John 3:16
Nairobi, Kenya
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Al-Shabaab militants filmed and circulated footage of an ambush online, Facebook page claiming Mandera belongs to Somalia has shared it. Such propaganda and divisive rhetoric are unacceptable and must be condemned.
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Kenya’s corruption crisis goes beyond procurement scandals. The bigger theft may be happening on the revenue side, through opaque borrowing, hidden loans and public funds spent outside Parliament’s oversight.
The World Bank CANNOT condemn corruption while IGNORING the ACCOUNTABILITY gaps within its own lending arrangements.
Public debt is public money. Every loan must have parliamentary approval, transparent expenditure and constitutional oversight.
Kenya does not need selective outrage. It needs accountability across the entire public finance chain.
And yet the security head @kipmurkomen is busy on the campaign trail several months to the general election
Gunmen shot and killed at least eight people, including police officers and road construction workers, in an ambush targeting a security vehicle escorting workers along the Mandera-Arabia-Lafey Road project in Mandera County.
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A CRB listing should affect credit decisions, but should it cost someone a deserved job? Preventing people from earning only makes debt repayment harder, not easier. 🤔 #Employment #CRB @CBKKenya @HEBabuOwino @edwinsifuna @OkiyaOmtatah @StandardKenya @Cofek_Kenya @FKEKenya
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Jaindi Kisero
I have come across a letter from the National Treasury directing the state department of roads to immediately cancel all project-related commitments; including contracts procurement processes; consulting arrangements; and any other obligations on the multi billion Japanese funded Likoni Bridge project.
This development is a statement of the increasing political influence of Chinese contractors and the strong links with incumbent elites.
It is a big anti climax. First, the project has been running since 2019. Secondly- designs were done and consultants are already in place. The first tranche of the loan was disbursed. Advance payments flowed to consultants. A procurement competition was run to its conclusion. A winner emerged. And then — nothing. For nearly two years.
I am inclined to agree with a cynical opinion of an insider who has been following the shenanigans around the Likoni Bridge project for a long time who says ‘when they are unable to get a good cut or backhander on a project, they turn to the Chinese”.
For sometime now and to set the stage for cancellation of the deal with the Japanese; a new narrative was floated within government circles: that the project is too expensive and the financing model should be rethought. That Kenya could instead mobilise domestic resources—pension funds and institutional investors—through an infrastructure fund model. That a securitisation structure, possibly involving a Chinese contractor, could deliver the same project more cheaply.
Each argument is very controversial. Pension fund money carries market return expectations — a far higher cost of capital than 0.1 percent interest, the 12-year grace period, a 30-year repayment window, and an outright grant element worth Sh 6 billion which the Japanese had committed.
Yes, a securitisation transaction with a Chinese contractor may be an option. But it embeds financing costs inside the construction price, making it opaque and almost always more expensive in aggregate. Do we really want to hand back the Sh 6 billion grant element on the Japanese loan?
Then there is the diplomatic cost, which is being ignored. Whem the Jpanase foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Toshimitsu Mogei visited Kewnya in May,the Likoni brifdge wasa top agenda item. Japan helped author the Mombasa master plan. Japan is funding the ongoing rehabilitation of Mombasa Port. Japan designed the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone as the flagship of Kenya's entire SEZ programme — the first domino in a sequence intended to include Naivasha and Kisumu.
Cancel this credit, pivot to a Chinese deal, and we must look Tokyo in the eye and explain ourselves. We must be prepared for the consequences at the port, at Dongo Kundu, and in every future ODA conversation with an ally cultivated over decades — all to spare someone the inconvenience of a transparent procurement outcome they did not control.
Grand corruption does not always arrive with a smoking gun. Sometimes it arrives as a memo recommending delay. Sometimes it wears the language of fiscal prudence and alternative financing mechanisms. Sometimes it sits in a procurement committee and does absolutely nothing.
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For over two decades, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the single most protected and elusive figure in the Islamic Republic of Iran:
A brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and professor of physics, he served as the covert director of Project Amad, Iran's clandestine nuclear weapons development program.
