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If Internet Explorer was a country...
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Clashes erupted in Rennes in the Brittany region of France as protesters marched against President Emmanuel Macron and his deeply unpopular pension bill
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He wept for the hungry children to whom he'll return empty-handed. He wept for being a fool enough to try and eke an honest living instead of turning to crime. He wept because everyone just stood by and watched rather than stand with him.
My heart bleeds for this kid!
Hey
@SakajaJohnson
Where is humanity? Your Kanjo officers will be the reason why you'll be a one term Governor! This is not it! Haiwork!
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The most dense material on Earth is osmium. It boasts a density of around 22.59 grams per cubic centimeter. It no longer is the most dense.
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Looks like the Eastern half of Kenya forgot to renew their...cloud subscription...
Daily Outlook
More rainfall expected over most places of half Kenya (Western side).
⚠️Areas of more concerned: (Moderate to Heavy rainfall)
Samburu, Turkana, Baringo, Laikipia, Kitale, Eldoret, Nyandarua, Nyahururu, Nairobi, Nyeri, Kiambu, Meru, Embu, Kajiado, Kitui, Makueni,
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Indeed. One can lengthen their blanket by cutting a piece off the top and sewing it to the bottom...
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They are practicing for when packaged as sausages.
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That's a lot of money. Even excluding the...tips.
Scramble for share of circumcision millions
Large churches circumcise up to 300 boys, raising an average of Sh3 million in just three weeks.
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🇫🇷 The protesting French, meanwhile, have reached a new level of struggle against the regime. They blocked the A69 highway with concrete blocks.
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A dairy cow cannot produce more milk because someone decrees it. You must first provide an environment that nurtures it. You need to stop gold plating the milking buckets. You need to keep hyenas out of the farm. You need to stop operating the dairy farm like an abattoir.
“My drive is to push Kenyans to pay 22% of taxes from the current 14% by the end of my term,” President Ruto vows to increase taxes
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Belgium GDP per capita $51,000
Kenya GDP per capita $ 1,700
Comparatively, reasoning capacity in Kenya is lower.
In Belgium, a liter of petrol costs approximately Ksh 380 , whereas a liter of diesel is priced at around Ksh 320. Comparatively, fuel prices in Kenya are generally lower.
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When you remember what the red in our flag stands for you can't help but think how it is being desecrated...
Kenyan-Israeli singer Gilad Millo delighted as his son arrives in Israel to join IDF in the fight against Hamas.
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Translation: "We'll lock up the herd of cattle without food, and still expect milk from them"
Coronavirus: A lockdown in Kenya is an option, but taxes won’t be lifted – Gov’t says
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Perhaps you should acquire two pairs & gallop on all fours for 42km to beat the record by an hour. Then kick back & relax (because its not about training) & graze on some grass (because its not about diet) and then tweet some more gormless stuff (because it isn't about the mind)
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Exactly what he/she has done. Don't brake. Decelerate (auto) or shift down (manual). Steer to safety. After stopping, look out for Jesus, for he might have taken the wheel.
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Oga nized crime...
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If we are to force private businesses to use the SGR, we should also force politicians to use local public hospitals and take their kids to local public schools. Feel the pinch like the rest
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At some point we need to take stock of just how much precious time the judiciary is spending holding in check poorly thought out policies and awful governance.
High Court suspends GOK requirement for SCHOOL FEES to be paid via E-CITIZEN.
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This is a new type of raincloud: nimbostratus politicus. They seem to hold the promise of rain but never deliver. Sometimes there's lots of thunder but no lightning.
The mockery we’ve been getting from clouds this week! How have these heavy ones not yet dropped even a drizzle?
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Two ways you did not envisage wasting time this year: SIM registration & queuing for fuel
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Knowing Eliud, he probably spent those 10 hours in the real world condoling with those directly affected & seeking to actually lend real support to the bereaved.
