David Waruingi

@daktarimrefu You end up so tired after driving through Nairobi by the end of the day - Endless mental stimulation. This is Westlands Roundabout - Billboards upon billboards

@daktarimrefu @AmbokoJH @denniskioko Hopefully not >>

@AmbokoJH @denniskioko @dwaruingi the Kenya shilling shall devalue further…watch out for 200

It has emerged that in its latest mission to Kenya early this month (see quoted tweet), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) took issue with the US$/Kes exchange rate. According to the KRA Chairman, the Fund argued that the exchange rate is "too stable" & is impairing "monetary policy transmission & inflation targeting". With this in mind, the next Article IV discussions & report should be interesting. The discussions were to kick off in September. Kenya is currently scouting for a new funded program with the Fund after prematurely terminating the US$3.6 billion 4-year program in March.

@Alfayaz11 Such an eye sore in Spring Valley What of those kiosks as you approach Kyuna Nairobi is one big slum.Who can salvage this - The local MCA ?

This is not about the owner of this property, whom I know personally and deeply respect as one of the most humble individuals that I look up to as a mentor. This is neither about the individual earning an honest living selling rims and tyres just at the driveway and perimeter wall of the old man’s property and other homes along the same line face the very same issue, something I’ve been talking about ever since these kiosks started being erected. The real issue is the lack of basic planning. How do you erect kiosks right outside people’s boundary walls? Just 200 metres down the road is a renowned tyre fitment centre, a business that has invested heavily, created value and employed hundreds, if not thousands, across East Africa. Putting kiosks in such places shows the county has no respect for zoning or order, while devaluing properties worth hundreds of millions. We keep boasting about being a world class city and telling the people iNaWork, yet we keep planning and thinking like villagers.

@daktarimrefu @LangmanVince The pilots are already being implicated

@LangmanVince @dwaruingi

This is an excellent theory on what could have caused that Indian plane crash yesterday.

@daktarimrefu @nyanchwani What a sad read. And most of it is true for so many. I hope the sun rises again

@nyanchwani @dwaruingi

Nairobi has a certain air of promise. Especially if you are a jobless graduate. It is magnetic and optimistic. There is always a deal around the corner—a tender here, a business breakthrough there. Even street language teems with hope. Kuomoka. Kuondoka/kuchomoka block. Siku moja fomu itajipa. There is a hope that somehow, all of us, by some magic alchemy, we will become rich. In between, you may land a good deal. But the waiting period for the next deal can break your heart as a man. You can lose your wife, children, girlfriend, mpango, and everything you own as you wait for the next deal. Or for the government tender to be paid. I look back on my more desperate days before I started hawking books. Used to be called to these meetings. High-end hotels. I would sit across top government or NGO folk discussing strategy. Or Java. Art Café. Or the swankier ones in Kilimani, Lavi, and in the many malls that dot Nairobi’s greener and leafier suburbs. I would leave the meetings thinking of what car to buy, what neighbourhood to move to, or where between Machakos or Kajiado outskirts should I build my city home. Kamulu has a certain repellent quality while Kitengela has a certain secure and sunny charm. I could even call my Kisii girlfriend and we could discuss vacation ideas. Because I was talking to guys who make decisions about how the funds of government or the NGO they worked for are moved. By the way delusion is a very bad thing. Back home, I would hammer out a proposal with my business partner (back then, there was no ChatGPT). There would be pages upon pages of proposals and PowerPoint presentations. Proposal safi kama Kelly Rowland. And then, the waiting would begin. The big man will stop picking up my calls. Blueticks. Painful. Grey ticks are even more disrespectful. And boy, once you start chasing these big men, you can lose your soul. You befriend their PAs and secretaries, who will update you about their moves and there whereabouts, when you can meet, etc. But licking ass of big men is nasty business. When I hear that you guys eat ass, I don't even know how y'all do it but stop it. Do women also have friends in high places that they simp for? Because in the corridors of big men's offices, I only bump into men. And the only women I see in the corridors are their mistresses who have express access or some odd woman who wants some CDF or something. And then, there are jobs to apply for. You apply until the day comes when you no longer want to apply. Because job applications are just PE. And LinkedIn is honestly full of poop. Ever applied for those UN jobs that need 4 hours? Or those you apply via LinkedIn, and then you manually have to fill in your details on some digital forms and submit your CV. Sometimes you have someone in the right place to put in a good word for you. Except that your person doesn’t have enough flex, and thus the boss will fix their niece there, far younger, far less experienced, and that is the way the world works. Another six months have gone by. No business. No job. No deal. And then you see a tender. You know, people who can swing you the tender. Then you do paperwork. Tender paperwork is ridiculously laborious. Last time, I printed almost 300 pages, spending my last supper money on it, betting on the connection to get the tender. Then you get that appetite and do like ten tenders. You get none in return. Later you learn that the big man in the department has shell companies with his clandes, nieces and nephews that they use to cart the money away. You are humbled. And now you are 37. It has been three years since you last had a good deal. Or you are 29, five years since you graduated, and have no job or deal in sight. Now, dating and marriage are indefinitely suspended. If above 37, you are probably divorced or will be divorced sooner rather than later. This period of stagnation, where you wait indefinitely for a job after graduation, is called Waithood. If you are an adult, it is called Stalled Mobility. Millennials in Kenya, especially those born between 1986 and 95, have experienced difficulties changing their socio-economic status. There hasn’t been upward mobility. Instead, there has been a lot of downward mobility. Most of my friends who, just a decade ago, used to lend each other sums up to Sh 100,000 and would dispense with it like it is pocket change, nowadays we are down to asking each other for Sh 100-500 for kabej. The economy has wiped out many marriages I knew, and all the memos we have written don’t address the elephant in the room: the economy. It is rough on women. Rougher on men. The Kenyan economy started collapsing in 2015, and the effects were being felt as early as 2018-19. Covid-19 accelerated the situation, but saved the Uhuru government because everything could be blamed on Covid-19. Ruto has no such luxury; he is badly exposed. So, we now have two cohorts: younger adults in their mid to late 20s-early 30s with no job prospects, and now they are missing out on all markers of adulthood, marriage, and home ownership, as well as career or business progression. The other cohort in their late 30s and 40s who have gone through a good fortune, enjoyed a good corporate job, Nairobi-type deals, and business, had a good marriage, and even a family but for the last 3-5 they are stuck. Same job. Or sacked. Same neighbourhood. Or downgraded. Stalled mobility has either shattered their lives or everything good they ever had. So, we have almost three overlapping generations, born 1986-93, 93-99, 2000-2005, who are now lost generations. Already, nothing short of a miraculous intervention can save most of them. Pushed to the end, a revolution may be inevitable. But revolutions rarely solve problems. They level the playing field, and everyone starts worse, save for a few who may gain from the ruins. Kenya still has a chance to turn things around. A Kibaki-like figure with a greater inclination for nationhood instead of narrow ethnic interests and far less corrupt can change our fortunes and unleash the country's full potential. Otherwise, Waithood and Stalled Mobility are with us for a long time. And if you sing “kumi bila break”, you will cry and gnash your teeth until 2040. Sadly, we don’t get any younger to experiment with our lives under lazy and inept leadership. I really don't want to sound like a genius in 2030 when you look back and remember when I told you that Kenya Kwanza is not an option in 2027. Three generations are at stake. Don't trivialise this. If you intend to vote Kenya Kwanza kindly block me and delete me from your life. This is a matter of life and death. Hate me or love me.

