william Chege.

@brian_mutiga If it were not for Moi, Lootall & his wife would be waiting for retirement soon, from their teaching career; Moi, through Reuben Chesire, who Lootall once beat, made him.

@brian_mutiga Nefa.

Is it true the this building belongs to The Grand Mulla?

@brian_mutiga The other day, he told us that he will not die if he's not appointed CS in the next government. Now he's thinking of how he can even become the president.

John Mbadi's mouth is so full man forgot where he has come from & who helped reach where he is today.

@lawrencekitema Ask Raila. He had toooo much of it, including being above the law, literally.

No matter how big your house is, how good your car looks, how beautiful you are, or how much your bank account holds, the sad reality is that our graves will always be the same size. So always stay humble.

@Wanjiru2027 On a serious note, even if the county decided to clean this mess, the big question will be, wataanzia wapi? This makes Kibra looks like Muthaiga.

I now believe watu wa pipeline wanapenda kuishi hivi. If the citizens themselves hawaoni shida ,who am in a stranger from nyahururu to complain about their situation.

@Wanjiru2027 Alafu unapitana na mikokoteni imebemba mafi na drums, ikienda kumwaga huko kwa mto. Pple with very low self esteem can live anywhere.

@NyabasaDanvas All motorists a watu wa payslip r more than enough to send Lootall home by 7am. Imagine paying RML but almost all roads r potholed. Watu wa payslip wanakatwa pesa ya kumake new billionaires in the name of housing. SHA pia is not working.

I don’t understand how it’s possible for Kenyans to pay high taxes without questioning. Do these politicians use other powers to silence Kenyans or people are just ignorant??

@Samk372 The poor will buy cheap kerosene but will not afford food. Not too long ago, an activist said it openly in a court of law that we are being lend by very evil-minded-mad people.

I think we have a problem in this country with advisors. Who is advising the government that kerosene is more important than diesel? Which fuel is supposed to be stabilized and which one is not supposed to be stabilized? Using 11 billion in two months for stabilization of kerosene is madness. That money could be used in stabilization of diesel because diesel is the engine of the economy in every country. Trucks, farming, transport, industries, generators — everything depends on diesel. How much is kerosene bringing to the table compared to diesel? Who is advising the government that kerosene is more important than the fuel that drives the entire economy?

@muriaso Kwani that young boy is a leader? He's a politician. There is a difference. One of the most uncouth politicians we have ever had.

'Nyinyi ngojeni matanga ya kwenu' statement by Sylvanus Osoro was so rude and insensitive coming from a leader of his stature

@zablonorina1 Senator Onyonka himself is still young at 64, 7 yrs more than his father, at the time of his death.

@zablonorina1 More often than not, our big names don't live fully to enjoy their lucre, impunity, power & connections. Njonjo & Moi r exception. Most die prematurely.

Zachary Onyonka died on October 22, 1996 at the age of 57. He suffered a fatal stroke after previously surviving another stroke in 1988. He was one of the most influential Gusii politicians of his era, serving in several powerful ministries including Foreign Affairs, Education, Health, and Economic Planning under both Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi. His death was a major political moment in Kisii politics because he had dominated the Kitutu Chache seat for decades before being succeeded politically by figures including Jimmy Angwenyi and later his son Richard Onyonka. NB: Uncontrolled hypertension is the leading cause of stroke.

@jimNjue_ However u look at it, this holier-than-thou geezer- conman's govt would have been worse than Moi's.

I Agree. Greatest Conman of all time.

@zablonorina1 Forgive me Kenyans coz l am 53, l am comparing my age with theirs. I feel very very young.

@zablonorina1 Kanyotu 70, Biwott 77, Raila, Karume, Michuki around 80, Nkaisery 67, Saitoti 66, Mutula 64, Kajwang 55 etc.

@BernardKavuli Naturally pple tend to remember the bad. She accepted Kasongo's job and, even the foolest of fools knew that Kasongo was, as usual, playing with Kenyans mind. He wasn't serious but because of lucre & prestige, she accepted it.

What do you miss about former LSK President Faith Odhiambo?

@sunnysunwords Thanks. Now l know.

@wchege2 I move online last year. Here’s what you’ve missed. Enter your email address at the bottom to get my Signal every Sunday. sunwords.com/words/

Unless you’re a lawyer, don’t use the word SEVERALLY. It doesn’t mean what you think.

