Max Getuba

“Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis of all morality.” - Dune

Happiness (if you want it):* 1. Meet basic needs 2. Avoid cheap dopamine 3. Leave the past alone 4. Limit desires to ones achievable at the edge of your capability 5. Find something beyond yourself (mission, children, God) *Most people want something else.

@adriankuloba You’re going to do great bro! All the best!

Presenting at my first conference tomorrow kinda nervous

@moneyacademyKE Economic policy bankruptcy

CS Labour, Alfred Mutua, has revealed that the government plans to export one million Kenyan workers abroad annually as part of a new jobs initiative

@MwangoCapital So stupid for the government to pay 18% tax less interest for infrastructure development or anything else. It’s a complete scam to pay such high interest rates for infrastructure, and we, the taxpayers are the ultimate victims.

Btw IFBs were meant to fund infrastructure development but are now just used to fund government recurrent spending

@AfroEconomicus There’s no evidence of geopolitical factors contributing to this.

@francis_ngannou Congratulations champ! You’re an inspiration for all of Africa!

From the ocean 💙 ✨️

The real problem is that after decades of so called progress - these commodities are still our biggest exports. It’s the failure of the government to craft sustainable plans for industrialization, and the influence of the unholy trinity of the imf, world bank and wto that are keeping us here.

Mombasa port operations are stuck due to KRA system outages for 5 days. Tea worth more than Sh3.25 billion is stranded, causing massive losses for traders. If this continues, it could have serious impacts on Kenya’s tea industry and economy

Debt will kill this country if we are not careful. Fortunately, debt is seen a proportion of GDP. So what really matters is our ability to create and sustain rapid economic development. That is done through industrial policy - which is policy that directly protects and nurtures local industries, creating opportunities for local entrepreneurship, and highly productive jobs. Why haven’t we done it yet? The unholy trinity of the world bank, imf and wto have made it impossible since the majority votes of the developed countries enable their corporations to make policies in developing countries that are only beneficial to them.

Kenya's domestic debt has reached Sh5.4 trillion, an increase of Sh578 billion since June 2023, with the total public debt now at Sh10.6 trillion

@elonmusk Hoping that you clear away the undemocratic deep state, and free America and the world of their corruption.

The real loser was not the puppet, but rather the big government machine behind the puppet

The real problem is that private debt is too expensive for the government - and this taxpayers. It causes financial repression since it takes away critical investable capital from the private sector, and puts it all into the government… that’s why bank loans are too expensive for businesses to use them for investment.

The proposed change in law to start taxing infrastructure bonds at 5% doesn't make sense. IFBs were made tax-free in order to make it easy to raise funds for infrastructure development. The Treasury CS's view that this is unfair since other people pay tax is as good as saying that we should do away with IFBs. The problem we are having is that the government is using IFBs to raise money for recurrent spending. This indiscipline and abuse of the IFB concept is what needs to be addressed. IFBs were never intended to be a tool to deal with the government's fiscal pressures.

@LarryMadowo @KRACorporate Shameful, what this government is doing. Tarnishing the dignity and name of the country.

Kenya keeps extorting and harassing visitors at the airport. It’s about to get worse with mandatory phone IMEI registration

@BD_Africa Then four years ago when Trump lost, his trade deal with Kenya was thrown into doubt cause Biden was president.

Trump win throws Kenya, US trade talks into doubt epaper.nation.africa

@jumaf3 Kenya and many other developing nations spend more on debt than education, health and other essential government services combined, unfortunately. Most of Africa’s debt is owed to Western financial institutions.

This is a FUNCTIONAL hospital in Kilifi County! Yes... A hospital!

@chamath Fake intellectuals and activists - take them off the public airwaves.

The public airwaves are filled with lies, acted out by professional liars,subsidized by our tax dollars. It’s time to return the media to the people.

@iamkathambi I don’t understand this unscientific suspicion of GMOs. No health risks have been linked to them. Also GMOs yield more food, which can lead to lower prices and less starvation. It’s pretty obvious when you look at the facts

I’m seeing weird takes like Trump will lift laws on seeds and GMOs 😂 Trump IS pro-American business. He was instrumental in pushing through the Bayer-Monsanto merger. And his EPA ruled for glyphosate safety. Couple him with a GMO-loving Nabii, and prepare to eat GMOs.

@ephraimnjegafan @WilliamsRuto The problem is bigger than any one person, it’s a destructive ideology called progressive neoliberalism that supports corporate interests of the most powerful organizations in the world.

@BillAckman @KamalaHarris She barely got through the interviews, we have to expect less

@MihrThakar We need a Trump in Kenya to reduce our taxes!

David Ndii is the guy telling Ruto to push the punitive tax policies.

@Moha001_Onyango JD Vance

Without Googling who was Trump’s running mate in this election ?