Leon Lidigu
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global health & climate journalist . @ICFJ Winner 2021, 2022, @QHKAwards Winner 2023, AJEA Winner 2022,2023 . @AfricaREACH1 leadership council member.
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The new Health CS Dr Susan Nakhumicha Wafula holds a PhD in Business Management, Logistics & Supply Chain, has worked at Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies & was since 2017 the Head of Supply Chain at UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences . Very impressive pick! 👏👏
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HE Dr Samoei Arap Ruto
@WilliamsRuto
is my witness too 🤭,he visited India when I was in campus and encouraged me to work hard . 😁
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A short story about Kenya .
There is NO insurance money for COVID-19 patients , NO money to buy masks for school kids , NO money to buy testing reagents at the national blood bank , NO money for rapid testing kits BUT there is money for a REFERENDUM during a pandemic .😩
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Good people , met Angel somewhere around TRM , says business has been so bad that she closed her stall & now she's moving around with the bedsheets so that she can feed her babies . Kindly support her hustle .
Angel says you can reach her on 0784 880884 & she will deliver.🙏
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@KMboya_
Hello Kevin , it has been 18 hours since you went to surprise your girlfriend , we are waiting to know if she surprised you instead.🤭
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A Kenyan pilot was granted Xmas leave on 23rd & decided to surprise his girlfriend of 10 years who lives along Mirema Drive yesterday at midday, where he pays rent every month . 🤭
Tells me he knocked on the door & a man ( in the pilot's towel /) approached to open it.😭
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Met this guy in Kibra , his name is Bobby (26) . He has registered a children's home where he takes in children who run away from home ,babies that young girls throw away ,abused kids e.t.c .So far he has 37 Kids tells me he is preparing them for school & needs help.
@MTotoNews
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Today journalisming has been so painful . 😭
I spoke to over 30 victims .
I established the following which broke my heart ...😩
#Thread
1. A security guard informed his 'bosses' of a gas leak as early as 5 PM but no one listened / came to sort it .
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Life is really unpredictable . Who ever imagined Hon Babu Owino would one day be in a position to vet his former Vice-Chancellor Prof Magoha, the Education Cs nominee for a job ? Shld be a lesson respectfully to any teachers who don't inspire confidence and hope in students.
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Missed
#JKLive
?
@KoinangeJeff
: Why is Miguna² barred?
Oguna: He is unruly & has not applied for a passport.
Jeff: So what should Miguna² do?
Oguna : Walk to any embassy & apply for Kenyan passport.
Jeff: Will that make him not unruly?
Oguna : Hallo.. hallo..Can u hear me?😂
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Dr Samoei Arap Ruto is first presidential candidate to put Environment & Climate Change as a matter of top priority in his manifesto.
"As
#KenyaKwanza
we plan to plant 5million trees,build industries out of solid waste & we are going to begin with
@SakajaJohnson
in Nairobi."
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Kenya, a country with no Oxygen tanks , no ARVs , a shortage of ICU beds , not enough Covid vaccines & no reagents in her empty blood banks will be spending Ksh 1 BILLION PER DAY on BBI in the middle of a pandemic . Who really cursed us ? 😭
Did we annoy God this much ? 😔
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Just graduated summa cum laude
in
#journalism
. A big thank you to my parents, my mentors & teachers , all of you who checked up on me throughout + motivated & God almighty . 🙏
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In your Saturday Nation we accompanied a 23 year old for a 3 hour LIPOSUCTION surgery ,watched the surgeon & team of doctor harvest all her tummy fat (1000ml) & re-injected it to her behinds at a cost of Sh 850,000.
My latest dispatch for
@NationAfrica
. Grab a copy !