In that world, meaningless posturing on social media or meeting the inane expectations of imbeciles, ranks very low
@EliudKipchoge
It took you 10 good hrs to construct this three paragraph's condolence note ?MBWA
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I imagine half the people in Dubai who saw this must have thought "Huh?Why is there a rooster on the German flag?"
DYK
@BurjKhalifa
in UAE🇦🇪has charged Uganda a crazy cost of AED 1 million ($272,255) for only a 3 minute impression on its tall iconic facade to celebrate our 57th inDEPENDENCE. Thought we could do the same at a zero cost with the new Jinja bridge
#UGat57
#UgandaAt57
#TWEBEREREMU
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Oh wow! So much development at Konza. Over a decade since groundbreaking there is now one multi storey building and an artist's 3D rendering. Progress.
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In just a matter of years - at least 3 - the Tanzanian economy will be bigger than Kenya's. They're investing in future national needs. We're investing in current personal greed.
Dar es Salaam's new airport makes JKIA look like Wa-Maiko's tailoring joint at your shags shopping centre.
More importantly, it was great to see the number of well packaged local products sold at their duty free with farmer sourced info and a sustainable production promise
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For those of recent vintage, just know that the good reverend has been steadfast in his beliefs and championing for human rights since Moi's days. Semper fidelis.
Reverend Timothy Njoya walks out of church event attended by Ruto, Gachagua in protest
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A young man is thrown off a PSV for lack of Kshs 20 ($0.15) & gets killed. A deaf woman is stripped on a PSV for struggling to articulate fare issues. Both very maandamano-worthy & can cripple a wayward sector. But neither serve selfish political interests.
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It's pretty hard to bite that hard into an unsupported wrist but if you picture someone in a chokehold trying to wrest free, then it makes sense and is likely as self-defence...
Bibi jana kidogo animalise,avoid Drunk women. Avoid toxic partners
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This is the international geopolitics equivalent of "I paid for your drinks so you must come home with me".
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Seems the Nairobi Expressway attendants have found a way to skim from the top. At least three times - including today - they claim the mpesa option isn't working. Alternative is to send to staff numbers. In one instance a staffer ask me to send 250 instead of 180.
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It is possible the driver of the German car refused to be baited by a juvenile challenge
Usijaribu kukimbizana na tuned Subarus just because your speedometer clock goes upto 240km/hr. See how that German machine was embarrassed 😳
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"More fiction has been written in Excel than in Word." - unknown
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A self cleaning terminal. The only other country I've seen with this is Uganda
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Wait. Did not also align with Japan's?
Guten konichiwa...
President Ruto to align Kenyan TVET curriculum to German system
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I don't think we need 50 acres for this software factory. At most 1 acre for the software seedlings, another half for drying the newly coded software in the sun, and no more than a quarter acre to set up a packaging and storage warehouse.
A plan to turn Mulot, which straddles Bomet and Narok, from a cybercrime hub to Kenya's Silicon Valley is in high gear, with the government seeking to secure 50 acres to set up a software factory.
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Housing Levy & Passports. We can't solve the problem of passports - for which people VOLUNTARILY pay fairly good amounts of money and which is really not rocket science- yet here we are saying we are capable of undertaking a huge housing project nationally.
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At what point do we declare a national disaster? And when we do, is there really any preparedness?
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Government officials gobbled Sh14 billion on travel in the nine months ended March — the highest in a similar period in at least five years.
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If we're doing such "benchmarking", why not go a step further and set MPs, CSes and others salaries + state corporation budgets to be comparable with Chad, CAR, Burundi, etc.
Dr. Patrick Amoth: Nigeria pays their interns equivalent of 70,000 Kshs. South Africa pays their interns 208,000 Kshs, Rwanda pays about 50,000 Kshs, Tanzania pays 66,000 Kshs, Uganda are currently paying 50,000 Kshs. We have looked at what is happening in other equivalent
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Sign of fitness. You can talk in a composed way to the media within minutes of running 42km. Some of us - some of you - would need about 45 mins to stop seeing dark spots and blowing like a whale 😂
#Eliud159
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A tale was once told of a tramp who sought to lengthen his blanket by cutting off part of the top to sew to the bottom...
