Sathari Ally

We all have dreams, but the question is, do we have the discipline to achieve the dream?

[Sathari Ally @satharially]

Sheria ya kwanza: usipoteze pesa. Sheria ya pili: usisahau sheria ya kwanza.”~Warren Buffett…

[spirit_of_sankofa @SpiritOfSankofa]

"What we are dealing with when we deal with history is the deployment of energy. When those Europeans came out of their thawed-out icebox the first time, the Romans when they took over Carthage and North Africa making North Africa the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, were searching for energy: food, people, resources.

Without the energy of Africa, there would have been no Roman Empire. That second time, without the energy of Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries, there would have been no modern Western world."

Dr John Henrik Clarke, "Who Betrayed the African World Revolution?"

[H’s mom @aiishadahir]

Kun faya kun

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

Colonialism has limited the minds of certain people to think that the only solutions for African people must be rooted in the colonial systems itself rather than looking into our own pre-colonial history to see what we built before colonialism.

[books 📖 @bookpoets]

why worry?

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

The most useful political statement I have ever read was this simple quote from Chairman Mao: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".

Everything else is just a series of fantasies and illusions that people sell themselves so they can sleep well at night. Whatever style of government you pretend to have, it is always underwritten by men with guns, and its stability always ultimately comes down to what the men with guns choose to do.

Your "democracy" is a children's fairy tale you tell yourself to make the world more palatable - it is men with guns that enforce and implement decisions, and it is men with guns that will escort you into a police car, a courtroom or a prison if you choose not to obey whatever instruction you have received.

Your "theocracy" is a lie because God has no power to make you do anything without the men with guns making you carry out his will. Mecca and Jerusalem are the 2 allegedly holiest in the world, and they're both filled with men with guns, purportedly carrying out the will of God.

Every type of human society is held together by men with guns. A good society is one where the interests of the men with guns align with those of the people without guns, and a bad society is one where the men with guns live parasitically off the people without guns.

ALL societies are dictatorships of men who control the guns. Some just include a whole lot of extra steps to obfuscate that basic fact. I personally prefer the societies where the men with the guns do not hide their control and their interests align with those who do not have guns.

Growing up is realising that "democracy" is like Santa Claus. It's a story told for 5 year-olds to feel involved in the world's decision making. You didn't put Tinubu, Trump or Macron in power with your "vote" you fucking peasant.

[Kenny Mmari Snr. @KennedyMmari]

Another positive note ni kuwa mabamsi kwenye Morogoro road yameondewa na sijaona yakiwekwa New Bagamoyo road.

Yaondolewe pia kwenye barabara zote kuu za jiji ikiwamo Kilwa, Kawawa, New Bagamoyo Road, Morogoro kipande cha Ubungo-CBD, na Nyerere/Pugu road. Angalau watu waweze kutembea kwa utulivu kama kipande cha Morocco-Mwenge.

[Benjamin Fernandes 🇹🇿 @Benji_Fernandes]

2027 imebaki miezi 6 tu.
2016 ilikuwa miaka 10 iliyopita.
COVID ilianza zaidi ya miaka 6 iliyopita.
Waliozaliwa 1990 wamebakiza miaka 14 tu kutimiza miaka 50.
Na leo, 2007 iko mbali zaidi kuliko 2040.

Muda unakimbia.
Acha kusubiri. Anza sasa.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

The brain is designed to learn through constant repetition and active, hands-on involvement.

Through such practice and persistence, any skill can be mastered.

[Lawrence Kitema @lawrencekitema]

If we don’t come from a rich family, then a rich family must come from us. We may not inherit wealth, but we can build it and leave a legacy for generations.

[Ayubu Madenge @ayubu_madenge]

Ryder kijana wa miaka 16 amefanya tukio la kishujaa huko USA, la kumuokoa mtoto wa miaka 10 aliyekuwa anapigwa na mawimbi makubwa ya bahari na kukaribia kufa. Ushujaa huu umemfanya Trump aseme kuwa atamuita Ikulu na kumpa tuzo ya hadhi ya juu ya raia. Video ya tukio inatisha.

