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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

So yesterday, after I lost during the Kenya Editors Guild elections in which I was seeking the position of Vice President, I was joined by my colleagues who were helping me to drown my sorrows with something glorious when Baba himself checked in.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Grateful to my #Media colleagues for nominating me as a candidate for Vice President of Kenya Editors Guild @KenyaEditors . This is a great honour. The portrait behind me is of George Mbugguss, the first NMG Editorial Director and founding editor of my empolyer, @PeopleDailyKe .

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

8 months

This novella, Terrorists of the Aberdare, addresses the issue of consumption of illicit alcohol in the seven Mt Kenya Counties. The villain is a tusker called Kanywaji, and the story is about how he terrorises people, including youths like Sonko Wakadosi, the poor protagonist.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

We've signed a contract with Books First to distribute five of my adult and young adult titles through Quickmart and Naivas supermarkets. Will be sharing details of which stores will be stocking the books. That means the'll soon be available at a store near you. #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

@TrollFootball Argentina is bad. Very bad

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

Egerton University has developed a bean variety that does not make the stomach rumble. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic at Karlo in Kitale.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Sometimes I wonder if I have met myself. Anyway, I am seeking the position of Vice President of Kenya Editors Guild. I know I can change the media landscape in Kenya. If you know Editors who are bona fide members of @KenyaEditors ask them who is their candidate for Vice President

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

Farmers should not reward cows before milking. Give the animal dairy meal after milking. Idea is to reward the cow for giving milk, not to bribe it. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic at Karlo in Kitale.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

I recently visited an EPZ factory in Athi River. The number of jobs they have created! Wueh. Any way, I also enjoyed the nyoma choma in Kitengela. @PeopleDailyKe

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

When one of the Editors told him I had been walloped (like Burukenge) he laughed and smiled that wry smile of someone who has been there done that and then shook my hand. Guess what we discussed next?

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

Terrorists of the Aberdare is the gift that keeps on giving. This evening the novella is going to be the subject of a colloquium hosted by the University of Vienna, Austria. The main discussant is a student at Bayreuth University in Germany. Have you read it? #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

One of the highlights of my secondary career as a publisher has been the publication of Referee of a Dirty Ugly Game, by @ahmedissack7861 arguably one of the most important books to have come out in Kenya this year.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

@BillowKerrow I tell people Kigali is not clean. It is cleaned

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

I am trying to breathe normally after emerging Second in the Agriculture and Food Security Reporting and Third in the Digital Economy and Business Reporting categories of MCK's Annual Journalism Excellence Awards. I am grateful to #PeopleDaily for the opportunity. @PeopleDailyKe

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

New Year and new book out. Reach out for details.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

Grateful to @StandardKenya for featuring my upcoming book, We Can Fix This Country. We have received advance copies and hope the rest will be available for sale soon. For inquiries and pre-orders, reach me via mbugua @bigbooks .co.ke. #Standard #GreatBooks4Kenya #thoughtleadership

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

@honkabogo Saiti. Nu utarona ni saiti.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 months

The August edition of the @NLM_Magazine is ready and will be available on from tonight. As usual we have put together a great product with several #Exclusive stories, great analyses and features that you must not miss. #GetYourCopy from our website

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

A chicken moults, just like a snake. After moulting, it becomes young again. A farmer can force ageing free range chickens to moult by denying them water and feed for a week. Once a farmer re-introduces feeding, the chicken will start laying eggs. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

I would like to thank Oxford University Press EA team, led by @JohnMwazemba for making these books popular with readers. Not only did they pay royalties without being reminded but also sent a royalty statement. I believe they are the only publishers that still do. And that is how

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

As a boy, my dream was to be a published author. I would visit Bethany Bookshop in Nakuru and wonder if my books would one day be displayed there. These days, when I visit a bookshop, I get surprised if my books are missing. True story. Thank you @TextBookCentre #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Ten years ago today. I wrote this headline. #HistoriaYaWakenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

