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Nasike Claire Akello

2 years

Kenyan Smallholders farmers should not be punished by law for sharing,selling and exchanging indigenous seeds. #Seedsovereignty @FoodSovIreland @Greenpeaceafric @GRAIN_org

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

Madam, before you leave, please give us a list of which Kenyan forests have been “earmarked” for carbon credit projects. We are not about to lose our natural resources to foreigners.

Hon. Soipan Tuya, E.G.H

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3 months

Anything that paves the way for the best interest of our Nation, at this point in time, is preeminent. I most sincerely thank H.E The President @WilliamsRuto for the privilege, honor and opportunity to serve my country at the helm of the Environment, Climate Change and Forestry

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

I recall in 2022, when we were compiling court evidence against Kenya's punitive seed law. Many organizations avoided it, fearing funding loss or government closure, but farmers stood strong. Today, it's inspiring to see Kenyans following the case and supporting farmers.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 months

The push for GMOs in Africa isn’t just about crops,science and technology. It is about the erosion of our food and seed sovereignty. It’s about who controls what we eat, and as the saying goes, ‘He who feeds you, controls you.’

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 month

Just finished going through the Horticultural Crops Authority Bill 2024 One thing is clear, our government is serving the interests of non-Kenyans and huge commercial farmers The bill has too many punitive aspects for the small food growers I will try break it down shortly.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

I watched that clip of Ababu being booed. His response, "Keep booing, now you have content," shows a dismissive & reductionist attitude to the concerns of the Kenyan youth. So much from a CS who leads the Youth Affairs and Arts Ministry Content creation takes skill &knowledge.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

A thread on local foods Several years ago,I was diagnosed with a chronic medical condition. My doctor asked me to try local foods with an aim of getting me off medication that I had to take daily to numb the pain. This journey has taught me a lot of things.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

A month after the ban on GMOs was lifted in Kenya. The biggest proponent of GMOs (Bill Gates) visits Kenya. I will keep saying this. This whole thing is about control of the food systems and creating a market for producers of GMOs. We are the market for their GM produced goods

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

Abanyala on the timeline, our grandparents,parents, uncles and aunts must understand what this finance bill says. Here is the part one of the Kimanyala version. @MuchiriiMike #rejectfinancebill2024

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

There's been a lot of misinformation about the Kenyan punitive seed law that bans farmers from sharing or selling uncertified seeds. As we advocate for farmers' rights, let's ensure we share accurate information. Reminder: July 24th, Machakos High Court.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

MSc done! I studied Atrazine; a key maize herbicide used in Kenya.Checked how much of it stays in the soil after use. Atrazine affects hormones, reproduction and pollutes groundwater. A @routetofood report shows. Thank you @WUR for the grant. #toxicbusiness #UoNClassof2023

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

Farmers incurred losses for a whole planting season with the fake fertilizer. Have they been compensated? No? These are lies.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

A mini thread. What do you do with your sweet potato peels? Amaara as known in my native language, can be used to make flour. Gluten free to be precise. As taught by my grandma, I wash mine, dry them, &grind into flour that I use for baking,porridge and ugali. #Foodsovereighty

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

I spent my afternoon yesterday with wonderful people in a garden with a wide array of indigenous medicinal plants to Kenya. Let me tell you Maina, these are the things big pharma does not want us to know. This is the knowledge we were robbed of by the Europeans.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

9 months

A broken system beats a good person every time. No matter how competent you are, you can't beat a bad system – the internal decay always wins.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

UPDATE The hearing of the petition challenging the Seed and Plant Varieties Act Cap 326 of 2012, will not happen today as initially communicated. This is due to the Law Society of Kenya seeking to be enjoined in the petition as an interested party. @LawSocietyofKe

Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

There's been a lot of misinformation about the Kenyan punitive seed law that bans farmers from sharing or selling uncertified seeds. As we advocate for farmers' rights, let's ensure we share accurate information. Reminder: July 24th, Machakos High Court.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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We are witnessing the corporate capture of Kenya by multinationals From agriculture to health, global giants are shaping and passing policies through greedy Kenyan politicians Policies that prioritize profit over the Kenyan people & our environment Our sovereignty is at risk.

