Tabitha Mwangi

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

It is genuinely insane to think that this is a real SAT exam question:

[PlanningKE @Planning_Ke]

@planning_KE @KNBSstats took a center stage in showcasing its leadership in modernizing data collection and analysis through satellite imagery and real-time analytics @KeTreasury @BonfaceBMakokha @KenyaVision2030 @NCPD_Kenya

[KNBStats @KNBStats]

This is among key sessions of Day 3 of the Global Data Festival and Kenya Space Expo and Conference 2026. We are 'Powering Resilience, Innovation and Partnership through Data and Technology'.
#DataFest2026 #KSEC2026

[Amb. Philip, Thigo, MBS @pthigo]

𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼

Privileged to have worked with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), the Kenya Space Agency, and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to host the Global Data Festival and Kenya Space Expo & Conference in Nairobi.

The opening was graced by 𝗛.𝗘. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗸𝗶, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮, alongside the 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗖𝗧, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, development partners, industry leaders, researchers, civil society, and over 1,000 delegates from more than 60 countries

This convening comes at a critical moment.

With only four years left to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals, the question before us is no longer whether data matters. It is whether countries can finance, govern, protect, and use data systems at the scale required to deliver for people.

In my remarks, I pointed to three priorities that must guide this work.

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. National data systems remain underfunded, even though every serious development decision depends on trusted, timely, and usable data.

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀. No country can build the data and space infrastructure required for the age of intelligence on its own. Governments, the private sector, academia, civil society, development partners, and local communities must work together.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 that can secure data and digital sovereignty, while using data, digital infrastructure, and space technologies to deliver the Global Goals.

@SpaceAgencyKE @KNBStats @Data4SDGs @KindikiKithure @SingoeiAKorir @SoipanTuya

[Open Institute @Open_Institute]

Happening today!

Join our sessions on:

From Citizen Voices to Official Statistics: Integrating Citizen-Generated Data into national systems

Data on the Ground: Lessons from community-led data initiatives in East Africa

What Happens When Communities Hold Their Own Data?

Be part of the conversation on inclusive, community-driven data.

@Data4SDGs @KNBStats @SpaceAgencyKE @maono_space @Hewlett_Found

#DataFest2026 #KSEC2026 #CitizenGeneratedData #InclusiveData #CommunityData #DataForDevelopment #DataGovernance

[KNBStats @KNBStats]

ADDENDUM to the Statistics Bill 2026.
@DPublicComms @Data4SDGs @Planning_Ke @SDGsKenyaForum @Data4SDGs @ONS @InteriorKE @CBKKenya @NCPD_Kenya @KenyaGovernors

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore.’” Revelation 1:17–18

If you fall in reverence, you’re safe.

If you stand in defiance, you fall.

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

Either reject him as a madman, or pour out your indestructible life for his glory.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.” John 11:25–26

[KNBStats @KNBStats]

@KNBStats and partners will celebrate the #AfricanStatisticsDay2025 through dialogue, knowledge sharing, innovation & technology #DataForAfrica #StatsInnovation @Planning_Ke @KenyaGovernors @CBKKenya @KIPPRA @SDGsKenyaForum @Open_Institute https://t.co/AIxuCPupLy

[Tabitha Mwangi @tabithawtm]

@Asamoh_ The baby is an angel, and the mother loves her child. May the child find a home, and the mother find peace.

[Tabitha Mwangi @tabithawtm]

@amerix Some are injected by vendors, at the attachment point. Injected by some vendors of tomatoes, avocados, pineapples and apples(pink lady njected sugary water). Avoid if no fruit flies...or rotting. Better the supermarket most times...the vegetables rot and spoil.

[Maliha @CaffeinatedLiha]

Reasons to buy more books:

📚 You want to
📚 You're ignoring the other 100 tbr on your bookshelf
📚 You want to feel the book buying adrenaline
📚 You tripped and landed in a bookstore

[Maliha @CaffeinatedLiha]

Being a bookworm is 20% reading and 80% fantasizing about reading or buying new books.

[KNBStats @KNBStats]

Follow the launch of the FinAccess survey report @KeTreasury @Planning_Ke @CBKKenya @FSDKe @KRACorporate @KIPPRAKENYA @unwomenkenya @SafaricomPLC @KeEquityBank @KDICkenya @CMAKenya @IFAD @NewsAFI @ira_kenya @RBAKenya https://t.co/aGLmkmMXjK

[KNBStats @KNBStats]

UPCOMING EVENT
What: 2024 Data Hackathon
When: November 15, 2024
Where: Rainbow Hotel, Ruiru Kiambu.
Who: Over 20 Universities will compete for various prizes.
The initiative is a partnership between @KNBStats Microsoft, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation @AfDB_Group & KAPS.
#AI

[IMF @IMFNews]

IMF's Bo Li: "Always an honor to meet @UNSGSA H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands 🇳🇱. We discussed how to leverage digital technologies to advance financial inclusion and financial health with the goal of strengthening social cohesion and integration."

[Tabitha Mwangi @tabithawtm]

@Dairyland_kenya When the day ends and its highlight was a like a little dream waaa.....

[Brooklin Nash @realBrookNash]

“This isn’t a job. This is a passion.”

— job description for a contract role at $3k/mo with zero benefits

[KNBStats @KNBStats]

Update on 2023/24 Kenya Housing Survey currently ongoing in all #47counties: Reports from the field indicate steady progress towards quality data collection that will eventually be compiled into the final 2023/24 Kenya Housing Survey report by @KNBStats

[Amb. Philip, Thigo, MBS @pthigo]

Director General for @KNBStats speaks on the #PowerOfData, for #inclusivity of marginalized groups for #development decision making and #planning.

“#We have moved from #data to #policy to #action. That is the power of data. We are moving together through an inclusive multi stakeholder collaborative. So much data is collected but not developed in a manner that can be consumed for #decision-making and action: beyond collection and dissemination to actual use.

@JBMuhati @SingoeiAKorir @TreasuryKe @Data4SDGs @GlobalGoalsUN @AminaJMohammed @UN.