My piece on deliberations at Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. Written after attending press conference and communique by Russian President Vladimir #Putin and African Union Chairman and Comoros President Azali #Assoumani in St Petersburg.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

On the pier on the shores of Gulf of Finland today to check out gas loading project undertaken by Gazprom, Russia's leading oil and gas company. Not too far from here is a plant that turn natural gas into Liquified Natural Gas for consumption in St Petersburg. #RussiaAfricaSummit

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

I celebrated #Kibaki when he was alive.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

Retired President Mwai Kibaki turns 89 today. We did this book just four months after he was elected. We included his inauguration speech. Did you know many government buildings added wheelchair ramps because he was using one in the early days of his first term? #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 months

I think I can come out now. In 2010 and 2011, I used to write about art for @NLM_Magazine . Never in my wildest dreams did it occur to me that I would one day become its editor. Everything we do, it turns out, is a stepping stone to our future assignments. So always give your best

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Hydro is the second leading source of electricity generation in Kenya at 27 per cent, according to Henry Ithiami, the acting GM for Corporate and Regulatory Services at @KenGenKenya . This is despite prolonged drought. @PeopleDailyKe @FrankDavidPR

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

My tribute to Philip Ochieng, one of Kenya's best journalists of our times.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

One of the awesomest things in the world is to have great friends. Thugs and thugresses who say: My guy, you can do this! I am grateful for that.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

@AmandaNamayi @PeopleDailyKe @oniondoctorLTD @farmeronfire1 Hi Amanda. I am Managing Editor of @PeopleDailyKe . I have correspondence of your conversation with my team. I am aware you had an interview. I have seen your mail authorising my team to publish your photos. And I am aware there was a caption mix-up. I request we engage offline.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Can I get an Amen, someone? My Twitter Handle has just been verified.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

@kamaukariuki_ @p_omukangu Umesahau hair band Morio

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 months

Gen Z have never paid taxes. If any of them has, let them prove it. I have paid tax and black tax since 94. To hell with #GenZi

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

If a farmer has ten free range chickens, he can make them hatch on the same day by using dummy eggs. That means if done correctly, a farmer can get 100 to 150 chicks in 21 days. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic at Karlo in Kitale.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

When started writing this book, I said to myself: Is it possible to write a story without worrying what the theme(s) would be? Just make it fun and let it flow. I had been challenged by an American friend to write a book with international appeal. Here it is. #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Sometimes we have the answers to some of the challenges that ail our society. But unless we interrogate them consciously we might be tempted to think that our challenges are insurmountable. All we need is to ask the right questions and look in the right places. #thoughtleadership

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

It is now official. Our books are now available in Quickmart supermarkets, courtesy of BooksFirst. If you get your copies from the Rwaka or Kiambu Road branches, call me I dash over to autograph them for you. We are also in Lavington and Waiyaki Way branches. #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

PUBLIC APPEAL! Parents of a school in Nakuru have been asked to buy 50 to 200 copies of my novella, The Weaver of Dreams, but it is out of print, and the publisher has asked for 3 weeks to print but books are needed next week. If you know where we can get copies, kindly holler.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

If a farmer buys day-old chicks, he can sustain them for up to a week by giving them water or a little paraffin, which is a laxative. It is not necessary to give them formula feed. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic at Karlo in Kitale.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

The big winner of the night is Henry ole Kulet for his book, Elephant Dance. He takes home Sh300,000. He has been writing for 46 years.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

Haki @BettyMKyallo kwanini unaniambilia job? Haki wewe!

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Do you believe?

