ChernoByl

This is an Official @lupinlevis
Writer, Blogger and Social Media Activist with principal of Secularism, Equality, Humanity & Justice

[ChernoByl @Lupinlevis]

A boy has no name till he becomes a man.

[Eric @amerix]

Last year July, I met Jirongo. We sat at Cedars, Lenana Road.

I expressed my disappointment with the elusive Luhya unity and the constant competition amongst Luhya siblings.

I then met Governor Natembeya somewhere in Karen. At the time, he was enjoying national attention with his Tawe slogan.

He was with Caleb Hamisi. I told the Governor that I am volunteering to unite him with Eugene and Jirongo, and also see it that through Eugene and Jirongo's parties, a union of ideas can be born.

At the time, Malava by-election campaigns were ongoing, and Panyako was running on Jirongo's party.

I then met Jirongo the next day at Kiprono Kittony's Sirwo Coffee Restaurant in Lavington.

He agreed to meet the Governor and then Eugene Wamalwa to unite them, so that they don't fall out.

We agreed that I should spearhead talks with younger Luhya politicians like Malala, Hamisi and Sifuna, then, together with Eugene, we would meet Mzee Atwoli, who would take us to Oparanya, Wetangula, and Musalia.

He also tasked me with meeting Governor Fernandes, so he would agree to end the conflicts between him, Nabii Nabwera, and Oparanya.

Our goal was for these Luhya politicians to discard political differences and start speaking for the M'baluhya.

Our other goal was for the older generation of Luhya politicians like Musalia and Gumo to support and mentor the younger ones.

From Busia to Busali, from Likuyani to Nyang'ori, from Kitale to Luanda, every corner of Luhya land would be speaking with one voice.

After the meeting, he called Panyako to follow up on Malava's campaign.

All was well.

He then said he was travelling to Libya and would be back in October.

We parted ways amicably, and I travelled back to Western.

A few days later, I saw Panyako with Natembeya, and I thought Jirongo had chosen not to field a candidate.

CJ was later disappointed that Panyako abandoned the party even after being funded to run on it.

Then Malala and DCP also dropped from the race, and I thought Jirongo had talked to him, as this was our behind-the-scenes discussion.

Since CJ had left, I chose to focus on other things.

On October 15th at around 6 am, I saw CJ's call and knew he was setting up another meeting, only for him to break the news of Baba's death.

This therefore meant we would wait. He set up a meeting in January 2026 because after the Funeral, there would be so much happening like by-elections in Malava, and then Christmas holidays.

"Amerix, we don't have time. If we don't unite these politicians now that Baba has left us, we shall be scattered," he said.

Unfortunately, CJ lost his life, on 13th December.

It was so devastating. A sad loss.

Now, when I see Caleb, Natembeya, and Eugene bickering, I get so disappointed.

Caleb has his party. Natembeya has taken CJ's party. Eugene has his party.

Even the fact that Kalonzo has ring-fenced "Ukombozi" yet Natembeya had all the time to amend Jirongo's party makes me wonder if Luhya political leaders are strategic and intelligent.

Political success requires strategy, cunning, Machiavellianism, persuasion, give-and-take and ruthless pursuit of goals, not just slogans and rallies.

Luhya politicians appear clueless, disorganized and and jealous of each other.

No one wants to see the other reach the top political summit.

Please, Abaluhya politicians, put aside your egotistical differences and work for the M'baluhya.

You will never attract meaningful collaboration if your house is divided.

Luhyas are stranded.

It is embarrassing.

I want to restart the journey of talking to these politicians.

Change or Perish.

[Proman Real™ @PromanReal]

Kuna watu wakiona hii video wanaumianga sana. Hua inauma mrengo flani.

[ChernoByl @Lupinlevis]

@AdrianOluoch We must as well not let Hon. Babu's ego, pride and arrogance slide.

[ChernoByl @Lupinlevis]

@MrJamesKe With Babu's ego, pride and arrogance, there's nowhere we heading as a movement.

[BRAVIN YURI @BravinYuri]

Sometimes it is very difficult to ignore all the narcissistic tendencies he depicts. In fact, it takes my whole being to avoid all the red flags which are now unavoidable.

Let me break down for you just a little bit of what you can see and find:

He likes to control the narrative and everything else to feel in charge. Hence the MC. And tantrums when someone else takes the mic because they might say something that will destroy the narrative he has built.

He even rushes them to speak because, he wants the microphone back to keep hearing his own voice.

He likes to control the public image he has curated.

He likes to hear the sound of his name more than anyone else’s in the room. Hence, the hired crowd is always at the front to chant his name

He has a boss complex. He believes he has to be the one in charge. Nobody else.

What he does is not out of benevolence but as a calculation for his own goal. And anyone can fall for it. He is good at it.

