@dkmaraga@K24Tv "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." If you are true to serving Kenyans, @OkiyaOmtatah and @dkmaraga please work together.
The Netherlands, yes, I know it ain't Singapore but Netherlands stopped a takeover of a company that provides its citizens ID service, why? SOVEREIGNTY! Lakini moi 2.0 hapa ni kama junkie #rutomustgo#REKE
Breaking : The William Ruto Govt is now planning to sell Kenyan data on eCitizen to anyone who can afford it.
Through the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICTDE), the government is proposing a National Data Governance Policy that would create a state-run data marketplace.
The justification?
Generate extra government revenue.
Treat data as a "strategic national asset."
This may go down as one of the worst policy proposals ever put forward by a Kenyan government.
First they borrowed.
Then they raised taxes.
Then they sold state assets.
Then they securitized future revenues.
Now they want to monetize the data of ordinary Kenyans.
How much is enough?
When you give your information to the government, you do so because it is required to access public services, not because you expect the government to package that information and sell access to it.
No wonder every institution is being pushed onto eCitizen. Schools. Hospitals. Government services. More and more information is being centralized under one platform.
And before the defenders rush in, this is not just about whether names are removed or not.
The bigger question is this:
At what point does a citizen stop being a citizen and become a product?
Today they call your data a "strategic national asset."
Tomorrow what else will they decide is for sale?
A government that sees citizens primarily as a source of revenue will never stop looking for new things to monetize.
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@moneyacademyKE At some point, there will be nothing more to sell. It's also interesting how we are always selling things to 'raise revenue' but we never have enough money to fund critical infrastructure like hospitals and education institutions.
@ObingoSolomon@Am_Blujay I pretended not to see the rest of the picture except this detail only halafu nikasoma hiyo tweet tena, eti bad news for us, gani, celebration time?
It's a 30 minute chopper ride to Sagana State Lodge,
It's equally 45 minutes to Nakuru State Lodge.
Meanwhile, patients are sharing beds in Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital wards, exactly 3km from the American Ebola center.
This morning, Business Daily reports that last month's fuel levy protests were a key reason the government backed down on a proposal that would have allowed KPLC to increase electricity prices.
I've seen many persons ask: "Do protests ever work?"
Well, what do you call this?
The government understands pressure. They know Kenyans are frustrated by the rising cost of living, and that it doesn't take much to ignite public anger when people are already struggling.
But withdrawing a price hike is not enough.
Electricity should actually become cheaper.
Under William Ruto, almost everything seems to cost more. Just compare the tokens you got with KSh 1,000 five years ago to what you get today. The difference is obvious.
Kenyans don't want to celebrate the cancellation of another increase. They want lower bills.
The people shall prevail.
Imagine living in a country where water is rationed, your land doesn't fully belong to you and you can't plant or eat indigenous food. Well that's going to be our reality real soon if we don't stop them
The @GreenBeltMovmnt condemns plans to excise part of Imenti Forest for an airstrip, golf course & State Lodge. Imenti is a critical water tower & biodiversity haven.
Sign the petition and demand its protection: https://t.co/WzxJt6fxuN
#HandsOffImentiForest#SaveOurForests
KSh 5.9 billion per day. KSh 245 million per hour. KSh 4 million per minute. Nearly KSh 70,000 per second.
That is the staggering scale of the burden being transferred onto ordinary Kenyans. While households struggle with rising living costs, unemployment, and shrinking disposable incomes, billions continue to evaporate through fiscal mismanagement, debt obligations, and policy failures. The result is a relentless economic crisis whose costs are socialized among citizens while the architects of the problem often remain insulated from its consequences.