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

I am honoured to be joining my friend and former colleague, Trevor Ombija, on Citizen TV tonight to discuss how we can improve the Reading Culture in Kenya. Be sure to join us for what promises to be an interesting conversation. #CardburyDairyMilk #InOurOwnWords #GlassAndAHalf

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Kwani what did @KenGenKenya people tell me that lit me up? Oh, that I could do the the steam bath at their spa at @OlkariaSpa . With @FrankDavidPR and @PeopleDailyKe

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Catch the serialisation of Ahmed Issack Hassan's autobiography, Referee of a Dirty Ugly Game in the Sunday Nation. And in the Daily Nation tomorrow. Look out too for more excerpts in the People Daily @PeopleDailyKe thereafter. @ahmedissack7861 #GreatBooks4Kenya @BigbooksL

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

Congratulations Amal Mohamed on the launch of your book, Deception. You have raised the bar. And thank you Madam Purity Kavuri for organizing the fantastic event. #GreatBooks4Kenya #NakuruCityGotTalent

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

LSK President Eric Theuri speaking at event to celebrate the autobiography of Issack Hassan @ahmedissack7861 , Referee of a Dirty Ugly Game, published by @BigbooksL . Event held at @serenahotels

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

I began my day with running. I ran my books delivery business for 2 hours and 10 minutes. #GreatBooks4Kenyans

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

A slice of heaven.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

Ideally, cities ought to be designed with all residents in mind. St Petersburg, like other European and Asian cities I have visited, have wide open streets for leisurely walks, concerts and spaces for people to just chill out. We need more of this in Kenya. #RussiaAfricaSummit

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

Muthoni Garland wins Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature in the Children's category.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

Me: Autograph! I said autograph. Taban lo Liyong: Do you know this goes against my poetic licence? Do you? Do you even have any idea that Culture is Rutan? Are you aware my male relatives are Eating Chiefs? Or you think all these is Fixions? Me: Autograph. #ChristmasInLodwar

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

With my colleague, Ayanda Holo of BRICS TV, ready to bring you details of deliberations at #RussiaAfricaSummit2023 . One of the highlights will be how to address regional and global challenges, including security and economic cooperation. Tens of meetings going on on the sidelines

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

Waiting for Russia President Vladimir Putin press conference. At plenary yesterday, he said his country will facilitate agricultural technology transfer to African countries so that they can boost production. This year, Russia will have a record grain harvest. #RussiaAfricaSummit

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

#NewProfilePic

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

6 years

60 per cent of milk sold in Narok County comes from Bomet County, says one student from Maasai Mara University in Narok County. #SeedsOfGold #FarmClinic .

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

Today I am making a case for Digital Literacy. My column in The People Daily.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

And this is the 12 O'clock news brought to you by nani! Mh. Anaitwa nani?

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

Yesterday I made my debut as a current affairs analyst at @K24Tv . This is in addition to my appearance in Maina Kihumo's show on @KamemeTvKenya where we review newspapers every Wednesday morning. Welcome to tune in live or catch the shows at leisure on YouTube. #LifeIsGrowth

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

5 months

The @NairobiBusiness was the first, and only news outlet, to hint that the job of #KBC Managing Director would be given to Agnes #Kalekya of #RadioAfrica . If the print ads went to @TheStarKenya it followed that someone from there would be put in charge of broadcast ads. Confirmed

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

@davidmakali1 Good headline @davidmakali1 . You deserve a fawn envelope

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

Welcome to @QuickmartKenya Rwaka Branch from tomorrow and get yourself a copy of the award-winning #TerroristsOfTheAberdare or the best-selling #TheManInGreenDungarees . I will be happy to autograph your copy. #GreatBooks4Kenya .

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Thursday night vibes.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

A free range chicken has 63 productive days in a year. However, removing its chicks as soon as they hatch can increase number of productive days. Putting it in cold water enables the chicken at start laying eggs soon after. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic at Karlo in Kitale.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

Egerton has produced a variety of sorghum that can be used to bake breads. The university is now working with bakeries to popularise it. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic at Karlo in Kitale.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

My piece in the @PeopleDaily today.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

This last week, I mentioned to a friend that I was more on the move when I thought I would be slowing down and he said to me: You don't have to stop. You can rest as you move. I thought his words profound.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

I enjoy selling books, but I love autographing them more. #GreatBooks4Kenya @BigbooksL

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

6 years

Where you keep milking jelly can be responsible for the mastitis affecting your cow. Some farmers even lose the lids for their #Arimis . This is bad for your cow. Also use clean towel to clean udders. Paper towels for cows most recommended. #SeedsOfGold #FarmClinic in Narok.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