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Reading is like drinking water. It slakes one's thirst for distraction and flushes the mind of biases. Still, we pee and carry on, and never grow giant bladders.
It's okay, yes you read 3 books a week but what is the retention?
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Cats after they learn they don't attract a licence fee like common animals...
As you prepare for festivities please note... ANIMAL PERMITS ANNUAL COSTS
KES 5500/- per horse annually,
KES 2000/- per camel annually,
KES 1200/- per cow annually,
KES 1000/- per pedigree dog reared,
KES 800/- per donkey reared annually,
KES 660/- per goat annually,
KES 600/-
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Kakamega man in shock after wife gets pregnant despite undergoing Vasectomy
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Sweet mother of God! Not only have we renamed an international public holiday but have also redesigned zebra crossings. Sigh
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If they're selling hot air, wouldn't that be geothermal power? 🤔🤭 Either way, this calls for a...panel discussion.
The biggest hype of this century is that you can farm using solar energy. Solar energy sellers selling hot air. Wacha nitafute Kenya Power
@honkabogo
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Doesn't anyone see how deeply disturbing this is? Where an employer - who is obligated to serve citizens in a sector where services are already direly in need of staffing - elects to tout positions outside the country? Official treachery.
Calling all nurses! Here's your chance to make a difference on the global stage.
#ApplyToday
#DignifiedLabourMigration
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I'm sure our collective hearts go out to the lady in red who was struggling to keep a straight face. Sadly she lost that battle ...
President Ruto's nominee for Consul General to Goma claims that the
#DRC
's GDP is equivalent to the population of the country.
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The only thing we all know is that it is much more efficient than, say, passport equipment or medical supplies. Especially downstream to the final "consumers"
Is anyone here familiar with the teargas supply chain in Kenya?
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Run, Forest, run...
What would you caption this photo?
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Sugar costs less in the UK than in Kenya which produces sugar.
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JUST IN: The government plans to make KCC the first state owned dairy firm to supply piped milk direct to households across Kenya.
See? You almost believed this because your mind has been conditioned to expect the most preposterous things.
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Um, did someone mistake a windscreen reflection for a matatu's soul leaving its body?
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I think
@Uber_Kenya
should include a feature where riders can blacklist drivers. For individuals to avoid using certain drivers again...
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Who'll join me on an expedition to find intelligent life at CNN?
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Its OK. I managed to resolve the problem. Replaced the Uber app with another taxi hailing app.
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After the recent UB40 concert in Kenya, did anyone school the young on the TL about the origin of the band name? Briefly, the band members were all jobless chaps who had been filling in the Unemployment Benefits Form No 40 - UB40.
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Why is it that our local media rarely pick up on these stories? Are they so preoccupied with political stories?
I would really love to know what will happen after people watch this documentary and react.
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Is anyone else (in +254) absolutely sick of hearing "Fast and affordable rides at the touch of a button..."? EeewTube ads...
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He is training for a position in a public office
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1984: What Orwell failed to predict was that we'd buy the cameras ourselves, and that our biggest fear would be that nobody was watching
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Our thoughts are with Keith Sweat who really tried to sell that idea...
HOUSING LEVY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The 3 judge bench finds that the Finance Act 2023 amendment to Sec84 of the Finance Act amending the Employment Act introducing the Housing Levy is unconstitutional.
The levy lacks a comprehensive legal framework & is irrational.
The levy
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Under the same green justice system, they could add river and beach clean ups, sorting refuse for recycling (glass, plastic, paper) and work in recycling plants...
