@EnaCoach my parcel was damaged after being stapled wrongly at your office. I need a new Cable that works. You were not doing me any favour I paid for the parcel & it is your responsibilty to ensure it is stapled correctly without damaging the contents.
Five events that will change every man's life
1) A friend betraying you.
2) The death of your father.
3) Winning a fight.
4) Losing a fight.
5) Finding out the woman you love had sex with someone else.
This is me right now. Two years ago I was shot during the June 25 Gen Z protests. I've been living with a spinal cord injury since, and I self-catheterize because of neurogenic bladder.
That led to recurring UTIs and sepsis. Today I successfully underwent surgery at Emory Hospital Nairobi to remove a bladder stone at my left vesico-ureteric junction (5x7mm). The fragments were removed. I'm recovering now with some pain and bleeding, which the doctors say is normal.
@VOCALAfrica_ helped me get here, and I'm grateful. But I still need medication, physiotherapy and follow-up care. I still haven't received any government compensation.
I'm sharing this because I need help for what comes next. Any support means everything. 🙏🏽
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@Honeyfarsafi@DrBKhalwale@husskhalid@Dr_AustinOmondi
Until his death, Baba Raila Odinga was used as the ultimate BOGEYMAN to galvanize the rest of the country against the Luo Nation & its supporters! Except for few intermittent COLLABORATION, COOPERATION, HANDSHAKE & BROAD-BASED alliance with President of the day, Raila spent most of his time in opposition.
It seemed we had moved on from creating BOGEYMAN for General Elections. It seemed not. President Uhuru Kenyatta is being used as BOGEYMAN to rally Luo Nation! For over 6 Years, Uhuru was seen as a the ultimate friend of the Luo Nation. Suddenly, Luo politicians who want local support are accusing Uhuru of all manner of nefarious schemes against them!
In Kenya, indeed we have short memories every General Elections time!
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu, imprisoned and facing a possible death sentence, has been nominated for the EU’s top human rights prize.
He is on trial for treason, which he denies, since April 2025. The nomination was made by the European People’s Party.
You need to understand that my father raised us with duty for our last name. The highest expectations because our last name is ‘Tate’.
My Dad didn’t coddle me. He beat me when I fucked up, and I’m better for it. “I tell these boys the truth: life’s hard, stop crying, get tough”. That’s what a father does.
This was beneficial to me. It prevented me from doing detrimental things in my life.
He was a super principled man. He said I must analyse every firmly held belief I have, realize where it came from, who gave it to me, and whether they have my best interests at heart.
He lived in a scary and combative world where he was surrounded by enemies in his mind. He was paranoid, but he was reacting to the reality he lived in.
He had unfortunate incidents involving pure violence. He knew the world can become violent quickly. He told me that they are coming for me, like they came for him.
I remember vividly, I was about eight or nine years old. My father won a chess tournament. A low level one. He made like $3,000, or something, and he said, “Listen, son, the rent is paid and I either want 100 grand or nothing”.
So, we went to the casino and my Dad lost all the money.
On the way back we went to a gas station. I went to the back to the coolers and I opened them to get a drink. Then I heard all this noise. When I turned around, my Dad was fighting three men.
I don't know how the fight started. He had one of them up against the door and he was biting his face. The other two were punching my Dad in the back of the head.
I'm a kid and I just stood there like, “What the fuck”, and the Korean guy behind is shouting,
“Stop stop stop”.
I didn't know what to do, so I went to walk over and although my Dad was getting punched, although he's biting this guy, I remember him turning to me and shouting, “Stay there”.
Then he went back to biting the guy. I still don't know to this day how the fight started.
My Dad had blood on his face. Some from the guy, some from him. His eye was black. His eye socket got fractured. His eyes closed and bruised up.
We stood there and the Korean guy started panicking. The guys threatened to kill him as they left, “We're going to fucking kill you”, like gang bangers. Then he said to us:
“My store is damaged. Wait for the police. Wait for the police”.
I think my Dad was a bit disoriented. He never went down, but I could tell he was a bit dizzy. Dad stood there, in a military position, in the corner of the place, and waited for the police officer to come.
The police officer came and started doing reports. He asked what happened. The police officer said to my Dad, “So you fought these three guys! Okay, well, what's your job”?
My Dad said “I'm a chess player”, and the police officer said, “Well, maybe you should have been something else”.
Then Dad said “My unmatched perspicacity coupled with my sheer indefatigability makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavor.”