MOgada

@m_ogada

30 days

Correct. All natural resources bills are from @nature_org , financial bills from @IMFNews , water bills from @CocaColaCo , health bills from @gatesfoundation , agriculture bills from @Syngenta and Monsanto, etc

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

The case against the Seed and Plant Varieties Act Cap 326 that criminalises sharing,sale and exchange of unregistered seeds is currently in court, with a hearing scheduled for the 24th of July at Machakos High Court. Check out @Greenpeaceafric page for updates on the case.

Inkarimeva

@Ras_Fardan

4 months

@MissNasike Ile case ya seeds namna gani mrembo

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 months

Carbon markets are crafted to keep African countries underdeveloped The USA is pushing carbon markets in Kenya to bypass its pollution limits,build more factories and jobs at home Carbon markets are a fallacy & land grabbing scheme designed to stifle industrial growth in Africa

Kenyans.co.ke

@Kenyans

2 months

US Ambassador Meg Whitman visits CS Duale to discuss the establishment of a carbon market

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

Hilarious how Kenyan political leaders are saying we are food scarce hence GMOs yet farmers in various parts of the country are currently throwing away tomatoes,cabbages for lack of a market. Food insecurity in Kenya is largely a failure of the government.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

This is what @m_ogada has been vocal about. Evicting local communities to pave way for tourists who believe that Africa is a vast savanna devoid of people.

Visit Tanzania

@VisitTanzania1

2 years

Movie 🎬 Time 😍 in Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

And compensate farmers for the losses incurred during that season.

Sysh👩🏽‍💻

@_Ndunge_

3 months

Linturi still needs to face charges for the fake fertilizers scandal.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

The University of Nairobi, CAVS campus in Upper Kabete, near Ndumboini sells: Pasteurized &unpasteurized milk Butter on order Maziwa lala Yoghurt Cooking cream (on request) Bought from them for years, & I can vouch for their products. Affordable and good. Supply is consistent.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

For the sake of Kenyan farmers who were sold fake fertilizers and their livelihoods destabilised. Lord hear our prayer.🕯️🕯️🕯️

TIME

@TIME

3 months

Indonesia sentences ex-minister of agriculture to 10 years imprisonment for corruption

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

If you are looking for high quality open pollinated seeds. Check out Seed Exchange Kenya. An online platform with a catalogue of organic open pollinated seeds. It has common and rare seeds from small-scale farmers in Kenya. Here is their website:

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Finger Millet: Beyond porridge and Ugali. 🌾 I got creative and made chapatis using finger millet flour. Added it in a pot of boiling water, mixed &added pumpkin puree, cooked with ghee. Millet flour only gets sticky when kneaded with hot water. #FingerMillet #MyFoodIsAfrican

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

I went for the much hyped book fair at Sarit Centre. I found it quite underwhelming. I did not find any of the books I was looking for. There was a lot of western books and zero books by African authors.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

The government should tell us where they have taken @gabrieloguda . #freeoguda

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

A thread on lifting the ban on GMOs in Kenya. In 2020, I wrote why the move by the Kenyan government then to lift the ban on GMOS was an ill advised I still hold the same opinion today. Here’s why. Link to article

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

11 months

It is still baffles me how our nutritious African traditional vegetables were (are) labelled as weeds and pesticides imposed on us on how to control them.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Looking for someone who can speak at a conference on foreign aid and food systems in Africa in October. Any leads?

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 years

Long thread on Price look- up codes on fruits and vegetables. You have probably seen tiny stickers with numbers and names on fresh produce in the supermarkets. And wondered what they meant or probably not. #Food

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 month

Horticultural Crops Authority Bill 2024 unpacked: In this thread, I share my concerns about the bill, especially regarding smallholder farmers and food sovereignty. Remember, this bill is distinct from the KS 1758 National Horticulture Codes of Practice.Don’t confuse the two

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

A thread on the use of paw paw leaves ash in controlling weevils and grain borers. On several occasions, I saw my grandmother use ash from pawpaw leaves to control weevils in her stored grains #seeds #ash #pawpaw

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

3 months

How did the Kenyan punitive seed law come into being? It was through a taskforce that excluded farmers and CSOs It had representatives from: Agriculture Ministry, Seed Traders Association of Kenya (STAK) - an advocate for the interests of seed TNCs like Monsanto and Syngenta,

Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

The case against the Seed and Plant Varieties Act Cap 326 that criminalises sharing,sale and exchange of unregistered seeds is currently in court, with a hearing scheduled for the 24th of July at Machakos High Court. Check out @Greenpeaceafric page for updates on the case.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

On GMOs,food and seed control Did you know that Kenya has an agricultural transformation strategy 2019-2029 that seeks to move farmers out of farming into more lucrative jobs and have more Kenyans consume more processed foods?

