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Non regular flights into Laikipia Air Base
24th - US Navy KC-130J, 167985 as BRNCO76
25th - 167985 and USAF C-130H, 96-1006 as ROGUE99
26th - 167985
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Our history is fragmented. In a previous thread, I covered how our security and intelligence evolved, but I missed this interesting piece I found in a later reading while finding references of MI5/MI6 in cases involving Mau Mau in Kenya.
John (Troon) Ombagi@johntroony
After independence, we restructured our police and intelligence with President Kenyatta appointed Benard Hinga as the first African head of the SB (served 1yr) who later become commissioner of police replacing Richard Catling. James Kanyotu took over SB till 1991. 7/21
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I think even in Kikuyuland it wasn't too common. The little evidence I see suggests children were more or less left to their own devices. The type of child battering we see in modern Kenya might be anachronistic for many societies.
Mwende@mwende_kyalo_
@kui_thehuman Kambas didn't. Most Bantus didn't btw. Ask your elders, or read any reputable anthropology book on African communities. The whites writing those books actually mentioned it because it stood out to them that kids were not beaten unlike where they came from
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Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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@kelvin__kamau @mungaikihanya Governor-general was head of govt. PM had virtually no powers.
Q. Seeing we didn't become sovereign or get the right to rule ourselves till 64, what did we really get in June 63. And, besides anthem and flag, what did we get in Dec 63 that we didn't have before?
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@mungaikihanya Madaraka (1/6/63): Internal self-rule – PM Kenyatta (Head of Govt), Queen (Head of State) via Governor-General.
Uhuru (12/12/63): Full independence – same roles.
Jamhuri (12/12/64): Republic – President Kenyatta unites both Head of State & Govt.
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1st June is coming up on Monday next week. We shall commemorate Madaraka Day.
Do you know what Madaraka Day is and how it is different from Uhuru Day and Jamhuri Day [Both celebrated on 12th December]?
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Tweet Storm Alert.
Subsequent to my thread on the UAE issue in Somalia twitter.com/Jasiri_TEA/sta… , I realised that a healthy majority of us don't understand the relevance or role the military plays in our national affairs. So in this thread, I'll attempt to break it down.
June 25th@Jasiri_D30
Dear Kenyans, I know we are oblivious to what goes on in our region and how this affects our economy. I know our TV stations (@KBCChannel1 @KTNNews @NTVnewsroom @K24Tv @citizentvkenya ) would rather report what Chiloba had for breakfast than tell us what's going on in our.. #KoT
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Global jihadism threatens Africa like no other region on earth. ACLED’s latest report explores how jihadist groups are expanding across the continent — controlling territory, targeting civilians, and disrupting infrastructure. Full details: acleddata.com/report/jihadis…
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@natsuyasumiSael @LimitlessKe95 Hinga was there for a year after independence before leaving it to James Kanyotu and serving as commissioner till '78. At the time of the coup it was Kanyotu (SB), Benjamin Gethi (Kenya Police) and JMulinge (KAF) who were at the helm of the security services.
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Back in the day, administrative positions like Assistant Chief, Chief, District Officer, and Provincial Commissioner were the backbone of the government. Most of the intelligence used to run the government passed through these administrative posts. That is why even ministers…
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Remarkable how the ever growing reach of jihadists isn't seen as at least near existential in Africa. From the Sahel to the Horn of Africa they're on the march even in places like the DRC. What instead happens? Concoction of asinine theories about Jews, the West etc
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Addiction to short-form videos is associated with reduction of brain activity in the frontal lobe and weakened focus.
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"Though Mr. Kabila is a man of spectacular wealth, he portrayed himself during our interview as a humble man of the land. “I basically am a farmer,” he said."
Tried and tested methods in Africa... nytimes.com/2026/03/30/wor…
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Exclusive: A previously unreported meeting was one of many failed attempts — by the Americans and intermediaries, the Russians, Qataris, Turks, the Catholic Church and others — to find a safe harbor for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. wapo.st/3NbsyYI
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From the archive: In a 1947 essay, Henry Stimson, who served as U.S. secretary of war during World War II, explained the Nuremberg trials’ contribution to global jurisprudence. foreignaffairs.com/articles/1947-…
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@FourthArchetype @TiskTusk I'm getting it now, there's actually a thimo, only that I cannot recall how it's said but from that you can get to see gīathī as a feast.
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Reminds me of this
Ilmorog Man@kamoongonye
@FourthArchetype @MbuguaWatini @njigu_mwaura Christian missionaries reshaped Gĩkũyũ, and how certain words are used in the present, during the translation of the Bible. Of the top of my head: ikenero, kĩgongona, ngoma, mũcukani. They gave new meaning to existing words.
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Wish Mount Kenya had a perfect topography to do this mang!
Larry Madowo@LarryMadowo
I went skiing in Lesotho 🇱🇸 and I didn’t break my leg
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@Jasiri_CCIP Orwell was a genius. First read this in high school and it was just...
“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness,” he had said. Winston did not know what it meant, only that in some way or another it would come true.
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I find it helps to develop an interest in things. Visit museums, hit up the library and discover-browse. Read widely. Learn new languages, new words. Watch old films. The world is a wondrous place but the sense of wonder is a muscle that must be cultivated like any other.
Emily Tech@wydemiii
all jokes aside when does it get better
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