When you question his actions, he resorts to “I did this”, “I did that”, just like a narcissistic boyfriend or girlfriend will tell you “After everything I have done for you” to avoid saying, “I was wrong” because in their mind, they are always right.

He vied in Embakasi to curate an image just to become a governor, and now aims for governorship just to be president then he will bring back goonism and push for the removal of term limits.

I hoped the DJ Evolve situation might have inspired change in him but the Babu in SONU who made Mike Jacobs ' life hell is back.

And that Babu, should never be elevated to the presidency. A Dictator and a brutal one.

[Muthoni Wa Muthomo @WanjuguGM]

The ego of Babu Owino!

Majivuno. Kujigamaba. Wivu.

Linda Mwananchi is in fighting coz of his ego and self interest.

[Kaisha @KevinKaishaMp]

Edwin Sifuna is dealing with a very dangerous character this is Babu Owino at UoN pretending to be a preacher after his Goons killed two comrades and threw their bodies at the university swimming pool ignore people like Gaucho and Mosiria at your own peril.Babu is the one who send people to register of parties to register Linda party.Babu Owino doesn't want Sifuna to win Presidency so that he can vie in 2032 that's why he wanted Sifuna to use his party as member.Linda Mwananchi is a people driven movement and WE the people don't want coalition at Linda mwananchi we want one party.If Babu Owino is genuinely supporting Edwin Sifuna let him dissolve his Mumbai party and join Edwin Sifuna party.
@edwinsifuna

[Stephen Mutoro @smutoro]

Fake Degrees: In an earlier @NAssemblyKE website (https://t.co/EQuixNytaV) academic listing, Mr Didimus Barasa Wekesa Mutua has been masquerading as a holder of the Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from JKUAT and as a registered member of Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK). That listing has since been replaced by another questionable claim to a BA and MA from Mount Kenya University (MKU) @CUE_Kenya @MurangaUni https://t.co/bqPfIdQZt5 via @cofek_Africa

[Stephen Mutoro @smutoro]

STATEMENT ON HON DIDMUS BARASA
I understand why Hon. Didmus Barasa, MP for the good people of Kimilili, is very bitter. He has lost round one. But he knows I hold nothing personal against him. The case is against CUE and Murang'a University. He is only an interested party.

My case is simple. My young brother's academic papers cannot withstand scrutiny. One does not climb a tree from the top. There can be no PhD without a valid first degree. But he is not the problem. The institutions are.

He may call me names. He may digress. He also knows the many calls and messages he has sent me - over the last few weeks. He is my junior in age, academics and much else. I will therefore do all I can to protect him from the harm he is inflicting on himself. I can only fight with his boss and sponsor. Not with him.

I urge his legal counsel to guide him on the sub judice rule. Forgery of public documents by a State officer is a very serious offence. So is the murder charge against him — and whose file is still open. Under Chapter Six of the Constitution, including Articles 73 and 75, the consequences of a conviction include being barred from public office.

I hope he will be guided accordingly. Let him take a break from the campaigns and prepare to meet COFEK and I in court. I am equal to the task. It will be messy and noisy. There is already a casualty!

[ChernoByl @Lupinlevis]

@NaekuMercy What will happen if Sifuna decides to back James Gakuya?

[ChernoByl @Lupinlevis]

@VanOkush @EricMurikiMuri1 @prince_oyooh @Reslah11 So did Sifuna. Sifuna wasn't on the ballot in Kanduyi.

[Kipkalya Kones @MrKipkalya]

I have heard Musalia Mudavadi castigating Sifuna several times, saying that the latter's presidential ambitions are doomed, and that it isn't time yet for Sifuna to run for President (presumably, he wants Sifuna to attempt a run after Jesus raptures his church).

So now let me tell you a story...

You know, the famous "Kibaki Tosha" moment might never have happened, if not for Mudavadi. See, when Raila mobilised Kanu luminaries to leave the party after Moi had settled on Uhuru Kenyatta as the 2002 presidential candidate, the man they had settled on as their candidate was Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi. A presser was arranged.

The ex Kanu bigwigs were going to unveil a presidential candidate who had the backing of Raila, Kalonzo, Saitoti, Ntimama, Gumo, Kamotho...name them. Then Mudavadi went missing from his comrades, and reappeared weeks later as the newly appointed Vice President to Moi. Rattled, his colleagues first flirted with Simeon Nyachae as an alternative, before Raila unilaterally endorsed Kibaki as a desperate measure.

The serving VP was then comprehensively whitewashed in the contest for the Sabatia parliamentary seat in the 2002 elections, by the little known preacher, Moses Akaranga. Meanwhile, just days into their NARC victory, the LDP faction was rudely awakened to the reality that the MOU that would have made Raila Prime Minister had already been trashed by Kibaki and his tribal cabal.

