My heart had to break for me to write this.
Statelessness, citizenship, belonging and grief. This is a deeply personal, deeply painful story of being Nubian in Kenya.
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I don’t even know what can be said. His 10-year old daughter passed away in India while undergoing cancer treatment.
This man went to India SIXTEEN times to see her, and he voted YES on bill seeking to tax cancer treatment. Patrick, you have let your daughter down! Diabolical!💔
I activated my airtel money last week and I just made my first transaction at ZERO transaction fees 😭 wow!! We actually need to mass deplatform safaricom as a matter of urgency!! They cannot to the state's surveillance machine and also the biggest thieves!! Tuwatoe!!
ODM leader Raila Odinga has exuded confidence that President William Ruto’s new broad-based government will live up to the expectations of Kenyans.
Raila said his party has people who will help the President deliver on his pledges.
He said the President disbanded the Cabinet
My friend Sharon was picked on Koinange street along with someone else by a cop in plain clothes in a white vehicle. If you have any information please share!! Help us find them 😭
When using an Uber today PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check the driver ratings and number of trips!! COPS ARE CREATING UBER ACCOUNTS and posing as drivers. Please please please!! Both boda and cars. PLEASE 😭🙏🏾
Passing through Hamad International Airport in Doha & I’ve heard more Kiswahili being spoken by Kenyans than I would hear in Kilimani 😭 All the staff members that I have interacted with have been Kenyans. I support people finding opportunities where they please but yooohhh 😭
Maybe the next protest route should be; Parklands- Riverside - Kileleshwa - Kilimani - Lavington - Ngong Road - Karen. Or we occupy one ‘up market’ neighborhood at a time, maybe decentering cbd as a protest location should be our next move 😭
Statehouse being so close to uhuru park while the butcher is under house arrest is the icing on the cake 🥹🫶🏾 haunting him with the joy of our resistance is still a form of protest!! Viva forever! ✊🏾
This man holds up this sign and talks about neocolonialism and corruption and the evils of kamwana and Co on different streets all afternoon, no break. He repeats his script over and over.
He literally cries out his message.
Every single time Ruto makes an announcement dissolving/withdrawing/implementing this & that, lawyers on the TL come with CONSTITUTIONAL RECEIPTS informing us he has no such powers. Either he’s NEVER read the constitution or he thinks being ‘president’ means he’s above the law 🙃
Ruto Dissolves 47 Parastatals:
Ruto announces dissolution of 47 state corporations
Ruto: Affected staff will be transferred to other ministries
Ruto suspends appointment of Cabinet Assistant Secretaries
#CitizenBriefs
@lillian_muli
The holidays are approaching! If you're thinking about traveling to Kenya, DO NOT, our government will harass you & your people at the airport, literally steal from your suitcase, & tax you heavily for having basic items in your possession. Take your vacation savings elsewhere ❤️
It’s not about the environment, Duale will now be overseeing the sale and leasing of Kenyan land to foreign companies purchasing carbon credits alongside the permission to directly colonize large sections of the country while him and Ruto pocket the coinz from these sales 🙃
On July 8th, a trending hashtag
#GayZ
, a play on GenZ, appeared alongside hashtags
#LGBTQKanairo
and
#Right2Kiss
,on X quickly reaching the top trend and amassing over 15 thousand posts.
People really need to start unfollowing government officials on all platforms as a form of protest. What do you mean MPs have followers in tens of thousands?? & over SIX MILLION people on here are following the butcher of sugoi?? For what???? Deplatform them here na kwa ground!!
Julius Kamau Kimani, the man who disrupted CS Ndung'u's photo session on Budget day, tells court why he is angry as lawyer and magistrate struggle to rein him in while he speaks
We will vaccinate 10 million Kenyans by Christmas.
We aspire to vaccinate the entire adult population, that is 26 million people, by the end of 2022. - President Uhuru Kenyatta
And btw, hii finance bill ikiwahi fika law, they will tax any donations/mutual financial support that we offer to each other that is why we must continue to
#RejectFunanceBill
with all our hearts!! Crippling everything then making mutual support impossible is NASTY work!!
