Eric Kigada
@EricKigada
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Architect! Have spacesuit, will travel!
Joined April 2013
What Africans think happens in such a coup: Soldier takes power by force, slaughters all the corrupt politicians and builds a paradise on earth. What actually happens: Soldier takes power by force. Kills corrupt politicians. Becomes corrupt politician. Slaughters all dissenters.
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Everyone was looking at the view of that overpriced stadium x the Southern Bypass interchange but what will really standout is the stadium x Ngong Hills in the sunset. We need to rename it to Mt. Ngong quickly.
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Uganda stops granting refugee status to Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalis. https://t.co/1spiWK2jja
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“I have instructed our officers not to give refugee status to citizens coming from those countries because there is no war there, particularly those from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia”
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NEW: "Mississippi-made soul singer" Christian artist "Solomon Ray" hits the number one spot for gospel music, is not a real person. Christian artists are speaking out after the AI singer hit the No. 1 spot on the iTunes and Billboard charts. "At minimum, AI does not have the
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In what world does it make sense to give a single cement player control of 2 large cement firms including a state owned one, when there is largely only one other competitor in the sector? Makes me wonder if they are a proxy for someone powerful in Kenya.
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to cede a 27.0% stake in the East African Portland Cement Plc to Kalahari Cement in a Kes 1.6 billion share purchase agreement. Kalahari will acquire 24,300,000 ordinary shares at Kes 66.0/share.
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The ruling of this Kenyan seed court case is coming up, this Thursday, the 27th of November. Before Hon. Lady Justice Rhoda Rutto, High Court No. 3 Virtual Court Link: https://t.co/gDfdOKwFaz Time: 09:00 am. #seedsovereignty #foodsovereignty.
Kenyan Smallholders farmers should not be punished by law for sharing,selling and exchanging indigenous seeds. #Seedsovereignty @FoodSovIreland @Greenpeaceafric @GRAIN_org
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"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." Adolf Hitler
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The UN has become a bloated bureaucracy and MUST reform! @POTUS has said the UN must live up to its potential. We have pressed the UN to: 🟥25% cut to global peacekeepers 🟥2600 HQ bureaucrats cut 🟥15% budget cut Watch additional cuts & reforms the U.S. is pushing👇
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The World Bank on the good news about the Kenyan economy: —Private sector credit has improved from negative 2.9% in Feb 2025 to about 5% by Aug 2025, signalling that monetary policy transmission is working and credit conditions are normalising. —PMI recovered to above 50 in Oct
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The World Bank on the bad news about the Kenyan economy: —Labor market outcomes remain weak: formal employment growth is slow and real wages have fallen by about 10.7% between 2015 and 2024. —Most new jobs are informal, lower-paying roles, indicating that growth is not
The World Bank on the good news about the Kenyan economy: —Private sector credit has improved from negative 2.9% in Feb 2025 to about 5% by Aug 2025, signalling that monetary policy transmission is working and credit conditions are normalising. —PMI recovered to above 50 in Oct
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The UK Government has selected the 2019 plans for the expansion of London's Heathrow Airport. The option includes the construction of a third runway to the north west of the current airfield – a move that will require the demolition of the towns of Harmondsworth and Longford and
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A new @CopernicusEU Sentinel-5P image of the Hayli Gubbi volcano, one day after the eruption started. This animation shows the plume of ash and sulphur dioxide spreading over an even wider area, drifting east, towards parts of the southwestern Arabian peninsula and beyond.
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That famous verse in Ecclesiastes that says that “ there’s nothing new under the sun “ seems to get truer the older you get and the more widely and deeply you read/learn IMHO. Human beings’ problems seem to circle back to the same fundamental issues..🤔🤔
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"I saw Larry Madowo issue, and how people have been murdered, ....i cried yesterday when i saw it."-Amb John CW
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There was a significant volcanic eruption in the Afar region of Ethiopia near the Erta Ale volcano today. METEOSAT-IODC weather satellite picked up imagery of the ash cloud moving east over the Red Sea and Yemen.
A major volcanic eruption has been reported at Ali Bagu (Amaytole), near the Erta Ale volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia this morning. 📹 Seifegebreil Shifferaw
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Ethiopia is reporting what scientists say is its first confirmed volcanic eruption in thousands of years after the Hayli Gubbi volcano in the remote Afar region burst to life. Researchers say this marks the volcano’s first recorded activity and likely its first eruption in many
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Ironically, structures like these are typically associated with low income residents abroad, yet in Nigeria the opposite is the case. Despite the evident neglect, deteriorating infrastructure, and overall decline, it is the high income earners who occupy these buildings,
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From the old houses, the stone, timber & roofing tiles could have been recycled. A more nuanced demolition would have resulted in recycled materials. In Kenya we are not yet in a position to recycle cement.
A bulldozer descends on houses at Makongeni Estate along Jogoo Road as residents rush to salvage whatever they can. Residents are complaining that they were not given enough time to relocate. Photos by Benard Orwongo
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For the first time in its existence, the most iconic midcentury home in California is for sale. Read more: https://t.co/RJIqMC9yjJ
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