Abdullahi Halakhe
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Unconstructed Mshamba Mtaani. Climate Change, conflict, displacement, and urbanization, Email: Halakheus @gmail .com,
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“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear,” Toni Morrison
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Kenya is just one posh plantation.
This photo captures everything that’s wrong with tourism.
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Kenyatta can go about flying toilet as much as he wants, but for those of us who arrived in Nairobi this way, aachane na sisi.
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Ngugi needs to raise his hair game if he wants to win this damn thing.
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I think enough is not spoken about how the Kenyan case completely ruined the ICC. The court has not fully recovered after Kenya’s file.
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LSK is a thorough reflection of the state of Kenya. The only difference ni kizungu mingi na wig.
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Nothing to see here, just two frequent flyers sharing tips. Kenya and Nigeria
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I was a contestant on OMO Pick a Box. If I had listened to her, I would have won a matatu instead of 15k. Go well, Lorna.
RIP Lorna.
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David Ndii is the most consequential figure in 2022’s electoral calender. His ideas have turbocharged, not just Ruto’s candidacy, but the nature, tenor, and tone of the election’s campaign.
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Cess Mutungi, Robert Warobi, Muthoni Bwika , Munene Nyaga ,Zawadi Mawanda, Patricia Amira, Edward Kwach, Bernard Otieno.
If you know these names, kaa quarantine because you can gerrit.
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Beijing has not lost the African heart. It never had it because it never invested in it.
Beijing invested in the African state and the political elite. This block remains solid.
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35 minister NRM ministers, including all the seats in Kampala, and the Vice President, all lost their seats.
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Conflict between members of opposing tribes has broken out, and the African Union (AU)has called for deescalation to avoid the situation spilling out of control.
The AU has urged security agencies to exercise restraint. The AU also stated it stands with the people of the U.K.
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One day I will write about how the former Law Society of Kenya CEO, Apollo Mboya almost swindled us in doing a joint strategic litigation regarding extrajudicial execution by police until Njonjo saved us
@waikwawanyoike
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Today a Kenyan cargo plane carrying medical supplies, was shot down this afternoon by Ethiopian military in Somalia.
In this piece from January I laid out the folly of Kenya policy in Somalia
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@ibn_ubady
@FauzKhalid
Huyu ni wa Mombasa Old Town. You can’t convince me otherwise.
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The Military running the Nairobi County has issued a decree nullifying all Building Plans approved in the last two months estimated at 36 Billion by the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK).
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MPs call Coronavirus hotline in Kagwe's presence, get no response.
The microcosm of Kenya’s preparedness: set up a toll free number that doesn’t work.
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Americans are curiously incurious about who fights their battles. Twenty years of ongoing wars across the Middle East and Central Asia have done little to change this.
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I hope to live a day when we shall have a critical examination of Mboya, especially regarding the consequences of sessional paper no 10 that he championed alongside Kibaki.
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Is there corruption at the county level? Absolutely.
But is it limited to only mariganalised counties? Waiguru is not the Gorvenor of Marsabit county.
The same people who reminded us how corrupt WSR is are now telling us about corruption in the counties.
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When you have wonderful friends, they send your daughter clothes from the country of their heritage .
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Techno-fallacy; IFMIS, IEBC electronic voter transmission etc. Wezi ni wale wale.
Uhuru orders Kemsa tendering to go online as probe into Covid billions continues
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Can Ngugi be considered a great writer without being awarded the Nobel Prize? Why are so keen to seek external validation?
Achebe was never awarded the Nobel Prize, has that diminished Achebe’s remarkable gift as a story teller?
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@SeweS_
@TimKipchumba
Ndugu, hii story ya entrepreneurship, start from your family garage, school drop out shtik, bila context itamliza watu
Bill Gates Sr was a well-respected Seattle attorney for Preston, Gates & Ellis. Bezos was given $245,573 by his parents to start Amazon.
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Plenty of these academics/experts/journalists engage with the current Ethiopia crisis like it is a sport they’re into or a fandom they’re part of. For many Ethiopians, this is a matter of life and death.
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Under-qualified and underprepared men don’t think twice about leaning in,” “Overqualified and overprepared, too many women still hold back. Women feel confident only when they are perfect.”
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Yes, as a country we have our internecine strife, but look at how remarkably the we have rallied via
#KOT
around
#FreeBrysonMwamburi
,excoriated New York Times
#kiriminooofromNYT
for their poor taste, donating blood at hospitals for victims, and
#WeShallOvercome
.
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I think we need an oral history of Structural Adjustment of the 1999s. The generation that experienced it still carries its scars but we don't speak about it.
We are only at the beginning of this latest chapter. There will be plenty of pain and suffering.
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Ruto muuwe lakini haki yake mpe. He has set the tone for this electoral cycle. He has made the economy with a small "c" the principal campaign agenda. Everyone is responding to his moves.
DP Ruto: Boda boda riders are victims of a weaponised fight against people who don't share in the belief of those who hold power today.
#UDANDC
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Very soon, many will reckon with how radical the 2010 Katiba is. And many will be grateful for it.
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" In Kenya, 93% of news articles on pastoralists are about drought and conflict, with about 51% of these articles presenting pastoralists as the cause of the conflict rather than its victims (Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) 2013)" Always blaming the victims.
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Dear Journalists,
There no more juice to be extracted from MOH's presser. Mutahi has done all he could.
Now embark on the hard work of doing long read/deep-dives regarding doctor-patient ratio, ICU beds, and the real impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable population.
