Sharon Wala

Focus on the bottom line . . .

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

Watching Ruto speak about investor confidence, economic recovery and booming opportunities sometimes feels like watching The Truman Show, where one man lives inside a carefully manufactured world and everyone surrounding him helps keep the illusion alive.

Truman wakes up each morning believing his peaceful town is real, never knowing that the houses, roads, weather, news and people around him are all part of a giant television production controlled from behind the scenes.

Ruto appears to wake up inside a similar political production, where advisers arrive with attractive charts, ministers praise economic growth, bloggers celebrate imaginary achievements and officials assure him that Kenyans are finally enjoying the fruits of his policies.

Outside that carefully managed set, businesses are closing, workers are losing jobs, traders are being buried under taxes and people who once supported entire families are now borrowing money for food, rent and school fees.

In Truman’s world, his wife, best friend, neighbours and colleagues are actors who know the truth but continue playing their roles, smiling at him and repeating reassuring lines whenever he begins suspecting that something is wrong.

Ruto has Cabinet Secretaries, economic advisers, governors, MPs and government propagandists doing exactly that, constantly telling him the economy is performing well, even when almost every Kenyan knows someone whose life has collapsed under his government.

Whenever Truman attempts to escape his artificial town, the producers create traffic jams, accidents, storms and frightening warnings meant to push him back into the comfortable lie they have built around him.

Whenever Kenyans challenge Ruto’s economic story, his government produces another excuse involving global conditions, past governments, dishonest traders, lazy young people or citizens who supposedly cannot recognise the opportunities surrounding them.

The illusion begins collapsing when Truman notices a studio light falling from the sky, people repeating the same movements and a radio station accidentally describing his exact location as he drives through town.

Ruto’s falling studio lights are the empty shops, auctioned homes, unpaid salaries, struggling schools, closed businesses and formerly comfortable Kenyans who have suddenly been reduced to begging relatives and friends for survival.

The clearest sign that the set is collapsing is that the economic success Ruto describes cannot be found anywhere outside government speeches, political rallies, State House dinners and businesses owned by people close to his administration.

The only people who appear to recognise this booming economy are Ruto, his friends, government contractors and officials whose salaries, allowances, tenders and lifestyles are protected by the same taxpayers being told to tighten their belts.

In The Truman Show, millions watching from outside understand that Truman’s world is fake, but the man living at the centre of it remains trapped inside the story created for him by people benefiting from the production.

That is Ruto’s Kenya today, a giant political studio where those surrounding the President keep reading from the investor-confidence script, even as the real country outside the cameras becomes poorer, angrier and more desperate.

The question is whether Ruto genuinely believes the production around him, or whether he knows the economy is collapsing for ordinary Kenyans and simply expects everyone to keep acting until the final credits roll.

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[Mumbi 🎀 @mumbi_wathika]

At what point do we admit the collapse of public education in Kenya is intentional? Delayed capitation, unpaid teachers, poor infrastructure, curriculum and policy chaos, and now a 28% KCSE pass rate?This goes beyond incompetence.

[KK Mbogo🇰🇪 @KK_Mbogo_]

Interesting read.

[EDGAR @edgarwabwire_]

"Oburu Odinga alinipigia simu 6:40am kunieleza kwamba Baba ametuacha." ~ President William Ruto.

Then he went on and sighed 8 bills at around 8:00am before announcing the passing of Raila Odinga.

Read not just the words of this man, read his lips.

[Whemïmor @hy_wemmy]

To anyone finding their fire again, may it come back steady, unshakeable, and impossible to lose.

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

My brothers and sisters, I’ve just seen Ruto proudly saying "we and the World Bank have raised Ksh 5 billion to support 100,000 young people under NYOTA MTAANI."

But let me tell you something he isn’t saying, and something no media house is talking about.
And if you doubt me, go check.
Because what I’m about to say affects every single one of us.

This NYOTA money was never "raised."
It’s a loan from the World Bank that Ruto govt applied in 2023 & has been disbursed

Signed quietly on 6th December 2023, with another detailed agreement signed in August 2023.
It was Njuguna Ndung’u who signed it. (I’ll attach the evidence.)

The total loan is 91.1 million Euros that’s about Ksh 13.6 billion, plus a grant of over Ksh 3 billion. (Evidence below.)
Repayment starts October 15, 2029 and ends April 15, 2035. (Evidence in replies.)

But remember Ruto’s words? "We will not borrow."
Or "We won’t keep digging."
Yet here he is, taking billions in loans, giving a small portion to 100,000 youths, and leaving millions of us with the debt.

Ruto is sinking Kenya in loans

And what’s sad is, this country has over 4 million unemployed youths.
Instead of lowering taxes, encouraging industries to create jobs, or reducing university fees, they’re doing the opposite.
Taking loans to bribe a few youths for 2027.

And when repayment comes, even those who never touched a single shilling will pay through higher taxes.
Tell me, how is that not madness?

What's even sad is the total money is over 15 billion ksh . Where has the 10 billion disappeared to?

By the way, the details of this loan have been hidden on the World Bank portal.
If you search the project name or loan ID, you won’t find it.
They don’t want ordinary Kenyans to know.

But we downloaded everything before they hid it, the full agreements, the figures, the proof.

Instead of lowering taxes so young people can start real businesses and create jobs,
they’re increasing taxes, borrowing money, and calling it "empowerment."

My people, is this leadership or deception?
Because what we are witnessing is debt being packaged as opportunity.

I’ll share the evidence and loan documents in the replies.
And to everyone who believes in truth, who believes we deserve better, please support us.

My laptop broke down, and I’ve had to borrow one just to put this together.
It’s under repair, but I hope to get a new one soon because there’s a lot more we plan to expose.

Whatever little you can contribute to help us get a new laptop and keep speaking truth,
our Mpesa Till Number is 6280853. 🙏🏽

They have money. They have media.
But we have truth.
And the day we stop asking questions, they win.
And I refuse to let them win.

[Eng RYAN🌏 @chel0goi]

Kibaki sustained free education for 10 years. uhuru did for 10 years, but Ruto in 3 years can't, but he wants 10 years like the rest😂😂

[✨That Girl✨ @B_only1me]

Show me God 🥹🫶🏼

[Eric @amerix]

SCHOOLS are places for learning,

NOT for vaccination.

What happens when your child collapses in school due to adverse reactions from these vaccines?

Vaccination should be done in hospitals, not markets, churches and schools.

Reject these BILL GATES vaccines!

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Bangladesh ex-police boss pleads guilty to crimes against humanity in 2024 protests https://t.co/kLNPgYcGxm

[Gitz  @Gitz__]

What's your Kikuyu Name ? #WeAreAllKikuyus

[Njugush @BlessedNjugush]

This is definitely a different generation #WeAreAllKikuyus

[Brian Mbunde ™ @Brianmbunde]

Last warning!!!! #WeAreAllKikuyus

[Yoko @Kibet_bull]

#WeAreAllKikuyus who want change.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡 𝗭 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗗𝘀 @GenZFeeds]

#WeAreAllKikuyus

[Ziya! @ziyaafrica]

#WeAreAllKikuyus

[Timø @Purrymann113]

China builds more companies to create jobs.
Africa builds more churches and mosques to pray for jobs.

One holds the government accountable for unemployment, while the latter deflects the responsibility of the government to God.

Religion is destroying Africa!