[SikilizaTogolani @SikilizaTogolan]

"Baraka ulizopimiwa zinakutosha kwa wakati na mazingira uliyopo, ukizidishiwa zaidi ya uwezo wako kuzibeba, utaelemewa, zitakufanya uharibikiwe, ama utaishia kufanya kufuru. Zipokee na uwe na moyo wa shukrani. Mwenyezi Mungu anayetupimia ndiye anayejua stahili na kipimo chetu."

[Ayubu Madenge @ayubu_madenge]

Vijana wa vyuo vikuu vya Kenya wameibuka washindi mashindano ya dunia ya Huawei yanayohusu Teknolojia ya ICT. Mashindano hayo yalihusisha washiriki 220,000 kutoka nchi zaidi ya 100 na vyuo zaidi ya 2000. Ruto amewaita Ikulu kuwapongeza na ameahidi kuwekeza zaidi katika Teknolojia

[• @Al__Quraan]

And He gave you all that you asked for.

[Christian Bwaya @bwaya]

Kwa nini unaumia mwenzako akifurahi? Umewahi kujiuliza swali hilo? Kwa nini inakusumbua mtu akiishi maisha yake? Umeona mwenzio kaenda Marathon hata mia hajakuomba, unaigeuza agenda ya kumsimanga. Umekaa mahali na mtu anakueleza namna mambo yalivyomnyookea unahisi kama anatamba. Unasikia mwenzio anashuhudia kanisani vile Mungu amemtendea, amehitimu masomo, amepata usafiri, amepandishwa cheo, amepanua biashara, amesafiri ng’ambo ya nchi. Unachekea moyoni, ‘huyu naye!’ Watu hawa hawa wangesema wanavyoteseka na maisha pengine usingeona tatizo.

Siku hizi mitandao nayo, kwa namna fulani, inasaidia watu kusema mambo yanayotokea kwenye maisha yao. Wapo, kwa sababu mbalimbali, wataonesha wamekula nini, wanaishi vipi na wenzi wao, wanasafiri na kadhalika. Lakini pia ipo mitandao inayopendwa na wale wanaotangaza mikutano wanayohudhuria, nchi mpya wanazotembelea, kazi mpya wanazopata, mageuzi wanayoyasababisha, watu wakubwa wanaokutana nao na shughuli nyingine zinazoonesha uwezo wao wa kiakili, uzoefu wa kazi na kadhalika.

Sote, kwa viwango tofauti, tunajitambulisha na hali fulani zinazobeba tafsiri mbalimbali za kufanikiwa. Kuna mahali tunaenda, kuna kitu tunakihitaji, kuna hali tunatamani itokee na tukiipata tunajisikia watu wa maana. Hizi ni hisia za ufahari. Kila mwanadamu anazo hasa hitaji la kujiona kuna kitu ameweza linapotimilizwa. Tunatofautiana tu kitu gani kinachobeba kuweza kwetu lakini ni hakika hatupendi kujiona wanyonge. Ndio maana haishangazi tukipata chochote kinachotufanya tujione tumefanikiwa tunatamani (saa nyingine) na wengine wafahamu.

Kuna mtu akisafiri kwenda ng’ambo hawezi kunyamaza. Inamsaidia kujisikia fahari kuwa imetokea. Mwingine akipanda ndege atapiga picha airport na kuposti. Inampa hisia za ‘nimeweza.’ Unaweza kuona ushamba lakini kwake hiyo ni hatua muhimu kwenye maisha yake. Wakati wewe umevuka hatua ya kupiga picha kwenye kile ‘kidirisha’ lakini na wewe hunyamazi ukihudhuria mkutano na kukutana na wasomi wenzio. Mwingine akijenga ‘room mbili’ atatafuta namna aseme kahamia kwake. Kwake kujenga ni mafanikio makubwa hata kama wewe umeshavuka huko. Unaweza kumsema lakini hata wewe ukipata PhD, ukichapisha machapisho yako, ukapandishwa cheo hunyamazi.

