Days after William Ruto promised Mombasa residents a “new ferry,” Kenya Ferry through KPA has now increased ferry charges.
The promise was loud.
The charges came quietly.
And now ordinary wananchi will pay for it daily.
NEW CHARGES:
• Motorcycles:
50 KSh → 75 KSh
• Cars below 4.5 m:
120 KSh → 180 KSh
• SUVs & vehicles 4.6–6 m:
225 KSh
• Vans:
350 KSh
• Vans on tow:
1,125 KSh
• Pickups:
350–438 KSh
• Tuktuks:
100 KSh
• Buses:
900–1,650 KSh
• Trucks:
Now between 438–8,325 KSh
I have seen the documentation and can confirm this is true.(evidence in replies)
Some people sitting comfortably will say:
“It’s just 25 bob.”
“It’s just 60 bob.”
But they forget something important:
For many Mombasa residents, the ferry is not a luxury.
It is LIFE.
It is how workers get home.
How traders transport goods.
How students cross.
How families survive.
A rider spending 100 KSh daily will now spend 150 KSh.
That is over 1,000 KSh extra every month just to move.
And once transport costs go up, EVERYTHING follows:
Food.
Matatus.
Deliveries.
Business costs.
Rent.
This is how Kenyans are drained slowly:
First the announcement.
Then the applause.
Then the bill.
And the saddest part?
Many people celebrated the “new ferry” announcement without realizing what was waiting.
So Emmanuel Macron is landing in Nairobi for a France-Africa summit branded “Forging Onwards | Africa Forward.”
Forging Onward? To where? To Paris?
Let’s be serious.
How do you talk about Africa “moving forward” while France still controls the monetary systems of several West African countries through the CFA franc and exploits them?
How do you preach partnership when African gold, uranium, and resources have enriched France for decades and continue to, while those same countries struggle?
After the brutalities and crimes the French committed in Africa?
West Africa has already started pushing France out. That’s not theory, that’s reality.
Now, suddenly, the same France is hosting a “future of Africa” summit in Kenya?
This is not about Africa.
This is about influence.
This is about control.
This is about rebranding.
Colonialism didn’t end.
It evolved.
And now it shows up in suits, conferences, and slogans like “Africa Forward.”
Kenya must be careful not to become the new gateway for old colonization systems that Africans are actively rejecting.
Africa doesn’t need saving.
Africa needs space to breathe, without strings attached.
The biggest threat to Ruto’s second term is a united opposition.
There is propaganda that Ruto will simply rig his way back, but rigging is not as easy as people make it sound. Rigging requires serious intelligence, serious coordination, serious logistics and a disciplined political machine, and Kenya Kwanza may be loud, arrogant and aggressive, but that does not mean they have the capacity to quietly manage every moving part of an election without exposing themselves to a bigger crisis.
The bigger danger for Ruto is the possibility of a last minute national mood swing where Kenyans wake up close to the election and decide in large numbers that Ruto must go. That is the counterattack I am talking about. Not chaos, not violence and not online excitement, but millions of ordinary Kenyans making a quiet decision in their homes, villages, towns, churches, markets, workplaces and polling stations that enough is enough. When people are divided, confused or hopeless, power can manipulate them, but when many Kenyans arrive at the same conclusion at the same time, the system starts shaking.
Personally, my worry is bigger than Ruto. It is bigger than Kalonzo and bigger than whoever else imagines they can inherit power. Whether the next president is Ruto, Kalonzo, Kuku or anyone else, things will still be bad if the poisoned system remains untouched. The country is not well. People are broke, businesses are closing, families that were stable two or three years ago are now struggling, rent is choking people, food is expensive, school fees is a nightmare, jobs are scarce and hope itself has become expensive.