@daktarimrefu Hilarious 😂

@omwambaKE @dwaruingi this thread

@daktarimrefu @McKennaMK And it’s a modern priced A tad over priced but modern nonetheless 100 B is just superfluous. We have a wastage problem in this country , too too much pilferage

@McKennaMK @dwaruingi KUTRRH was built with 8.1B….100B can build 12 ultra modern fully equipped and operational 650 bed hospitals and still allow inter operability between them. Kenya is a crime scene.

𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 So, MOH awarded the contact to Safaricom who have been forced to partner with 2 other companies. Apiero from Middle East and Convergence Limited a Kenyan company under Duale and his friends. Apiero is from Abu Dhabi and they have been brought by our Nairobi West Hospital guy (Jayesh Saini). Safaricom refused the contract but were forced by their chairman Adil Khawaja who is close friend to Jayesh. Adils law firm are the transaction advisor and legal support to the project. From the 103B Safaricom will only get less than 10% of the money and the rest is being taken by Apiero and Convergence who are not bringing any tangible benefit to the SHIF digitization project. The telecommunications guy have been threaten to accept this. The main beneficiaries are Apiero and Convergence.

Done on call - out of hours , lean staff and with a great outcome. To the most deserving in our population. This is the true purpose of our work. Well done @daktarimrefu

@daktarimrefu @_ireneachieng 😂

@_ireneachieng @dwaruingi a little knowledge is worse than no knowledge

Wacha niwachekeshe kidogo. This was a dunking competition in Railways Club Nairobi. The year was 2015/2016. This guy came up with his American flag bandana (he is South Sudanese)and wanted to dunk blindfolded, nobody believed he could do it and he proved us right 😂😂😂 wehhh !

@daktarimrefu 😂

@NjeriBt @dwaruingi yikes

Medium. Was pity sex really.. He was going through a lot. I'm a fixer me.

@ronaldOmbaka Useless metrics , lazy journalism. When you see a mad man talking, wait for a bit and know why people think they are mad.

@daktarimrefu @nderi_j Trying to understand in detail what this means

@nderi_j @dwaruingi

But CBK are loco! They take +40b in bonds and then promptly devalued it. These guys are merciless!

@LanceMayabi @KenyaAirways Mayabi many congratulations on the graduation. Dude I think for peace of mind just choose an alternative carrier, this business seems to be too complex for them

@dwaruingi @KenyaAirways Pole Doc. Used them to the US and the delay made me miss my connecting flight. Then my luggage arrived two days later. Missed my graduation ceremony.

Kenya Airways @KenyaAirways Normally assumes everyone is a career idler and will delay and postpone flights unapologetically. Have a 24-48 hour cushion when using them or avoid if you can

@GlobalEBMObsGyn @Wah_e_they_rah Many congratulations @GlobalEBMObsGyn Truly deserved , keep shining

Thrilled to share the news of my RCOG Sub-Specialty Training Fellowship in Urogynaecology! Thanks to God, my family esp @Wah_e_they_rah, & allies. I hope to inspire other IMGs - Yes, we can survive and thrive! I dedicate this fellowship to improving women's outcomes 🙏🏾

@daktarimrefu Good thread

@kahome_steve @dwaruingi

If you invest in bonds as a retail investor, you have to be very careful with how you do it. Otherwise, your lack of knowledge will cut down on your returns. Here are a few things I have learned that can help retail investors: 1. The best way to invest in bonds is via CBK

@daktarimrefu 😂

I now understand how GoK gets into a mess. Cognitive dissonance.

The new careless drivers in town are the small PSV Uber and Bolt drivers. They are soon dethroning matatus and boda boda . Keep a safe distance when you spot them. @Ma3Route

@daktarimrefu @spectatorindex Natural calamities are super disastrous. This is bad

@spectatorindex @dwaruingi this is just tragic 😥

BREAKING: World Health Organization says as many as 20,000 people may have died in Turkey-Syria earthquake

😂😂 @MokiMwendwa @mokigi The Anaesthesia Aviation comparisons are also so tired