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@LimitlessKe95 Cloud seeding. This is the cause of the current heavy rains.

Car experts, what is the problem with this vehicle ???

@Safaricom_Care Juat tell us to restart our phones. If you really cared enough you would notice I have data bundle, airtime and mpesa balance. The new app is just crap. So inconveniencing. Where’s your quality team? Regression Testing?

@VSeeqer Hi VSeeqer, sorry, the new My OneApp is Zero-rated and does not consume bundles, ensure mobile data is ON, and Wi-Fi turned off, ensure you have sufficient airtime for the mobile data connection to activate the App. ^IK

⁦@Safaricom_Care⁩ yesterday it worked. Today it won’t. How do we pay the bills ?

@citizentvkenya Don't be petty. Focus.

Comedian Njugush announces breakup with wife Celestine citizen.digital/article/comedi…

@dailypost_ke You misread.. That's her brother.

Married socialite AMBER RAY clubbing with her baby daddy, father to her teenage son - The owner of the well doesn’t queue to fetch water

@iammanuelmeche Another one like this

She’s Beautiful She’s tall she’s gorgeous she’s matured and in her early thirties, and Still single. what do men really want ?

@SafaricomPLC @Safaricom_Care We want MPESA app back. It's our pride. The govt is already punishing us enough, don't join the bandwagon.

A message to our valued customers on My OneApp.

@Safaricomcarep inconveniencing people with an upgrade without an update.! And you have to be on their network? Don't think local only! Roaming doesn't work everywhere!

Instead of watching an hour of Netflix, watch this 2-hour Stanford lecture on AI careers. It will teach you more about winning in the AI race than all the AI content you’ve scrolled past this year.