This is where the opposition is also failing because they are talking politics but they are not seriously addressing the issues affecting Kenyans. Kenyans do not just need a replacement for Ruto. They need a serious plan for the economy, taxation, public debt, corruption, police brutality, unemployment, healthcare, education and the cost of living. Without that, removing one group and replacing it with another will only change the names of the people eating while the country continues bleeding.
As I have always said, only Kenyans themselves will take back this country, rectify it and set serious systems. Not politicians, not tribal kingpins and not fake reformers who become silent immediately they get appointments. Keen people know that time must come, and it may come slowly then suddenly.
No matter who is at the top, Kenyans will eventually realise that the system itself is poisoned, and once that realisation becomes national, it will be very bad for anyone who takes over. Kenyans will not just be asking for a new president. They will be demanding a country that finally works.
Namibia is ending its relationship with IMF.
They rejected more loans from IMF, did a debt audit and only paid what they legally owed IMF.
They have paid all the debts and they are now walking out of the IMF murderous program of economic terrorism.
They become the second country to walk out after Mozambique.
Mozambique petitioned IMF and refused the Tuna Bond Odious Debts they never incurred.
They asked IMF to negotiate with the borrowers who squandered the illegal debts to pay them back.
As we are talking today, Mozambique is out of the trap.
Our time is also coming. We MUST also refuse to pay Odious Debts we never consented to.
#DeniBandia #ReKe #DrainTheSwamp
Good afternoon patriots. Here is your Lunchtime dose of anger. This should make you angry enough to avoid any nice looking thing near you.
Today at Milimani High Court.
Courtroom 31.
One man is challenging KSh 7 trillion of debt.
Borrowed in your name.
Without your approval.
Routed to offshore accounts instead of the Consolidated Fund.
KSh 12.4 trillion total.
And only 28.6% had proper legal backing.
The rest was just borrowed.
Quietly.
On your behalf.
While you were sleeping.
The political class is silent.
The media is silent.
The same media that covered Ruto's misquoting in real time.
Silent.
The same politicians who scream about the people on rally podiums.
Silent.
Because this case does not just challenge the debt.
It challenges everyone who borrowed it.
Past presidents.
Current presidents.
Treasury officials.
The IMF.
All named as respondents.
Now here is the question nobody is asking.
If Omtatah wins.
Who pays?
You.
The same Kenyan who did not borrow the money.
Did not approve the money.
Did not see the money.
Will pay back the money.
With SHA deductions.
And housing levy.
And dirty fuel taxes.
This is the most important court case in Kenya's history.
And it is trending below Ruto's English lessons.
Stand with Omtatah Kenya.
He is doing what the whole Parliament should be doing.
For free on your behalf.
Again. Make it trend as they do not want you to know about #DeniBandia
Dismas wa Tabu. Dreaming in installments. Billed in full.
The World Bank Group froze a KSh 96.9 billion loan to the government of William Ruto over unmet reform conditions.
Some of the conditions the Ruto govt has to meet include:
- Reducing the budget deficit (through higher VAT/excise taxes and spending cuts)
- Implementing the Conflict of Interest Act and Social Protection Act
- Full rollout of Treasury Single Account (TSA) and e-government procurement to curb graft
- Amendments to the Competition Act to regulate dominant firms
- Urban transport policy reforms
- Refugee mobile and M-Pesa registration reforms
Here is the painful truth:
Most of these are not bad policies.
In fact, they should have been done years ago.
But look at the pattern:
When told to reduce the deficit, the Ruto govt will choose the easiest path for them: to tax Kenyans more.
Not cut luxury.
Not to reduce wastage.
Not tame corruption.
Just squeeze Wananchi harder.
That tells you everything.
And if you still doubt how much the International Monetary Fund and World Bank shape Kenya’s economic decisions and how Obedient Ruto is to them, watch what happens next.
My prediction?
VAT will rise.
But not now.
They will wait until after the 2027 elections.
Because they know higher taxes before elections would be political suicide.
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When Finance Bill 2028 & 2029 lands, come back here.