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Mandela Washington Fellow @2024| Financial & Economic Inclusion of refugees and the underserved|Rural Entrepreneurship| Grace, not perfection🌻

[MSFT 🌸 @tabbyerupe]

@akams_ Kitale -Lodwar -Lokichoggio does it for me.

This is a stretch between Lodwar and Kakuma:beautifully tarmacked, scenic and not busy at all!

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Barack: You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. Of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.

Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence: your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We can’t wait to welcome you to the Obama Presidential Center. Tune in now to hear our remarks along with performances by artists and changemakers from around the world who will join us here on the South Side of Chicago. https://t.co/WvFn8i3IKM

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.

[KingstonGirl🍁 🇰🇪 @Lsankei99]

She wasn’t at a bnb

She wasn’t partying

She was leaving work with her colleagues

He killed her at a pharmacy

#EndFemicideKe

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

"If you live in a city and it has a marathon, we (Kenyans) have won that marathon."

Did I lie?

[OjieMusic @TweetOjie]

There’s a phase you get to in life life,
all those hymns you sang in your childhood as mere songs , starts making total sense

Because what a friend we really have in Jesus ?

[lorna Joyce @j_lornz]

Hey 🤍

I wanted to finally share something personal… after over 4 years of building Binti through all the ups and downs, we’ve hit a big milestone! We are now local manufacturers 🥹
Our first brand is Mrembo Pads, made right here at home 🇰🇪
@Mrembopads

[Kevin Kiarie Ruhiu @KelvinuhK]

African Champion🤴

It's Gold For Kenya Today🥇

[Edzil Saliba Timber @Ednah___]

Your hidden music taste being your vernacular artists isn’t a surprise, idk 🤣

[Evil Unalaq. @okayyyyylaura]

Oh that divaaaa🫦🫦

[Professor Azeem Majeed @Azeem_Majeed]

I've always told my PhD students that a PhD is a marathon and not a sprint. Now that Sabastian Sawe has run the London Marathon in under 2 hours, I'll need to think of something else to tell them.

[M A G U N G A @theMagunga]

I want a boring president. Entertainment is on Netflix, YouTube and TikTok. Charisma is in Kodong Klan. For presidency, I need less hullabaloo and more visible transformation.

[UK in Kenya 🇬🇧🇰🇪 @UKinKenya]

Greatness recognizes greatness 🇰🇪✨

Janeth Jepkosgei watching Sebastian Sawe conquer the London Marathon 2026 #SebastianSawe #LondonMarathon

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

We’re going to need a few days to recover from this one… 😮‍💨

2 men under 2 hours. 3 men breaking the world record.

We have officially entered the new era of marathon running 🫳🎤

[adidas @adidas]

1:59:30. Humanity just got faster.

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#YouGotThis

[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.

[Live In Nairobi 🇰🇪 @liveinnbo]

I hope Tetu Shani still knows we listen to the music.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

‘I want to be a player that young girls can look up to’

Four visa denials later - and having picked up a basketball just six years ago - Madina Okot has made history as the first Kenyan to be selected in the first round of the WNBA Draft, joining the Atlanta Dream.⁣

[EarthtoGazelle @EarthToGazelle]

Solo traveling made me smarter and more confident in myself. It also taught me discernment, like immediately. Soon as I hit that foriegn airport, my intuition was on 1000 percent. Nothing taught me to trust my gut fully like traveling alone.

[NBA Africa @NBA_Africa]

Kenya stand up 🇰🇪🏀

BWB Africa 2022 Alumni Madina Okot was drafted 13th overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2026 WNBA Draft 🌍

Join us in celebrating this incredible achievement 🇰🇪