Sheila

[Writer | Climber | Mother of Dragons | Kas Ka Gan @Wordslinger__]

I have come to detest people who restrain others from grieving. The body wants to release grief via shouting, screaming, and shaking, but mko hapo mnapapasapapasa mtu na kumshikashika like you're so wise and sage.

[Ciru Muriuki 🇰🇪🪬 @CiruMuriuki]

And yet no one has tabled a motion of impeachment. You can’t be here talking as if you’re as helpless as we are. I’m sorry Edwin, but I’m not buying it.

[Nelson Havi SC @NelsonHavi]

This is an impeachable offense. In fact, it is treason against the People of Kenya.

[Ivyonne Kwamboka @ivyonne6]

They even said Kenya is capable. A country that has pospartum women sharing beds, medicine worth billions expiring in a gov't warehouses is all of a sudden capable of handling Ebola protocols??? Tupunguze ulafi jameni! Do you even care about the citizens?

[John-Allan Namu @johnallannamu]

The Trump administration is planning to send US citizens exposed to Ebola for treatment in
KENYA: https://t.co/lftPuVfjQp @MOH_Kenya I don't see you quoted in this NYT article. When was this going to be shared with the public if true?

[Blackorwa @blackorwa]

The busted sewer has been "fixed" in under 24 hours 🥳.... by removing the lid of the next the next manhole. A gaping hole now lives in the middle of the road.

[Murugi @its_murugi]

Almost everything Artcaffe sells is mid. Especially the pastries. How do they keep getting away with this?😭

[Binti Swahiliya #ForLiberty @bintiswahiliya]

Sisi ndio tunalipa ushuru but barabara zinatengezewa wageni. Woiiiiii. Shukishaaa. 😂😂😂😂 Alafu tukiuliza tunapigwa risasi. Woiiiii. Mungu.

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

Everyone wants a piece of Africa, except the Africans themselves. They want to go to heaven.

[Nzioka Muli @nziokamul1]

If one day you hear the Europeans praise me, know that I have betrayed you.

[Farida Bemba Nabourema @Farida_N]

It is quite satisfying to watch the antelope loudly proclaim its friendship with the leopard. But the entire savanna knows, that this friendship has never existed anywhere but in the mind of the predator searching for a more comfortable way to feed, and that of a prey so foolish it has mistaken the beauty of those spots for something other than the last thing it will ever see.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.

[Ahmad Salim @ahmadsalims]

I don’t remember ever queueing for bad quality fuel in my 25 years of driving.

[Kemboi’s Travels @kemboi__amos]

Not even 24 hours since I did this tweet, just from rescuing a friend who just hit that huge pothole around Section 58, next to Naivas Highway. Now the tire is gone, the rim is also bent. 😐😐

Can't we sue @KeNHAKenya ??

[*☆A࣭࣪ꭑִׂ͓ׅ࣪ᦒ᩠ִׂ໋ׅ࣪꯱ָׂ Dυᥣᧉ᩠֗x Ⓧ🕷️ @amos_dulex]

I sent my brother to get us toothpaste and he came back with this...I'm 24, he's 32

[Mzalendo Mūtemi wa Kīama @MutemiWaKiama]

That boy circled in green is Peter Edung. Fourteen years old. From Sosian Village, Laikipia North. From a family that has very little, except now they have even less. They have a funeral to plan.

Peter went to visit his uncle, a casual worker at Oldonyo Lemora Ranch. The ranch is owned by Ivan Tomlinson, a British - Kenyan dual national. It's the kind of place where tourists pay good money to forget the world exists.

Peter didn't go there as a tourist. He went there to see family.

He never came back.

According to police reports, the incident occurred on the night of April 21, 2026. A firearm was discharged. Peter sustained fatal injuries. The weapon, a Mark Four CZ 527 rifle, was licensed to Ivan Tomlinson. The person police have named in connection with the shooting is Lance Tomlinson; the 15-year-old son of the ranch owner.

One teenager shot another teenager. One is now at Rumuruti Funeral Home. The other is... not in custody. Probably watching Netflix somewhere.

The suspect is unaccounted for. The System is "Moving."

Here's what we know so far, based on publicly available information.

Ivan Tomlinson, the father and firearm owner, reported to the DCI offices in Laikipia West on Thursday. He came with legal representation. He recorded a statement. He was subsequently released on cash bail of KSh 100,000 for the alleged offense of allowing a minor access to a firearm, contrary to the Firearms Act.

Meanwhile, the juvenile suspect; Lance Tomlinson has not yet been formally apprehended. Police have stated that efforts to trace him are ongoing.

I hope we are together up to that point.

A 14-year-old boy is dead. A firearm registered to a British man was involved. The father has been questioned and released on bail.

The son named in connection with the shooting is still at large, and the official word is that the search is at "an advanced stage."

We are not investigators. We are not the court. We simply note the sequence of events and ask: If the roles were reversed, would the pace be the same?

Multiple sources have indicated that the young suspect was taken to Nanyuki Cottage Hospital for what has been described as a mental health assessment.

We do not know the medical history of the individual involved. We do not know the legitimacy or necessity of such an assessment. That is for medical professionals to determine.

But here is what we can observe: When a poor Kenyan teenager is named in connection with a violent crime, the path is generally direct; arrest, cells, court. There is rarely a private hospital visit in between.

Whether this assessment is standard procedure or something else, the public is watching. And the question is fair: Is this healthcare, or is this strategy?

This tragedy did not happen in a vacuum. It happened in Laikipia; a county where land, identity, and justice have been tangled for over a century.

More than half of Laikipia's land mass is occupied by large private ranches and wildlife conservancies. Many of these are owned by families of British descent; descendants of settlers who remained after independence.

Meanwhile, pastoralist communities who once moved freely across this landscape have, over generations, been squeezed into ever-smaller parcels.

Peter Edung was not part of any conflict. He was a 14-year-old boy. He was from an extremely poor family. He was visiting his uncle, a casual laborer, on a ranch his ancestors may once have walked freely.

And now he's dead.

We do not know all the facts of that night. We do not know what led to the discharge of the weapon. We do not know the full story and we may never know it completely.

But we do know the context. And context matters.

Where Are the Leaders?

This is the part that should disturb every resident of Laikipia County.

[JP @ja_Pwonji]

@JaredoumaA Name: Dambale Primary School

Location: Kinango Constituency, Kwale County

Area MP: Rai Samuel Gonzi, PAA

NGCDF: 197,386,149.92 FY 2024/2025
192,897,991.00 FY 2023/2024

Leteni number tusalimie huyu.

Kenya ni home and home must be respected ✊

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.

The victims were killed by Israeli fire in an incident that took place early this morning at the Mansoura water filling point in northern Gaza. UNICEF extends our condolences to the families of the men killed.

Full statement: https://t.co/gFQLWpCcaP

[KIPRONO @Onorpik]

NTSA wants to start inspection of private vehicles, meanwhile these are the tetanus ridden Matatus that pass their inspection tests.

[Redhead @little_circe]

There are too many free resources online for anyone to pay 5,000 for an INTRO to Python unless they’re dumb. Heck, even MIT & Havard offer these courses for free.

[Sheila @smbadi]

@GamewithDave Mortal kombat