International intelligence agencies dubbed him "the Iranian Oppenheimer." In a famous 2018 televised presentation detailing the seizure of Tehran's nuclear archive, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed directly at his photograph and issued a chilling public directive: "Remember that name, Fakhrizadeh."
Aware that Mossad had already eliminated multiple nuclear scientists in motorcycle drive-by magnetic bombings between 2010 and 2012, the IRGC placed Fakhrizadeh under the highest level of state security, shielding his routes with elite bodyguards, armored convoys, and electronic countermeasures.
On Friday afternoon, November 27, 2020, Fakhrizadeh and his wife were driving their black, armored Nissan Teana sedan toward their weekend villa in Absard, an orchard-filled resort town fifty miles east of Tehran:
Leading and flanking the sedan were three armored escort vehicles carrying heavily armed IRGC bodyguards.
As the convoy passed a boulevard roundabout on Mostafa Khomeini Boulevard, a blue Nissan Zamyad pickup truck was parked under a row of trees near a U-turn.
Resting concealed under tarpaulins and construction debris in the bed of the pickup was a custom-engineered FN MAG 7.62mm machine gun mounted on a robotic, gyroscopic motorized pan-tilt apparatus.
The execution relied on futuristic autonomous robotics:
No human snipers or hit-team operators were present anywhere near the ambush site, eliminating the risk of capture or firefights.
The robotic weapon was connected via a secure, encrypted satellite communications link to an overseas control room thousands of miles away.
To overcome the 1.6-second satellite transmission latency (the time delay between what the camera saw, the operator pulling the trigger, and the gun firing), engineers integrated real-time computer vision and artificial intelligence:
Cameras mounted on the apparatus recognized Fakhrizadeh’s facial features as the sedan approached.
The algorithmic fire-control system calculated vehicle speed, distance, wind drift, and the 1.6-second communication lag, adjusting the barrel's micro-motors continuously to lock onto the driver's side windshield.
As the sedan slowed for a speed bump, the robotic turret opened fire:
A rapid burst of armor-piercing rounds struck the hood and shattered the windshield directly in front of Fakhrizadeh.
When Fakhrizadeh pulled the car over and opened the door, a second automated burst struck him in the torso and spine.
His wife, seated right beside him in the passenger seat, was completely untouched by gunfire, demonstrating the surgical precision of the computer-aimed system.
Seconds after the volley ended, a blue explosion tore through the Nissan pickup truck: secondary charges rigged inside the vehicle detonated to incinerate the robotic camera array, microprocessors, and firing apparatus.
Although the blast destroyed the truck, key components of the heavy mounting bracket and charred satellite links survived the fire, enabling Iranian investigators to reconstruct how the strike occurred without a single foreign boot touching the ground that afternoon.
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Kairo , @mbiti_mwondi introduced you into card fraud. You don’t learn. Mbiti is into serious fraud from school loan applications ( FAFSA) to carding. You will end badly. @StateDept
We are not channeling funds directly from the public into a kenyan company, the entity thats raising money @Flex_Mobi is a US Registered corporation.
The governing rules are set by securities and exchange commission and anyone globally can invest.
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Under Article 3(2) of the Capital Markets (Investment-Based Crowdfunding) Regulations, 2022, enacted under the Capital Markets Act Cap. 485A
"a foreign crowdfunding platform that targets Kenyan investors is required to obtain a license from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA)"kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/p…
What happens to the Estern Bypass from Cabanas all the way to Ruiru, Outering road..etc @OuteringRoadKE @KURAroads @StateHouseKenya
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Kenyan banks named in The Sentry report for fraud and aiding war crimes.
Via @umoja_news
allafrica.com/stories/200302… - All had a rape case
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Ruto-Natembeya feud: The Constitution is clear on markets citizen.digital/article/ruto…
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The Kenya National Library Service has an online platform where you can read your favorite books. Y’all should sign up that’s the tweet ✨
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Guys, Guess who heads Digital Health Agency -agency responsible integrating digital technologies, developing & maintaining digital healthcare ecosystem in Kenya-& switched off Kang'ata's (afyake) platform...?
Silas Kibet Samatwo > amaco chair > Ruto's buddy & business associate.
