Mumbi Waweru

Invest in Africa. Nothing ticks me off like Investments #Investmentbanker

Loves life, Social, Entrepreneur

[Mumbi Waweru @moombz]

What is ur split second? It takes a second for ur life to get from one step to another..#life #inspired #mondaymotivation #happy

[Crime Watch Nairobi @suemc_phee]

Missingg person alert pls RT

[Mumbi Waweru @moombz]

That moment when you notice "Visit Rwanda" on Arsenal shirts & you just think..Hapa Kenya tuko mchezo.. #Arsenal

[IVY @ivymuthe]

Watching Linet Adhiambo’s story on NTV about the tragic disappearance of her two children on May 13, 2026, in Komarock, Nairobi, is absolutely heartbreaking.
Linet revealed that her daughter knows all her important details, including her phone number, yet she has heard nothing from her or about the children since the day they went missing.
Her ordeal is a painful reminder of how risky it has become to leave children home unsupervised in Nairobi, as criminals are constantly lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to snatch them.

[Mary Kathomi @MaryK2022]

Hi I'm lynet from Komarock I lost my kids date 13 may 2026 please 🙏 who ever see them please call me on these number 0726096432 name ,precious and Zennel

[Mumbi Waweru @moombz]

@jamessmat Deleted the App .

[𝙋𝘼𝙐𝙇. 𝐎. 𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎 @ouma_neko]

A 16 year old girl vanished from one of the most guarded girls schools in Kenya and the people running that institution are behaving like we are disturbing their peace by asking questions.

Read that again slowly.

A WHOLE CHILD disappeared.

Not outside a nightclub.
Not in a forest.
Not during chaos.

Inside a boarding school.

Inside St. Francis Mangu Girls in Kiambu County.

And what is shocking is not just the disappearance of Grace Wangare Thini.

It is the coldness.
The silence.
The arrogance.
The complete absence of urgency from people entrusted with children.

Grace disappeared on 10th April 2025.

The school only realised she was missing the following day after a teacher attending the third lesson noticed she was absent from class.

Meaning for hours nobody knew where she was.
Nobody checked.
Nobody panicked.
Nobody cared enough to immediately raise alarm.

This is a Form Four student living under school control, not an adult renting her own apartment in Nairobi.

So how does a child disappear from a highly secured boarding school without answers?

Today together with Maina Magret and Amos Koech we went to that school seeking one thing only:
Truth.

But what we found was walls.

The principal refused to face us.

The secretary redirected us like we were beggars asking for favours instead of citizens demanding accountability for a missing child.

Then came the deputy principal Mrs Gitonga in charge of curriculum.

The attitude alone told a story.

Arrogant.
Dismissive.
Defensive.

The kind of behaviour public officials display when they know something is wrong but believe ordinary Kenyans are too powerless to push further.

Simple questions became a problem.

Who last saw Grace?
Which teacher was on duty?
Which gate did she pass?
Was CCTV reviewed?
Were students questioned immediately?
Did she leave alone?
Was she assisted?
Why the delay in informing the parents?

No straight answers.

Only referrals.
Excuses.
Bureaucratic games.

They referred us to the Sub County Education Director over 40 kilometres away as if this is a paperwork issue and not a missing child crisis.

Meanwhile Grace’s parents are dying slowly.

Her father Mr Thini is battling hypertension from stress and emotional torture.

Her mother Eunice Wairimu is surviving on tears, prayers and hope.

Every day they travel from Naivasha near Wanyua Junction searching for answers no parent should ever beg for.

Imagine waking up every morning not knowing whether your daughter is alive, injured, kidnapped or dead.

Then imagine the institution responsible for her safety treating you like an inconvenience.

That is the cruelty this family is facing.

And Kenyans must stop normalising this madness.

A school cannot lose a child then hide behind offices and titles.

This country has become dangerously comfortable with institutional silence.

When poor families cry, powerful offices close ranks.

When children disappear, systems protect reputations first before human life.

That is why this case must not die.

The DCI, Ministry of Education, Child Protection agencies and every security organ in Kenya must move with speed and seriousness.

Because Grace Wangare Thini is not just another name.

She is somebody’s daughter.

And tonight somewhere in Kenya, two parents are staring at a silent phone praying it rings with news that their child is still alive.

[TUKO.co.ke | The Heartbeat of Kenya @Tuko_co_ke]

A family in Kariobangi South is desperately searching for their two young children who went missing on Wednesday at around 5:00pm.

The boy is 4 years old, while the girl is only 2. They were last seen holding hands near Kwa Chief in Kariobangi South. Their loved ones are pleading with anyone around Kwa Chief, Civo, Buruburu, 56 or nearby areas who may have seen them to report to the nearest police station or contact the family immediately via 0711569605 / 0742829805.

