Wicknell Chivayo company, Chinese partner win $2.9 billion Kenya airport tender
♦️ IMC Construction is a joint venture partner with state-owned Chinese conglomerate
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BREAKING: We can confirm that Wicknell Chivayo's company, IMC Construction Kenya, is part of the consortium behind the planned expansion of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
According to reports by Zimbabwe Live News, IMC Construction Kenya is a joint-venture partner alongside CCCC (China Communications Construction Company) and CRBC (China Road and Bridge Corporation) in the proposed $2.9 billion JKIA expansion project.
This is the same Wicknell Chivayo whose name has repeatedly featured in corruption allegations and controversies surrounding public contracts across Southern Africa.
What's even more interesting is that this deal was reportedly reached last year. Around the same period, Chivayo shared a video hinting that he had landed a major regional deal. Many people did not know what he was referring to at the time.
If these reports are accurate, then Kenya may have jumped from the frying pan straight into the fire.
Kenyans should be asking some very basic questions:
Who brought him into the deal?
Who conducted the due diligence?
Who approved the consortium?
And why do controversial figures keep finding their way into strategic national projects?
I keep saying this country is being messed up in all the wrong ways.
Sometimes you look at what's happening under SHA and this government and wonder: are we being led by incompetence, greed, or both?
A KSh 105 billion system collapses, and SHA stops working completely. How does that even happen?
Help me understand.
When you build a house, you keep a spare key.
When you buy a car, you get a spare tyre.
Football teams have substitutes
Even the human body has two eyes, two ears, and two kidneys, because failure happens.
So, how does an entire national healthcare system serving millions of Kenyans have no functioning backup plan?
What exactly were Kenyans paying KSh 105 billion for?
Was nobody thinking about system failure?
Was nobody testing disaster recovery?
Or was everyone too busy collecting contracts and signing invoices?
At what point do we stop calling this a technical problem and start calling it incompetence?
This is what happens when people are appointed based on loyalty instead of competence, and when critical institutions are run by individuals who cannot think beyond the next press conference.
Kenyans are paying billions for systems that fail when they are needed most.
This government has failed and must go.
There are at least 4 types of wealth:
1. Financial wealth (money)
2. Social wealth (status)
3. Time wealth (freedom)
4. Physical wealth (health)
Be wary of jobs that lure you in with 1 and 2, but rob you of 3 and 4. —James Clear
5. Spiritual wealth (peaceful mind)
BREAKING: The William Ruto govt is about to pull one of the most selfish financial tricks of his presidency.
A move designed not just to collect the Housing Levy.
But to make sure Kenyans keep paying it for years to come, and no other president in the near future removes it. (Securitization)
Here's the plan.
His government, according to NTV, plans to borrow about KSh150 billion from local and international banks.
The security?
YOUR future Housing Levy payments. So they want to go collect 150 billion and use future housing levy payments as security. (securitization)
This means that if the next government removes the housing levy, Kenya will default on the loan taken by the Ruto government.
Let that sink in.
The government gets KSh150 billion immediately this year.
The money is spent immediately.
But Kenyans remain trapped paying the levy for years afterwards.
This is not an accident.
This is the whole point.
Opposition leaders have repeatedly promised to abolish the Housing Levy.
So what does Ruto's government do?
It moves to tie the levy to a massive loan so that future governments will find it far harder to remove.
In short:
The cash stays with Ruto's administration; they get it and use it before elections.
The bill stays with Kenyans for years
The burden is pushed into the future.
And if the loan is backed by many years of future levy collections, millions of Kenyans could find themselves paying 20 yrs later for a decision long after this government is gone.
That is why this is so selfish.
I warned earlier this year that the new Ruto levies were not just about raising money.
They were about creating assets that could be used to secure more borrowing.
Now we are seeing exactly why.
The question every Kenyan should ask is this:
This is completely evil. We reject all attempts to securitize the Housing Levy.
Madaraka was never just about lowering one flag and raising another.