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 months

Yes, I’m well-versed to school you on the Cartagena Protocol, the Nagoya Protocol, and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, especially in relation to GMOs. You can read my work on the subject here:👇🏿

ijahman lewi⚽♟️🇰🇪

@lewi_mufc

2 months

@MissNasike @The_Organic_Guy Do you know anything about the Cartegena protocol or the equivalent quotient?...read research before you make random comments on GMOs

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

11 months

I woke up to individuals from the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Interior checking out my profile on Linkedin. Yawa! I just research,write and advocate for food and seed sovereignty. Sina ubaya hata.😂

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

I have vowed to use my voice to advocate for indigenous foods When you see me advocating for food and seed sovereignty. It is because I know their importance in regards to our social,economic and overall well being.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Lakini tuseme tu ukweli, kiosks na vibanda pale mitaani tayari wanapimia wateja mafuta? What's new with this Mama Pima Oil dispensers that a whole president has to launch? Shouldn't the President be launching Kenyan factories producing healthy cooking oils?

Mwango Capital

@MwangoCapital

1 year

Kesho mapema mapema:

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

That speech was meant for the international community to justify his use of excessive and undue force on citizens.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Whose interest does the Kenyan seed law protect? A while back I wrote about the law that makes it illegal for farmers to share,sell and exchange indigenous seeds. Here is the article.👇🏿👇🏿

Whose interest does the Kenyan seeds law protect?

Seed is the source of life. It is critical in food production, nutrition, agricultural development, rural livelihoods and agrobiodiversity. Farmers across the globe have saved and exchanged indigen…

conservationatheart.wordpress.com

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

From booing Ababu,silencing Sudi to heckling Ruweida in public. The Kenyan people have the sovereign power to oust bad representatives.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

BBC asked me what I thought about lifting the ban on GMOs in Kenya. Here is my response. #GMO #Seedsovereignty #seed

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

Nyar Ugenya.

Gombe 🦋🥀

@miss_wando

4 months

I need a thread of Luo women bana. You ladies are so gorgeous 😍😍😍

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

5 months

I watched a clip of the matatu conductor with severe burns from the fedha explosion, walking himself to safety, and it broke my heart. Our health and emergency systems have failed us. Our compassion is lost. Someone was recording him instead of helping. We are a sick nation.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Clay in my hand,satisfaction in my heart. Reconnecting with my roots a day at a time.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

5 months

From farm to fork. Pumpkin leaves (seveve) and Malabar spinach (nderema) cooked in spring onions and ghee, served with mashed arrowroot (nduma) in butter alongside an egg curry. #localfoods

Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

5 months

Whatever you do in this life. Make sure you have a seed bank and a kitchen garden or farm. This is the easiest way to control what you eat and being self sufficient. #foodsovereignty

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

First, you never asked to engage us when the Ogiek were evicted from the Mau forest during the rainy season? Second, shouldn’t you rather be engaging us on which forests have been “earmarked” for carbon credit projects and subsequent eviction of communities? @KeForestService

Kenya Forest Service

@KeForestService

4 months

#LetsEngage #JoinTheConversation

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Farmers have bred,shared,exchanged and sold indigenous seeds since time immemorial. It is rather absurd as a country to have a law that criminalises their use of indigenous seeds. Controlling the kind of seeds farmers grow equals controlling the kind of food we eat.

FERDINAND OMONDI

@FerdyOmondi

1 year

Sharing Njahi seeds in the village cannot be a crime. These farmers in a cell depict a very possible reality if Kenya's seed law isn't amended. Do not sideline small scale farmers, they say. @Greenpeaceafric

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 months

Throughout my life, I’ve learnt that local communities often teach us what books can’t. Indigenous knowledge is refined over generations and proves its value through practical and lived experience. It doesn’t need scientific validation to be true & effective in problem solving.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Lunch today: Nduma, smoked beef, and creamed Managu. If you're into indigenous foods like me, mark your calendars! The Indigenous Seed and Food culture Harvest Fair is on October 11th-12th at the National Museums of Kenya. Discover traditional delicacies and grab some seeds!

