Making a thread of all my book threads for easy access to those literary lovers who believe knowledge is the great equalizer and the weapon formed against this govt
Difficult things yield the greatest rewards
+we owe it to our kids
#PastPresentFuture
#LoveItForward
#RaiseYourBar
The biggest thing about Fuliza is the interest that it earns on the borrowed amount. What they avoid talking about at all costs because if Kenyans really knew what’s up they would avoid it like the plague. Let me break it down for you like the FA I am
They simply offer customers a means to buy time, but at a premium so costly it would be illegal for a Kenyan bank. Ni hayo tu kwa Sasa. Let me go back to my books now🤯😳😅
What this means In numbers exactly is this:
If you borrow 1000 from mshwari you’ll part with around 56 bob interest
If you borrow the same 1000 with fuliza you’ll part with around 244 bob
This is if both debts last 30days
Those numbers are INSANEEE
Safcom’s fuliza is no different from all these digital lending apps that are all over Kenya burdening the majority of Kenya’s poor with debt that can only be classified as slavery now. That’s why big papers like financial times call this ‘perpetual debt in the silicon savanna’
In essence, what that really means is that while a bank will give you an annual rate of not more than 13.6(currently the highest by Jamii bora bank as per CBK website June report), Safcom will give you an annualized rate of 395.2% per year🤯
Safcom is essentially a telco that is now offering financial services but doesn’t want to be classified as such and can’t according to the law. Communications authority powers are limited to their communication services. So who gon check them? NOBODY!
I will never be a well behaved woman
Because in this society and world—that means conformity, rejection, painful tolerance, self-abandonment and self disrespect. No thank you.
I’m the safcom website under FAQs for fuliza they have clearly indicated that you will be charged a one off interest rate of 1.083% and a daily administrative fee on the outstanding balance ranging from KES 2-30 for a limit of 0-70k
Those numbers don’t look bad right? WRONG
And another thing that makes it all the more disturbing is that it does not fall under Kenya Bankers Association so it is not a regulated product like what banks offer so they will inflate that interest rate to their hearts desires without any repercussions in the long run
And of course this real cost of debt is never mentioned much lest Kenyans know they are not paying that 1.083% or the 7.5% for fuliza. It’s bad for business duhhh.
They choke it down to product differentiation but it’s purely extortionist.
You can’t be listed under CRB for not paying fuliza the way you would by banks and the digital mobile lending apps. They will just keep racking up your debt the more you don’t pay and it’s a classic debt trap
Compare this with their other products like Mshwari that charge 7.5% standard fee(not revolving on outstanding balance like fuliza) which is essentially around 90% per year(still high but incomparable by a long shot)
It’s attractiveness and addictive ness comes from the fact that it is so easily accesible on your phone, it’s size and brand clout, lack of disclosure of the actual full interest in its terms and conditions(the 1.083% ni ya kufumba macho honestly) and the icing on the cake
@mathewsndolo
😂😅
Just educating the masses. Tebu share widely. People need to know. This isn’t information that only people who are financial analysts should know. And even for us we have to sit and calculate the real cost of debt. When they launched it I couldn’t believe🤯🤯 the audacity!
@MuchiriiMike
The more you speak on it; the more energy you give it.
Today is the day of expanding; expand in the right direction
where energy goes grows
@ngilablood
Lolest Sasa si you educate without throwing stones. We are all here to learn. Cost should be a factor of risk. Not convenience. I know my finance to the best of my knowledge
Kenyan law-makers once again demonstrate utter disregard & contempt for Kenyans
The Seed and Plant Varieties Act Cap 326 punishes farmers with jail up to 2yrs or a fine of 1MN for sharing indigenous seeds without certification or registration. Small holder farmers will suffer
There is so much tragedy all round everywhere that if it hasn’t touched you directly and death hasn’t come knocking on your loved ones door
Be extra grateful🙏🏽
“Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.”
— bell hooks
This is the kind of stuff that triggers my spirit every time I get on this TL. My mum died due to femicide and a robbery plot gone wrong. That was over 20years ago.
A whole cold case STILL. YET the problem is not only persistent but worse today. STOP KILLING WOMEN!
