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[Rio @omarkarios]

Watu hulipa 450 bob Java kunywa maji moto chungu ndio wapate palpitations na wasiwasi ya bure. Scam tupu.
Kama ni kuwa addicted na substance inaharibu akili yangu, wacha iwe hard psychedelics zinazungusha floor na kunituma multiverse kuongea na ancestors kwa 4K.

[Bodie Satva @themopinomicon]

When you're born you get squeezed through a flesh tunnel and your mum shits all over you and a bunch of guys see your dick what made you think being alive wouldn't be a series of escalating humiliations until you die

[Habibiz @manlikesaiya]

Corporate Kenya also needs to stand its ground. How do they expect people to keep working under such conditions?? Revenues and projections don’t matter at time like this
#RutoMustGo

[Silas Nyanchwani @nyanchwani]

Nairobi has a certain air of promise. Especially if you are a jobless graduate. It is magnetic and optimistic.

There is always a deal around the corner—a tender here, a business breakthrough there. Even street language teems with hope. Kuomoka. Kuondoka/kuchomoka block. Siku moja fomu itajipa. There is a hope that somehow, all of us, by some magic alchemy, we will become rich.

In between, you may land a good deal. But the waiting period for the next deal can break your heart as a man. You can lose your wife, children, girlfriend, mpango, and everything you own as you wait for the next deal. Or for the government tender to be paid.

I look back on my more desperate days before I started hawking books. Used to be called to these meetings. High-end hotels. I would sit across top government or NGO folk discussing strategy. Or Java. Art Café. Or the swankier ones in Kilimani, Lavi, and in the many malls that dot Nairobi’s greener and leafier suburbs. I would leave the meetings thinking of what car to buy, what neighbourhood to move to, or where between Machakos or Kajiado outskirts should I build my city home. Kamulu has a certain repellent quality while Kitengela has a certain secure and sunny charm. I could even call my Kisii girlfriend and we could discuss vacation ideas. Because I was talking to guys who make decisions about how the funds of government or the NGO they worked for are moved. By the way delusion is a very bad thing.

Back home, I would hammer out a proposal with my business partner (back then, there was no ChatGPT). There would be pages upon pages of proposals and PowerPoint presentations. Proposal safi kama Kelly Rowland.

And then, the waiting would begin. The big man will stop picking up my calls. Blueticks. Painful. Grey ticks are even more disrespectful. And boy, once you start chasing these big men, you can lose your soul. You befriend their PAs and secretaries, who will update you about their moves and there whereabouts, when you can meet, etc. But licking ass of big men is nasty business. When I hear that you guys eat ass, I don't even know how y'all do it but stop it.

Do women also have friends in high places that they simp for?

Because in the corridors of big men's offices, I only bump into men. And the only women I see in the corridors are their mistresses who have express access or some odd woman who wants some CDF or something.

And then, there are jobs to apply for. You apply until the day comes when you no longer want to apply. Because job applications are just PE. And LinkedIn is honestly full of poop. Ever applied for those UN jobs that need 4 hours? Or those you apply via LinkedIn, and then you manually have to fill in your details on some digital forms and submit your CV. Sometimes you have someone in the right place to put in a good word for you. Except that your person doesn’t have enough flex, and thus the boss will fix their niece there, far younger, far less experienced, and that is the way the world works.

Another six months have gone by. No business. No job. No deal.

And then you see a tender. You know, people who can swing you the tender. Then you do paperwork. Tender paperwork is ridiculously laborious. Last time, I printed almost 300 pages, spending my last supper money on it, betting on the connection to get the tender. Then you get that appetite and do like ten tenders. You get none in return. Later you learn that the big man in the department has shell companies with his clandes, nieces and nephews that they use to cart the money away. You are humbled.

And now you are 37. It has been three years since you last had a good deal.

Or you are 29, five years since you graduated, and have no job or deal in sight. Now, dating and marriage are indefinitely suspended. If above 37, you are probably divorced or will be divorced sooner rather than later.

This period of stagnation, where you wait indefinitely for a job after graduation, is called Waithood. If you are an adult, it is called Stalled Mobility. Millennials in Kenya, especially those born between 1986 and 95, have experienced difficulties changing their socio-economic status. There hasn’t been upward mobility. Instead, there has been a lot of downward mobility. Most of my friends who, just a decade ago, used to lend each other sums up to Sh 100,000 and would dispense with it like it is pocket change, nowadays we are down to asking each other for Sh 100-500 for kabej. The economy has wiped out many marriages I knew, and all the memos we have written don’t address the elephant in the room: the economy. It is rough on women. Rougher on men. The Kenyan economy started collapsing in 2015, and the effects were being felt as early as 2018-19. Covid-19 accelerated the situation, but saved the Uhuru government because everything could be blamed on Covid-19. Ruto has no such luxury; he is badly exposed.