NEWS UPDATE
CJ Martha Koome introduces Green Justice System to help the govt achieve the goal of planting a billion trees. Petty offenders will now be planting trees
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When upmarket half acre plots are no better than 40x80s in Kamulu. I imagine price corrections are imminent.
Those who hived off sections of Karura Forest are paying back the hard way.
📍Eliud Mathu/Glory Road Runda.
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Have a great weekend. If you plan to drink & drive, share your work details so we can know which positions are likely to open up soon.
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I think its just great that the cabinet allows its members to hold on to their childhood aspirations of being soldiers. And city hall with firemen.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Nairobi Gov
@SakajaJohnson
directs residents to move to higher ground because the rain this weekend is predicted to be on a high.
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Once upon a time there was tramp who decided to lengthen his blanket by cutting a piece off the top and sewing it to the bottom...
Once the Fund is in place, the Government can borrow from it and pay for development projects & stop borrowing from foreign countries!!Citizens can also use their credit towards buying their own homes regardless of their contributions. Whatever is not utilized earns an interest
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I am genuinely curious what it is costing taxpayers to have all those dignitaries (and their drivers, security, etc.) to launch one "free" WiFi hotspot. Plus the cost of decorating the venue and all that. Almost every week.
Information, Communication and The Digital Economy CS Eliud Owalo launching one of the free Wi-Fi hotspots, in Ol - Jabet Market in Laikipia County recently.
@konzatech
@ICTAuthorityKE
@CA_Kenya
@TESPOK_KENYA
@KBCChannel1
@ODPC_KE
@MediaCouncilK
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Along Malindi Road in the evenings on Sundays, there is usually a stream of poor folk who have walked a long distance to receive a week's rations from a philanthropist in Mtwapa. The owner of Mombasa Cement.
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I seem to recall pictures of a bleeding Prof Wangari Maathai after she was blugeoned by police for protesting during his time. Prithee, of which conservation do you speak?
RIP President Moi. We didn’t agree on many things but he did support conservation, created many new parks, started our tree planting culture & ignited passion for burning iviry. May he RIP. Condolences to his family.
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Looking at start ups in Africa, it seems the key metric and focus is on how much they've raised rather than the jobs they create, the value they create, how sustainable they are and the impact they have. Can we move to that now? 🤔
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I'd hate to have friends who use women for sex but still want to reserve the right to claim a moral standing when it comes to what type of woman to marry.
I don't get it why a beautiful lady would be taking alcohol let alone having a nose ring and not having a long dress in wardrobe.
This is someone you can't take home proudly. Even a friend of mine who drinks often says he can't keep such a woman for serious stuff like marriage.
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Tips from Wuhan survivors. Won't hurt to read and observe and RT
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Going by the ripple effect so far - where many are now demanding similar exposés in their own counties - this could be a tide that lifts all boats...
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Closing the barn door long after the horse has bolted. And most excavations will halt anyway because of flooding. It's like telling the sun to set around 6.30pm...it'll happen, but not because someone said so...
Developments in Nairobi:
· County government halts of all pending building approvals, says review of those ongoing to be undertaken with immediate effect
· County government halts all excavation on construction sites
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Performative servitude without any real results.
“It is a beautiful day to strive and make our nation better” - DP Gachagua says he reported to office at 5:00 am on Tuesday
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A good chance to sort out school infrastructure, expand facilities, ensure new system is internalized, student safety, sort out TSC issues, etc. Let's not squander this opportunity.
EDUCATION CS George Magoha says there will be no KCPE, KCSE in 2020; students to sit exams in 2021 as school calendar lost due to Covid-19.
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Those saying a bin or a cat, just know it's ok to have poor taste. Those saying chapati/matooke/ugali, you're my tribe.
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Hmmm. It literally has no...chills...
Coronavirus can survive on frozen meat, fish for up to three weeks: study
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Irony. When you feel entitled to someone's body because you bought them a drink - and generally benefit from that mindset - but want to boycott a maker of drinks because your soldiers have been felled.
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