Edgar Sirucha Simiyu
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Someone tag Ruto to this message from Kibaki. It is overdue.
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We were, and are, as they would have wished to be, but we could not be as we are without their having paid a price.~ Poitier, Sidney. “The Measure of a Man.”
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...(7) This increases the country's revenue streams and spurs the economy. Ours is a Christian and Muslim nation, yet alcohol issues plague our populace; the issue is cultural and systemic. Please address it as such. #Kenya #WorldBank #IMF #PolicyMatters #Governance
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....(6) We haven't even mentioned corruption, that is the elephant in the room. You don't stop the leakage in a pot by adding more water. Plug the hole first. Great economies have cheap liquor and since its so easily available, alcoholism is better managed...
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....(5) Give advice that spurs the economy, not a one-sided line of thought that has never worked anywhere in the world. The policy makers in our country should see this insanity- doing the same thing and expecting different results- and address it...
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....(4) No additional taxes will be collected, and more layoffs will result. What kind of economic advisers do we really have in thes institutions? Why not advise on increasing the economic activities in the society? Why not find alternative sources of income for the country? ...
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....(3) The government employed the same tactic a few years back in the bid to slow down consumption and thereby discourage alcoholics from satisfying their thirst. This approach lacks psychological understanding. The increase in taxes pushes drinkers to illicit brews simple...
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....(2) Increase in taxes result in increase of price, but that in no way decreases the appetites of the consumers. Kenya has had a long fight with illicit brews https://t.co/NJJadEq6eX ; https://t.co/tGmKfnKYLE;
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The four suspects, believed to be involved in the manufacture and distribution of the illegal brews, are currently in custody and will be arraigned in court.
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"World Bank proposes Kenya increase taxes for beer and cigarettes to boost revenue and curb consumption." What I find interesting in this proposal is that the Brentwood institution makes proposals without having a local understanding of the Kenyan/African mindset... thread.....
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I wrote this in May 2023: The Ring of Demons: This is a global ring. The organ harvesting industry, The abortion industry, The sex trafficking industry, The human trafficking industry (albinos), These are industries funded by global billionaires. The organs harvested are
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2 Corinthians 6:2 NIV, KJV, NKJV—For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the… https://t.co/zDDSPB5BJw via @biblegateway
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For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
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COP29: African delegates frustrated over stalled negotiations https://t.co/DMIet9F7pI How do you expect to share a table with your masters and get equal treatment. The day these so called delegates will have a mind of their own & have leverage then they can be respected
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They blame lack of commitment on the part of developed countries, with just three days to go before the conference ends.
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Even the media is unforgiving , "ilitupa" sio "ilituma" polisi it seems we all see the waste and loss of the mission @citizentvkenya @kot
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Please don’t retweet this, it would mock our president
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ECONOMIC SMOKESCREEN: Most Afrikans have been miseducated that tourism is an important part of economic growth. It is NOT. This kind of misinformation is peddled by the World Bank and IMF, which rank tourism as the second-best foreign earner after AGRICULTURE. This is by
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THE FEAR IS GONE - THE CLOUDS ARE GATHERING: Luo’s have told political conman and thief beyond measure @RailaOdinga that it will not be business as usual. His tattered legacy of opportunistic and cannibalistic politics has caught the eye of the nation and the end of his
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