Mwende

“This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival …” - Rumi

[Mwende @m_musunga]

“Touch everything lightly, enjoy it while it is within your reach, and do not regret it when it is gone, since that is the nature of things.” ― Massimo Pigliucci

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery was the world’s largest single exporter of jet fuel (aviation fuel) in April 2026. Remind me, who said everything is impossible until it is done?

[Hanifa 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 🇨🇩 🇰🇪 @Honeyfarsafi]

I’m sorry, but doesn’t tying this fire tragedy to all this “demonic sacrifice” nonsense simply absolve the government and the boarding school system of responsibility for their failures? Instead of demanding accountability, people turn a preventable tragedy into superstition and conspiracy, while the real issues like negligence, safety standards, overcrowding, and institutional failure are ignored yet again.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Sabastian Sawe didn't break the 2-hour marathon barrier just because of the Adidas "supershoe." He's a damn good athlete. These East Africans all are.

I had to tell the whole world on CNN. Everyone be guided. Thanks for your attention to this matter!

[✒️ @Literariium]

james baldwin was so right when he said you think you’re alone and then you pick up a book and realise someone else has felt the same way as you and managed to find a language for it. the realest shit

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE 🫨

Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person ever to break the 2-hour barrier in official race conditions, storming to a historic 1:59:30‼️

@KejelchaYomif, on his marathon debut, also breaks 2 hours with a stunning 1:59:41 and @jacobkiplimo2 clocks 2:00:28, also faster than the previous world record 😤

[Emily S. Bremer @emilysbremer]

The best way to find typos is to reread the draft you’ve already circulated.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Senegal’s president casually updates his social profile pictures to include the AFCON trophy behind him.

How do you say “come and get it if you can” in Wolof?

[Algeria FC @Algeria_FC]

Trophies are won on the pitch 🇸🇳⭐️⭐️

[This Is Africa @ThisIsAfricaTIA]

@JulieGichuru: Prepare to be recolonized...

From "Declassified Podcast" by Femi Lazarus

[Mwende @m_musunga]

“….. when selling ignorance and stupidity is commercially viable …”

[OkayAfrica @OkayAfrica]

🇿🇦🇿🇼🦁 We’ve all seen and probably laughed at the viral “translation” of Circle of Life, but the original voice behind it, Lebo M, says he’s not impressed. 😐

What do you think? ⬇️

🎤 Zee Ngema

[Cerba Lancet Kenya @CerbaLancet_KE]

HPV is more common than many people think.

The problem is… we don’t talk about it enough, and silence delays testing.

So let’s start the conversation today and let's help prevent cervical cancer.

Have you ever heard about HPV testing or self-collection kits?

#KnowYourStatus #HPVAwareness #HealthTalkKE

[George Tsitati @Tsitati_George]

Motion to replace 'et al.' with 'gang'. So like “Tsitati and gang (2026)”.

[Richard Sudan @richardsudan]

The racial abuse of Delroy Lindo & Michael B Jordan is NOT about Tourette syndrome.

It’s about how normalised, accepted and even encouraged, anti-Black racism really is.

The BBC CHOOSING to broadcast the racial abuse of two world leading Black actors, to millions, IS the story.

[Cerba Lancet Rwanda @CLRwanda]

🔬 Pride in every accurate result—supporting patients, families, and clinicians. From early beginnings to ISO 15189 excellence, Cerba Lancet Rwanda grows through teamwork, learning, and purpose. 🌟 #10Years #Rwanda

[JaPrado. @Dr_AustinOmondi]

I am deeply disturbed by a video currently circulating online showing a Kenyan man, Opande James, visiting from the US, lifting the dress of an intoxicated young woman in a bar and recording her nudity—her v@gina and butt0cks—despite her feeble resistance. Another man eventually steps in to stop him.
What has shocked me just as much is the public reaction. So many people are blaming the woman: she was drunk, she wasn’t wearing panties, she brought this upon herself. This is exactly how we have normalised Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV). This is how we prove, again and again, that we do not understand consent.
Being intoxicated is not consent.
What someone is wearing—or not wearing—is not consent.
Recording and sharing someone’s nudity without consent is a crime.
We have weaponised patriarchy and misogyny so effectively that sexual violation is now treated as entertainment, and women’s trauma is reduced to a joke. If this same act had happened in the United States, that man would already be in custody. In Kenya, we are laughing, excusing, and moving on.
I am not privy to what that woman is going through—shame, fear, guilt, confusion—but none of those emotions negate the fact that a criminal act took place. Whether or not she pursues legal redress is her choice. What is our responsibility is to name the crime and condemn it.
When we stay silent, we give permission.
When we justify, we enable.
When we blame the victim, we protect perpetrators.
We are telling women that their right to privacy can be violated if they drink too much. We are telling men that they can walk away without consequence.
This must stop.
We need more voices calling this out for what it is: sexual violence and illegal recording under Kenyan law. No justification—none—can excuse what happened.
And to the woman involved: if anyone knows her, please help her access psychosocial and legal support. She deserves care, dignity, and justice.
We must hold men accountable for their actions. Anything less is complicity.

#EndGBV

FIDA-Kenya
Directorate of Criminal Investigations - DCI
U.S. Embassy Nairobi

Shared by Dr Amakove @lizwala on Facebook.

[Mwende @m_musunga]

@DMulili you will love this 😂😂

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

One of the most powerful statements ever made by Julie Gichuru!

[TeamKenya @OlympicsKe]

SHE DID THAT 😱🇰🇪💨

Woow!! what an amazing finish from Lilian Odira at the World athletics championships in Tokyo.

#Teamakenya
#worldathleticschamps
#WorldAthleticsChampionships
🎥 @SuperSportTV

[West Africa Weekly @WestAfricaWeek]

Everything You Know About Africa Might Be a Lie: The Scripted Continent and How the West Engineered Its Story Before It Happened https://t.co/8p5grET6if

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

Dear Entrepreneur, Integrity is more than a moral choice—it’s a lifestyle. It’s the compass that should guide every decision, shaping how we work, love, and lead. True integrity is not situational; it’s living honestly and consistently, whether seen or unseen. It’s the foundation of trust, dignity, and authentic leadership.