Every share could help bring these little ones back home safely. Please keep an eye out, share widely, and keep the family in your prayers. 🙏

Photo: Verah Owiti (Original)

[Mercy Nicky @Mercynicky_]

Amkeni!!! our country has finally gone to the dogs and politicians are showing us the middle finger, what do you means a whole goon is now a
nominated board member of Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital???🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

[#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia @wmnjoya]

The last time I remember Kenyan life being this hard, economically and socially, was in the 90s. I never imagined we'd go through this again in my lifetime. The politics were incoherent as they are now, we were struggling economically, and relationships were suffering in confusion and strange types of conflicts. The only difference between then and now is clarity about where the problem is coming from. In those days, I didn't understand what was happening to us. I thought it was just Africa being Africa. Now I see the political and philosophical problems a little more clearly. The Kenyan state is structurally kaput and needs to be replaced.

[𝙋𝘼𝙐𝙇. 𝐎. 𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎 @ouma_neko]

𝐀 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥.
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭.
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐀𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐒𝐡 𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞.
𝐎𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐒𝐇𝐀).

𝐀 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝.

𝐊𝐒𝐡 𝟏𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥.

𝐀 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞.
𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧.

𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝:

“𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐠𝐞𝐧.

𝐀 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬.

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐥𝐲:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"She saved a stranger’s child with $15. Decades later, she discovered why he had been searching for her.

In 1982, a Kenyan boy named Chris Mburu stood on the brink of losing everything. He was the brightest student in his rural district, studying by lamplight inside an earthen house without electricity. But his family could not afford his school fees. Without help, his education would end — along with any chance of escaping a life spent picking coffee in the fields.

Meanwhile, across the world in Sweden, an 80-year-old kindergarten teacher named Hilde Back came across a notice for a child sponsorship program. She chose a name from a list: Chris Mburu, Kenya. She began sending $15 every school term. There was no recognition, no expectation of gratitude — just a quiet decision to help a child she believed she would never meet.

That small amount changed everything.

Chris stayed in school. Over time, he and Hilde exchanged letters. She asked about his teachers, his studies, and his dreams. Through her words, he realized she wasn’t just part of an organization. She was a real person who believed in him. And he never forgot her.

Chris eventually graduated at the top of his law class at the University of Nairobi. He later earned a Fulbright scholarship to Harvard. He went on to become a United Nations human rights lawyer, helping prosecute genocide and crimes against humanity around the world.

Yet one thing always weighed on his heart. He had never properly thanked the woman who made his journey possible. In truth, he barely knew who she was.

In 2001, Chris founded a scholarship program for children like himself — talented students from poor families whose potential might otherwise be lost. He asked the Swedish Ambassador in Kenya to help him locate his mysterious sponsor so he could name the foundation after her.

They found her. Hilde Back. Still alive. Still living quietly in Sweden.

Chris traveled to meet her for the first time. He expected to meet a wealthy philanthropist. Instead, he found a humble, warm woman living simply — genuinely surprised that anyone considered her actions remarkable.

Then filmmaker Jennifer Arnold began documenting their reunion. During her research, she uncovered something Hilde had never told Chris.

Hilde Back had not been born in Sweden. She was born in Nazi Germany in 1922 to a Jewish family. At sixteen, when Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws banned Jewish children from attending school, strangers helped smuggle her to Sweden. Her parents stayed behind because Sweden’s refugee policies did not allow older Jews to enter. Both were later sent to concentration camps. Her father died there. Her mother disappeared, never to be heard from again.

Hilde survived the Holocaust because strangers helped her escape. She lost her own education because of who she was.

Fifty years later, she quietly paid for the education of a child across the world — a child who would grow up to fight the same hatred that destroyed her family.

When Chris learned her story, he wept. Hilde, meanwhile, had no idea that the boy she sponsored had devoted his life to prosecuting genocide.

In 2003, Hilde traveled to Kenya for the inauguration of the Hilde Back Education Fund. The entire village welcomed her as an honorary elder. In 2012, she returned again to celebrate her 90th birthday, surrounded by hundreds of children whose futures had been transformed through her generosity.

Hilde Back passed away on January 13, 2021, at the age of 98.

Today, the Hilde Back Education Fund has supported nearly 1,000 Kenyan children in continuing their education. Many have graduated from universities around the world. Many now give back — mentoring younger students and contributing monthly donations to support the next generation.

One woman. Fifteen dollars. One child.

That child created a foundation. That foundation changed hundreds of lives. And those lives continue to change others.

[Generali Osumo @generali_osumo]

President Obama retired at 54, Trump got the presidency at 70 and his power peaked at 80. Raila Odinga died at 80 and Col Sanders (KFC) got his breakthrough at 75. Diddy made his millions at age 22, and now sits in prison at 54. Run your own race!

