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An ever-curious observer of the world | Investment Banker by day

Nairobi, Kenya
Joined November 2014
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1 year
What makes a good king?
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@mabruki_
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2 months
All that access to cheap available capital and your best idea is an ugly matatu flouting rules The painful lack of ambition! His father has no manufacturing operation as well. Just looting, primitive land acquisition and chicken.
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@mabruki_
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Naivas really won. $1 B+ annual revenues, partial private equity ownership that drives value and operational excellence plus retail market leader with 105+ beautifully aesthetic stores. Let them eat to their fill, they earned the success the hard honest way with zero corruption.
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What I will always subscribe to 📸 @kimanitrevon_9958 IG
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@mabruki_
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Building a "network" and meeting the right people is usually overrated nonsense. Have some big things going on for you personally and you will naturally be around the big folks.
@Mwirigi
igiriwM@ 🇰🇪
6 months
@kamauwhynaina But it's a "Money Party" 🤣🤣🤣
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@mabruki_
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2 years
@iamkathambi This is better than what was there. One step at a time tu. You had a problem with the expressway and now this. Your main problem is definitely not the park, but Uhuru regime. Even if NMS built a level 5 hospital I’m sure you’ll still have something negative to say. Rest bana
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@mabruki_
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We're now 6 million in Nairobi. The days of lush green own copounds close to CBD in Kileleshwa & Kilimani are long gone. If you want the beautiful green it now comes at a heavy premium in Tigoni and Karen
@SpiceFMKE
SpiceFM
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JEROTICH: Why Kilimani residents have reservations about the recently unveiled Chinese Property Developers Association. . @JerotichSeii in #TheSituationRoom
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2 years
@NjeriBt I saw him for what he was and never once had the slightest hope that he can deliver anything.
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2 years
@moneyacademyKE They've not really sold it to a third party from outside. They transferred the ownership of the hostel from Acorn Property REIT ( specializes on building properties) to Acorn Income REIT( specializes on leasing property for income)
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@mabruki_
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2 years
@Osama_otero There’s a phenomenon known as placebo and nocebo effect. Your mind can heal you or kill you. Nocebo is the opposite of placebo where negative thinking deteriorates your health further
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2 years
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2 years
One of the biggest mistakes of my early 20s was militant atheism. I’m not a believer, but I definitely did not have to rub it on anyone’s face. How people make sense of the world is more complicated than I imagined, and involves a lot of nuances.
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2 years
@soylentgraham @MumoKel @verge Resign and start your own rocket company
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Mabruki
6 months
These folks are not compatible with the rest of civilization. Humanity must find a final solution for the Islam problem.
@libsoftiktok
Libs of TikTok
6 months
A Somalian immigrant in Sweden m*rdered his 7-months pregnant Swedish girlfriend in an “honor k*lling” because he was ashamed to introduce her to his Muslim family
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2 years
Kenyan interior designers are doing some brilliant work. Came across the before and after for this living room on IG @Shikuinteriors
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@brokensuit44 @nguyaikihara The point is to just maximize visibility in such circumstances. The hazards were made for a different purpose, but that does not mean they cannot be used for other purposes effectively. Things are not this black and white in real life.
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After 5 tea factories, 25 retail stores & a construction materials company, they’re now going into sugar. All investments have been done within Kericho County over the last ten years. Many other entrepreneurs are also getting started. Onwards and upwards for my people
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@BeeCeeCeeBee @RBReich That was purely for security concerns
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5 months
Don't be loud about things you don't understand. The Kenyan market can only absorb 5% of total tea production so we have to export the rest. Few countries allow importation of finished products so we are forced to sell 80% in bulk at Mombasa auction without a brand.
@RasnaWarah
Rasna Warah
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Is Ketepa not a Kenyan tea brand? What nonsense is this?
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@jimtuah @SokoAnalyst They were bought at the same time from the same dealership
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2 months
Forex trading and exporting labour cannot be official government policy
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@MwangoCapital
Mwango Capital
2 months
The government's digital job offerings include forex trading and filling surveys for cash. These usually come with high risks & low earnings (one of the speakers talks of earning KES 3k per week in filling surveys).
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@mabruki_
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11 months
The EuroBond was not eaten. It's just not just simple. Once the EuroBond is disbursed to the US Federal Reserve, it is wired directly to the consolidated fund. Once it hits the CF, you can't account for it because it becomes indistinguishable from the rest of money eg from taxes
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@mabruki_
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1 year
Have you guys noticed an unusual influx of Rwandese & Burundian immigrants in Nairobi lately. I see and meet them everywhere nowadays, from town vendors to every residential area
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@mabruki_
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Kericho, Kenya
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2 years
Meanwhile, China has already built an impressive 40,000 kms of High Speed Rail, and aiming to double the network by 2035. To put it into perspective, US has only 80 kms of HSR and California’s new line won’t be completed until 2029.