@otienowill And what's worse, it's contracts for the boys, akina Mburu na Wambui.

This affordable housing nonsense is something else A mandatory tax is imposed on Kenyan citizens to finance ambitious housing projects ; developments that many of the very contributors are unlikely to ever access or own. Yet, after extracting these contributions, the same system later returns with renewed demands for additional funding, citing insufficiency of resources to sustain ongoing projects and expanding fiscal commitments.

@NBrygettes The last time l checked, they were the government & others should keep quiet.

Residents have barricaded the Mogotio -Ravine Road. They say the 18 kilometer stretch is impassable and want the road fixed. Commuters are stranded

@ntvkenya Na hapo ndio media, especially the legacy ones, should do God's work. Feature the prices of our neighbouring countries for Kenyans to see the lies.

Hassan Omar: The increase in fuel prices is a global challenge affecting many countries and not unique to Kenya.

@FGaitho237 It's very very therapeutic to see lords of corruption, impunity & violence, both former & current, suffer. They think their might is everything. They get away with the laws of Kenya but they can't escape the laws of nature. Suffering of ordinary Kenyans is a fair game.

Kiraitu Murungi, Architect of Kenya’s Energy Cartels, and the Tragic Passing of His Daughter Kiraitu Murungi, the man whose policies lie at the very foundation of the energy and fuel crisis still choking Kenya today, is reaping a personal tragedy even as the nation he helped impoverish continues to bleed economically. The high electricity bills, the extortionate fuel prices, the endless “adjustment charges” that have turned power and petrol into luxuries rather than necessities - all trace their roots directly to decisions made under his watch as Minister for Energy from 2008 to 2012. While the public was fed a saintly post-mortem image of Mwai Kibaki’s era, the hard truth is that Kiraitu Murungi was the ruthless executor who turned temporary scams into permanent structural robbery. Under his stewardship: • Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd (KPRL) - the country’s only refinery and a strategic national asset - was deliberately starved, maligned, and finally shut down in 2013. A well-orchestrated campaign by oil marketing cartels (many linked to the same old Moi-era players) claimed the refinery was “uneconomic.” Artificial shortages and price spikes were engineered to manufacture public anger, paving the way for Kiraitu to ram through the Energy Act amendments that created the Energy Regulatory Commission (now EPRA) and handed pricing power to importers. • The open tender system for crude oil was quietly abandoned. Kenya surrendered its ability to refine its own fuel and handed monopoly-like control to a tiny clique of importers who have since dictated pump prices regardless of global market realities. • The Independent Power Producers (IPP) racket - already outrageous under Moi - was not only preserved but extended and protected. Capacity charges in dollars, whether power was generated or not, became a permanent feature. Kenya Power was saddled with purchase costs that bore no relation to actual consumption, forcing the invention of permanent levies: the Fuel Cost Charge, Forex Adjustment Charge, and a web of phantom fees that still appear on every electricity bill. These were not mistakes. They were deliberate policy choices that protected and expanded the cartels Kiraitu helped nurture. The result? Kenyans in 2026 still pay some of the highest electricity and fuel prices in the world, even as global crude prices fluctuate. Businesses collapse under the weight of power costs. Families choose between cooking and lighting. The “development” narrative collapses the moment the meter runs. And now, in a twist that feels almost biblical in its irony, the same system that inflicted years of economic pain on millions has delivered a personal blow to one of its chief architects. The loss of Kiraitu Murungi’s daughter is, of course, a private family tragedy deserving of sympathy. Yet it is impossible to separate it from the broader context: the man who helped build the cartels that continue to extract wealth from every Kenyan household, every small business, and every struggling institution now mourns in the very pain his policies helped normalise for an entire nation. Ruto’s unusually prompt and public condolences make perfect sense in this light. The cartels Kiraitu laid the foundation for have simply evolved - from the IPP gravy train to the G-to-G fuel deals, from refinery destruction to today’s price increments. They are still commiserating, still protecting one another, still pretending the suffering of ordinary citizens is someone else’s problem. Karma, it seems, does not always arrive with sirens and newspaper headlines. Sometimes it comes quietly, in the form of a condolence message from a fellow traveller in the same corrupt ecosystem - a reminder that no one, not even the most powerful, is ultimately immune to the consequences of the dysfunction they create.