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In a restaurant in New Delhi right now and I haven't been allowed to pay for ANYTHING because am Kenyan and Steve Tikolo ,the greatest Kenyan cricketer is Kenyan too . I feel so humbled . Well I might not know him personally but am here benefitting from his hardwork .Thank you 👑
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BREAKING : Hackers infiltrate Kenya's WORLD cancer day VIRTUAL meeting attended by Ministry of Health
@MOH_Kenya
officials, CS Mutahi Kagwe doctors & other stakeholders , post nudes , pornography , obscene messages & videos , meeting ended . 😩
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Digging into the affidavit of Prof Abdi Yakub Guliye then I saw this . Speechless! 😬
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Dear parents , when you send your kids ABROAD to study , please check up on them and find out EXACTLY what they are doing , who they are relating with , demand to see transcripts , fee receipts e.t.c and be in constant contact with the institution / teachers . Here is why
#Thread
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Any time someone asks me whether am going home for Xmas,I silently ask myself,what family am I going home to ? I rather remain at work.
Thank God your family is intact , don't take it for granted . Mine is so broken to a point it keeps me awake at night, mostly.
Merry X.
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3. Most of the victims told me Embakasi East MP
@HEBabuOwino
spent the entire night running around picking them up , calling ambulances and giving others fare to go to hospital .
This shows you Nairobi County Government is so clueless on disaster management . 😩
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Just had a chat with President
@WilliamsRuto
as he warms up to take take the stage among other African leaders and discuss adaptation .
#COP27
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Nothing is happening at Lee Funeral Home ....no VVIP security.
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In 2021 , ex Kenya Air Force commander + security and counter-terrorism expert Mwenda Mbijiwe vanished into thin air without a trace, to date , no one has seen or heard from him . A mother goes to bed every night in so much pain wondering what could have happened to his son .
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Actor Charles ‘Charlie’ Ouda died by suicide, sources ☞
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Sorcery is telling kids to learn under trees coz there is no money for classrooms , for face-masks, no money for testing reagents at the national blood bank , to pay nurses but having 96 million for BBI signature verification & billions for a referendum no one really needs .😩
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Dear
#KenyansInIndia
, if you wish to go back home but are unable to raise exit pass fees & penalty charges on expired visas & residential permits or you are among our sisters trafficked into India ,kindly reach out to me .Also tell a friend to tell a friend . 🙏
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The year is 2020 and this is a school in Kenya , a country that World Bank, China ,France e.t.c .. have not only loaned billions to oblivion but UNICEF also sends monies . 😔
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Arrived at the market to buy onions & the seller shouted me away..all I could hear was ' corona !' 😭.
Indian girl , 23 , walked up to me & said , " Sir , am so sorry we are this stupid . May I give you my number so that if you need anything you call me ? '
#speechless
❤
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As you LOUDLY & ENERGETICALLY condemn Police brutality in America , I remember seeing some of you cheering on as Kenyan Police teargased & brutalised Raila Odinga's followers & even shot dead baby Pendo with such impunity .
#Hypocricy
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Seen somewhere Wikileaks reveal that ODM Party received KSh. 154 million from Trump's Republican Party .
My shock is here , that Baba took KSh 30.5 million from Gilbert Deya (who is said to be deeply embroided in child trafficking ) towards his 2007 elections kitty .
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Incredible , bold & riveting investigative journalism from Purity Mwambia . 👏👏👏
Why do we have NIS if guns are being sneaked in & peddled around like groundnuts?
How does their INTELLIGENCE help mwananchi ? Ama kazi is spying on activists & GOK critics?😔
#GunsGalore
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Today :
@wikileaks
says Raila Odinga + team in 2007 planned to deal with PNU in 3 steps .
1 . Removal of Pillars
2. Demonization of Kibaki & PNU
3. THE RUTO FACTOR ...pls read it for yourselves. 😂
Download them here :
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Hello
@MOH_Kenya
@StateHouseKenya
, one Raila Odinga is in Kondele putting many lives in danger by holding a political rally thus violating Covid-19 guidelines & President Uhuru Kenyatta 's directive. Have you contacted
@PoliceKE
to arrest him for breaking the law ? 😩
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The consignment of 29 types of ARV drugs worth 1.2 B flagged off by KEMSA to 31 counties last Thursday in 24,800 packs are toxic .
