brainpower is going to waste daily. When we elect thieves and clowns, they come to office, and spend 5 years acting as "brokers" to send our best and brightest to Saudi Arabia and Dubai. And often times, we catch them lying about "deals" with countries like Canada and Germany.

In other words, we elect people who don't have the first clue about how to create jobs and take advantage of the amazing talent available here.

It is not a complicated thing to do. Make it easier to run a business in Kenya. Staff government with the best and brightest among us, like Singapore does. Remove insane and irrational layers of regulation (really, red-tape"). Stabilize the tax regime. Eradicate corruption. Embrace meritocracy. Encourage responsible risk-taking and invest in infrastructure to reduce the costs of doing business.

This is just a starting list of the important issues, for which answers are required.

If these are the issues, who among these people can present a reasonable, good-faith argument about their ability to tackle them?

Every one of them has been in power - real power, for at least 20 years. Some 40. Vice Presidents. Ministers. Etc.

How many times have you heard any of them complain about the disproportionate spending our national resources on corrupt politicians?

How many of them condemned this gangster government of @WilliamsRuto until they found themselves on the wrong side of the ledger?

How many of them resigned from @WilliamsRuto's government when he appointed thieves of public resources such as @KideroEvans @ItsMwangiWaIria @GovernorNanok etc. into high office - which was a spectacular affront to ethics, integrity and good governance in our country?

The answer is NONE.

If that is the case, who is the dumbass here?

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@HonOscarSudi Usishout mzae watu watajua hakuenda shule🤣🤣🤣

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@Nithya_Shrii Not where I’m from

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@HonMoses_Kuria Sometimes you just wonder. Truly the president’s appointments are always substandard!

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@lilduval Double it and pass it to the next person😂🤣

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@OsoroSylvanus Ehh mse si lazima ulambe lolo😂🤣

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@MakauWaMuli This man is not only kissing ass.. He is glazing too

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@citizentvkenya @TrevorOmbija The software in this instance is more valuable than the hardware in which the drivers are part of and to demand extra for “minimal input” is to ask for quicker implementation of the company’s ultimate goal of driverless cars.

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@citizentvkenya @TrevorOmbija It’s a hard reality but the premise was to somehow make transport cheaper while they collect data to eventually have driverless cars which are already out in some locations well not locally.

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@ItsMutai Suck dick at your own intrest… we march on!

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@nickiBIGFISH I’ll bet you a clean 10k she will see dust

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@geraldbitok @WilliamsRuto Ehh mse lamba lolo pole pole itakulipukia kwa uso😂🤣

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@HusseinMohamedg @WilliamsRuto You got the job but at what cost bro. Anyways my little existence cannot comprehend such successes! 🤦

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@DavidNdii Fuck you and your spineless attitude. May you get what you deserve !

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

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[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@AnneWaiguru @WilliamsRuto You know you are part of the bigger problem. The state is watching!!

[David Lidioli @lidiol]

@MutahiNgunyi It’s Sunday a day we kneel and pray to the almighty yet you’re here sucking dick!