So, we now have two cohorts: younger adults in their mid to late 20s-early 30s with no job prospects, and now they are missing out on all markers of adulthood, marriage, and home ownership, as well as career or business progression. The other cohort in their late 30s and 40s who have gone through a good fortune, enjoyed a good corporate job, Nairobi-type deals, and business, had a good marriage, and even a family but for the last 3-5 they are stuck. Same job. Or sacked. Same neighbourhood. Or downgraded. Stalled mobility has either shattered their lives or everything good they ever had.

So, we have almost three overlapping generations, born 1986-93, 93-99, 2000-2005, who are now lost generations. Already, nothing short of a miraculous intervention can save most of them. Pushed to the end, a revolution may be inevitable. But revolutions rarely solve problems. They level the playing field, and everyone starts worse, save for a few who may gain from the ruins.

Kenya still has a chance to turn things around. A Kibaki-like figure with a greater inclination for nationhood instead of narrow ethnic interests and far less corrupt can change our fortunes and unleash the country's full potential.

Otherwise, Waithood and Stalled Mobility are with us for a long time. And if you sing “kumi bila break”, you will cry and gnash your teeth until 2040. Sadly, we don’t get any younger to experiment with our lives under lazy and inept leadership.

I really don't want to sound like a genius in 2030 when you look back and remember when I told you that Kenya Kwanza is not an option in 2027. Three generations are at stake. Don't trivialise this. If you intend to vote Kenya Kwanza kindly block me and delete me from your life.

This is a matter of life and death.

Hate me or love me.

[Njeri Wa Migwi™ @NjeriWaMigwi]

Frame 1 : Rosemary Njeri 22 years
Frame 2 : Hellen Wambui 19 years

On March 15 , Rosemary Njeri left her boyfriend house in Ruiru back to her home in Ngorongo village, Kiambu. As usual she was supposed to say she had arrived home, alarmed her boyfriend kept calling but she did not pick up.

The next day , he went to her parents home and they reported her missing although they were told a 24 hour moratorium has to be observed before being declared missing. Two days later , her body was found in a coffee plantation in the neighborhood; she had been raped and killed.

Hellen went missing on March 30 after being sent to the shopping center to buy groceries. Hellen was Rosemary's neighbour. Her body would be discovered in another coffee plantation half buried. She had been raped and strangled to death.

Their killer was found on Wednesday this week. He has been using Rosemary's phone and the police in Kiambu managed to trace him. He dumped Hellens phone in a pit latrine. He would be found in Dry, Ngorongo where he would be later arrested.

Their murderer was their neighbour Sam Kamau. He was amongst the people who dug both graves and even attended both women's funerals.

Statistics show that Femicide is mostly done by perpetrators close to us. Sam was their neighbour. Two women lives gone just like that.

Rosemary Njeri 🥀🥀🥀 We speak your name
Hellen Wambui 🥀🥀🥀 We speak your name

We remember you , today and always 🥀🥀🥀
May you find justice.

We must end Femicide in Kenya.

#Usikimye

[Nelson Amenya @amenya_nelson]

The president never ever issued a statement even a tweet of condolences to the families of the Gen Z who were shot in the head outside of parliament completely unarmed but he is quick to issue statements when his fellow despots are bereaved and you want us to empathize?? Kwani mnatuona wajinga aje? He didn’t even say sorry for killing that old man with his convoy recently.

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

In 2023-2024:

(1) Our counties had revenues of KSH 483 billion, intended to serve over 50 million Kenyans.

(2) County Governments, who employ less than 1% of their county population, took 44% of this KSH 483 billion for themselves in salaries ALONE. Benefits not included.

(3) By spending 44% of the revenue on salaries, which is illegal (maximum allowed is 35%), these counties took an extra KSH 40 billion over and above what is allowed. That KSH 40 billion is the reason for the missing or the inadequately equipped hospital, or the road that is not built in your county.

(4) For every shilling our county governments spent on "bursaries/education", they spent KSH 27 on their salaries. 1 shilling for your children, and 27 for themselves. They spent KSH 210 billion on salaries for less than 1% of the county population, and KSH 7.9 billion TO SERVE ALL CHILDREN in the entire country with respect to bursaries/education.