It has become an opportunity to reflect on whether we are living up to the promise of the Kenya our forebears fought for.
Reflecting on Kenya then and Kenya now, I am reminded that while much has changed, our responsibility remains the same: to keep striving for a country that offers dignity, opportunity, and justice for all.
The work of building a just, prosperous, and dignified Kenya did not end in 1963. It remains the responsibility of every generation.
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Unless I'm mistaken:
1. William Ruto is Kenya's president; not a contractor
2. Extremely short construction times aren't, especially in Kenya, reassuring w.r.t. structural integrity/longevity
3. How long a man takes to brush his teeth, min/hr/days/wks shouldn't interest other men
When I was Muslim, I used to ask Christians:
“If Jesus was really God, why did He eat, sleep, and bleed like us?”
And honestly, I used to ask it with pride like it was some unbeatable argument.
But later I realized something:
That question was not exposing Christianity.
It was exposing my misunderstanding of what kind of God Jesus claimed to be.
Because the real question is not:
“Why would God become weak?”
The real question is:
“What kind of God would willingly step into human suffering at all?”
Islam taught me about a God who was distant and untouchable.
But Christianity introduced me to a God who stepped into hunger, exhaustion, grief, pain, betrayal, blood, and suffering with us.
And suddenly His humanity stopped feeling like weakness to me.
It became proof of love.
If Jesus ate, it means He came close enough to experience hunger beside us.
If He slept, it means He embraced the exhaustion we carry.
If He bled, it means He did not stand above suffering watching us from a distance.
He entered it Himself.
Philippians 2 says Christ emptied Himself and took on flesh.
Not because He stopped being God, but because He wanted humanity to finally see what God is actually like.
And it turns out God is willing to suffer for the people He loves.
That changed everything for me.
Because every other religion demanded sacrifice from humanity.
Jesus became the sacrifice Himself.
And no prophet in history ever claimed that.
Jamila: This is not new. Kenyans have seen this before, Kenyans have seen dormitory fires, they have seen children trapped, they have seen grieving parents, they have seen promises of investigations and accountability, and this manual has been spoken about as recently as two years ago during the Hillside Endarasha Fire in Nyeri. To date, some of the questions that were raised during that tragedy have not been answered. I don’t understand what the fear is. If your parent wants to see where their child is sleeping, it should not be a problem. I wonder what these reports and investigations are for if there is no follow-up #CitizenNewsGang @JamilaMohamed
Isaiah 6:5 (NKJV)
So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,The LORD of hosts.”
THE PRICE OF KNOWING GOD
Many Believers do not realize that God desires to be known, but there is a price to knowing Him. It requires the labour of the Word and a life of pursuit.
When you truly know God, something changes. There is a confidence, an audacity that comes from that knowledge: “I know whom I have believed.”
The foundation of true faith is not just the knowledge of principles, but the knowledge of God. Because there are moments when God will give instructions that defy every principle you know. In those moments, your only anchor will be: God said it.
A generation that refuses to pay the price to know God will remain powerless. But there is great profit in knowing Him.
God desires to reveal Himself and His ways, the ancient paths that transform ordinary people into men and women of power. There is a path; walk in it.
Watch the full message titled “The Compelling Power of Mighty Works (Raising Witnesses With Power)” on our YouTube channel at Koinonia Global.
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So I was reading about King Solomon in the Bible, and honestly… this story messed with my head a little. In 1 Kings 3:12, God literally told Solomon that He would give him wisdom like no one before him and no one after him. Like… imagine being the wisest person to ever live. Ever. That made me wonder, Why did God make Solomon so special? Why give him wisdom greater than anyone else in history? Then I kept reading, and I found his downfall in 1 Kings 11.
I was confused. Where did that wisdom go?
How could the wisest man in the world end up worshiping idols? How could someone so wise make such foolish decisions? So I kept searching, reading, thinking…... and then I found this line that hit me hard: "If this was the case with the wisest man who ever lived, then what hope do we have apart from constant dependence on Jesus Christ? Let the example of Solomon drive us to greater dependence on Him." And that’s when it clicked. No matter how smart you are. No matter how blessed you are.