Kutokuwaacha watu wafurahie maisha yao ni kujipa umuhimu usiokuwanao. Watu wanapambana kwa namna tofauti. Wengine wanatafuta D mbili mwaka wa tano sasa, wengine wanapambana wawe ma-Profesa. Wengine wanakomaa kuanzisha miradi, wengine wana ndoto ya kupanda ndege. Wengine wanatamani kukutana na mtu fulani maarufu, wengine wanapambana kuwa mamilionea. Kila mtu ana ndoto zake kwa hatua zake na zikitimia anatamani ‘kushuhudia’ kwa namna anayoona inafaa—mwingine WhatsApp Status, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Kanisani, kijiweni na kwingineko. Kutaka kujiona wewe ndio unastahili kujisikia fahari lakini mwenzio wawe wanyonge, waogope kufurahia kinachotokea kwenye maisha yao, hilo ni tatizo la kiburi. Kama hajakusimanga na kunyanyasa kwanini usimwache afurahie safari ya maisha yake?

[Ayubu Madenge @ayubu_madenge]

Rais wa Senegal Bassirou Faye ameanzisha chama chake kipya cha siasa na kujiondoa kwenye chama kilichomfikisha madarakani. Hii ni baada ya kukosana na Ousmane Sonko, aliyekuwa Waziri wake mkuu ambaye pia ni kiongozi mkuu wa chama cha siasa kilichowapa ushindi wa uchaguzi 2024.

[Ayubu Madenge @ayubu_madenge]

Alikuwa Rais wa Serikali ya Wanafunzi Makerere aliyempinga Idi Amin. Akakimbilia Kenya, kisha akasoma Oxford na Harvard. Baadaye akawa Balozi wa Uganda UN na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje. Sasa Olara Otunnu mwenye miaka 75, ni mtu wa 7 kutangaza nia ya kuwania Ukatibu Mkuu wa UN.

[SikilizaTogolani @SikilizaTogolan]

"Sote katika nyakati fulani fulani katika maisha yetu hata tuwe imara kiasi gani tunaweza kuyumbishwa na majaribu na mitihani. Hakikisha una mtu anayejua kulirejesha dishi lako katika masafa yake ama sivyo utachanganya chaneli. Maisha haya kila mtu na 'mrekebisha dishi' wake!"

[Ayubu Madenge @ayubu_madenge]

Mfalme wa Morocco amejenga barabara yenye urefu wa Kilometa 1055, karibu na umbali toka Dar hadi Mwanza kisha ameipa jina la Rais Donald Trump wa Marekani. Trump amejibu kuwa hiyo ni habari njema, tena amesema atafurahi siku moja akisafiri mwanzo hadi mwisho wa barabara hiyo.

[Dwayne Omowale @DOmowale]

This is a good example of my point about actually studying the history of Asian countries before copying their models. Mao copied certain aspects of the Soviet model, but he was also confronted with the problem of China's feudal culture which was deeply entrenched due to thousands of years of tradition. He launched the Cultural Revolution in an effort to deal with the problem. This included attempting to eradicate Confucianism, which was the ideology which upheld and justified China's feudal system.

The Cultural Revolution had a particular purpose which was specific to China's culture and history. Modibo Keita's government in Mali attempted to copy the Cultural Revolution and it ended up being one of the reasons why his government was overthrown. Adaption only works if you know what you are adapting and why you're adapting it. The problem which Africa confronts is that many of our leaders don't know even have an effective grasp of African societies and cultures to effectively adapt foreign ideas.

[#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia @wmnjoya]

First of all, education for transferring elite status is a colonial view of education. That's why the colonial state and institutions like IMF and World Bank keep telling African governments to reduce the availability of education. The elitism comes from scarcity of knowledge, not from the availability of knowledge. And that's because the colonial state uses knowledge for elite formation, when knowledge should instead be for work.

Two, specific questions about the budget are not critical, in my view. Being told that a public budget line is none of the citizen's business should be the first point of outrage. That's a political statement that is not acceptable. The details of where the money is going is really neither here nor there.

Three: one doesn't require of technical expertise like knowledge of budgeting to see misuse of public funds. Ordinary Kenyans see it for themselves when rich people donate millions at harambees and they can't afford healthcare and school fees.