We have to be very careful about this "if it's bad for Americans, why is it not bad for Kenyans" argument. It deceptively sounds like an anti-imperialist argument, but it isn't. What it really means is that we're ok with whatever the west does, as long as Africans get equal treatment as wazungu. In other words, wazungu are our measure for what is right, not our own sovereign interests. And you see, that the same argument GoK is making with the Ebola deal. They're saying "we're all equal under 'international law', so this is a deal between two equal partners."
This "we're just as good as wazungu" argument messed us up at independence. The Kenyan civil servants had no clue about imperialism, but kept saying "our freedom struggles proved that we're equal to whites." Of course, because they were replacing the British in the government posts. That wasn't supposed to be the point, but sadly, it was.
@DavidHundeyin That's the explanation why Kenya loves to think of itself as partners with the west.
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Ok. NTV is just sanitizing the school system for GoK and donors. They are clarifying nothing. The media was in bed with GoK from the very beginning, covering up the truth about the waste of resources that was CBC.
The question facing Kenyans is this: do you want to understand the truth about the school system, or do you want to keep doing this catharsis for relief in the media?
If your answer is the former, watch #MaishaKazini on YouTube. You will find discussions, interviews and video essays on the colonial roots and the West's interests in distorting the already flawed school system. The playlist "In the Media (Education)" has links to discussions where you will see how legacy media shut off a truthful conversation about the school system. The playlist "Mind and soul" explains how Kenyans were conned with language games to accept CBC .
You will get no clarity from legacy media because they are not humble enough to accept that they don't know what they're talking about. When they were training to be journalists, they called humanities subjects theory that is useless to the market. They're paying the price for that attitude now.
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Wacha nimalize hivi;
Just like many within our local football circles, I’ve come across philosophical arguments attempting to justify scaling down the fifth edition of the @SafaricomPLC Chapa Dimba tournament. It is important to examine what this competition truly represents for Kenyan football critically.
Pick any successful footballer and a deeper reality emerges: while their roots lie in rural or community settings, their breakthrough often comes through structured school football. Dennis Oliech hails from Seme in Kisumu County, while Victor Wanyama traces his roots to Busia. Yet both discovered, refined, and showcased their talent in high school, turning out for Kamukunji High School before transitioning into professional careers. It is a reminder that raw talent may be born anywhere, but it is structured environments that shape it.
Time and again, I have reminded you that secondary schools are where the real sports business lies. If you want to save money while consistently producing football talent, the most reliable route is to transform secondary school ball games into a structured league or tournament, with the Ministry of Sports taking a central role in its management.
By doing so, you would be killing two birds with one stone.
First, investing in high school sports provides a lifeline for students who may struggle academically, giving them a reason to stay in school while pursuing alternative career pathways. While their academically gifted peers transition to university, these students can progress into the Kenya Premier League or increase their chances of being scouted by top-tier clubs.
Second, early investment drastically increases the number of years talented athletes can compete at the highest level. Currently, the average debut age in Kenya’s top flight hovers around 23. Yet most students finish high school at 18. That five-year gap is where many dreams fade—lost to frustration, lack of mentorship, limited opportunities, and scarce resources. Not many can endure that long, uncertain tunnel and emerge with a professional contract.
And this is precisely where Chapa Dimba comes in. It complements secondary school football by expanding talent identification beyond the classroom, offering a national platform that captures overlooked players, nurtures raw talent, and bridges the gap between grassroots and elite football. Through mentorship, exposure, and structured competition, it equips young players with both the skills and guidance needed to pursue football as a viable career.
However, the ongoing wrangles within the Football Kenya Federation do little to support these young talents. Administrative disputes and leadership battles must be kept far away from such initiatives. Chapa Dimba is about the future of Kenyan football—and that future should not be derailed by boardroom conflicts that have nothing to do with the dreams and potential of these young players.
Atieko.
@pepeta_ke #FootballKE
Not on the podium, but rewriting the record books! 🇰🇪
Mercy Oketch ran 51.25 in the 400m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, finishing 5th and breaking the Kenyan national indoor record 👏🔥
This means she is now the fastest Kenyan woman in the 400m both indoors and outdoors . A huge achievement!
Well done Mercy👏🇰🇪
#TeamKenya
#worldindoorchampionships
#worldindoorschampionship
I think the biggest achievement of Shabana FC this season is making their tie against Gor Mahia look like a big match in the KPL fixtures. Kudos to them.
Yesterday was the best I have seen from Gor Mahia fans this season. I think it was personal against Shabana. There was a score to settle.
Also, the most attended by Gor fans outside the derby.
Gor Biro
Telcos can now not deactivate or reassign phone numbers without the owner’s consent.