@thinking_panda
ShanghaiPanda
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The terrible infrastructure of the US makes even the most skilled train drivers can NOT avoid accidents. Biden should really consider reducing foreign military aid and increasing domestic infrastructure maintenance and upgrades.🤔
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@mabruki_
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3 months
GoK cannot afford to lose even a cent to corruption in these difficult times of a debt crisis. Now is the time to be ruthless.
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1 year
@reubenmuhindi @invictus254 Lol too many words for ''I don't have a coherent understanding of the issue and so I have nothing to say''. You're just trying to circumnavigate an argument you're clearly incapable of having
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@mabruki_
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@Miss_Patriciah Love it😍
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
2 months
Nairobi is filthy and dirty because the people of Nairobi are filthy and dirty. Not because the County Government has failed.
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3 years
@jimmy_wafula @kipmurkomen @FredMatiangi Exactly. I’m even surprised they are trying to defend themselves
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3 years
@obiokeke_ @MoChunks TikTok is truly for everyone
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
2 years
Sometimes it misses, and this election was one of them. The state is composed of humans just like me and you
@RodgersKipembe
Rodgers Kipembe Mpuru
2 years
The State never misses its target, and if it misses, it's by DESIGN.
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@moneyacademyKE @SeweS_ ISK has been 2 M per year not 670 k. The fees has increased by 633 k
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@GhaffariHamad @spectatorindex As standards of living increase, people seem to have less children
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2 years
Hapa Kericho our gavana has PhD and the deputy is an Engineer. Tuko sawa
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@mabruki_
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3 months
From dust we came and to dust we shall return. Journey well my friend, it's been an honour @4Kalamity
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3 months
Later on today I will be attending a vigil for two friends I lost in a terrible road accident last week. May their souls rest in peace.
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The guy spent ten years campaigning day and night to be President - he will never resign voluntarily. Register for your voter's card as soon as possible and commit to show up on election day. This is the only way. I have no fantasies or magic to sell you my friends.
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Objectively, what are some of the realistic ways to end banditry?
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@mabruki_
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1 year
My bro has landed a job at PWC. Today we celebrate
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Mabruki
2 years
“A man who thinks winning and ruling are the same thing”
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8 months
Folks like to twerk for this man in the comments when he has nothing to contribute to the argument and therefore resorts to insults.
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3 years
@moneyacademyKE When you make such mistakes ( 688 billion instead of 688 M ) you should just delete the tweet and tweet again.
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SGR was not built t 3x normal costs. There is no world where a 100 B would have been enough to build the SGR to Nairobi. The price was fairly accurate, whether we could afford it or not is a different question.
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@mabruki_
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2 years
@sk_njorogey @kenyanwalstreet No one is forcing you to use it. Those who want to should have the choice to. It’s a free economy
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@mabruki_
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1 year
With 1.7 M views in 9 hours you should consider signing up for Twitter Blue. You will make good money in Musk's era
@crazy_kennar
Crazy Kennar
1 year
PUBLIC SERVANT HOUSES 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #STANDAGAINSTDEPRESSION
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@akams_ Yaani this is comporable to stealing 6 Trillion Ksh in today's GDP. There is corruption, and then there's this scale of looting weuh! The Nyayo regime was the worst
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@mabruki_
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@austin_tunoi The whistling woman is cringe 😬
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3 years
@Karutisenior @edwinsifuna You and who? I’m voting for baba
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2 years
@Raybo0mLynn Came across this interesting video on Tiktok that has a theory on how Dejavu moments occur
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@mabruki_
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@kimuanathegreat @Kianangih A very delusional take. Forex is gambling. No one has ever been rich from Forex, the only people who are rich from Forex are people who sell courses on Forex
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@CommunistsKe @StandardKenya For someone who supports an ideology that killed 100 Million people in Mao’s China, 60 Million in Stalin’s USSR, I understand your skewed logic. When renovations are being done to a park a few trees might go down for a difference design, and we’ll plant more. Mko na ujinga sana
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2 years
I feel sorry for Weta and MaDvD should Baba win. They stood with him 3 times and on the one election that Baba takes it, they are on the wrong side!
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@mabruki_
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There are four primary ingredients that are necessary for nation state success: 1. Demographic homogeneity 2. Limited scale of interests 3. High average IQ of the population 4. Rule of law Every failed or developing state is usually missing one or all of these ingredients.
