Joe Kobuthi
@jkobuthi
Media Curator| Policy Analyst| Senior Curator: http://theelephant.info|
Fury over education funding cuts as school heads push for parents to pay more zurl.co/uuDnB
Everything in Kenya from our policies to our educational is diametrically opposed to creating or producing anything. Ingenuity is therefore used in stealing, copying, or subversion
This is what happens when money becomes the only measure we have of anything good. And the ingenuity of the guy... You wonder, couldn't he use it to create something, rather than steal? But when you remember that our political bureaucracy crashes anything creative, then you…
A few years ago, Kericho Gold was cleaned by employees. They literally had to start all over. Kenya imejaa wezi.
Under the Constitution 2010, the Counties should be robust spaces for health innovation. The blatant refusal of MoH to devolve functions has nothing to do with policy oversight. It's greed, tenders, and centrist colonial thinking that sees the native as thoughtless
Out of the KSh 7.1 billion allocated to Busia County in the 2022/23 financial year, KSh 5.2 billion vanished in plain sight. Nothing to show. No services delivered. Just opulence for a few and suffering for the people. This is theft. This is injustice. This must end.
The forensic audit I commissioned into Busia County’s finances FY 2022/23 has exposed a deliberate, orchestrated looting scheme of over KSh 5.2 BILLION, money meant for development, stolen in plain sight. There’s no visible change on the ground, yet certain individuals are…
A new bill has been introduced in Parliament that seeks to give senators more powers, including approving the national budget, vetting constitutional office holders and vetoing decisions made by the National Assembly
President Ruto's Politics fills the gaps between his lack of developed Psychological and Intellectual individualism and his dying ethnic communalism. The Kenya Parliament and Executive, especilly Kindiki and Murkomen assist Ruto to widen the gaps.
IGAD leaders have called for urgent, inclusive peace action across the Horn of Africa, empowering a council of eminent personalities to lead conflict resolution in Sudan, Somalia, and South Sudan. #NTVatONE @Karanja_Ibrah
Murang'a is the leading avocado producer in Kenya, harvesting 200,991 metric tonnes in 2023, which was worth Ksh 5.9 billion. 1 Murang’a 200,991 2 Kisii 74,904 3 Nyamira 47,483 4 Kiambu 44,559 5 Nakuru 39,484 6 Nyeri…
Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi reportedly abducted in Tanzania
as if beauty standards haven’t become unrealistic enough, now girls will be competing with and comparing themselves to women who aren’t even real. incredible work everyone
Vogue’s August issue has begun to use “AI models” instead of human models for some of their photoshoots.
This.
It's a blood thirst. Politicians need to drink blood to satisfy their own insecurities. It doesn't change anything kwa ground, but deaths of others makes them feel better about themselves. To them, human beings are just props for the stories they want to tell. It's sickness and…
I really get offended when we talk of the Senator of Nairobi. Sifuna just happens to come from Nairobi but he is a Senator for the Republic of Kenya- Okiya Omtatah
Reminder that Snoop narrating Planet Earth is still the most quality content
For the first time in postwar history, the US and Europe are ready to rethink the nature of their relationship, writes @moritzgraefrath thecritic.co.uk/the-end-of-tra…
Kenya has charged 70+ protesters with terrorism. I've covered actual terrorism. These charges trivialize the losses many Kenyan families have suffered. It's a "weaponization of the criminal justice system" to silent dissent. And @bonifacemwangi says he will not be intimidated
China says US withdrawal from UNESCO not behaviour of 'responsible country' standardmedia.co.ke/world/article/…
Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has revealed that 529 parcels of land owned by Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) have been illegally allocated to individuals. Gathungu also flagged the corporation for failing to value the land it owns. peopledaily.digital/news/529-piece…
Martha Karua: United Opposition yet to agree on the 2027 lineup. Our agenda goes beyond 'Ruto must go'; we want a transformed Kenya. #FixingTheNationNTV @NationFmKE @OfficialJMbugua @EricLatiff @MariamBishar
The New York socialist mayor who came 100 years before Zohran Mamdani: time.com/7301483/social…