MR. PRESIDENT, SIT DOWN AND RETHINK
Mr. President, sometimes silence speaks louder than a thousand microphones. Watching you abroad casually brand Kenyans as “average thinkers” was not leadership , it was arrogance in a suit. You forget, sir, that it’s those same “average thinkers” who braved hunger, dust, and long queues to put you in State House. In my village we say, when a tree forgets its roots, the wind reminds it where it came from.
You found systems that were working , education that was functional, NHIF that was serving, and public institutions that only needed discipline, not demolition. Now every sector you’ve “reformed” is on life support, gasping for order. You replaced NHIF with SHA, promised a miracle, but delivered confusion. You dismantled CBC before understanding it, and you call that innovation.
Even the so-called “new models” , from housing levy to Hustler Fund , sound more like fundraising drives than government policy. A government that spends billions to make life harder for its people should stop calling itself visionary. You don’t cure a fever by cutting off the patient’s head.
Mr. President, with all due respect, Kenya doesn’t need a motivational speaker-in-chief. We need a listener-in-chief , a leader who walks with his people, not above them. You can’t keep fumbling everything that was working, then travel abroad to mock the very people holding this country together.
Take a chair, breathe, and rethink. This country will not move forward through intimidation or lectures, but through inclusion and humility. Kenya doesn’t lack thinkers , it lacks a president humble enough to listen to them.
Why the Church at State House Was Always Mabati....
I think it is good that I also speak about this issue because what President Ruto is doing by building a permanent church at State House is not just a matter of faith but a clear overstep into dangerous territory where public property is being altered for personal religious legacy, and that should concern every Kenyan regardless of their belief.
State House has always had a mabati church structure, and that was not by accident or because previous presidents lacked money or faith, it was a quiet, wise decision to keep the structure non-permanent so that in case a future president came from a different religion, they could easily remove it without controversy or constitutional drama.
When you build a permanent church on public land, even if you claim you are using personal funds, it still amounts to repurposing state property for religious symbolism that does not represent the full Kenyan identity, and that crosses a line that was intentionally never crossed before.
If tomorrow a Muslim president takes over, what will stop them from demolishing Ruto’s permanent church and constructing a mosque in its place, and then what happens when another president from yet another faith wins, will every new term come with a bulldozer and a blueprint for a new sacred structure.
This is why previous administrations left that church as mabati and modest, it allowed room for spiritual practice without imposing permanent religious marks on the presidency or the land that belongs to the people, and that balance protected everyone, Christian or not, from exclusion or forced symbolism.
There’s a deeper message here, because when the president uses his position to plant permanent religious buildings inside national landmarks, he is not acting as a humble servant of the people, he is behaving like a ruler who believes the presidency is an extension of his personal beliefs and not a neutral office meant to serve all equally.
We must say this plainly and early, Kenya is a secular state, and no amount of private money justifies altering the physical identity of State House into a shrine for one faith, because once that door is opened, it cannot be closed without conflict, resentment, and future power struggles over public spaces.
I’ve been an influencer for @SafaricomPLC for the longest time. I am cutting all ties with them. I cannot, in good conscience, continue to associate myself with a brand that has turned its back on the very people it should support. #RejectFinanceBill2024
Opposition MPs affiliated with Azimio storm out of Parliament to join #RejectFinanceBill2024 demos after the Finance bill sailed through by majority vote
So we all agree that we’re way past #RejectFinanceBill2024!!!! It’s now a fight against persistent corruption, poor governance, punitive policies, a corrupt justice system and an unjust govt! WE WON’T STOP
Guys guys guys. We need to be serious about this Financial Bill nonsense. I think most of us haven't read it..and lemme tell you the things that are in there??? @WilliamsRuto you raggedy b****. This is a summary
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1. Tax ya kununua gari? Yaani Jeep Wrangler nisahau tu😭
2. Tax ya imported goods and eco levy? Simu. Laptop. Keep that phone well, it might be your last. Yaani simu iko na more carbon footprint kuliko v8 kumi za @WilliamsRuto ????
3. Tax ya digital earnings (watu wa tap tap saa nane usiku?)
4. Tax ya CHAMA? CHAAAMAAA? Sasa wamama itabidi wamekaa home on Sunday jioni?
5. Tax ya professional service? Yaani nikiamua kupeana advice hapa mtu anitumie ka100 bob nalipa Ruto?
6. Tax ya delivery of foods/goods? Uber eats out. Mpike kamande maghasia
7. Tax ya cabs? Yoh! Mambo ya Faras sahau
8. Tax on diapers and pads? Like surely majamaa
9. KRA watakuwa exempted from data protection act. So watakuwa wanaangalia unatumia Shiro 2k ya nails kumbe uko na kakituu eh. Tax!!!
10. Tax on alcohol per centilitre. JD inaongezeka bei na 1800 weh cheka cheka hapo sijui close your laptops. Which ones na wanatax laptops😭😭✨
11. Tax on telecos. Yaani mpesa, tala, etc itapanda. Na umenyamaza tu hapo kiumbwa
12. Tax on mshahara. Mangai mimi pesa itakatwa ingine karibu 15k Mungu baba 😂😭 daktari hana pesa jameni
13. Watu wa cocacola wamesema wanaenda majamaa😭😭 no more drinking cold coke at 3am coz tax on manufacturing/assembly kila kitu yani iko taxed
14. Nimechoka hata
And all these taxes will go to whose mouth? @WilliamsRuto kiumbwa sana. We REJECT the #FinancialBill2024