Felicity

You’ve got to admire the sheer chutzpah of African govts in using first world technology/techniques in taxation/extortion of the citizenry but applying 10th world standards in service delivery …🤔🤔😭😭😳😳😳

That SA discourse is similar to the Kenyan one where a whole University graduate is complaining about a Burundian who is in Kenya selling groundnuts. What exactly are you threatened about? Did you want to open a groundnuts selling business?

Scientists have discovered that ants, after collecting grains and seeds which they need to store for the winter, actually break them into halves before storing in their nests. This is because by breaking the seeds into half, it stops them from germinating despite the most perfect conditions. But here comes the even more interesting part. Scientists were stunned when they discovered that coriander seeds stored in the ant nest were always broken down into 4 pieces instead of 2 pieces. After some lab research, scientists discovered that a coriander seed is the only seed that can germinate even after being divided into two, but can not germinate after it’s divided into four parts.

@SirLV The reason why only rich folks kids can afford interning in Geneva. Further increasing the disparity gap!

CHF 1,587 is supposed to cover rent, food, health insurance and everything else? 😳 in this our Genève??😩😩😩 Unless you are living on those benches inside Cornavin and going for meals at the Soup Kitchen this will last you 5 business days SMH.

I am a beneficiary of kindness,I will always pass it down as long as I can.

We don’t mourn enough the descent of African politics. Ideology was once a big driver of politics especially in the years after independence. Since then, it has effectively entirely given way to goonism and wealth winning all.

My paper “Where Is the African Urbanist” is published in Urban Geography. I argue for the need to decenter and pluralize global urban thought tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@SirLV The odds are greater there given Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony with ties that exist to date. Watu wa huko huwa hawatoki sana because majority live beyond the poverty line. Kenyans na kupata makaratasi za huko wacha tu! Portugal isn’t as strict with its residency laws.

@Felicity_AO But what i am struggling to understand is the Mozambique angle. Seems like a long, expensive route to take to Portugal.

Portuguese? What does 🇵🇹 have to do with 🇲🇿?

@CrochetLoftKE Is it possible to get one made of pure wool/non synthetic fiber?

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@ochieng_ogutu Thank you for highlighting the problematics of this Gordon. I really dislike the term “illegal migrants”.

Very interesting times ahead, considering the wording of this statement with terms like "patriotic Kenyans" and "illegal immigrants". Refugees and other migrants living in Nairobi must remain vigilant and cautious because this government is obviously looking for scapegoats. @migrationke @nyamoriv

@ochieng_ogutu Congratulations Dr. Ogutu 🙂🥳🥳

Officially, Dr. Ogutu after a successful viva earlier today. Can't thank my supervisors, Prof Agnès Maillot, and Dr. Fiona Murphy, enough for their support and mentorship.

@SirLV @KLM Is it bound to a specific route?

i have a discount voucher for @KLM in case anyone is interested... conditions: must book flight between today & 11-06-2025 for travel upto and including 31-10-2025

@ochieng_ogutu I am an alumni too and If I speak! 😅.

Universities in Africa have significantly contributed to the development of refugee studies as an academic and research field. My alma mater, Moi University, was among the first to establish a refugee studies centre (1991). However, the centre's current status is uncertain, and I'm curious to know the overall trend: have the number of such centres in Africa grown or declined? Photo: Exerpt from Architecture of Migration-The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement, by Anooradha Siddiqi.

Kenya has no safe houses abroad—not even in high-risk countries where our migrant workers face the greatest vulnerabilities. Now picture this: for the Ksh 500M spent on Raila Odinga’s AUC bid, the country could have set up 10 to 15 safe houses in priority regions like the Gulf, Southeast Asia, and beyond. That’s what we call smart diplomacy—prioritising people over prestige.

@osoroKE Always opposite you.

At the dinner table, your partner/wife is supposed to seat on your left ama right side? Suppose, if you are a group?

@Briankariu @MikeSonko 🤣🤣

@MikeSonko Sometimes naonaga, kama ungesoma, you would have made for a good leader. Wewe ni mtu wa watu genuinely. Thinking capacity kidogo ndio pungufu

Sisemi kitu lakini mambo mengine tuwachie Mungu tusilipishe maovu na maovu.

This is why saying 'just work hard & leave Kenya' is counterintuitive. You or your family can leave alright, but those you leave behind will carry the burden. Your black tax will be long & your peace of mind chipped away by news of inefficiency. Kenya *must* work for all of us.

@ochieng_ogutu @JFCrisp What are your thoughts on the extent to which the Shirika Plan is anchored in law? Specifically on how much it is protected by the 2021 Refugee Act?

@Felicity_AO @JFCrisp Yes. Even the document states that the plan depends on donor and international support for it to succeed.

This happening against the backdrop of reduced funding for refugee programs spells doom for the lives of many refugees in Kakuma. Moreover, the recent suspension of US BPRM programs complicates the already tough situation for millions of refugees across the region. Tough times!

@JFCrisp @ochieng_ogutu This is according to the refugees I have spoken to so far.

@JFCrisp @ochieng_ogutu There are no safeguards in place at the moment to ensure their successful integration. The government together with humanitarian and development partners have been pushing for the Shirika Plan - a blueprint for refugee integration but the governments capacity is in question.