I am the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Oracle Corporation. Last Tuesday, I sent an email to 30,000 people at 6 AM. Yesterday morning, I onboarded 1 person at $950,000 a year. Both were my responsibility. Both were executed flawlessly. The email said: "After careful consideration of Oracle's current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organizational change. As a result, today is your last working day." I signed it "Oracle Leadership." Not my name. Not the co-CEOs' names. Not anyone's name. Leadership. Leadership is a signature that cannot be fired. At 6:01 AM, our infrastructure team disabled 30,000 badges. Revoked 30,000 VPN tokens. Locked 30,000 laptops. Wiped 30,000 voicemails. Suspended 30,000 email accounts. By 6:04 AM, 30,000 people were staring at a login screen that would never accept their password again. The email reminded them they were "prohibited from downloading, copying, or retaining any Oracle confidential information." 3 people called the HR hotline before 6:15. 2 asked if the email was real. 1 asked if she could retrieve a photo of her daughter from her desktop. I directed all 3 to the separation portal. That's data security. I've managed 11 separation events. This was the cleanest. 30,000 endpoints terminated in under 4 minutes. I sent the email from a template in PeopleSoft called TERM_MASS_COMM_v4. The v4 is important. Version 1 had a paragraph that said "we value your contributions." Version 2 shortened it to a sentence. Version 3 shortened it to "thank you." Version 4 removed it entirely. Legal flagged it in 2024. You cannot say you valued something you are discarding at 6 AM. Liability exposure. That's risk management. The co-CEOs approved the plan in 11 minutes. I timed it. I always time approvals. Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia. They received $250 million and $100 million in stock option grants when they took the roles in September. They asked about the WARN Act filing timeline. They asked about the restructuring charge projection. They did not ask how the employees would be notified. They did not ask when. That's executive alignment. In January, TD Cowen published an analyst note. It said cutting 20,000 to 30,000 employees would generate $8 to $10 billion in incremental free cash flow. We needed that cash. Our AI data center capital expenditures are projected at $50 billion this fiscal year. We had a $20 billion shortfall. The 30,000 people were the shortfall. I don't call it that in the board deck. Slide 14 has a waterfall chart. The left column is labeled "Current Headcount Cost." The right column is labeled "Redeployable Capital." The 30,000 people are the bridge between the 2 columns. They are a blue arrow. Calibri 11pt. That's strategic planning. 1 day before the email, on Monday, our 5-year credit default swaps hit 198.6 basis points. That is the highest level in Oracle's history. Higher than December 2008. Higher than the financial crisis itself. The market is pricing our debt at levels not seen since Lehman Brothers still had a lobby. We carry $124.7 billion in debt on the books. We added $39 billion in 9 months. Our trailing free cash flow is negative $24.74 billion. I included this in the board deck on slide 3. Nobody discusses slide 3. Slide 3 is where we put the things that are true. That's transparency. By Thursday, the H-1B data reached the press. 3,126 petitions. We filed them while scheduling the separation event. Same department. Same quarter. Same PeopleSoft instance. The termination workflow is TERM_MASS_COMM_v4. The visa sponsorship workflow is ONBOARD_H1B_STD. They share a database. They share a help desk queue. They share a budget line. 1 workflow removes 30,000 people who built the cloud infrastructure. The other sponsors 3,000 replacements to continue building it. I manage both workflows from the same standing desk. That's human resources. An employee posted on Blind that it was "a slap in the face." I know which employee. We have analytics on Blind. Sentiment tracking, attribution modeling, post velocity. His post received 4,200 upvotes in 12 hours. I flagged it for Corporate Communications. Communications sent me a thumbs-up emoji. Nobody drafted a response. That's stakeholder management. Yesterday morning, Hilary Maxson started as our new Chief Financial Officer. Base salary: $950,000. Annual performance bonus target: $2.5 million. Equity package: $26 million — $20.8 million time-based, $5.2 million performance-based, vesting over 4 years. We are also covering up to $250,000 in relocation expenses. Her offer letter is 7 pages. The separation notice I sent 30,000 people is 4 paragraphs. I managed both documents. The compensation committee approved her package on the same call where we reviewed the $2.1 billion restructuring charge. We have recorded $982 million of that charge so far. That is what 30,000 people cost on a balance sheet. The CFO's equity package is 1.2% of the restructuring line. A rounding error. No — less than a rounding error. A rounding error's rounding error. That's market-competitive compensation. Our Slack user count dropped from 165,000 to 155,000 in a single day. If you have access to the admin panel, you can watch the number fall in real time. I have access. It drops fast between 6:04 and 6:11 AM. Then it slows. Stragglers. People who hadn't opened their laptops yet. People in Pacific Time who were still sleeping when their career ended. By 7:00 AM, the line flattens. I watched it from my standing desk with a coffee. The line goes down smoothly. No bumps. No steps. Just a slope. That's attrition analytics. In Kansas City, I filed WARN notices for 539 people. 85 software developers. 43 systems analysts. 39 program managers. In Washington, 491 people. 270 software developers. 46 development managers. These are the people who built Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. We are now spending $50 billion to expand it with different people on ONBOARD_H1B_STD. The WARN filing lists the separation date as June 1. The email said today is their last working day. The badge stopped working at 6:01 AM. 3 different dates for the same event. That's compliance. 12,000 of the 30,000 were in India. Bangalore. Hyderabad. Pune. India does not require WARN notices. This is not why 12,000 of them were in India. But it is why nobody has to file anything. That's jurisdictional planning. The quarterly earnings call was March 10. 21 days before the email. The co-CEOs announced $553 billion in remaining performance obligations. They said demand for AI infrastructure "continues to exceed supply." The analysts upgraded their estimates. The stock is down 57% from its peak. It was $326 in September. It is $146 today. Larry Ellison's net worth is $188.7 billion. He has not made a public statement about the layoffs. He has not been asked to. That's governance. Trust in the Q4 engagement survey dropped 34 points. I reported it under "Culture Health Metrics." My manager said the numbers were "expected for a rebalancing of this scale." She told me to revisit it next quarter. I will revisit it next quarter. By then the Slack count will have stabilized. The Blind posts will have cycled off the front page. The ONBOARD_H1B_STD workflows will have completed. The new CFO will have her equity vesting schedule configured in PeopleSoft. And the 30,000 will be on LinkedIn, adding "open to work" above the Oracle logo they can no longer access. I will be here. At my standing desk. Managing the workflows. 30,000 separation emails sent at 6:00 AM. 3,126 H-1B petitions filed the same quarter. $26 million in equity for the new CFO. $350 million in stock options for the 2 co-CEOs. $188.7 billion in personal wealth for the chairman. $124.7 billion in corporate debt. 198.6 basis points on the credit default swaps — higher than 2008. Negative $24.74 billion in free cash flow. $50 billion in AI capital expenditure. 1 PeopleSoft instance. 2 workflows. Same server. TERM_MASS_COMM_v4 and ONBOARD_H1B_STD share a database. That's human resources.

@abuga_makori Whose debt? Who horrowed it? Where did the money go?

Before you hate President Ruto, take time and listen to FCPA Mbadi! This is quite chilling!

In Kakamega the youths stepped up help the IEBC after claiming they didn't have enough staffs Lazima tukue kadi #TukoKadi

@Kenya_Ports Middle East conflict effects. We are proud of growth, but at the very least be truthful.

