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After the unexpected death of its ED, IRE is looking for its next leader. Great job leading a vital organization.

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For those who have been wondering what is a FOIA request that we used to get some information from @_shakenya about their Algorithm/ AI system's parameters/ indicators.

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x.com/i/spaces/1PKqr… We shall be giving more insights about #ErrorByDesign for the next 1.5 hours. Tune in

A lot has happened since @LHreports @AfUncensored published our #ErrorbyDesign investigation. SHA published a non-response response, we wrote back, government officials attacked our reporting. Join us for an X Space where we unpack our reporting and its aftermath.

@tom_mukhwana We have and hopefully we will continue to learn from each other. Good's speed.

@MukamiPurity Thanks Purity. I will miss working with you at AUC. But I’m confident that we will still work together in future. It’s been an honor to learn from you 🙏🏾

Tbh we will miss you on this other side @tom_mukhwana . At the same time, so happy for you to be landing your dream job. So glad to have seen your curve and to have met the brilliant you.

SHA's AI model was designed with a known flaw: It systematically overcharges the poorest Kenyans while undercharging the wealthiest. Tomorrow, we open the newsroom to hear how this has played out in real life. Join @MoigeWilliam with @joy_kirigia, @MukamiPurity, and @gabriels_geiger on the Newsroom X Space. This is your space. Come with your story. 🔗 x.com/i/spaces/1PKqr… #SHA #HealthcareKenya #JoinTheNewsroom

Using access to info requests & public data @MukamiPurity & @gabriels_geiger describe the journey of investigating Kenya's SHA, uncovering the deadly flaws of an algorithm that hurts the people it aims to serve. By @LHreports, @guardian, & @AfUncensored. twp.ai/4hqzD7

In Kenya 'dirty money' does not always hide. Sometimes it just buys a car. @elsakariuki examines how Kenya's second-hand vehicle market became one of the most convenient and least regulated channels for laundering illicit funds, on the latest edition of The Signal Newsletter. Read now on: open.substack.com/pub/thesignal8…

The #Education Budget is out for FY 2026/27. My read reveals notable increases to the sector's budget amid significant #cuts to free primary education, university budgets (big ones) and school feeding. On the flip side bursaries are set for a good bump. Let's get into it👇

AI-driven Social Health Authority (SHA) was sold to us as a revolution in healthcare financing. However, the algorithm overcharges the poorest Kenyans while undercharging the wealthy. A single mother earning Ksh 3,500/month is now billed Ksh 1,030 for health cover. That is digital poverty extraction. At the same time, yesterday’s Daily Nation cover story on the politics of motherhood reminds us that women, especially poor and working-class mothers, already carry the invisible burden of sustaining families, communities and the economy through unpaid care work, sacrifice and survival. Yet instead of easing that burden, the system is now digitising it. A mother struggling to put food on the table is reduced to an affordability score by an opaque algorithm that cannot measure exhaustion, caregiving, vulnerability or survival. Many reports flagged this system as flawed and inequitable before it was even launched. The Government chose to proceed anyway. Today, only 5 million of 22 million registered members pay regularly and Kenyans are dying because they cannot afford to walk into a facility. Technology should serve human dignity. This one entrenches inequality and calls it algorithmic neutrality. The poor are not data points. They are Kenyans who deserve better healthcare.

Kenya’s #health budget is set to rise sharply this year, but the story behind the numbers is intriguing. I dug into the latest #budget books to briefly analyze sector allocations the against the background of a shifting health financing landscape. Here's what I found 👇

While here, I also noticed that the primary health care fund - which funds @_shakenya - is being straight up cut by Kes 4 billion or 17%. Also notable is the obliteration of the Insurance Subsidy Program for Orphans Vulnerable Children. Possibly being reconfigured under SHA? 🤷

@karuejames @gabriels_geiger @citizentvkenya @johnallannamu @joy_kirigia Check your numbers bro.... what's your proof that he pays 60k in rent? You are sent to keep us busy but we are beyond this. Ask the authority you're defending to disclose their current methodology to Kenyans. And explain how come many are not paying up.

@gabriels_geiger @MukamiPurity @citizentvkenya @johnallannamu @joy_kirigia This guy cant afford 3k extra a year for SHA but can feed and clothe his family, take of an infant and his wife, pay 60k in rent and refill 6k worth of cooking gas per your model? x.com/karuejames/sta…

Awesome mic drop moment from @MukamiPurity on @citizentvkenya prime time. As Purity, @johnallannamu and @joy_kirigia point out we’ve published methodology explaining our analysis. We have our receipts. The government refuses to show theirs while telling Kenyans to “trust me bro.”

SHA Legality Petition: Francis Awino files petition challenging legality of SHA Awino wants Kiambu High Court to suspend SHA operations Awino: SHA is operating without clear statutory authority #CitizenTonight

@karuejames @gabriels_geiger We could check using the training data and using the model we reconstructed. However they already said they are now using "official data" and the model "continuously evolves". once we get clarification on current model n official data, we can get a substantive answer for you.

@MukamiPurity @gabriels_geiger Still waiting on this; x.com/karuejames/sta…

💯. Hopefully this conversation will contribute to the rethinking and reframing of how technology is used for public services. Thank you @gabriels_geiger for setting the example through the Suspicious Machines project, so we could follow in your footsteps.