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"Nilipochukua Serikali 2022, bei ya petroli ilikuwa Ksh 129, bei ya Diesel ilikuwa Ksh 159 na bei ya Kerosene 103.
Nilipata huko kwa Epra na Ministry ya Energy and Petroleum kulikuwa na macartel, mimi nikapambana na wao. Niliwaambia mambo ni matatu. Sasa, tumestablize bei ya mafuta. Petroli ni Ksh 227, bei ya Diesel ni Ksh 228 na bei ya mafuta taa ni 218.
Hii maneno tulifanya ili kusawasisha kila mtu. Hapo mbeleni, ilikuwa watu walikuwa wananunua mafuta bei ya chini na wengine sehemu zingine wananunua bei ya juu. Ndio tunasema USAWA NI SAWA
AKILI BANAAAAAAA, AKILIIIIIIIII"~William Ruto
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Sifuna Rejected Salary To Be Increased.He Is Always Ready To Reduce His Salary..Ooh Wait You A Member Of "Watu wa Mungu" Who Would Rather Support A Man Who Kills Without Blinking Than A Man Who Has No Blood On His Hands But Sips Alcohol. Bwanaa Even Jesus Changed Water Into Wine
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Oya, @DavidNdii, you told us that removing fuel subsidies and fixing G2G oil deals would lower pump prices. Today, EPRA announced another major price hike. Why exactly does Ruto still blame Uhuru for a tax-heavy fuel formula he created?
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Someone is posting doctored photos to the President's official account.
Ethnic hatred, divisiveness and anger are no longer political currency in Kenya. Kenyans want agenda-based politics, and the Kenya Kwanza manifesto is the only agenda on the table.
That is why Kenyans continue to hold us accountable for the promises we made in our manifesto. We are delivering on those commitments, including affordable housing, universal healthcare and agricultural revitalisation, among others. And the results speak for themselves.
Addressed residents of Tapach in Pokot South Constituency, West Pokot County.
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Today you are his biggest defender just to spite a community. Awuoro sana!
When fuel prices increased , some folks called for the resignation of Kiptoo who was serving as @EPRA_KE DG. Now we want to see same calls on DG Edward Kinyua.
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Sifuna: We will run a country governed by the rule of law.
Ruto: Huna akili. Which country is run like that?
Sifuna: A 12-floor block makes no sense in a village set up where lifestyles are rural and chickens and other domestic animals dwell side by side with people. Besides, these houses have no social amenities.
Ruto: Wewe ni fala baanaa!
Sifuna: We will scrap the Housing Levy, seal wastage in government, block State House from consuming billions in mandazi and draw a balanced budget within 15 months, so that we return money to the pockets of ordinary citizens.
Ruto: Mr Empty! Mr Shiny things! Mr 40!
Sifuna: I swear to you that I will never send the police to kill your children! If you build beautiful roads and magnificent stadia, how do they benefit Rex Masai and Albert Ojwang, whom you have murdered in cold blood? We must build these shiny things in a just, free and democratic atmosphere where all countrymen can enjoy them ALIVE.
Ruto: Wewe Mr Extortionist! Governors wanakulilia!
Sifuna: OK, so can these alleged Governors now come forward and make the accusations themselves?
Ruto: Abujubujubuju!
Sifuna: The success of SHA can not be measured by the number of people registered on it, but by the quality of services it offers and availability of these services to the most vulnerable.
Ruto: Umetumwa na sponsor! Uko down! Uko down banaa!
Sifuna: If you are distributing employment letters to your friends at State House, the rest of the country that you have marginalised has a legitimate responsibility to send you home and install a government that will accord EQUITABLE opportunities to all and reset the nation away from your kleptocracy.
Ruto: This can't be you speaking! It must be Uhuru Kenyatta!
Previously on this show, Ruto had incessantly said "Sifuna hana agenda". But as we can see, Sifuna actually drops snippets of his governance agenda and policy positions daily, while Ruto rants angrily, shouts on the microphone and sounds like a broken 1982 Sanyo Cassette player.
Ruto ako down kama mchanga ya kaburi.
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