Annie met 2Baba at 15 (a child) & said there was just 'electricity' there, with a 24yr old man, but it's Khanyi she was yelling at about her 15 year old daughter having her own apartment 😭
Annie understands that a 15yr old is a child but can't see that for her 15yr old self 😭
The issue with Kenyan media is reporting things like these as just 'stories,' when they could use their platform & resources to contribute to holding leaders to account. Next week they will photograph the area MCA taking pampers and 2 blankets to this woman's home, like clockwork
My thing about the lease hold title is the part where the ‘gov’ shall decide what to do with all the land, which to me says Ruto is effectively going to say all our ushago homes are sitting on prime carbon credit space, like the image of my shosh being homeless is haunting me 😭
Nairobi Funeral Home (formerly City Mortuary) received a staggering 247 bodies in a month at the height of the youth anti-tax demonstrations, a report from the facility has revealed.
And this is what the butcher said when asked about this office. His 30 year old grown adult daughter gets to be ‘a child,’ but an ACTUAL 12 year old CHILD going to his friend’s house to borrow a book gets shot 8 times by police under the instructions of baba Charlene. Like????
And I never want anyone to say any of these women are innocent/separate from their husbands. They are murderers too! And plus they are okay with killing us through killing specialized treatment, killing our healthcare, killing education, etc, they have blood on their hands too!!
Citizen tv, this narrative is tiring & lazy. High-end car owners will not be hit the ‘hardest,’ the minimum cap still exists, so it is everyone else who will be hit hardest. Just because I’m paying less because my car is of less value doesn’t mean I’m feeling the pinch less 🤦🏾♀️
So if none of us saw these posts, how is
@AfUncensored
reporting that they trended in the thousands?? Explain this to me like i am a Kenyan legislator 😭🙏🏾
On July 8th, a trending hashtag
#GayZ
, a play on GenZ, appeared alongside hashtags
#LGBTQKanairo
and
#Right2Kiss
,on X quickly reaching the top trend and amassing over 15 thousand posts.
1. Invent a problem
2. Be shocked that the problem you invented is a problem
3. Go to the implementers of the problem you invented and pretend to sweet talk them to change the problem
4. Look like the hero while never addressing the 100 other problems you invented
5. Lecture us
President William Ruto has intervened in the ongoing discussions surrounding the Finance Bill 2024, specifically addressing the proposed tax on bread.
Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the President directed Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u of the National Treasury
In FY 2021/2022, Kimani Ngunjiri spent all his CDF money on projects & bursaries in Bahati. Upon verification, it was discovered to be true.
Auditor General.
I have finally unshackled myself from safaricom, the surveillance arm of GOK. All they do is make sure the gov is able to abduct, kill, oppress Kenyans and suppress democracy and justice through election theft and destruction of evidence (traffic cams). BOYCOTT SAFARICOM TODAY!!
Hate to be that person but any form of dialogue with a narcissistic, christo-fascist, blood hungry killer whose primary form of communication is gaslighting & lying is not beneficial to anyone. You want parents whose children have been killed to sit down with this man to talk????
Notice that he is not doing this on a randomly selected road / area. This is a controlled and pre-prepared crowd. I was trying to figure out why this looks off & I think I figured it out. It��s enclosed, crowd is subdued, & far away from possible public interference. Coward 🚮
One day after the announcement of Miano’s AG nomination, an article outlining her embezzlement at Kengen and how she was financing a loan from a Chinese firm (that was never used for its intended purpose) with our taxes mysteriously gets taken down???? Guys????