Exhausting AF
Alafu if I may add before Twitter nazis attack me. Yes Fuliza is an overdraft facility. I am speaking on it being used as a loan facility since some people are using that reason to defend the high rates. And even if overdraft. Check what is being offered elsewhere. No comparison
The biggest thing about Fuliza is the interest that it earns on the borrowed amount. What they avoid talking about at all costs because if Kenyans really knew what’s up they would avoid it like the plague. Let me break it down for you like the FA I am
@MuhandeCaleb
Exactly! And it’s a very sad state of affairs because the rich that can afford these rates probably don’t even take fuliza. It’s people in the “Kadogo economy” and the “zero balance economy”
Lemme explain
Okay guys I’m not an expert I just know a lot of finance stuff and I read too much if there is such a thing. Want advise and to give me work here is my LinkedIn;
Instagram ni ya raha tu😂
The biggest thing about Fuliza is the interest that it earns on the borrowed amount. What they avoid talking about at all costs because if Kenyans really knew what’s up they would avoid it like the plague. Let me break it down for you like the FA I am
The thing about new beginnings is that they require something else to end
Some endings take a long time to reveal themselves but when they do, they’re almost too easy to ignore
Some beginnings start so quietly you don’t even notice they are happening
@KenyanSays
I don’t agree with this
After everything
Anyone saying anything remotely to giving Zakayo even an inch…
Nikiskia hizo maufala naskia KUCHIZI
You are already represented by a chief, DO, MP, MCA, Senator, Women Rep, Governor and the list goes on
How will adding more people benefit you if even the ones there have nothing to show for it
Hii BBI inanisuffocate!
Lakini before you go spending your hard earned cash to have things you see “influencers” having please think twice. Yeye amepewa bure or has demanded in the name of “I’ll give you exposure”. What are you doing in the name of standards?
@poloka2010
@Belive_Kinuthia
Yes and were they genuine about that need and demand they would have put a rate that makes sense and still gives them a sizeable portion of profit. As it stands it’s their cashcow
Some cool books I’ve read on the state of the world
I encourage every African who can, please please, to read them if they can. This is also a small lesson on how to integrate knowledge to serve you in current affairs. Enjoy! And add more 📚
A thread
@KhalifKairo
Please! selfserving refs are the worst
Tumesoma sawa?!
The same Sun Tzu says
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles
That inference to lack of leadership leading to disorganization is invalid
It is clear our demands
#RutoMustGo
@_omalicha__
I am watching in DISBELIEF
I am shook at the ridiculousness
From are those abducted Kenyans to yellow distracting dresses to the ayes have it
MAD
Because I have no business forgiving people who do not feed me, fund me or fuck me😂💀💯🫡
In the corner of ‘steady increasing the commas’
#IndifferentToIdiots
#Babygirl
#Sundays
@MuhandeCaleb
3. These loans are not taken for anything else but necessity as much as they are for lack of awareness and information because what are your options really? All of them are just problematic. It’s that people think fuliza is the best problem to have but wueh! Nope 👎
Another address that could have been an email/memo/note🤦🏽♀️
Dear Kenyans
Sitoki
Mtado
Signed
Ruto.
He won’t go gently into the night and it’s infuriating but never stop; never settle.
We have no expectations of you Zaks
Just follow the directive
#rutomustgo
@MuhandeCaleb
1. Whether working as a hawker who cant accrue sufficient stock or an employee whose salary is not enough to last the month, the irregularity and paucity of income in Kenya added to the corruption and covid, all these compel borrowing
@MuhandeCaleb
2. With rent income due, school fees on the horizon, relatives asking for help with medical costs not to mention feeding yourself and those who depend on you, Kenyans find themselves in a position of having to borrow to make ends meet
Every time I see a rape/harrassment story online my heart bleeds. Yaani every woman knows a woman who has been through this but rarely do men say I know of a rapist/harrasser
It just reminds me of my own story and it’s just a nightmare to relive that never goes away fully
Is there a functioning app out there for learning African languages like Swahili, Igbo, Tswana, Xhosa, Yoruba, Berber, Hausa, Kamba, Kikuyu, Luo, Maasai, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, Ewe, Akan, Kanuri, Mossi, Kikongo, Krio, Luganda, Oromo?
If not someone make it please and thanks
Avoid being a leech, a user or nagger. Just be a nice person who in a calculated way stays in touch with people and brings joy, encouragement and hope.
LAST WORKING DAY🎉🎉🎉
4years 4months
Where did the time go
Feels like the end of an era
How we are feeling?