6 years

The government should help us to know how we can bring down the cost of maize production to at least Sh1,000, says farmer. #SeedsOfGold #FarmClinic at Maasai Mara University in Narok County.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

From time to time, I try my hand at writing about how to fight poverty. I developed a passion for the subject after meeting Joseph Steiglitz, the US economist. Yesterday, #Treasury released data on poverty levels between 2019 and 2021. Here's what the numbers say. @PeopleDailyKe

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

This is the book I wrote about #Kibaki in 2003.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

If a cow pen is well-designed, it will reduce stress in cows. If a cow is not stressed, it will show signs of heat on time. Karlo has pen designs that maximise cow comfort. #SeedsOfGold Farmers Clinic at Karlo in Kitale.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

Why was there a coup in #NigerCoup ? Were #Russia and #France involved? Why did #Ecowas decide against military intervention and what role did #BurkinaFaso President Ibrahim #Traore play? Here is my analysis in the @PeopleDailyKe

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Ruai is a graveyard of cars. I have not seen so much scrap metal and car parts per square metre.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

Books build civilizations. They are the silent witnesses to history, carriers of collective memories. #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

What do you do for recreation? For me it is farming. Driving to the farm, spending time with wazee there and enjoying the village air is my way of recharging after hectic days in the city. Plus seeing a seed turning into a crop gives me a kick. The only challenge is bad prices.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Juja Constituency: Raila Odinga 32,197, William Ruto 62,208 votes.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

Semeni sorry.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

What a great read this is turning out to be! How full of humanity! That one can hold an important office, such as the presidency of the United States and still remain rooted to values that are true; still connected to the loved ones in one's life; still a man. #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

The Author of Referee of a Dirty Ugly Game, Ahmed Issack Hassan @ahmedissack7861 welcomed by staff at @ArtcaffeKenya Galleria. The autobiography is available at @NuriaBooks , @KibangaBooks , @TextBookCentre , @PrestigeNBI and @Bookstop_Ltd among other bookshops. #GreatBooks4Kenya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

9 years

Kenyan police prepare to receive @POTUS at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Photo: @dailynation 's Raphael Njoroge http://t.co/Mx33B1ZdbE

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

@_theregistrar Ndio watu wanunue this book, Referee of a Dirty Ugly Game, by Ahmed Issack Hassan. It talks about election results and how different people respond to them. And I am the publisher. 🙂 @BigbooksL

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

3 years

Ahem.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

4 years

Books, like songs and movies, are meant to be enjoyed, not endured. Reading is meant to be fun, not work; it is leisure with pleasure.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Good morning from the hacienda of #Mathioya

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

@Sofiagains Your handles

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Is it possible for phones to be less smart? Nakumbushwa anniversary @BettyMKyallo . #BeforeGMO

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

1 year

For two hours every night, this bridge in St Petersburg, just like all others on Neva River, opens upwards for ships to pass. The blue building on the left is the HQ of Gazprom, one of the most profitable energy firms in the world. It is the tallest in Europe. #RussiaAfricaSummit

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Which of these have you read? What did you think? #SomeniVijana

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

2 years

The challenges we face as a nation are fixable. #WeCanFixThisCountry

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@MbuguaNganga

2 years

Yesterday the young boys were offered hot tea by their great grandmother in the village and they held out the mugs in the rain to cool it.

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3 years

Political space is heating up.

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4 years

Today is farming day. #AvocadoManenos

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

7 years

#SeedsOfGold magazine, published in the Saturday Nation, turns four this weekend.

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

5 years

I have not been counted yet. Does it mean I do not count?

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Mbugua Ng'ang'a

@MbuguaNganga

6 months

We at @NairobiBusiness have embarked on the exciting journey of reaching out to stakeholders and laying the ground for future collaborations. Do not, therefore, be surprised to see us knocking on your door. Neither will we be flummoxed if you knock on ours. Asante @FlyJambojet .

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