Tom Mboya
@TomMboya
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Governance. Parliaments. Politics. Mediator
Joined November 2010
LSK deputy president Mwaura Kabata and MP Babu Owino sue all CSs, seeking to bar them from political campaigns, saying public officers shouldn’t engage in politics.
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We now have until Nov 7th to submit comments on the Draft Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill 2025. I broke down its key highlights & major changes between what we are seeing now & what was in the Draft Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill 2019. See quoted tweet.
MAJOR UPDATE: Three weeks after President William Ruto hinted at creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund & an Infrastructure Fund (see quoted tweet), the Draft Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill 2025 is out. Here are 11 things that stand out from my reading & comparison of the 2029
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A revolution is brewing in East Africa, and it’s poised to sweep through the entire political class. Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania have all begun calling out bad governance for what it truly is. This generation understands all too well that no one will save them from the very
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Now we have it black on white: Kenya was voted by 98.46 % of travellers as the world’s friendliest travel destination in Conde Nast Choice Awards 2025. Kenya beat other tourist hotspots like Mauritius, Seychelles, Barbados, Mexico, Thailand as the most welcoming country. Bravo👌
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In my engagement with the residents of Kilifi and Mombasa Counties, they told me that their number one concern is the economy. Economic opportunities continue to be elusive to too many of our people while a small minority keeps stealing from public coffers. Your taxes and
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I was at JKIA the day Baba Raila Odinga's body landed... Let be honest, Kenya doesn't have an airport! What you people have is a makeshift disguised as an airport! How do you people want to compete with Ethiopia and Rwanda? We can't continue bragging that we're regional
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Game of Thrones brought dragons to life like nothing else on TV ever has.
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The University of Nairobi has a chance to set up a Raila Odinga Institute of democracy. How wonderful this would be for the future generations. @uonbi @Railajunior @RailaOdinga Pic by the talented @EvansDims
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The same way they are pushing this Cyber crime thing is the same way they were pushing the Finance Bill 2024. Kifua tu...!
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This obsession with legislating morality is a colonial trope. Make the economy work, and stop the looting.
We’ve become a society numb to each other’s pain. Cyberbullying is no longer shocking, it’s normalized. But behind every cruel comment is a heart breaking in silence. We’re losing too many young lives to depression born online. It’s time to care again.
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Every government in the world faces two choices. Buy champagne for the ruling class, or water for everyone. Our government- the entire structure, has decided to get champagne for the ruling class. To hell with everyone else. Almost Upwards of 70% of every single shilling in
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African innovation wins!! 👏🏾👏🏾 Congrats once more to Elly Savatia, Kenyan entrepreneur who designed app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars for winning major award for African innovation. #AfricaPrize.
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They shared an invaluable playlist that contains 5-minute historical summaries of each year since 1963. https://t.co/NtHnav3e4q
#KenyanHistory
#MakersOfANation
Someone should make 'Makers of a Nation' by Hilary Ngʼweno available to Kenyans online to watch. Last few days have indicated that there are many people who are ignorant of Kenya’s political and constitutional history
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Instead of coming up with another fintech app that tries to compete with mpesa, can somebody come up with an app for tenants to find houses and landlords to post their vacant houses ? Kinda like https://t.co/3Ikp3ELwnb but for apartments pleaseeeee😭😭 I promise we’ll invest
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The High Court has suspended the enforcement of Sections 27(1)(b), (c), and (2) of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025. Justice Lawrence Mugambi issued the order pending a petition filed by Reuben Kigame and the Kenya Human Rights Commission.
Reuben Kigame and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) have filed a petition at the High Court challenging the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2024, arguing it violates the Constitution and the Data Protection Act. The petition cites infringements on
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"What Is Your Tribe? the Invention of Kenya’s Ethnic Communities " https://t.co/ISXOZ43jBT
#MimiNiMkatibs #KataUkatiba
theelephant.info
Thus colonialism imposed its own version of order, superimposed its idea of tribes bounded within district boundaries on this ethnic patchwork, and even created an entirely new “traditional” admini...
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GM KENYANS! LET ME REMIND YOU WHAT THE GREATEST PRESIDENT WE EVER HAD AS KENYANS ONCE SAID. P.S THIS IS THE MAN WHO MADE SURE THAT WE HAD AN EDUCATED GENERATION & MADE SURE THE ECONOMY THRIVED! TAKE A LISTEN!
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