Nation has established that the drugs phased out in 2019 & were from an old stock donated by Global Fund & have adverse side effects on patients.😪
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Btw, your government doesn't want you to know that the private entity that imported Sputnik V has paid them 12 million for an indemnity licence among other payments . Seen the documents. They indeed have all the paper work &
@MOH_Kenya
@DrMercyHealth
should be honest.
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KQ
@KenyaAirways
flight 205 waiting patiently in Mumbai for fellow Kenyans who have been stuck here since March 24 th .
Melted my heart..❤
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One presidential candidate is enjoying 61.2 % media coverage while the other is getting 38 %. Is it really rocket science to accord all presidential candidates EQUAL COVERAGE ? To be FAIR to EVERYONE , objective & balanced ? 😌
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While in campus
@multimedia_uni
, I met a fresher called
@EricNjiiru
😂 ,was then hosting a show & so coz he was super interested I invited him to come hang out . Man has put in lots of work & today he is covering
#FIFAWorldCup
for
@HomeboyzRadio
.
#EricInQatar
👏🏿👏🏿 ✊🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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@HEBabuOwino
4. Kenya has EMPTY blood banks . Watched Hon
@EstherPassaris
trying to rally Kenyans to donate blood for victims who were in urgent need.
@MOH_Kenya
has failed terribly on this front and should wake up . Even their new blood donation ambassador was a NO show ! 😩
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You
@petertabichi
, of Fransiscan brothers , a mendicant religious Order which you serve selflessly, remind me of what St. Francis of Assisi said , " start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible ! "
Congratulations 👏👏
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What is the world’s first needle-free infrared malaria detection tool has been developed by Kenyan Scientist Dr Maggy Sikulu-Lord (
@Lenasanya
)& her team .
Sat down with her exclusively for
@NationAfrica
.
LINK :
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Lakini top girl hajatuambia poa.😭
" My first dream was to be a journalist but I later changed it after a certain teacher told me I can become a better person than that .
I am so heartbroken Faith . 🥺😂😂
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Dear budding journalists , here's how not to conduct a TV interview .
@TiffanyDCross
invites
@Scaramucci
to her show , talks over the man , attempts to pass half-baked opinions about him as fact without giving him ample time to respond & when Mooch counters she becomes rude.😔
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Now
@SafaricomPLC
repossessed & sold my Kenyan line without informing me . The new owner , a lady , now has ALL my WhatsApp data & is even engaging my contacts + the private groups I am in . Asked her why she is doing ths & she immediately blocked me. 😫
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2. At Mama Lucy Hospital , facility did not have the medication needed to treat victims . All if not most were given painkiller injections & a prescription of meds which they are expected to buy .
With what money ? They have lost EVERYTHING in a fire you FOOLs !!
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Judith just called me in tears….tears of joy .
“Asante sana Leon , nakuombea Mungu akubariki sana .
@AKUHNairobi
walitutafuta hadi Naivasha , mtoto anatatibiwa for free , Mungu wangu akubariki tu .” Humbling .❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏿
Thank you so much
@AKUHNairobi
&
@NationAfrica
.
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Noma sana
@TeacherWanjiku
do say hi to Moha ukirudi huko . Helped me alot whenever I visited Immigration plus he's always kind to everyone and works round the clock . I consider him one of the best public servants at Immigration . 🙌 Cc
@GKihalangwa
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So proud of my
@lenanaschool
classmate & very good friend Wakili
@Nkarichia
. God speed bro .👏👏👏👏👏
@LaibonSociety
. Nihil Prater Optimum ! ✊
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Politicians watawachocha ati focus on skills wachaneni na kutafta degrees na masters yet they have put in place laws to block you from contesting seats without those papers .They send their kids abroad for papers ndo warudi wawakalie vizuri nyinyi mkiimba sijui Gates na Jobs .