I don't even care to know the context under which she is being interviewed, what I need to understand is why journalism in this country revolves around platforming the most nonsensical people to ever exist. Besides being a nepo baby to a tax collector, what are her qualifications
Charlene Ruto: The best thing we can do for our young people is create opportunities for them. I’d like to call on our young people, let’s not sit and be lazy. You are passionate about something, don’t give up on that. Reach out to us, give us your idea. I give a listening ear to
I am going to say it: Soon the privatization of prisons will come back into the limelight. This absurd fines that aim to criminalize poverty will put many poor people in prison where they will provide cheap labor to the companies / people that own the prisons, & yes, it's slavery
Citizen TV ...... The finance Bill is about to obliterate life as we know it, the price of cooking oil will be too high for people to buy and in turn cooking oil companies will be too strapped for cash to run adverts on your stations, is this REALLY what you want to focus on 😭
Traffic cops think they're so sleek but as soon as the makanga comes back to the matatu after 'doing what needs to be done' they tell everyone what happens and how much they're asked for 😭
having a manager that backs you up is important but having a manager that backs you up because you are her clown in the global genocidal imperial circus is embarrassing and disgusting 🚮
In USD???? PER DAY???? Also look at Singapore 😭 the highest paid ‘official’ gets $1297 (ksh.168,000) PER DAY for the country they are always telling us they’re going to for benchmarking?? Kumbe ni per deim wanakumbililia 😭😭 mtu akienda siku tatu anatoka na nusu mita?? Guys??😭
This is a Kenyan sports brand. Kenyan talent is never appreciated at home (by the gov) ☹️ Ababu bila Mwamba fumbled with this Paris kit fiasco but we’re extremely happy for and proud of Enda! Congratulations!! 🥳 Comoros, Gabon, AND Djibouti???? All the flowers to you 🙌🏾🎉
With immense pride and excitement, we announce that Comoros will be dressed in Enda shoes, apparel, and gear for the Paris 2024.
Every day, we push boundaries and strive for unparalleled excellence in all we do. Join us on this thrilling journey.
#Paris2024
Celebrating Google in Kenya just after they deleted 13k reviews for Warere beach hotel, currently battling a law suit cause their incognito mode is a sham, while the Sim registration thing, huduma Namba, epassport, and KRA wanting HN data WHILE in an election yr is wild to me 🥴
2Baba's love bombing / grand gestures of love (a key element of abusive cycles) is so disgusting but also how Annie uses that to describe him as a good man... instead of the manipulater that he is aaaahhh, Our sister is too deep guys 😭
Not accepting this headline without a report on the rate at which visas are denied. Also curious to know how many times those who got their visas had to apply.
TW: RAPE
This man, Mutuku Kitaka, a priest in training, has raped / molested my younger teenage step brother & is currently living with an eight year old boy that he 'rescued' from the streets.
I'm tweeting this in part asking for any help for my brother and the small boy 1/2
Who knew that 5 days after taking this picture, we would be arrested together, put in the same cop car and held at the same station for 9 hours.
He's name is Julius and he said nothing will stop him from speaking truth to power.
#SabaSabaMarchForOurlives
This man holds up this sign and talks about neocolonialism and corruption and the evils of kamwana and Co on different streets all afternoon, no break. He repeats his script over and over.
He literally cries out his message.
@keevkeevy
Cancer treatment, which has previously been tax exempt in Kenya will attract a 16% VAT if the bill passes. So treating cancer will be more expensive in a country where 4 people die every hour due to cancer 💔
I've been in the process of renewing my passport & Yesterday I got a call from Kenyan immigration informing me that they don't give passports to Nubians, instructing me to go for VETTING YET AGAIN 😣 Idk what to do at this point or where to start 😩
Looking for any help 🙏🏾 😭
And btw I’m happy for people having the chance to provide for themselves and their loved ones but it’s scary to be in a space where I’m witnessing ruto’s dream of mass exportation of Kenyan labor to evade accountability on bad policy and corruption in action - I’m shook
I am begging y'all to read this article if you wanna understand why the nominated AG, Rebecca Miano, a grade A certified thief, might be solely responsible for the spike in electricity prices between 2020-2022, leading up to what your power bill is today
We need to pay closer attention to these carbon credits deals. This is the new scramble for Africa with new additional players like the UAE who’re buying African land masses in MASSIVE chunks. E.g, 20% of Zimbabwe is gone, now contextualize this with the land amendments bill 😭😭
I worked comms in my last job, they didn't provide a laptop, had me take out a loan to get one, it never worked & they still deducted my salary every month 😭
My new job, me: I have a functioning personal laptop
Them: That's great bbz, go to an Apple shop and get a work one 😘
Yes I love this! Might be time to completely isolate cops from society, totally never engaging with them anywhere, sio kwa soko, kwa kanisa, kwa bar, like just disengage with them completely, don’t rent to cops, don’t conduct business with them, don’t date them, etc 🥲
I have been extremely disappointed with how Al Jazeera, previously trusted to be a truthful source, has been framing the
#RejectFinanceBill2024
protests. No investigation, no nuance, because it’s Africans and African life doesn’t matter to you 👍🏾 we see you 👍🏾
#RejectFinanceBill
He’s like ‘omg guys I know you’re asking for accountability but we have a better offer for you: we have asked public officials to hide the opulence they acquire from embezzlement and daylight robbery. They will continue to steal, they just won’t be flashy. Have an amazing day!’