This follows a High Court ruling that mobile numbers are personal data protected under the Constitution.
I honestly don't think Peter Okidi's sacking, right now, is the right move by Shabana because his numbers are some of the best in the league this season
1. With Gor Mahia’s current form, Shabana and AFC Leopards can only fight for the second spot. There is no way any of them is winning the title.
2. Shabana has the second-best away record in the league, having picked up 23 points on their trips. Only Gor has more (28)
3. In the last 15 games, they have collected 28 points. Only Gor (34) and Leopards (30) have more.
It's either that the management is bowing to fans' pressure or they are being emotional for no reason at all.
@pepeta_ke #FootballKE
It is tragic that @CAF_Online never learns from its past mistakes.
When Papa Bakary Gassama, the Gambian referee, rightly declared @ESTunis1919 the winner of the 2019 #CAFCL 🏆, after @WACofficiel abandoned the game in Tunis, @AAhmad_CAF and his exco illegally overturned Gassama’s decision and ordered a replay.
It took a strong judicial rebuke from CAS for CAF to obey its tournament rules and the laws of the game, which handed Esperance the trophy.
Seven years later, CAF has forgotten this lesson and returned to its governance vomit. 🤦🏾♂️
Yes, Referee Jean-Jacques Ngambo Ndala (pictured) did not manage the 2025 #AFCON final properly. Yes, he should have declared the final in Rabat abandoned. Yes, #Morocco should have been declared the winner.
But he didn’t. He allowed the game to continue. And once he did that, Rule 5.2 of the Laws of the Game is supreme - “The decisions of the referee regarding FACTS connected with play, including whether or not a goal is scored AND THE RESULT OF THE MATCH, ARE FINAL.”
The CAF Appeals Board decision, awarding the trophy to #Morocco, is a disgrace and has only set up CAF for a repeat of the humiliation it suffered in Lausanne in 2019.
CAS will certainly rule that #Senegal remain champions. This is guaranteed to happen.
It is a shame that African football is being brought to ridicule once again.
I'm realising now majority of y'all don't know how to read/interpret weather apps. Then you busy here insisting they are inaccurate, nope, you are the one who don't know how to read them.
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There's something interesting I've noticed about podcast interviews on geopolitics done by Africans. The questions are asked in terms about emotional attachment. Can Africa trust abcd? Who is Africa's friend? Who likes Africa? Who is racist (meaning who hates us)? Whose side should Africa take? Etc.
@DavidHundeyin's answer to such questions is always the same: we Africans should think in terms of our interests, not touchy feely lovey dovey terms.
And once again, this is an education problem. To think in terms of interests is political thinking. But Africa is always violently returned to thinking emotionally. The exam/certification system reduces us to the tangible. When foreign philanthropists come, when influencers visit Africa, the analysis is emotional. Oh, philanthropist A is so kind. He's solving problems for African children. Oh, this influencer makes me cry because he's connecting us to the diaspora. Oh, this influencer is so kind, he made a poor citizen break down in tears by giving him a simple machine. Let's all forget the political economy and our interests. Let's focus on Africa's friends and how they feel about us, or focus on our haters and call them racists.
Again, this is an education problem. The Western school, media and church ecosystem does not allow analysis to Africans. In different and subtle ways, we are blocked from analytical activity. And especially from subjects like history and philosophy that give us the tools for contextual analysis. The obsession with the "practical," especially in countries colonized by the British, makes us voluntarily narrow our minds. Unless this problem is addressed, we'll keep on asking who feels what about us, who should we feel nice about, instead of articulating what are our interests.
My dear fellow sons and daughters of Mungu, I promise you that "tourism" is a false god that brings you no prosperity. It a fake pseudo-industry that creates next to no actual wealth for the people and places it exploits, and reduces the value of said people to mere trinkets and experiences.
The worst part about this video is that the only time it shows any black people is only where they are an aesthetic backdrop to the "magical experience" being advertised. The subconscious message being passed is that all of Kenya and its 99% black population are just a temporary experience for rich white people to enjoy.
You can draw a straight line from messaging like this to the existence of large numbers of abandoned mixed race children in Kenya. Everything there - including the buxom damsels - is meant to be a "magical experience" after all, and magical experiences never last long.
For the love of God, leave tourism alone and build factories, power stations, factories and more factories like every other nation that escaped poverty has done. Give Kenyans access to real productive power and wealth, and stop advertising these beautiful African people as aesthetic landmarks and busty bed warmers to muzungus who are having their post-divorce midlife crisis.🤦🏿♂️
I think we have mad footballers in kenya how do you put on a opponets kit mnacheza same league ,Someone tell him he is stupid last time he was simping at Gor sai twerking for Niabois ,the kid should grow up up .
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