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

It is disheartening that modern agriculture has reduced farming to yields,overlooking the fact that farming is a holistic practice. Conversations with farmers often center on fertilizer and yields. Nothing on soil health and biodiversity. Agroecologists have work to do.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

11 months

Kenyans need to realize that this is a fight against self sufficiency. It is easy to control people when they are dependent on one source of source of food,medicine, agricultural inputs etc. Our government reinforces this by enacting laws that binds Kenyans to external powers

Julians Amboko

@AmbokoJH

11 months

There is a Nuts & Oil Crops Development Bill of 2023. It covers the production & processing of Coconut, Cashew nut, Macadamia, ground nuts, Castor beans, Sunflower, oil seed jojoba, shied safflower, sesame, linseed, oil palm, bambara nut & any other seed that may be gazetted by

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Yes you can. We need to rid ourselves off this self hate.

ThatBlessedGirl

@BlessedGirl001

1 year

@EcheXCVI Nobody says natural hair is bad. But can you go to events with your natural hair? An envent that you have a function to run? You can be at your natural look when at home but for an occasion, look your best

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

6 months

Runda is built on riparian land. Ruaka river a tributary of the Nairobi river passes through Runda. Ruaka river flows north of Karura forest where the Karura waterfalls are located. For as long the topography of the land stays as is, Runda will always flood thanks to Ruaka river.

Larry Madowo

@LarryMadowo

6 months

Runda residents have formed a crisis committee after 8 areas flooded with people "marooned" in their homes. But some of the expensive properties in this exclusive Nairobi neighborhood are also built on riparian land - illegally

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

There is an Agricultural soil management policy 2023 That wants to hasten the issuance of title deeds to privately owned lands Why? Because the Kenyan government says land under freehold is over sub-divided & overexploited hence soil erosion Kenyans will be landless & slaves

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

I have seen a lot of NGOs working with farmers/communities listing awareness creation as a key output in their strategies. This makes me wonder. Do farmers and local communities have no existing knowledge? I struggle to separate awareness creation from the savior mentality.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 months

Herein lies your answer. CONservation!

Tata wa Makodofia

@DushiNjenga

2 months

Can you tell us how they end up being orphans? Elephants are very communal creatures. When a mother is injured/dies, the other elephants foster the calf. A baby elephant is never truly orphaned. So where are you getting your calves from?

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@MissNasike

2 years

I have also spent time writing down some medicinal trees and foods my grandma used to show me. I am no longer on medication,not yet fully healed but this journey is extremely fulfilling. It has fueled my love for food systems particularly growing of safe and healthy foods

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

A government that allows multinational corporations to control the seed and food in its country. Is not a government that has the interests of its people at heart. The citizen MUST control the source of their food. #GMOs

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 months

I bumped into this tea tree oil product in the Netherlands and was surprised that Kenya grows tea trees. Made me wonder: Which company is behind this? Are the farmers compensated or is this another case of exploitation where the farmers see only a fraction of the profits?

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@MissNasike

1 year

Accent privilege is a huge thing in the development space. The closer to a white person you sound the more the opportunities for you.

Mbali Mashinini

@mbalis_bakery

1 year

There’s accent privilege in Spaces.

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@MissNasike

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I teach children how to grow their own food. #foodsovereignty

The Humming Bird Foundation

@Thehummingbirdf

16 days

From farm to table. A bountiful harvest from our garden at Cherish Watoto Kenya. #foodgarden #schoolgardens

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@MissNasike

6 months

Today's tree planting holiday is sponsored by funds from the Bretton Woods Institute. This initiative primarily serves the interests of Western companies seeking to invest in Carbon Markets by increasing carbon sinks in Kenya. It does not prioritize the needs of Kenyans.

Hon. Soipan Tuya, E.G.H

@HonTuya

6 months

Dear Kenyans, In solidarity with lives lost to floods, and for our contribution towards mitigation against future weather extremes… Let’s do this!

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

11 months

The Kenyan government is busy planting trees while evicting the Ogiek - a forest dwelling community. What a huge conservation lie!

Kenya's Ogiek people being evicted for carbon credits - lawyers

Leaders of the Ogiek community say armed forest rangers are "pulling down houses with axes and hammers".

www.bbc.com

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@MissNasike

2 years

There is a certain sense of self-sufficiency and power that comes with growing your own food. That is the power that multinational companies in food, seed and land business want to take away from from you. They want you to control you and make you entirely dependent on them.

