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[Ole Teya @TeyaKevin]

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[Dr. John Njenga Karugia PhD. @johnnjenga]

On Kenya Police, Dignity, Erick Otieno

I once narrated here, how on a journey to Lamu, the NIS trailed my every move, then a contingent of Kenya Defence Forces was sent to intercept the bus at Witu.

I was instructed to alight with my luggage, a police land cruiser arrived hidden in a cloud of dust, I was handcuffed, handcuffs removed, and vroom-safari-rallyed to Mpeketoni Police Station.

I spent half a day being interviewed by a team of security agencies officers as every piece of luggage, papers and currencies were scrutinised as Nairobi was on the line receiving updates and after a green light I was let go and a security agent escorted me to a taxi.

I proceeded to a cold tusker on the Lamu island and a story to narrate forever. On that day, only the Kenya Airforce and Navy were not involved in my predicament. And yes, the NIS had correctly observed me taking photos during my journey across Kenya, including, stupid me, of certain security installations across the security-sensitive bus-ride towards Lamu. Security agents immediately deleted them at Mpeketoni Police Station.

Back then, I emphasized how dignified those officers were and the amazing dignity with which I was treated for almost six hours. How thorough but dignified the Mpeketoni Police Station encounter was, as regards deep search, deep questioning and etc. that I can not narrate to not be re-interviewed at JKIA entry for sharing redtaped observations.

I just want to focus on dignity. There are many Kenyan security agencies agents and officers who handle Kenyans with dignity. Equally, there are many who do not. And there are those who murder Kenyans, case in point Erick Otieno.

Yes, Kenya Police may arrest us all citizens for all kinds of legal reasons. The arrest, transfer to holding facilities and processing should be done in a dignified manner. It is not difficult. I experienced it. But it needs the police to understand their training, to understand the laws they are breaking and for police to face consequences for breaking the law. Not, some police officers, but every single one of them who breaks the law.

Killing a 19 year old Kenyan gentleman is horribly evily sad, and for what exactly? Hamna watoto ama ndugu nyinyi? As Kenyans we have been singing this song for too long. The new government that takes over from the current regime after general elections next year should prioritize dignifying the lives of citizens. In-service re-training for all forces etc. Let me tag incoming President H.E. @edwinsifuna here.

And Kenya Police should be taught who their employers are. Erick Otieno, through taxes he paid, was an employer of the employees that turned against him and battered him leading to his death.

Kenyans are tired of singing this song forever. But we shall not stop fighting for justice - come what may(!~¤). Na mtuambie bei ya uoga mnaojaribu kutuuzia. May Erick Otieno not rest in peace. May he, together with all others brutalised to death, forever restlessly haunt those who killed them and their offspring. Eternally. ⚖️

[Muffin @PaataNahiYar]

Me trying to hurt people like they do to me

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[LOCALMAN 🇰🇪 @Localman254_]

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Coast Regional Police Commander Ali Nuno ladies and gentlemen.

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[MrBlack™ @KE_MrBlack]

When a woman realizes you love her deeply, she will treat you worse than an African stepmom

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: WOW! A reporter bravely calls Trump out to his face after he falsely accused Iran of bombing the Iranian school that he destroyed: "Why are you the only person saying this?"

This is EXACTLY what we need from White House journalists!

"Footage shows that a Tomahawk missile likely destroyed that Iranian girls' school. So will the US accept any responsibility?" the first reporter asked.

"Well, I haven't seen it and I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around, is used by, you know is sold and used by other countries, you know that. And whether it's Iran, who also has some Tomahawks, they wish they had more, but uh... Whether it's Iran or somebody else. The fact that a Tomahawk— A Tomahawk is very generic. It's sold to other countries. But, uh, that's being investigated right now," Trump said.

In reality, the export of Tomahawk missiles is tightly controlled by the United States. Only America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Netherlands currently use the weapon. The suggestion that Iran has access to them is patently absurd.

The blatant falsehood from the president set up a knockout punch from another reporter—

"Mr. President, you just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school on the first day of the war, but you're the only person in your government saying this," said the reporter. "Even your Defense Secretary wouldn't say that when he was asked, standing over your shoulder on your plane on Saturday. Why are you the only person saying this?"

"Because I just don't know enough about it," said Trump. "I think it's something that I was told is under investigation, but Tomahawks are used by others, as you know... Numerous other nations have Tomahawks. They buy them from us, but I will certainly, whatever the report shows, I'm willing to live with that report."

Trump is lying because he doesn't want to own up to the fact that he murdered at least 165 people when a U.S. missile struck a school in Minab, Iran as part of a war of choice that he launched on behalf of Israel. The administration scrambled to claim that the horrific incident was caused by an Iranian rocket or missile misfiring, but new footage has emerged proving that it was an American Tomahawk.