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Investigative journalism is not your NORMAL news bulletin , my lecturer , Mr. Kipkurui Kapterwa used to tell us , " investigative journalism is the ONLY form of journalism that ALLOWS journos to use UNETHICAL means/ sources to obtain ETHICAL information due to PUBLIC INTEREST .
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Guys ,we won😍! I am speechless a big thank you to the children & parents who allowed me to tell their stories , to my bosses
@BernardMwinzi
@PamSittoni
for the guidance always + my mentors & all those who always encourage me . May God always favour you for me. So humbled .🙏
🎉 Congratulations to our Global Nutrition and Food Security Reporting Contest finalists
@LeonLidigu
,
@seekingsrishti
+
@ojaytweet
! They brought attention to a critical issue facing the world’s most vulnerable communities during the pandemic. Read more:
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880,000 Moderna doses landing at JKIA tomorrow morning, the 1st batch of 1.8 million doses that the US is donating to us as we await for the 330,000 doses of J & J this week ( remember GOK bought 10 million J &J doses but we are getting 13 million coz price per dose reduced).
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For me to get this $ 2000 drone above ground & capture the beauty of Kenya , my government insists that it will charge me $10000 for a licence . That money can buy me 5 similar drones surely .😭
Just why do they hate young people so much ? 🤔
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I have met a Kenyan from Kisii who came to India to study in the 80's . He was made to marry an Indian girl after getting her pregnant .His wife took off with their daughter a few years later since he couldn't provide . He is 69 years now, no papers and survives on mjengo .😭
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Also , Dear Kenyans , a scene of a gas explosion/ tragedy is not a place to rush to without any safety gear including face masks and gas masks .
You are harming yourself by going there . 😔
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The Kenyan Violence list of 2008 via wikileaks has many of your favourite politicians , businesss men & people youths in Kenya look upto as role models / mentors .
Very unfortunate !
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My pal , a Tanzanian doctor tells me..in her own words that " all hell has broken loose "in Dar . She's been doing shifts back to back for 21 hours while surviving on fruits & water . African leaders need to learn that Science cannot be defied. 😩
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Compare how Bukhungu was covered on TV by the BIG UGLY SISTERS to Eldoret..' BALANCE & FAIRNESS' remain a pipe dream .How about we let the PUBLIC see what ALL their candidates are up to so that they make decisions for themselves instead of MANUFACTURING CONSENT for X or Y?🤔
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Around Kakamega for holidays ,this lady does an amazing job ...runs a car wash in Khayega . Look for her. ✊
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To all my Bharat family 🎈🥳🥳🥳May the lamps of Diwali brighten your life & Rangoli add more hues to it.
#HappyDeepavali
Happy Dhanteras
@kritikagoyal007
@shikshaarora_
#HappyDiwali
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Was the first journalist to arrive at the scene of Rita Waeni's brutal murder . What I saw !! 😭
Was even unable to do that story . 😩
Life is sacred & it's everyone's duty to protect & safeguard womanhood, man or woman we are all born of womanhood.
#EndFemicideKE
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Being told that
@MutemiWaKiama
has been kidnapped by the state and is being held incommunicado . The role of activists play in our society is very important .
#ReleaseKiama
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The Pilot hasn't slept a wink ever since he walked away ,he is still at a Wines and Spirits in the same hood drowning his sorrows in a couple of brown bottles hoping the pain will fly away , to space perhaps . 😭
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The slow scientist Dr
@WilliamsRuto
& Hon
@HonMoses_Kuria
chilling with Gaturi Ward MCA; Hon Esther Mwihaki Kamau who recently stopped reggae via The People's Empowerment Party. 🤭
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This lady woke me up today to say thank you and tell me that after the story ran
@NationAfrica
, TSC reached out and has finally allocated her husband all his retirement benefits and now he can get the treatment he urgently needs.