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@MissNasike

1 year

The Africa Climate Summit is currently underway and it's time to talk about a critical issue: Western interests dominating the conversation. I start with the controversial world of carbon credits. #ACS2023

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@MissNasike

6 months

Here's a thought. If a river passed through its own path for 100 years, then the river dried up/ was drained and you built your house in that area, then one day it rains heavily and your house gets "flooded." Would you call that flooding, trespassing or encroaching?

Larry Madowo

@LarryMadowo

6 months

Flooding in Runda, one of Nairobi's most expensive neighborhoods. Our live report on CNN as heavy rainfall continues pounding Kenya

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@MissNasike

5 months

Little joys from the farm. Next season’s seed, because seed saving is a key practice I embrace. #colouredmaize #agrodiversity

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@MissNasike

2 years

On my own I have learnt how to cook foods regarded as boring such as pumpkins in different ways. Baking it in the oven with cinnamon and home made coconut oil or boiling it for a few minutes and pan frying it in butter and garlic amongst other ways.

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@MissNasike

2 years

This right here are the reasons why farmers need to save their own seeds. Majority of the hybrid seeds lose their vigour & can’t be replanted.Benefitting the companies that sell them each season. They’re coated with toxic pesticides that can harm bees,soil,water &humans #seed

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@MissNasike

2 years

What he fails to mention is the control of seed and the subsequent profiteering. He also fails to mention that no independent studies have fully exonerated GMOs as safe. Just because he eats them it does not mean they are have no long term impact on humans or environment.

Citizen TV Kenya

@citizentvkenya

2 years

Every piece of bread I’ve ever eaten is from genetically modified wheat, every piece of corn I’ve eaten is G.M.O - Bill Gates

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@MissNasike

2 years

#foodfriday Kabalagala - a gluten free snack made from cassava flour and ripe sweet bananas. Although borrowed from Uganda,it became a delicacy in Western Kenya (especially the towns near Uganda).

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@MissNasike

2 years

Traditional foods are always looked upon as a poor person’s food yet they’re the most nutrient rich & healthy foods as compared to the preffered wheat &rice. There’s an indigenous seed and food fair going on at the National museums of Kenya courtesy of @BIBA_Kenya &partners

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@MissNasike

2 years

What’s the end goal? I hope to pass this knowledge I am gathering to the young children my colleagues @NjokiKio and @MutwolGerance teach at @Thehummingbirdf . Because we need to raise a generation that values our local food systems in this era where processed foods are dominant

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@MissNasike

1 year

Carbon offset projects are about land grabbing. Here is another example of a firm with no experience in carbon offsetting having access to millions of hectares of land.👇🏿👇🏿 Kenya concedes 'millions of hectares' to UAE firm in latest carbon offset deal

Kenya concedes 'millions of hectares' to UAE firm in latest carbon offset deal

Blue Carbon signs series of deals with African countries for carbon offset projects covering a total area of 24.5 million hectares

www.middleeasteye.net

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@MissNasike

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Whatever you do in this life. Make sure you have a seed bank and a kitchen garden or farm. This is the easiest way to control what you eat and being self sufficient. #foodsovereignty

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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Food sovereignty means being in control of what you eat and how it’s grown. A small kitchen garden can help you achieve food sovereignty. By letting you grow your own fresh vegetables without toxic pesticides, tailored to your needs and preferences. #foodsovereignty

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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I have never seen traditional dancers waiting to receive our African leaders when they visit Western countries. Some practices born out of colonialism are deeply entrenched in us that we mask them as culture without realizing their harm.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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Pumpkin is often called an orphaned African crop, but is it? Africans value it as a superfood Labelling it 'orphaned' leads to genome editing, supposedly to improve its nutritional value Eventually, the commercialization of new, modified & expensive seeds. #seedsovereignty

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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I have learnt ways of cooking traditional foods. I even re-learnt how to catch termites and fry them. A skill that was getting rusty since my grandma died😂

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

I have spent time with farmers and other farming organizations learning on traditional farming methods and ways of preserving seeds

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

A year older and super grateful for the gift of life,health,family and friends.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Why train 400k Kenyan laborers to go build Germany? Why can’t we train them to build Kenya &create those employment opportunities here. These countries will then term us as 3rd world and send us aid, yet are built by Africans. Sad that our leaders see this as an achievement.