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@allak_weda @moneyacademyKE Yes. Income REIT uses the money they get from rent to buy properties from the property REIT which then uses the money to build more Qwetu homes and the cycle continues
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I have finally made peace with a Ruto presidency
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@reubenmuhindi Why do you believe that you have superior understanding to others, especially when it clearly seems you don't, at least on this issue
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"Iran actually won if you know about war strategy"
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@HotepSun @SirKibocha None of this will happen. If any other country learns that China can switch off Huawei products at will, huawei will lose almost its entire international market share and China knows this. Also Xi is quite a smart and intelligent man not just a politician
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I see folks saying that $33,000,000 is what Nairobi collects in a quarter, or that it's the allocation of Turkana county in a year They have no idea how close we were to defaulting this year, only averted by an aggressive revenue mobilization via the finance bill 2023
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Boomberg article from 2019 about Ethiopia's finances “If you continue to accumulate debt the way you’re doing now, you will likely fall into debt distress in the next two years” Three years later, they've defaulted
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@mabruki_
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We have very many competent and qualified Kalenjin men. Why does Ruto feel the need to embarrass us like this. Just terrible
@Eastleighvoice
The Eastleigh Voice
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Integrity and lack of diplomatic experience haunt Kenyan Ambassador nominee to Washington, DC David Kiplagat Kerich
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@NanaMuigai @TheAbojani This should have been done 5 or 10 years ago. With all the innovation coming up M-PESA will struggle in the near future. And MTN overtaking them is only the beginning
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3 years
@mogire_jusper @MonicaCrowley I’ve lost very close people to Covid. Your remarks are very disrespectful to say the least
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I must admit, I may have underestimated execution as a critical factor for success for a project on a scale such as as the housing fund, regardless of how novel the idea may seem.
@K24Tv
K24 TV
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Gov’t too broke to remit NHIF money – Health CS Nakhumicha
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@kenkibera They’re just expanding their wealth like any rich man would. They’re number 4 in Kenya ( worth 66 B ). Sameer Merali is number 1 and is still expanding Sameer group ( worth 89 B ) and yet in private. Once you start a business there is an insatiable desire to just grow further
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@mabruki_
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We thank God you're now in charge madam President
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@FaithOdhiambo8
Faith Odhiambo
3 months
Free at last
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@mabruki_
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Sudan started with a genuine revolution, and now they have a war-torn shit hole. Always have the wisdom to define what it means to win and know when to stop.
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It may be something small, but it's little things like this that provide a window into the man's general incompetence and incapacity to lead.
@mariakemmy
treasonous baddie
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How it started how its going
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Mabruki
1 year
Anyone who begins a tweet with the format ''I was talking to rich men the other day, I met a billionaire who told me'' etc...just know they're about to give you a whole load of jaba stories
@georgenjoroge_
George Njoroge
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KENYAN WORKERS ARE DISHONEST I got the opportunity to meet 6 rich men this weekend and I asked them a question that: 'Why are they not building factories for the youth of this country to get job to do? They burst into laughter as if I have said something funny, then one said
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@mabruki_
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"Islam is the only substantive threat to humanity because it is a means of information, social, political and economic warfare hiding under the pretense it's a religion – that justifies ignorance, superstition, stagnation, authority, violence and conquest."
@visegrad24
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BREAKING: Supreme Leader of the Afghan Taliban Hibatullah Akhundzada has announced that Afghanistan will start stoning women to death for adultery in accordance with Sharia law The Taliban were initially reluctant to introduce the same laws as in the 1990s. That’s now over
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Rema says another banger and proceeds to not disappoint at all🔥
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Okiyah Omtatah is good man. A patriot with high ethical standards that has fought for the rights of Kenyans. But my fellow countrymen, ruling a country is something else entirely and Omtatah is utterly unsuitable. Competence is relevant metric we should prioritize above all else
@mabruki_
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1 year
What makes a good king?
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Mabruki
2 years
GoK spends more money than it collects in any given year. We’ve always been operating on a deficit. So naturally all money collected by GoK goes to services, dvpt and paying debts. So what opening balances were people expecting. The fact that there is a surplus is surprising
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@mabruki_
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@GideonArchitect @SDMaundu @NMS_Kenya Cherry picking lol. The same NMS sank 193 boreholes in 3 months, James Gichuru park is perfect, Uhuru park was stopped because of complainers like you, 26 hospitals built, roads and pedestrian pathways everywhere all under 2 years . Lol give us a break
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1 year
Marijuana and Cigarettes are only dangerous to your health insofar as you are genetically predisposed to the risks they trigger ( Cancer for cigarettes and psychosis for weed )
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Mabruki
3 years
@Lusasi12 @I_am_Gathoni And yet the same Bible says that those who go into authority are chosen by God alone, so why is he choosing corrupt people
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@mabruki_
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6 months
The age of Chinese automotive dominance is here. It was a good run for Germany and Japan. RIP
@BYDCompany
BYD
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BYD has successfully manufactured 7 million New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), marking a significant milestone in the automotive industry. Our NEV presence extends across six continents, encompassing over 70 countries and more than 400 cities worldwide—highlighting our commitment to
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I was at the protest yesterday. I came face to face with the reality of the might of the state. The only way to beat them is at the ballot
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@gabrieloguda The whole of Tangatanga is just a group of conmen
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We have nearly a trillion ksh in pending bills but medical interns believe GoK has money to pay them 200 k for an internship.