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When Authoritarian Arab petrodollar and Russian oligarch purchase teams and thus buy the EPL, the English media was fine. Now its Rwanda, sponsoring a shirt they go all sanctimonious.
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Two issues re the Tigray- Abiy war
There is a false Manichaean dichotomy; Abiy is good, and the TPLF are bad.
The notion that the military operation will be short and surgical is fanciful. This will metastasize into a protracted conflict.
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Tanzania and Burundi will severely hamper East African countries effort to deal with Corona-19.
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I think a lot about this photo especially against this stat; less than 0.1% of the population (8,300 people) own more wealth than the bottom 99.9% (more than 44 million people). The richest 10% of people in Kenya earn on average 23 times more than the poorest 10%.
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Such a powerful reportage linking climate change and migration. Absolutely fantastic photography by
@ricci_sh
. When utilized well, multi-media storytelling is incredible.
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Why are leaders always absolved of their responsibilities.
Oh, Moi si mbaya ni Biwott na wengine!
Oh, Uhuru ni mtu wa watu, ni watu wake!
Load of nonsense!
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And it’s Africa that’s causing the emissions?
Brussels Airlines runs 3,000 empty flights to maintain take-off and landing slots
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Kenya spent Ksh 59B to conduct August elections & the repeat October presidential election. Ministry of health budget for 2006/17=Ksh60.269B
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The debate about revenue sharing will slowly burst the myth that certain regions in Kenya are free loading on others.
Strangely, the same folks who prefer centralization will be up in arms when told of cessation because they prefer an abusive relation.
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Pan Africanism is the last refuge for every failing African government and their fellow travellers. No country has conveniently deployed Pan Africanism as Ethiopia. Suddenly, Abiy is the only remaining vanguard against imperialism. Save your faux righteous outrage.
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Can we all agree that the police reform project is dead.
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Representation matter.
Politics is a combination of substance and symbolism. At a symbolic level, this is huge.
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The West does not have an Africa policy, they have anti-Chinese, and anti-Russian policy.
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Man!
People needed this release.
Cars honking, people screaming on the streets here in DC.
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@Jasiri_9line
Without Catholic church kwetu, hawangekwenda shule. We’vefamilies nusu waislamu, nusu wakristu. Tuko na marafiki wachungaji.
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When the coffin maker begins to praise you, dig your grave.
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Over the next coming weeks,
@theelephantinfo
will be publishing extensive articles, essays, reflections and OpEds about Northern Kenya from Northern perspectives.
Here is the inaugural piece
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“Every time I fly on that plane, I get really emotional. I can’t imagine a boy from Buxton, Mombasa, designing a 787. And actually I see my parts on an aircraft. It’s just unimaginable,” says Samuel."
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Jeff Koinange has overseen the decline of TV in Kenya (I know it is unfair to place all of it on his shoulders, but..heck). But the News Gang on Citizen TV will destroy whatever is left.
Kageni killed Radio with his soft-porn in the morning, and of course mucene za betting.
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An old Egyptian proverb says, “Oh Pharaoh, who turned you into a tyrant?” “No one stopped me,”
Mfalme yuko uchi, lakini washauri wanaogopa kumweleza.
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Story za Easleigh na Sukari is an open secrete. The routes are known, the culprits are known, banks involved are known. Tuache vako, na tuwe real.
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The morbid almost gleeful obsession with Africans death from Covid-19 is incredible to watch.
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Trust local talent!
What an amazing achievement for this man, Mane, and Senegal.
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Here is a dated piece by me reflecting on Tanzania under Magufuli.
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Mutahi’s daily briefing has outlived its usefulness.
Dear Journalists,
There no more juice to be extracted from MOH's presser. Mutahi has done all he could.
Now embark on the hard work of doing long read/deep-dives regarding doctor-patient ratio, ICU beds, and the real impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable population.
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Ndii should stop educating Kenyans on Twitter for free, he should instead open a master class and let folks pay for it.
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Isiolo, especially, Tullu Roba is emerging as the epicenter of recruitment away from the coast, North eastern and eastern parts of NAIROBI.
It’s slipping under the radar, but it really should be an area of critical focus.
FOUR SUSPECTS on most wanted list over terror links surrender to police in Isiolo.
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When the history of Sudanese Thawra is written she’ll occupy her own chapter.
Don’t know her name, but this Woman in
#Sudan
is leading rallies, standing on car roofs, and pleading for change against autocratic Bashir.
Here she is singing “Thawra” (Revolution). Remember this voice:
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If you’re looking for something to binge on on Netflix, Journey of an African Colony, The Making of Nigeria, is a good series.
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Karl Marx once said, “The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
This is Kenya.
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Look at the grim reality of food insecurity in Sudan.
"Of highest concern are conflict-affected people in El Obied of North Kordofan, Nyala of South Darfur, El Geneina of West Darfur, and among the urban populations in Khartoum"
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We all have our issues with NMG's journalism, but this right here is the kind journalism that NMG can produce.
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On the day, my then editor, Ahmed Yaqoub, played cartwheel in the newsroom.
Go well # PapaDiop and thank you for the memories.
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He should just appoint Murathe, Atwoli, Gedion Moi and Peter Kenneth to the cabinet, na waachane na sisi.
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One of the laughable ideas thrown around in Western diplomatic circles is that somehow Nairobi has leverage over Addis Ababa. I don't know if this is born out of naivety, desperation, or both. Nairobi has zero influence over any country in the region.
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Malawi’s judiciary offering a rebuke to the Election Observation Missions.
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