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You really have to sit back and laugh at how out of touch some of these old guys are. Like imagine Francis Atwoli calling for social media regulation in 2025 in a supposedly free country.
The interesting part? Ask him how that regulation should even work, or what the plan looks like, and he’ll probably stare at you blankly. Man doesn’t even know how the platforms function.
Here’s the thing these dudes don’t get... you can’t control something you don’t own. Every major social media platform X, YouTube, Instagram, you name it is based outside Kenya. They’re global. They’re not going to sit and take orders from some government official yelling from Nairobi.
Look at countries like China. They saw this coming early. That’s why they blocked American platforms and built their own versions like WeChat, Weibo, Baidu. It’s not about "freedom" or "openness" there. It’s about control. Same playbook with Russia during the Ukraine war ... they cut ties with Western platforms once they realized how much influence those tech giants had over narratives and policy.
Meanwhile in Kenya, we’ve had people like Atwoli in powerful positions for decades, treating the ICT ministry like a side show. Zero investment in building local tech or platforms. No vision. And now they're shocked social media isn't working in their favor?
Let’s be real... building a social media platform is hard. Running it is harder. Getting people to actually use it? That’s another level. Especially now ...what exactly are you offering that the big players don’t already have?
These wazees are being dragged by the very thing they ignored and dismissed for years. They’re losing control of the national conversation and now they want to play catch-up through threats and outdated ideas.
I’ve filed and won multiple court petitions around social media issues. Things like criminal defamation, using offensive language, spreading rumors etc and the courts have already ruled those unconstitutional. So what exactly are these guys trying to regulate?
Instead of constantly panicking about “losing control,” they should start asking themselves why they lost the information war in the first place. Maybe try actually talking to people instead of shouting at them. Social media isn’t the enemy it just exposes how outdated their way of thinking is and it is an echo of the situation at the ground.
The thought that anyone should take advice from Atwoli about modern communication is hilarious. This is the same guy who probably struggles to forward a WhatsApp message.
Bottom line is that you can’t silence people on platforms you don’t own. You can't bully a generation that grew up online. And if you keep threatening to shut it all down, people will find out what's going on with or without you .... even if it means showing up at your doorstep to figure it out themselves.
On June 26th 2024, at around midnight, the state released around Ksh. 500 million when there were fears that state house would be occupied. Around Ksh. 450 Million was eaten by cartels and Ksh. 50 million used for campaigns including social media. If you were paid little, you were used.