Quite bittersweet, relieved, anxious for what the future holds
Overall...Intensely proud of myself
As we progress through the year, please learn to connect with people in your circles. Check on people, send someone a birthday message, check their timelines and comment something positive and inspirational.
Have a conversation with a doctor or nurse one of these days
Your heart will bleed for them
Unless you are cold and heartless
Supporting them is an important imperative
They are fighting for the system for our future generations at this point
Social capital is not built overnight; it is reciprocal and does not need money (especially in this virtually connected world) to build. It just needs being sensitive that people have emotions and that you can't sneak into their lives only when you need help.
The older I get, the more I realize that success at most things isn't about finding the one trick or secret nobody knows about.
It's consistently doing the boring, mundane things everyone knows about but is too unfocused/undisciplined to do.
Get good at boring
Alafu our so called leaders have no leadership direction
We are dealing with a pandemic, teachers and students dying while cases spike and they are here forcing BBI down our throats while spending tax payer money to launch etc?!?!
Talk about misplaced priorities
2021 is starting tomorrow in my mind
Coz it’s the week that has 1st(I count my days in weeks)
I’ll probably be the busiest I’ve ever been & away from social media
I just hope everything starts well, goes well & I thrive
See you later later Mashallah💕
Call/Text/Wozzap me🤗♥️
Creating a connection with people is important for building your social capital. And even if they don't respond, at least keep in touch and don't just reach out when you are in need.
I pride myself on being sensitive and empathetic
Today I’m just distraught
I clearly said some stuff that hit a nerve and that wasn’t even my intention 😔
Did you know that in the 10months of the pandemic since January
The top 1% roughly less than 1000 people in a world of more than 7bn people, got richer by over 930bn during the same pandemic
We really do live in the strangest of times if this is normal😳
Quite unfortunately, people think or behave like social capital is only needed on weddings and burials. That is why you see someone will not have contacted you in ten years but out of the blue they are sending you a message, "Hello longtime. Btw, next Sunday is my wedding. I need
It can save you money, make you money, get you a better job, make things easier and safer, it can save you from prison, or save your life: it can save you time and effort, and make life more enjoyable and productive
Pick your phone and call someone, or text them. It could be your relative, your colleague, your former schoolmate, a former or current boss, your CEO, your parents etc.
@elvisgromyko
@SafaricomPLC
Imagine if zuck had managed to invest in safcom when he came and it was scaled up to be part of Facebook
Facebook would be untouchable
A behemoth! That’s why they refused the deal to begin with.
My mother’s bestie when she was alive🌸🌸🌸
I’m so proud by association NGL
Love this woman first because she has loved me as a promise to my mother in all the 20+ years she has been resting in peace and secondly because she is AMAZING
My mama would be proud as am I💕
Machakos County MCAs have elected Anne Kiusya as their county assembly speaker.
Now the top county leadership is under women.
Governor, speaker, senator, women Rep.
Congrats machakos Girls
Not long after that, Sadiqa comes over with a huge smile: “It is a work of art. It is a beautiful gift for Black people. Really everyone.”
A gift. 🖤
I am in awe and gratitude for the fearless, innovative, ambitious, and love-filled village that created this gift. 3/3
I extend the IMF's deepest sympathies to the people affected by recent events in Kenya. We remain committed to help Kenya establish sound macroeconomic fundamentals, crucial for sustainable growth and job creation, especially for the country's young people.
I think the sentence I use the most is “I’m grateful” and I truly am♥️
My life has been a blessing. I’m grateful for everything I do, have and the places I’m going and the things I’ve seen
Nothing feels sweeter than calls that start with “I was recommended to you” or even better “you came highly recommended”
Value doesn’t shout💯🔥✨🥂
💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
What’s happened to that babe is sad. & can people stop pretending that prostitution doesn’t exist. It’s one of the oldest professions & what two consenting adults do in private is none of anyone’s business but it becomes everyone’s business when murder is involved. Protect women
I can’t understand why anyone would support the BBI
Please make it make sense
I’ve been reading it since morning and my head hurts!
This is just disempowering the masses through and through
90% of seeds planted in Kenya come from informal systems
So who benefits from this law? Seed companies? Gatekeepers?
15 smallholders are petitioning the High Court at the moment but shouldn't there be better avenues for public participation?