Lorna @fireproofcode

A levy that was presented as a housing solution is now being transformed into a long-term debt instrument, potentially binding current and future workers to obligations they never consented to. This is exactly how temporary government measures become permanent burdens on citizens. This nonsense needs to stop

NTV Kenya @ntvkenya

3 days ago

Housing Levy Locked Forever: A bold fiscal manoeuvre could lock the controversial housing levy into Kenyan payslips for generations. Government plans to use the housing levy as loan security to borrow Sh100 billion. #NTVTonight @MichelleNgele_ @Karanja_Ibrah

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Speeding tickets on roads with no markings, no street lights, no drains, filled with portholes at risk of robbery Shame on you @ntsa_kenya @KURAroads

So how much is Sakaja crossing with then if that’s how the county planning guy is rolling?

Paul Njuguna, a retired technical manager at the Agricultural Development Corporation, invested Ksh 16 million in 2019 to set up Elgon Pine, a refined oil and animal feed plant in Eldoret. At its peak, the plant processed 90 tonnes of canola, sunflower, and soya annually, with capacity for 300 tonnes. Njuguna contracted about 100 farmers who supplied raw materials, while he also farmed 10 acres himself. The business also produced poultry feeds and soap from crop by-products. The venture collapsed after Kenya Power slapped him with a Ksh 400,000 bill in August 2021, compared to his usual monthly bill of about Ksh 30,000. Njuguna disputed it as an error and filed a complaint, but Kenya Power claimed underbilling and refused to adjust. When he failed to pay, Kenya Power disconnected electricity to both his plant and home. Though EPRA ruled in his favour and ordered reconnection, the power was never restored, forcing him to shut down operations. The shutdown affected the entire value chain - contracted farmers, suppliers, and employees - all of whom lost income. Njuguna now questions whether the disconnection was deliberate sabotage and why Kenya does little to protect small industrial ventures. His case has raised concerns about how utility billing errors and slow dispute resolution can destroy promising local businesses and the livelihoods tied to them.

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To destabilize the region, the West has found a greedy statesman willing to sell out his country and its people for the right price. William Ruto.

Trump paused USAID when he came to power and said, “Africans should handle African problems.” I wonder why the US wants Kenya, an African country, to handle their Ebola problem. Tafakari

We’re obsessed with the idea that poor people might take more than they need, but we never question why the super rich are never satisfied with what they already have.

If you allow the state to break the law during an emergency, it will create emergencies to break the laws. Ebola is NOT a Kenyan problem today.. don't let him make it one.

I think the questions that we are not asking loudly enough are: If Ebola is mainly in the DRC why is America crying the loudest about it? How are Americans getting Ebola? What are Americans doing in DRC?

This habit of lecturing Kenyans that no president has ruled this country for one term, so Uliam has to rule for two terms, is a very terrible entitlement. Kenyans don't owe anyone two terms. You are allowed to be president as long as we choose to. If we say half-term, so be it.

My fave Kenyanism word: Rada? Depending on the context it could mean WTF? It could mean “seriously?”. It could mean “what’s up?”. It could mean “the hell’s wrong with you?” And you can understand it by the tone someone uses when saying it, and I find it so beautiful.

People MUST resist Freehold Land being turned into Leasehold and oppressive TAXES imposed with the Land being auctioned upon failure to pay the those taxes.Objective is to disposess people of their Lands and turn them into labourers for the new owners.We have a CRIMINAL regime

Here is what an elephant herd looks like in Tsavo, Kenya in the 1950s.

Typical African @Joe__Bassey

2 weeks ago

Europeans during colonialism killed 26 million elephants in Africa, especially in Ivory Coast, just to make piano keys, but today they want to teach us animal conservation. Hypocrites.

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Fellow Kenyans, I need you to help me reset, rebuild and restore Kenya. I have chosen to run a campaign that is funded by you, ordinary Kenyans. I am appealing to you to make a donation to the campaign. If my campaign is funded by donations from you, the everyday Kenyan, then it becomes OUR campaign. And I will be accountable to you, the everyday Kenyan. You can donate any amount. Simply log in to davidmaraga.com. Or go to Mpesa Paybill: 4164137 Account Number: 4164137

His name is Professor Mashudu Tshifularo and this landmark surgery took place in March 2019 at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa.

For all Curious @fascinatingonX

3 weeks ago

🚨JUST IN: A doctor in South Africa became the first to restore hearing using 3D-printed ear bones.

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After studying latte art for so many years... I finally managed to make a dog! 🐕🪅💯👍

This is the point we need to get clearly Yes, the war has hiked the fuel prices globally Yes it’s all over the world However the Kenyan govt continues to tax kenyans too highly. And it is not just fuel, it’s basic needs too. Things that Kenyans desperately need to keep their homes running. It is the case with electricity. Literally a third of your electricity bill goes into “other charges” And what do we have to show for it as a nation? Where does all that money go? Their pockets. And then they later give us handouts from our own taxes. To be a Kenyan is difficult! Today was meant to be iceman day but I totally forgot you truly aren’t allowed to be excited in the conditions we live in as Kenyans. You can only truly be tutam if you directly benefit from these people. I’m convinced no sober brain just would

Ruto is no longer preparing to win 2027. He is preparing for what happens AFTER Kenyans reject the results. Look carefully at the pattern. Njoki Ndung’u being pushed to the ICC. Philomena Mwilu exiting soon. Warsame already singing “respect the appointing authority.” A carefully cultivated Supreme Court bench slowly taking shape around one man’s political survival. This is not random. This is architecture. A 7 judge shield designed to sanitize disputed elections, neutralize constitutional resistance and protect power at all costs. Kenyans must stop thinking rigging only happens at polling stations. Modern state capture happens in the courts, in appointments, in institutions and in silent elite deals made years before an election. Why is State House so invested in judicial positioning? Why are loyalists being rewarded strategically? Why is every independent institution slowly becoming politically obedient? Because Ruto understands one thing: The real battle after 2027 may not be in the streets. It may be in the Supreme Court of Kenya. Observe the SCOK carefully. Observe the appointments. Observe the silence. Observe the programming. This regime is not planning for democracy. It is planning for legal protection after democracy is violated. History has taught us one painful truth: When the judiciary is captured, the citizen becomes powerless. 2027 will not just be about votes. It will be about whether Kenya still has institutions strong enough to defend those votes. #Borrowed

Some years ago I wrote that African politicians can loot state coffers and once in while, organize a charity event. And people will still celebrate them and say “well at least he is a generous thief”. That is how most of our first ladies on this continent became distributors of sanitary pads and plastic buckets in so-called charity activities, handing back crumbs of what was stolen from the very people receiving them, and being applauded for the generosity of the gesture. I realised today that the exact same logic applies to foreign powers looting our resources. They can extract hundreds of billions over decades, assassinate our leaders, control our currencies, poison our waters and then return with a token pledge of meager investments at a summit they organised to rehabilitate their own image, and people will say: “well, at least they were kind enough to host the event here because hotels were sold out”. When you have been conditioned long enough to expect nothing, a crumb looks like a banquet.

They have only built 5500 units. Which means (at 170B collections) each house is over 30m. Total Waste of money as was predicted. Subsidize the cost of cement and steel and people will build their own houses at far cheaper rates. That's the true path to sustainable housing.

NTV Kenya @ntvkenya

4 weeks ago

Housing Dream, Budget Nightmare: Government says it requires nearly Sh400 billion annually to sustain the affordable housing programme. Warns that current housing levy collections are insufficient to meet the country’s housing targets. #NTVTonight @Ben_Kitili

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