The Port of Lamu is geared up for a spike in vessel calls in the coming days, a development that is expected to inject fresh momentum into regional trade and strengthen the Port’s position as a leading transshipment hub in the region. Speaking at a media briefing at the Port of Lamu, KPA Managing Director Capt. William Ruto said early indicators already point to growing cargo volumes shipped through the Port. He added that major shipping lines have begun showing confidence in the second commercial port’s growing capacity. The MD said there is a steady rise in vessel traffic particularly car carriers choosing Lamu as their preferred destination. He disclosed that the Port expected another car carrier expected to discharge 5,000 motor vehicle units next week, a development he described as a strong signal of strengthened commercial activities and growing confidence among shippers. Capt. Ruto who presided over the reception of MV Grande Florida Palermo on her maiden call at Port of Lamu reaffirmed the Port of Lamu’s rising stature and its growing attractiveness to global shipping operators. Operated by Grimaldi Lines, the ship docked at the Port yesterday laden with 3,800 motor vehicle units and assorted spare parts. This is the second car carrier to call at the port a week after her sister vessel MV Grande Auckland discharged 469 motorcar units. The Port has recorded 74 vessels this year between January to date. In terms of performance, the Port posted an impressive total cargo throughput of 799,161 metric tons last year compared to 74,380 metric tons which was recorded in 2024 mainly driven by containerized cargo. With more shipping lines introducing regular service to Lamu, this is a promise of more cargo volumes through the port in subsequent years. @TransportKE @mohamed_daghar @SDoT_Kenya @davis_chirchir

@Branicemercy This is great!

Good morning from Mjengo 🥹 Broke as hell but definitely worth not getting that Porsche 😮‍💨. Ni God 🤲🧎‍♀️‍➡️🧎‍♀️‍➡️ Thank you to everyone who keeps believing in this journey 🙏🥹.

@ntvkenya @NationFmKE @EricLatiff @MariamBishar I have no problem with speed limit.. but are the cameras for safety or extortion ? What’s the priority? Vehicle Roadworthiness? Training and testing the drivers? Why do they mount alcoblow stations on month end only? Why so many “breakdown” vehicles at the roundabouts?

NTSA fines | Speed limit signage is prominently displayed at all enforcement sites equipped with speed cameras, NTSA Director General Eng. Nashon Kondiwa says. #FixingTheNationNTV @nationfmke @ericlatiff @mariambishar

When the church hires a DJ for Sunday service😳😳😳…

This is the story of how I cleared a 10-year mortgage in 2 years In the year 2000, I signed for my first mortgage KSh 2.7 million, repayable over ten years, with a monthly installment of about KSh 37,000. At the time, it felt significant but manageable. Like many young professionals, I believed the difficult part was getting approved. Once the bank said yes, I was ready to sit back and relax knowing that in 10 years i will be a home owner. That is what traps most people. When many people secure a mortgage, they celebrate the approval rather than confront the obligation. They upgrade furniture, expand their lifestyle, and slowly adjust their expenses until the monthly payment blends into routine existence. Ten years quietly becomes normal. The loan stops feeling temporary and starts feeling permanent. I had a mentor who refused to let that happen. Stewart Henderson, who was serving as CEO of Old Mutual at the time told me something that permanently changed my understanding of debt: a mortgage is not a commitment it is an emergency. Then he introduced a rule that, at the time, felt extreme. Every month I earned commissions, I had to bring my statement to him before spending any money. We would sit down together and allocate it. The bank required KSh 37,000. Stewart ignored that number. Instead, he focused on capacity. Whenever income rose, payments rose. Whenever earnings improved, we attacked the loan. He called it 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, treating debt as something to eliminate quickly rather than manage comfortably. The first few months were uncomfortable. The natural instinct after earning more money is to reward yourself. Income creates a feeling of entitlement to enjoy what you worked hard for. But discipline does not negotiate with feelings. Every additional shilling was assigned before it reached my pocket. Something surprising happened. As my income grew, but my lifestyle did not. Because expenses stayed controlled, every increase in earnings accelerated repayment. The balance started shrinking visibly not yearly, but monthly. What had been structured as a ten-year obligation began to feel temporary. Two years later, I made the final payment. Now here’s the surprise, after I serviced the mortgage to completion, my mentor did not congratulate late me. He simply told me to start looking for the next property. Most people follow a familiar sequence: earn, spend, then save what remains. I learned to earn, allocate, then live on the balance. The house was not paid off by income alone; it was paid off by priority. Over the years, advising many individuals, I have noticed a consistent pattern. Nearly everyone wants financial freedom eventually, but very few accept financial discipline immediately. The distance between the two is not measured in years it is measured in habits. Your path does not have to begin with a mortgage. In fact, for many people the smarter starting point is elsewhere, structured savings & investments, or disciplined accumulation strategies that eventually position you for homeownership without pressure.

@janetmachuka_ It’s public knowledge.. e be mumu.

This is why I always go through my notes! Public speaking preparation ain’t no joke. You must peruse to understand the flow or this will happen.

Perfect trap!