[Mumbi Waweru @moombz]

That moment when you want a double uji & then you remember u have two toddlers & nannies on leave & you think twice about it #sigh #life

[Mumbi Waweru @moombz]

@ehdande I don't think it's the Judges only..A whole lot of people in the ecosystem

[Samuel Letasio @Samuelletasio]

Young people of Kenya, especially my fellow Gen Z, we need to talk , not tomorrow, not next month , now.

We can’t keep discussing change every day if we are not preparing ourselves to participate in that change.

The 2027 elections are around the corner, and the most important tool you can have is a voter’s card. Not tweets, not conversations, not frustrations , a voter’s card. That is the only weapon we, as young people, can use to choose leaders who reflect our dreams, our struggles, and our future.

I speak from experience.
In my recent race in Baringo, I met so many young people who wanted change, who believed in a better county and a better Kenya , but they had no votes.

They supported the message, they supported the vision, but they couldn’t support it at the ballot. And that is painful. Because without your vote, your voice is silent where it matters most.

We can’t claim to want a better Kenya and then be missing on the very day that determines our future.

Gen Z, you are the most powerful generation this country has ever had , educated, connected, bold, and unafraid. But power means nothing if it is not used.

Let’s show up. Let’s register. Let’s vote. Let’s prove that we are not just loud online , we are loud at the ballot too.
2027 is coming.

Don’t watch it pass by.

Get your voter’s card ,your future depends on it.

#MapinduziDebeni
#KuraYanguSautiYangu

@Kibet_bull @KanMaiyo_ @Mabonga_254
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[MethoDman @polo_kimanii]

Have you seen what has happened in that by election?

Goons ferried from ghettos.

Money being given to voters aimlessly like its being harvested from trees

Police being used to disrupt poling centres so that fake ballot papers can be brought in

Hundreds of pangas being ferried to election areas.

While all this is happening,in the national level,Money is disappearing from government coffers.

Money for hospitals

money for Schools

money for roads

Money for Medicine

Money for HelB

Money for lecturers and Teachers

/- This are the taxes we paid and loans taken on our behalf and which we will pay for.

Insitutions and corporations are being privatized daily.

Anyone telling you to wait for 2027 is clearly Blind or intentionally ignorant.

Waiting for 2027 is giving this Bastads time to strategize and rig.

More money will be poured,more unemployment drug infused youths will be paid and given pangas, more police will be armed teargas and kill citizens,more ballot papers will be ferried to poling sites.

And they will probably hire external militias like their RSF friends. Its so bad

These people clearly dont give a damn about the constitution.

Statehouse must be occupied as early as now.

But,now,we must be strategic!

We must Plan,Mobilize,Organize and strike to reclaim our countrys sovereignty before we are left with nothing but carcasses!

Tuanze na MPs

[Edwin H. Dande @ehdande]

Pinto, VC JP Morgan says Africa rates are justified.

We can say all we want about cost of capital for African countries but the only way to bring it down is to reduce risk… whether real or perceived.

…rule of law, better governance, reduce corruption, deepen capital markets.

African leaders should know that speeches laced with grievance will not reduce cost of capital.

[Mumbi Waweru @moombz]

@senmongare @Kenyans You are spot on. What do these chaps actually do?

[Lynn Ngugi @lynn_ngugi1]

The President of Singapore once told me he despises three kinds of people…thieves, the corrupt, and those who spend their time benchmarking instead of building. Kila saa Singapore😂😂🚶🏾‍♀️

[Shoba Gatimu @shobanes]

Short story from something I read not so long ago.
Around 2012, Sameer as Yana tyres were doing about 4 billion in revenue. Manufactured being over 80% and the rest imported. Then Operation costs, cheaper imports affected market dynamics. These factors pushed revenue lower each year. Ministry officials and KRA cared less. There was robust, brisk business from imports. By 2016, they were closing down NBO and also focusing on importing cheaper tyres from China and India. By this time they were doing about 1.6b which further plummeted to less than 200 mil by 2020.
In 8 years they had gone from a multi billion giant to barely paying salaries. Job cuts were massive. Then they decided to focus on real estate which grew revenue to around 400 mil. When they were manufacturing, their real estate wing was previously classified as supplemental income. Kitambo, that would be their pesa ya chai na mandas. 😂 And even then, they still downsized staff to just property management. Sold about 4 Acres, Cleared a 500 mil facility and posted 250 mil in profit. The highest in 11 years. What I'm saying is, when you see manufacturers closing shop for real estate ventures you will know this country has a policy issue. Think installed capacity, supply and reliability, cost of electricity, haphazard tax policies, directives from Ministries etc. While all these are happening, the taxman is clapping for himself for surpassing collection targets and govt is proud to spend on more lavish items.
We went from Firestone to selling buroti maguta maguta.
Kenya has a policy problem. Not a manufacturing, agroprocessing, industrialization problem.