
Simon N
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Now that we’ve all had a few days to process the hype surrounding the proposed 650,000 bbl/d refinery in East Africa 🇰🇪 🇺🇬 🇹🇿, let’s take a long, hard look in the mirror. [1] Funding Gap: Where will Kenya 🇰🇪, Uganda 🇺🇬, and Tanzania 🇹🇿 raise the ~ $20 billion needed to build this facility when they already spend more on debt servicing than on healthcare or education? Just as critical - can they raise that capital, cheaply? [2] Diplomacy Deficit: Relations between these three countries are prickly on most days. Can nations that block agricultural imports, incinerate day-old chicks and limit the reach of each other’s airlines really cooperate on a project of this magnitude? [3] Successor Risk: With potential changes in government in Kenya 🇰🇪 (2027) and Uganda 🇺🇬 (2031), will the successors of William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni prioritize regional interests over national ones? “When @AlikoDangote built his refinery in Nigeria, he was essentially dealing with one country,” says @wangarikebuchi, Founder & MD at @ExpertiseGL . Given the clashing interests involved here, she warns that “discussions are going to be much more intense than what was faced in Nigeria.” What trade-offs are East African policymakers willing to accept? Do they have the policy discipline to execute this without wasting billions in taxpayer dollars, as they have in other, smaller infrastructure projects?




Can we talk about why there's always low to almost no network for both Saf and Airtel at Nyayo Stadium for most of us? But I normally see the media people posting in real time.










Members of Parliament are advocating for the abolition of mandatory school uniforms, proposing instead that students be allowed to attend classes in casual clothes brought from home. Do you think this is a good or a bad move?














BTW, sisi wa broad based hata hatujasikia vibaya. Lakini hawa vijana wa boda walituuza! Walikula pesa wakahepa. Omolo naye alikataa kuleta teargas. Polisi wanaangalia tu na tuko kwa sirikali. Tutatuma report kwa Ruto. Tunataka zoning. Tunataka pawa.