It's now irrefutable that the United States killed those schoolchildren. This is the kind of evil that never washes out and no matter how much Trump lies about it, this will be a defining pillar of a legacy. He's the president who killed children in a pointless and illegal war and then refused to even admit to it.

Please ❤️ and share to demand that the United States take accountability!

[NSTRIKE @NSTRIKE1231]

🇮🇷 Former President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:

📌 “Iran’s intelligence service created a special unit tasked with identifying Mossad agents operating inside Iran. However, it later turned out that the head of this very unit was himself a Mossad operative, along with 20 other agents.”

[Ja Loka @_fels1]

Death comes to us all, at a destined time that none of us can accurately predict. If you're destined to die through a chopper crash, it will even fall on you while you're hiding under the bed, like it happened in Mwihoko last year. If not, you will survive being swallowed by a whale, earthquakes, tsunamis, car crashes or even head shots like Sardine Osinya survived some years ago, and still choke to death on your own saliva.
Today I remembered the story of the young man who had picked a beautiful lady and went to a room for horizontal engineering. However, before he could start supplying electricity, the lady insisted that they must use protection yet the man didn't have any. The man begged while standing on all the 3 legs, but the lady could hear none of it. With little blood left in the upper head, the man put on his clothes and ran across the road to get to a nearby pharmacy for a packet. He however wasn't lucky; all the blood had descended to the lower head and he conveniently forgot to check the road before crossing. He was knocked down by a speeding motorist who transported him straight to his maker.
As a famous voice once said, "Death is everywhere. Most of us try to avoid it, others can’t get out of its way. Every day we fight a new war against germs, toxins, injury, illness, and catastrophe. There’s a lot of ways to wind up dead; the fact that we survive at all is a miracle. Because, every day we live, we face… 1,000 Ways to Die."

[BRAVIN YURI @BravinYuri]

A police officer fires shots inside a student’s house during a night party at the UoN Kikuyu Campus.

We have no country here.

[The Watcher @WatcherOfVoids]

@OtitoNosike Epicurus reframed death as the absence of experience, something we never actually encounter. The fear lies in anticipation, not in death itself.

[Lukas Not Podolski @OtitoNosike]

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”

—Epicurus.

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

I campaigned and voted for him as my Governor. I bought into both his alluring promises and belligerent polemics on how he will change Nairobi for better. He mesmerised me with his booming voice, youthful energy and sheer audacity to revolutionise Nairobi. His agenda was seductive. I bought into it big time. I, like many voters in Nairobi genuinely but naively thought he will herald a new dawn of bright new day... innovation and change were the buzz words. I refused to interrogate his agenda or lift the veil behind the man. I saw his short resume as strength. I even celebrated question marks about his academic background and dismissed it as attempts by the political elites to pull down to the gutters a young and visionary leader. 4 years later, Nairobi under his calamitous tenure is a shithole, the comfortable miasma for rats and rodents of similar genre. Yesterday and without having the common decency to inform the voters of Nairobi, my Governor, timorous and trembling surrendered his mandate to the National Government on a silver platter. I did not see a gun on his head. I saw a happy smiling governor, flashing his signature dimples. He left me bitter, betrayed and stranded. He showed me the middle finger! As his loyal voter, I feel cheap and without a voice in the transaction. I was used and dumped like trash. Why do elected leaders like my Governor treat us as trash once they assume office and start wallowing in the luxury of power and the attendant filthy wealth that easily comes with public office? What remedy do the voters have when their Governor without consultation and consent tranfers his executive powers to a stranger in the name of National Government? How can executive abdication and change of power be a secret elopement between State House and City Hall? And when will STUPID voters like me know a snake oil salesman from a distance and refuse to upgrade him to something he can never be? For all our chaos and problems, the stupid charlatans we elect to offices in Kenya, the buck stops with a STUPID voter like me. I'm ashamed of SOME of the choices I habitually make when I vote on polling day!

[Mwangi Kimani @123kimani]

@dnjaga1 This begging behavior is really a terrible part of the Kenyan psyche.

No shame, no dignity.

Bure Kabisa.

[Daniel Njaga @dnjaga1]

A country with more than 10 permanent rivers and 4 freshwater lakes....
The same country has 36 universities and agricultural colleges......
The same country has the best-paid MPs and the President in the whole world....

But whose government proudly receives food aid from a desert country

[鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵 @harukaawake]

The picture on the left is Hiroshima. The picture on the right is Nigeria.

Instead of worrying about Japan, shouldn't you work on getting electricity and running water?

[Ahmednasir Abdullahi SC @ahmednasirlaw]

IG Kanja and The Senate are right on this. If a governor refuses to appear before the Senate oversight committee, the police should arrest him and frogmarch him to the Senate. Once he is there, he can name the Senators he bribed or refused to bribe. Once the session is over,the governor must report to the nearest police station the issues of him giving/refusing to bribe the senator(s). The day we allow some governors to decide whether or not they will appear before the Senate is the day we kill Senate oversight and legitimise grand looting of counties.