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PSCU edited out the footage which featured President Uhuru Kenyatta's 'closest political ally' sentiments before sending copies to newsrooms forgetting that the sentiments had already been captured in this tweet before his social media accounts WENT MISSING .
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If you listen in here keenly ...from 0.38 ...to 0.41 you will notice there 's a part that was EDITed out to terminate President Kenyatta's
'' closest political ally " sentiments by PSCU before dispatching the clips to newsrooms .
@KanzeDena
. Danganyeni toto jinga . 😂😂😂
Graft war: I'll fight you whether you are my friend, political ally -Uhuru.
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The Horrors of the Hidden War: Inside the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia.
So painful to watch ...how they are weaponising rape . 😩 by
@JamalMOsman
via
@Channel4News
.
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This is my village in Ikolomani ,Kakamega County . Growing up , ths river has remained like ths + the water is untreated .😭 Our ' leaders ' have water towers set up in their homes with electric pumps n should NEVER come here to cheat you that they developed anything. Tag them
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Murkomen & Mekalili Wa Menza are legendary freedom fighters..😂 ..Don't even argue with me .
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Very shocking and sad morning along TRM Drive, Thika Road .
A woman has been stabbed & chopped to death in an Air BnB .
The killer then stuffed body parts in a paper bag . DCI from Kasarani just arrived at the crime scene& are trying to establish what exactly happened .
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A bank manager has been suspended after a video showing a 70 year old woman dragging her 120 years old mother on a cot to his bank in Odisha , India , to withdraw her pension money went viral .
The bank had allegedly DEMANDED physical verification before processing pay .
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" Hello , how may I help you ? Mr Towel posed to the Pilot who just stood there like a statue ... speechless and in disbelief..😭 The Pilot introduced himself to Mr Towel as a cousin to his own girlfriend.😭😂. Mr Towel opened the door & welcomed the Pilot into his own house.
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Some Kenyan journalists are super busy on socials today singing ..🎶hosanna to DEMS ,making LOVE to Biden as
#Inauguration
unfolds BUT when it comes to Ruto Vs Raila e.t.c they declare themselves NEUTRAL ,hibernate & camouflage into FENCE SITTERS .
Why ? Frauds ! 😂😂
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Chilling !
According to
@wikileaks
Hon Martha Karua , Gitobu Imanyara & 5 other MPs were to be ELIMINATED by poachers of men in 2009 .🙆♂️
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Pilot tells me he sat there in silence waiting for his beloved Maryanne, the woman he has loved,cherished & provided for even while in space for the last 10 years while Mr Towel rushed to the bedroom,picked clothes belonging to the Pilot, dressed up &flew back to the ' guest '😭.
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Help me congratulate my comrade & very good friend 👑
@NjanjaAnnie
of
@BD_Africa
who just bagged a full scholarship to pursue M.S. Data Journalism at the prestigious Columbia Journalism School (
@columbiajourn
) .😍👏👏👏👏
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Saw Ivanka refer to Trump as the 'People's President ' yesterday & I knew it's a movie I have seen in an African country I know too well .😂
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Good morning from
@UNHABITAT
’s Assembly . Spending the better part of my morning watching delegates & their aides who claim to be combating climate change arrive in fuel powered vehicles that drive emissions higher. They planning for us to live in sustainable cities 😩.
#UNHA2
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Someone please tell Sen Kipchumba Murkomen to unblock me we discuss Elgeyo Marakwet pls . I have germinated LOL . 🤭😂😂😂
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Mulembe Nation would disown me if I ever said the word ' vasectomy ' out loud. 🙆♂️
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" Babe your cousin from the village is here , he has been waiting for you ," Mr Towel alerted Maryanne .
Upon entering the house Maryanne's eyes met the Pilot,...total pindrop silence that can cut through the air like a hot knife cuts through butter followed...she fainted.
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