Capital FM Kenya

@CapitalFMKenya

1 year

Kenya, Germany Collaborate to Enhance Skilled Labor and Agricultural Sectors

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 years

Harmful pesticides exist in our environment & the food on our plates. There’s a petition in Parliament by @GladysShollei that calls for the withdrawal of some harmful pesticides registered in Kenya. Ask your MP to support it. #WorldEnvironmentalDay2020

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

I will keep my eyes on the Ministry of agriculture @kilimoKE .

dennis ombachi OLY

@ombachi13

4 months

Moving forward we can all exercise our civic duty in keeping GOK departments accountable especially those you are knowledgeable in. I personally I will be following everything under @AbabuNamwamba ministry as I am passionate about sports and athletes welfare. Hakuna kupumzika

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I have grown to value traditional knowledge which I have learnt by spending time with my grandma’s herbalist-friend (only surviving one) She has re-taught me about traditional medicine,a field her &my grandma specialized in, in their hey days

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

Marabou stork live and nest on trees. They play an important ecological function in the ecosystem. If they did not eat the rotting carcasses and other decaying materials within the city, bacteria and other disease causing agents would thrive. @SakajaJohnson

Sakaja Arthur Johnson

@SakajaJohnson

2 years

I have been assured that the pruning done after the outcry by pedestrians due to the recent Marabou stork’s invasion was procedural and that the tree shall be nurtured. Again I reiterate, we will increase our tree cover in the city. I was upset as you all but the tree will grow

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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As a Kenyan I could not help but think of these punitive laws; Seed and Plant Varieties Act cap 326 The mung beans bill of 2022 Livestock Bill 2024 Yo!

Amy ☭

@Amysaysfuckalot

2 months

If a "crime" is punishable by a fine, that means it's legal for rich people

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@MissNasike

5 months

Reincarnation of Nyayo tea zones during the Moi era. Rewarding political cronies with forested land. Kenya’s forest cover is about to dwindle real quick.

Kenyans.co.ke

@Kenyans

5 months

We will allocate parts of our forests to KTDA for commercial purposes - Ruto

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

1 year

Nitrate-based fertilizers have been found to lead to the acidification of soils in Kenya. Pumping fertilizers into fragile soils is a recipe for lowered crop productivity & food scarcity Shouldn’t we be focussing more on improving our soil health than pumping more fertilizers?

Russian Embassy in Kenya/Посольство России в Кении

@russembkenya

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More than 34,000 tonnes of fertilizer donated to Kenya by the Russian Uralchem-Uralkali Group are now being reformulated to produce 100,200 tonnes of fertilizer. This will help Kenya a lot to get a good harvest this year.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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Is pesticide use in Kenya about food production or big business? Here is my take in the Business Daily. Link: #toxicbusiness #Foodsafety

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

The goal is to destabilize African countries and acquire our land and other natural resources.

Julians Amboko

@AmbokoJH

4 months

Tanzania's Finance Bill 2024 The document, especially on amendments to the Income Tax Act, reads a lot like Kenya's Finance Bill/Act 2023: · Amending Sec11 of the Income Tax Act Cap332 to require the use of electronically generated invoices to authenticate deductible expenses

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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Fronting GMO seeds as a solution to food insecurity equates to the government saying that Kenya has seed problem. Which is untrue. The issues sorrounding food insecurity are water access,infrastructure to curb food loss,unfavorable policies #gmos

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

Advocating for seed sovereignty for smallholder farmers does not equate to being against technology and innovation. Let us not confuse the two.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

4 months

Dear Kenyans, This video of Bill Gates explaining about cows and methane is the reason President Ruto wants to vaccinate our cows. This is philanthrocapitalism. Gates wants to sell lab-grown meat and kill the livelihoods of pastoralist communities in Kenya. #foodsovereignty

James Melville 🚜

@JamesMelville

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“Cows burp and fart methane to an extreme degree. You can either fix cows to stop them doing that or you can make beef without the cow.” ~ Bill Gates He completely ignores the carbon cycle of methane which eventually converts into CO2 & photosynthesis.

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

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There are things people who went to school cannot say. Kuna kaujinga kwenda shule hutoa.

Kenyans.co.ke

@Kenyans

6 months

Do you want to sit behind your phone and complain or do your part? - Governor Sakaja

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Nasike Claire Akello

@MissNasike

2 years

The fact that Kenya has a seed law that makes it illegal for farmers to sell,share and exchange seeds that are unregistered and uncertified This largely characterizes the indigenous and local seeds used by majority if the smallholder farmers. Yet GMOs seeds are allowed.

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