This MOU and the endorsement by Kibaki had been occasioned by Raila's belief that he was a powerful political influencer but one who wouldn't get elected President because of his ethnicity. So after the Kibaki betrayal, he set forth to rehabilitate Mudavadi again, with an eye on the 2007 elections. He invited the now disgraced former VP to LDP, to play a leading role.

The former Sabatia MP was a reluctant journeyman, but Raila remained insistent; possibly seeing the presidency going to Western as a way to both tone down the cut-throat and toxic Kikuyu-Kalenjin power struggle, while also sending power to a relatively "tame" people, when it came to unbridled greed. So the enigma got down to work.

As fate would have it, Raila's confidante and Kisumu Town MP, Joab Omino, would die in 2004, while the NARC coalition had practically fallen apart and everyone was waiting for the 2005 referendum and the 2007 elections for revenge. It occasioned a vacancy in Kisumu Town Constituency. And Raila did the unthinkable; he travelled home, met the Luo Council of Elders and community leaders and laid down an audacious plan. It was simple actually; "let us give the Kisumu seat to our friend from up the hill, Mudavadi, so that we can make him our community's flagbearer in 2007".

The people were convinced. Luo Council of Elders SG, Prof Gilbert Ogutu, made a brilliant presentation ready for community opinion shapers, on why they were about to give a Luo seat to a Luhya. Mudavadi thanked the community and the leaders for the offer, then asked for time to get back to them. Then he returned word that having been rejected so unequivocally by Sabatia voters in 2002, he wanted to serve his full punishment until 2007, so, no thanks. The ticket was then hurriedly given to Ken Nyagudi.

Undeterred, Raila dragged Mudavadi to the Orange side of the 2005 referendum and to the political party born out of the orange victory. He later convinced him to declare a run for the presidency and brought him into the powerful Pentagon. Byt something else happened; Kalenjins, angry with Kibaki and his government demanded that Raila be their flag bearer. For the first time, Raila must have figured that if Kalenjins, of all people, were ready to elect him, he would actually go for it himself, but keep his Mudavadi project close.

[Linda Mwananchi @LindaMwananchi_]

Mr. William Ruto is a Serial Liar

[Kipkalya Kones @MrKipkalya]

Dear Senator Edwin Sifuna,

We will remember not to forget.

[Omwamba 🇰🇪 @omwambaKE]

This video keeps replaying in my head! 😂

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

I personally underestimated Sifuna, but if this momentum continues, Western Kenya and the youth could move completely out of Ruto’s voting basket.

Even NIS appears increasingly uncomfortable, with narratives now being pushed that Sifuna is being used by other political interests. The opposition only needs to remain united, maintain the momentum and keep widening the numbers needed to beat Ruto.

Ruto is clearly worried about Sifuna and the political energy building around him.

Most of us are still asking what the opposition’s actual plan is on public debt, youth unemployment, the cost of living and the economy. Maybe they are keeping those cards close to their chest and will present the full plan when the political contest gets serious.

[Akbas @Ammar_Kassim8]

Wale washenzi wa Itumbi tuko na ujumbe wenu.
Babu Owino will always stand with his brother Sifuna.

Linda Mwanananchi is here to stay!

[TAWE MOVEMENT @TaweMovement1]

"We will nominate Edwin sifuna as a presidential candidate of our party"-Caroli Omondi

[Edwin Sifuna @edwinsifuna]

Ndugu @EugeneLWamalwa and his niece Alice dropped by the office today to present me with the Late Michael Kijana Wamalwa’s book “My Country First” . I thank the entire Wamalwa family for their contribution to this Nation’s history and hope that we will continue walking together to see the dreams Mike had for the country become reality.

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

I am pleased to report that I personally delivered the petition on tax relief for parents and guardians caring for children and dependants living with severe disabilities to the Linda Mwananchi presidential candidate, H.E. @edwinsifuna as the matter needed urgent attention given that despite the law being in place, there was no mechanism that would allow those affected to benefit, for his urgent attention.

Senator Sifuna did not merely receive the petition and file it away. He immediately took up the matter with Hon. Crystal Asige, the mover of the law, to establish what has delayed its implementation and what must now be done to ensure affected families finally receive the relief Parliament intended for them.

I am encouraged to confirm that the matter is now being addressed. I will continue following up until the regulations, administrative procedures and application systems are fully operational.

Leadership is not only about making promises. It is about carrying the pain of ordinary citizens to the people with the power to act—and remaining there until action is taken.

To every parent and guardian carrying the enormous responsibility of caring for a person living with a disability: you are not alone. Your struggles matter, your sacrifices are seen, and we will continue standing with you until the law delivers real relief.

Thank you @CrystalAsige