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@BarazaJM To me? Yes. The reason there's lots of celebrations when women/girls achieve great things vis a vis men/boys, is because on very many fronts worldwide they are still greatly advantaged. Also the lady tree huger might have been more media savvy than this gentleman.

@mangandomo Is it?

Hillary Kiplagat Kibiwott 23,326 trees Kessup Forest Station, Elgeyo-Marakwet Incidentally, a new world record, beating the former one set by a Canadian in 2021. But he's not a girl, so yeah, whatever. Go back to whatever you were doing, nothing to see here....😏

Members of my generation...it's time!

@orengo_james, thank you. You're ever faithful, ever dependable. You are always there, always standing to be counted when there's a righteous fight for the soul of Kenya.

@KenyaPower_Care I am now sorted. Thank you.

@KenyaPower_Care kindly see DM and respond. Thank you.

@OleTiwaine Your President was the first African leader to sign the deal during the publicized visit to Washington last year. It took CSOs going to court over the agreement for it to be paused temporarily as the court hears the matter.

Zambia and Zimbabwe have turned down loans from the US fashioned towards fighting diseases. Leaders of the two countries say the terms of the funding agreements give the US access to their natural resources which is why they have said tawe! I hope Kenya is not in Trump's list.

@jamessmat Your expectation of counties on own source revenue ignores this: Kenya is a unitary state & KRA collects the largest share of revenue from Kenyans & businesses in the 47 counties for the equitable share. What's left for counties to collect isn't enough to fully run their affairs

Not a single County runs a fully balanced budget solely from own source revenue. Safe to say, we dont have GOVERNORS we have ACCOUNTANTS.

@jamessmat Brilliantly put. In deed ODM must die.

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@edwinsifuna, you can be very proud of yourself. As a registered voter in Nairobi, I've got your back.

So-called entrepreneurship programs, such as NYOTA, individualize responsibility for finding or failing to find a job while shifting attention away from the failure and profound inequities of Kenya's economic structure, effectively excusing the ineptness of our policy makers.

These Presidential launches of NYOTA disbursements must cost A LOT more than the actual amounts being disbursed. It's like spending 1 million KES to disburse 100,000KES. With these lopsided & warped priorities, there's no economic transformation coming to our SINGAPOOR.

@jamessmat Happy new year ndugu. Is there a chance that you could help me get this piece published on the @NationAfrica OPED pages? Thanks in advance.

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Proponents of Kenya Kwanza re-election typify the saying, "The best argument against democracy is a 5-minute discussion with the average voter." In the face of glaring & fundamental shortcomings, how can the current administration deserve reelection?

Given the total capture of the Legislature by the Executive and national & county levels, one has to wonder if there's any value for the taxpayers in bankrolling institutions that are too PLIANT as to make a nonsense of their cardinal constitutional role of OVERSIGHT.

@paulinenjoroge Your reading of the dynamics of Nairobi politics particularly for the countywide seats of Governor, Senator and Woman Representative is spot on.

It is a fact that Kikuyus form the largest single voting bloc in Nairobi, close to 35%. It is equally true that they are not a numerical majority, seeing that they are not even half of the city’s total voting population. And this reality matters. In Nairobi, no community can win alone. The political terrain here is unforgiving. Success demands deep engagement with voters in the informal settlements and other low income areas, who form the backbone of the city’s voter turnout, while still commanding trust from the middle class. This balance is difficult and especially for the candidates viewed as elite (Jimna, PK, Igathe) and history has proven it. The only Kikuyu candidate who ever came close to capturing the governor’s seat was Waititu in 2013, precisely because he understood the rhythms of Nairobi grassroots politics. Yet even he lost to the greenhorn then, Kidero. In 2022, we nudged ODM to leave the Nairobi governorship to Jubilee, as part of our broader presidential support. We all know how that turned out. I recognize the current sense of betrayal among Kikuyu voters, which is tied to the individual they overwhelmingly backed for governorship in 2022. But let us be honest with ourselves. His failure is not because he is a non-Kikuyu. It is because he is not a good leader. He has failed all communities in Nairobi. We therefore must resist the temptation to let this pain push us into one tribal box. Yes Kikuyus votes are many, but alone cannot make one a governor, woman rep or even senator. If we insist on approaching 2027 with a single-tribe mindset, simply because we desire to see a Kikuyu at City Hall, we will be handing Ruto an easy through-pass. He will mobilize every community that feels sidelined, and Nairobi will slip from our hands. Winning Nairobi demands something far bigger; consultation, sober reading of where the city is leaning, and a coalition built not just on tribes, but on ideas. A coalition of competence, credibility, and a shared vision for a city that serves all its residents, from the informal settlements to the leafy suburbs. Nairobi is the gateway to the Horn of Africa, a melting pot of Kenyans and regional communities who live and trade here. We cannot reduce such a regional hub to tribal arithmetic only. Our pride should not come from having “our person” at City Hall, but from having a transformative leader, one capable of restoring Nairobi as the clean, green, and truly beautiful City in the Sun. A leader who delivers services efficiently and protects the city’s future. That is how the United Opposition team will win Nairobi. And more importantly, that is how we will build the Nairobi that its people deserve.

@scheafferoo Yaani you just keep dropping them bangers, one after the other.

Now they see it's possible to be a leader who's loved and adored. People can love their leaders with actions, words and sacrifice. Now they see, that loving your people is at the core of leadership not hubris, abusive power, control, violence or disdain. Hope they learn.

@jamessmat There could never have been a better headline.

The people's funeral.

This near entitlement to "Two-Term" by the President and his acolytes betrays our democracy. Re-election to office should be earned by performance. It shouldn't be a FAIT ACCOMPLI, a birthright even. Want to see what's ailing our fledgling democracy? Look at the Two-term choir.