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
7 months
A good, fluent and coherent accent is very valuable in Nairobi
@CzarCule
𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞 𝐎𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚
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Is Just Ivy a dollar millionaire? If not, why in the world would you pay 20k to go listen to her give you guide on how to become a dollar millionaire?
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2 years
@MwangoCapital We have uninterrupted electricity for the most part except a few hitches here and there.
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3 years
@__sammich__ You really believe these are the reasons Kenyans see Somalia as a danger and not the 3 terrorist attacks that killed more than 200 people from Al Shabab who are based in Somalia?
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
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@KiloFxTrot There is no evidence that seed oils are bad, just stories like yours
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Mabruki
6 months
Read through this interesting article about why the claims of seed oils being harmful are mostly just unsubstantiated claims
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@ojimmycee @b_sakawa Our intentions are immaterial to the reality at hand. We know who the man is. Hoping that the corrupt and incompetent Ruto we have known for the last twenty years will suddenly change is wishful thinking. If he is able to perform, well and good.
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@mabruki_
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Mabruki
2 years
@Raybo0mLynn Came across this interesting video on Tiktok that has a theory on how Dejavu moments occur
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@Evans_miloo And you cheer for this theft like it’s a good thing
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@Poluoch @adrianblomfield @UneisIbnmalik I still don’t understand how he doesn’t get it
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Mabruki
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My boy pale World Bank Upperhill is earning unbelievable money tax free. Corporate Nairobi is a goldmine if you are well positioned
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Mabruki
2 years
@ojimmycee @xysist Because the purpose of education is to give you basic foundational knowledge that you can apply to help you learn taxes by yourself. School is not supposed to teach you everything
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Mabruki
2 years
It seems the Rironi - Mau Summit road will go ahead as planned, with the same French investors. Sigh of relief!
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Mabruki
2 years
Susan Kihika must be properly monied. Spotted more than 30 of her billboards from Viewpoint to Nakuru
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
11 months
We need revenue, but this is government has gone totally insane
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Mabruki
11 months
"Luxury beliefs are ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on everyone else. A core feature of a luxury belief is the believer is comfortably insulated from the consequences of the belief."
@wmnjoya
#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia
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This is racist. Reducing African problems to engineering and celebrating spectacular solutions. I can hear the reply "don't you want Africans to have water"? And that's part of the racism: that we're not allowed to talk about it. So I'll drop this here.
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@mabruki_
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@evenmaina Men and women have almost the same intelligence scores. Differences emerge at the extremes: There are more men than women among the most intelligent, and also more men than women among the least intelligent.
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
3 months
Uhuru Kenyatta is the source of all our problems today
@nikita_helene
Niki (Helena's Version)
3 months
this should be obvious... but apparently it isn't your poor country should avoid Chinese loans (and eurobonds) you are too poor to afford them, and the Chinese are not as flexible when time to renegotiate payment conditions comes around
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2 years
“For those who have no principles, they cannot envisage resigning” Martha Karua
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Mabruki
2 years
One of the few competent business journalists in this country👏
@AmbokoJH
Julians Amboko
2 years
On Actis exiting Java, 2 years ago Ascent's David Owino & I were discussing the prospect of funds exiting via public markets & interestingly landed on the Java case (ECP-Abraaj-Actis). Public or private, this will be a tough exit for Actis. F&B isn't what it was pre-COVID19
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Mabruki
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I hope my boy @AnganaKeith can weather this storm. Usitishwe hata kidogo. We all a past we are not proud of.
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
2 years
Economic prosperity should precede Democracy for it to function, where there is a middle class large enough to check government and vote wisely. Democracy cannot come before economic success — African countries continue to fail this experiment.
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@mabruki_
Mabruki
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A drowning man will clutch at straws
@Trollstoy88
Trollstoy
5 months
The European Union has issued an ultimatum to China to reduce production, otherwise they will introduce sanctions. European markets are being "flooded" with Chinese products such as electric cars and steel, Ursula von der Leyen complained. She called on Beijing to solve the
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