I remember him giving this answer to the police officer. The police officer had a quizzical expression. His eyebrows were pulled down and together.
And that was a saying that my Dad started using then on after, and I adopted it.
That's the only time I ever saw him fight, that he didn't win. I mean, he got fucked up, but he didn't go down. He dealt with all three of them, and they ran, and he was left in the end.
My father was a super unique individual. You have to imagine a big black guy. A physically dominating, dangerous guy who's a chess genius.
He was also extremely condescending. But I understand why he was the way he was. When you're wired like he is, everyone else is a moron.
FREE ANDREW TATE NOW!
The US Government is locking 2 US citizens in the SHU for 60 days on a foreign warrant.
No U.S. crime.
No conviction on Earth.
If the 8th Amendment bans the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments, then this a clear cut example of violating the 8th.
I went to my sister's talent show at the school. She was six or seven. I was eight or nine.
We sat there and some girl went up to play.
She started playing the violin and she made a mistake. She played again, and she made a mistake. And again. And then she started crying.
Everyone cheered and clapped for her. And then she finished.
My Dad taps me and goes, “How was that son?” I was like, “Shit”.
We finished watching the rest of the talent show. Then we drove home. Completely uneventful. We get to the house.
Dad gets my sister’s violin, gives it to me and goes, “Play the violin”.
“But I can't”. He said, “No, you said that girl was shit. You want to sit there and judge someone who's doing something you can't even do. You said she's shit, so play the violin like she did”.
“I can't Dad.” He said, “Then why'd you say she was shit”?
He beat the fuck out of me that day.
I've kept that lesson forever.
Elon's putting rockets in space. He's literally advancing humanity. He's putting chips in people's brains. And there are people on X who’ve achieved nothing, hating on him.
I can't put rockets in space. So I respect what he's doing. I respect him as an individual because he's doing things I cannot do.
Because that was trained into me on violin day.
Next time I was asked, “What do you think of that skateboarder”? I was like, “Well, I can't do that. So I respect them”.
Maybe they fell off, but I can't do it. If I want to have an opinion on them, I have to become competent in that field.
Even my enemies who I don't like, who I may disagree with ideologically, I can still respect if they've achieved something. I'm not emotional about it.
I became very realistic about the world with that one ass kicking.
All it takes is one good ass kicking. You learn fast. Kids nowadays don't have that.
We did eventually get to Jacaranda grounds….thank you Nairobi for showing up. Thank you for everything. Hatutawaangusha. Thank you to the @NPSOfficial_KE for providing us with security today. We are peaceful and you saw it today. God bless.
@lindahoguttu@Safaricom_Care I have a dual phone with two safaricom lines both for business. To access pochi, I have to remove one simcard,input pin to access pochi. Saf sikuhizi is just annoying.
I have been suspended from the @Senate_KE for three sitting days for REFUSING to withdraw the word “yapping” in describing the President’s ROADSIDE declaration on undocumented immigrants.
I respect the Chair, but I will not surrender the constitutional duty to speak truth to power.
Article 135 requires PRESIDENTIAL decisions made under the Constitution to be in WRITING , SEALED and SIGNED. A roadside utterance cannot acquire the force of law simply because it comes from the President.
If calling out UNCONSTITUTIONAL governance is punishable, then the greater danger is not the word “yapping”. It is the growing intolerance for accountability.
Three days outside the Chamber will not silence me. I will continue to defend the Constitution and the Kenyan people. https://t.co/PkvYwrBgq5
I have been going through Sifuna's track record since he joined politics and I realize that this is a man who has stood with the people in his entire political life. He is very consistent. This is a man who genuinely believes that Kenya can be better than what it is now
Politcal Bloggers are the lowest of human development …
When they thought the President directed expulsions of people of Burundi, they were all over each other cheering it …
We stood up & said it was wrong …
Now Government has clarified it was misunderstood & Burundians are free to stay!
And they are cheering the clarification! UMALAYA!
By the time I learned Mudavadi and Weta were less inspiring than a boiled egg and a packet of Mala I had not even met Raila. For them to claim it is Baba who has taught us to disrespect them is utter rubbish. Respect is earned. They haven't earned mine.
@BBCAfrica Why would US vote against it? It is time we see Africa as important as well. We are not less human. Africa is rich,fertile with brilliant minds but the west keeps supressing and portraying us as inferior. This has to stop.