Eric Wamanji

Journalist. #Nairobi's PR Fixer. Geothermal Diplomacy. International Relations Analyst.
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[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

In a significant diplomatic setback for Moscow, a while ago, Israel declined to receive a Russian wheat consignment after Ukraine argued that the cargo originated from occupied Ukrainian territories and amounted to wartime looting disguised as international trade.

[Russia's Pivot to Asia @RussiasPivot]

Russian Wheat Exports To Kenya Up 10% In 5M 2026
https://t.co/CpaS2Xxmmq
Russian exports of wheat to Kenya have grown 10% in the first five months of the year, with volumes to Egypt, Sudan and Cameroon also all showing strong increases.

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Kenya's Ebola-centre backlash aint fundamentally about #Ebola. It's a rejection of elite & foreign power. Ctizens are asking: Why should Africa absorb risks that powerful nations refuse to shoulder themselves? Marco Rubio's "no room in the US" comment only reinforced that perception. Apart from health, this is about sovereignty, dignity. Kenyans are rejecting neocolonialism.

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

PIN DROP .... location where the true geothermal ecosystem is shaping up

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

National events do not automatically create impact. While it is easy to transport an event to a location, it takes vision and leadership for a county to leverage that moment and create lasting meaning. Last year, Kitui flopped!
https://t.co/54r2nsGiG8

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

@DrChrisKiptoo @GDCKenya @AlexKWachira @EnergyMinK Haha

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Marching to tomorrow...

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Comfort economy

[American Political Science Review @apsrjournal]

From our May Issue: Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa by @MattKRibar. https://t.co/UiHJMC2GVE

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

It appears Boda boda chaps have been squeezed financially. They're ruling the roads in Nairobi.

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Hello, can you hear us? GOK’s broken line and how to tap the magic of Strategic Communication
https://t.co/n0vOTFBjLo

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The average pay of housekeepers in New York City hotels will increase to more than $100,000 a year as part of a contract settlement between an industry trade group and a powerful union. https://t.co/Jb95HIXQcL

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

No longer the toto chokoras... nowadays too many adults sleeping rough in Hurlinghum. This is a public health & safety issue... there was a time Kibaki did wonders with these street manenos, then the programme collapsed decades later.

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Indeed, the French diplomatic machinery least expected the aggressive backlash that Nairobi served. It brings the reality home that Embassies have their jobs cut out in the battle of narratives. The so called #GenTimeline is bad news.

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Last week Nairobi staged a coup, like those of West Africa, against French Public Diplomacy. X became the terrain on which legitimacy is now negotiated. Public diplomacy no longer ends at the podium; it's battled online #DiplomaticDiscourses

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

This is it. This is #GeothermalDiplomacy at its best. Uganda is locked. Indeed, geothermal belongs to the architecture of Kenya's soft power. #DiplomaticDiscourses

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Power Corrupts...

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Justice Dept. is planning to drop charges against India’s richest man, Gautam Adani, after a lawyer for the billionaire made an unusual investment offer. https://t.co/08sl331XCJ

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Clearly, what is packaged as inclusion, accessibility is actually engineered dependency that trap the peasant into forever loans and frustration. Such is the new game of the taon.

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

The “Pay Later” model for electronics is beginning to look like a smart scam. People complain that gadgets mysteriously stop working once the final payment is made. Then the peasant is forced back into the cycle: take another “cheap” loan, service it, repeat.

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

Wueh. Hiyo yote more than 7kgs kwa tumbo moja?

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Ethiopian woman's joy at rare quintuplets after 12 years trying for a baby https://t.co/SvI2Jmkujp

[Eric Wamanji @manjis]

More secretary of war than diplomat. ... the smarts bid their rime before they shoot. Idiots are reactive restless.... just shoot. Shoot coz they can. Idiots indeed.

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: Only stupid countries don’t shoot back when you’re shot at. And we’re not a stupid county.

The redline is clear – if Iranian boats threaten Americans, they’re going to get blown up.

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