No matter how high God lifts you. If you stop fearing God….. If you stop depending on Him..... You can fall. Badly. Even Solomon fell.
And it honestly felt like God was talking straight to me:
“Oh you want to be wise?
Look at the wisest man in the world.
See what happened when he stopped walking with Me.”
God’s works are truly beyond our understanding.
Praise the Lord!
The only problem I have with this is that years later, after the beautiful lady has healed and wants to remarry, maybe the dad is not even there….she gets married but cannot sustain the marriage. Why? Because there is an altar speaking against her marriage.
That’s how altars are created.
Words are seeds. No matter the pain we may have, let’s watch what we speak over our children.
If you think Joseph was imprisoned just because he resisted her, read her first sentence.
We usually treat this story like a basic lesson on resisting temptation. Joseph runs away, stays honest, and keeps his integrity. That’s all true. But we don’t spend enough time talking about what happens after he does the right thing.
You could have ten years of perfect performance reviews. You’re the first one in the office and the last to leave. You’ve built a reputation as someone who doesn’t cut corners. People trust you. Your name commands attention in the room.
Then someone with more power decides to tell a different story about you.
In a single conversation, your ten-year track record suddenly feels vulnerable. The atmosphere changes. People start looking at you through the lens of an accusation instead of the person they’ve known. You realize something painful; that integrity does not always protect you when the other person controls the narrative.
That is the real tension in Genesis 39.
The Bible is careful to show how much Potiphar trusted Joseph. He put everything under his authority. Scripture even tells us Joseph was “handsome in form and appearance.” When Potiphar’s wife pursued him day after day, Joseph refused. He spoke from loyalty; “How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” he said.
Then he ran, leaving his garment in her hand.
But see what happens next
She called the men of the house and said, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us.” She did not say “Joseph.” She did not say “the overseer.” She said, “a Hebrew.” When she spoke to her husband, she repeated it; “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us…”
Think about that for a moment…
In one sentence, she pulled him out of his position and placed him back in his class. Suddenly he is no longer a trusted manager or faithful servant, just “a Hebrew”; an outsider. The coat in her hand became evidence, and the “Hebrew” label became the lens.
When Potiphar heard his wife’s words, scripture says his anger burned. the Bible doesn’t record Joseph saying a single word to defend himself. He didn't argue his case. Genesis 39:20 simply says Potiphar took Joseph and put him into the prison.
Now, Egyptian law usually meant execution for this kind of thing. The fact that Joseph only got prison suggests Potiphar might have had doubts, or maybe he was just trying to save face. We are not told. What we are told is that Joseph did everything right and still ended up in a cell.
That's a lot to process. He refused, ran, honored God, and he still lost his position and reputation in a single afternoon.
Imagine sitting there, the whole thing replaying in his mind; the offer, refusal, shouting, footsteps and anger. You did exactly what God wanted, and instead your reward was a dungeon and a ruined reputation. Nobody is clapping for you. There’s no big "thank you" for your obedience.
And you know what, God didn't stop the lie.
He didn't strike the woman or burn the house down to prove Joseph was innocent. He let the injustice happen. Only after Joseph is locked away the Bible says, "But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love".
Joseph’s story proves that obedience isn't a strategy to get the outcome you want. It is a decision about who you will be when the outcome turns against you. That kind of faith does not look impressive. It looks like waking up in a place you don't deserve to be and refusing to let bitterness take over.
You might be looking at your situation, waiting for "the truth" to come out so you can get your life back. but Joseph’s time in prison suggests your identity isn't found in being proven right, but in the fact that God is with you. He doesn't leave when your name is dragged through the mud.
When doing the right thing costs you your reputation, who are you if no one ever clears your name?
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Ellis Enobun
Jesus says “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly- John 10:9-10