(5) Our county governments spent KSH 16.4 billion travelling, which includes KSH 2.5 billion in foreign travel. I offer a sample of these trips in the second and third attachment. For example, @marsabitcounty had no qualms about sending 3 people to the UK - to "accept" one used ambulance. Can you imagine what the 'donors" thought when they heard that the "recipients" - three of them no less, who just finished begging for a donation of a used ambulance are on the way to the UK to 'receive" this donation?

I think you agree with me when I say that our leaders are dumb as hell. They have no redeeming qualities.

(6) Spent KSH 2.5 billion on cars for Governors and MCAs.

(7) The average Governor earned a basic income that is 74 times what the average Kenyan made. In specific counties, this was worse. For example, in @Mandera_cgvt - the Governor, @MohamedAKhalif made a basic income that was 178 times what his average resident made in the year.

(8) The average MCA earned an income that is 16 times what the average constituent made.

I have not said one thing about corruption. Or the other ridiculous "allowances" they receive, which can often double the salary.

The natural consequences of this, is what you see in the attached videos and pictures. And before you say that "education" is the responsibility of the National Government - you need to remember that your child is not concerned with who is responsible. Their pain and suffering remains true, irrespective of who is to blame.

Folks, this was not the purpose of devolution, and we must demand change immediately.

@NAssemblyKE @Senate_KE @EACCKenya @WilliamsRuto @KenyaGovernors @EricLatiff @Bright_Shitemi @kikaokenya254

[Netflix @netflix]

Welcome back. Here's your first look at the six new episodes of BLACK MIRROR. Coming April 10.

[Omupakasi @kutegyekaivan1]

Uganda’s Women Are Being Killed & the @PoliceUg are Letting It Happen

In Uganda today, women are being beaten, tortured & killed in horrifying numbers, thugs roam the streets freely, preying on innocent victims, while those meant to protect us, the police seem more concerned with facilitating criminals than delivering justice. How many more women must die before action is taken? @igp_ug1 @Tom_Magambo @mucunguzi_jeff @Lukowoyesigyire @Mwesigwa_Frank1 @AKasingye @DeoAkiiki @MwesigyeFranks

[MethoDman @polo_kimanii]

Salaale! @swifttech0 wants 4000Retweets only, Fellow peasants and Non peasants,

Finyeni hiyo button,dakika niya lala salama

@swifttech0 anzeni kufunga hiyo machine🤣

[Nelson Amenya @amenya_nelson]

Today’s maandamano was very successful big up to all that showed up! Government should release the abducted youths na sio tafadhali! I wonder why @USEmbassyKenya @UKinKenya @EUinKenya have not issued statements to condemn such primitive actions by GoK to its own innocent citizens.

[The People’s President @bonifacemwangi]

A number of peaceful protestors have been arrested in Nairobi and are currently detained at Central Police Station. The Ruto regime is abducting kids, and then detaining those who demand their release. Dictatorship

[CNN Africa @CNNAfrica]

Kenyan President William Ruto has promised to stop abductions of government critics, in an apparent change of stance for a leader who has previously called the wave of disappearances “fake news.” https://t.co/zvp6cHAEUN

[Gado Cartoons @iGaddo]

#FreeKibetBull

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

When the freedom of the people is deprived, the soul of a nation is lost, the spirit of the people disturbed, and the hope of a good future is killed. We ask a simple question of the @NPSOfficial_KE: Where are our young men? Where are Stephen Kavingo Mbisi, Billy Mwangi, Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, Gideon Kibet, Kelvin Muthomi, Paul Karani Muema, Martin Mwau Zyuko, Justus Mutumwa Musyimi and Ronnie Kiplang'at?

The betrayal of the duty to protect these young men and their families is a betrayal of our essence as a nation. These abductions do not represent Kenya, and they do not serve the sovereign people of Kenya. This criminal enterprise must come to an end. We demand immediate action from the government and leadership of our security organs to release these individuals or follow proper channels to address any legitimate issues against them.

[Alinur Mohamed @AlinurMohamed_]

Stop whatever you are doing and just retweet.
#FreeKibet

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

'Thankless job' - why trainee Kenyan doctors are taking their own lives https://t.co/vc8gLRQQpg

[captain CHARISMA 🇰🇪 @luhyaheat]

Kenya police 🗑️

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

The habit of violent response by police to Kenyans expressing their constitutional right to demonstrate and picket is increasingly becoming incorrigible. There is absolutely no justification for attacking, arresting, and interfering with harmless Kenyans agitating for the protection of women, especially when the threat of violence against women is, ostensibly, a national crisis. The Police must refocus their energy on ending and fighting atrocities, not perpetuating them.

We support ending femicide, and we support all the brave Kenyans who came out today to call for the overdue change.