Isaac Mwaura: On behalf of any public official who has been seen to be opulent, proud, and arrogant, I wish to issue an apology to the people of Kenya. Going forward, public officials shall demonstrate responsibility and humility.
#K24Siasa
Living with chronic illnesses is so hard, it's so so hard, the appointments, the experiments, the not affording treatment because insurance will only pay for consultation and panadol, the always waiting for some ease. I hate this. This is so hard. I'm so spent, so heartbroken. 💔
I love love love the symbolism of these videos and the visual manifestation they represent. Hivyo tu ndio atashuka in our lifetime!! This is why the arts are so so so important!! Soon soon come
#RutoMustGo
Larry using both his personal and professional platforms to name things as they are is directly shaping a narrative that Ruto can not deny or hide from kwa sababu hawezi anua CNN, and for that we are grateful ✊🏾❤️
#RejectFinanceBill2024
#RutoMustGo
There are so many absolutely EVIL things that GOK is doing during the time frame of this pandemic & one of the most HORRIBLE ones is numerous & multiple EVICTIONS across the country. Not only are the evictions ongoing, there are some that are actually SCHEDULED, most illegal. 1/5
And sometimes I wonder where the line between personal relocation preferences and having no other option but to leave home is drawn. If one half of us is curious about living outside of home and the other half is escaping the harsh reality of home, who remains 😭
Wairimu, a Form Three student, was shot during protests in Githurai 45. Her mother, Tabitha Waithira, is now seeking help with mounting hospital bills.
Osama Otero Mombasa road Haiti Baba Charlene
#SabaSabaMarchForOurLives
Faith Odhiambo Kimuzi, Imenti
This has m0nsant0 written all over it. They're trying everything to kill plant diversity & make us solely reliant on the pharmaceutical industrial complex, while waging class warfare. It's not just a fine, it's death for many who don't have access to institutionalized healthcare
If it's unpaid / underpaid, don't advertise it as a 'hire' better yet, don't advertise it at all, go home and ask yourself why exploiting others is so important to you 🤢
Annie understands a lot of things & is able to contextualize some things well but completely isolates herself from these truths because of her position in a continously abusive cycle that has defined her life ever since she was a child 😩
Wanted to talk about the woman in the brown trousers. Obviously from the video you can see that she's a cop in plain clothes, but I didn't know that & she'd been trailing us all morning, since we started waiting for others at archives; nodding & agreeing when we talked about
Ntwiga Patrick: My daughter was the most healthy baby until one day, while I was on the campaign trail, the mother called me, and she told me the baby had tonsillitis and we needed to see a doctor… We were later referred to an oncologist who told me our baby has cancer
#JKLive
🧵(Add yours) ALTERNATIVE WAYS of PROTESTING:
1. UNFOLLOW gov officials on ALL social media
2. Lightning strike: We go for a political rally to make them feel legitimate & as they are speaking, we walk out
3. Boycott businesses owned by politicians/state complicit companies
uuuuummmmm, what is it called when a person uses their position of 'power' to force sexual advances onto someone who previously turned them down? Especially now that the person is cornered so that there is no way out?
Sexual harassment, which IS sexual violence
Kenyan actor turned content creator Abel Mutua who sprang to fame as ‘Freddie’ on iconic high-school drama series “Tahidi High” is being roasted on TikTok for allegedly taking advantage of his role as a scriptwriter to force a kiss scene with actress Sarah Hassan who played
Imagine worrying that a pandemic could kill you but you still go to work to make sure that you and your family don't die of hunger but the biggest risk to your life is the police beating / killing you for breaking a curfew that makes no sense in the first place.
#CurfewinKenya
I'm safe.
We've all been released.
Thank you for tweeting, thank you for contributing to our bail.
So grateful for
@aprzhu
who literally saved my life today.
Now more than ever,
ABOLISH THE POLICE STATE.
MAY ALL THE DICTATORS / TYRANTS / DESPOTS PERISH IN OUR LIFETIME.
✊🏾