wairi @wairi_g Twitter profile

Pinned Tweet

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

@SankaraKinuthia is at central police station. please help @LawSocietyofKe @DefendersKE @ICJKenya

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

comrade @SankaraKinuthia has been arrested! please amplify

12

985

469

0

14

9

Last Seen Profiles

@galery_basah10

@khalil_charbel

@Tomsezyyy

@GajaPlant

@forcibly_yellow

@sinistexr

@Fizzlemynizzle6

@amora_bah

@bokeplokalmalam

@NmNm26161029134

@hmsaat_qdr

@stwmaniax

@Kougamet

@PinkyPriya09

@Ingredionmx

@NEMartijn

@Tfahm93110Makw

@NmNm26161029134

@stonykool

@AgustinSileo

@svanhildurholm

@GENE_GlobalEd

@AdamsAth_girls

@BinorRaja

@ThiagoKakuh

@heguisen

@gentlecherries

@HacersP52846

@CL_daikazoku

@DelyannieMoneys

@castrowas95

@parkjaydaily

@gbfnao

@stw_pdg

@ARDeLong

@nixyyyyyy

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

this is what they're saying about your interviewing skills 🗣️

Olive Burrows

@OBurrows

2 months

Underwhelming...

26

28

126

0

1K

3K

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

polisi sio rafiki

26

2K

3K

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

solidarity with the people of bangladesh & everyone else fighting for their humanization in the world!!

2

1K

2K

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

comrade @SankaraKinuthia has been arrested! please amplify

12

985

469

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

i used to feel "strict" for breaking up with friends with questionable politics but in hindsight lazima uget away from such people to find people you're in alignment with

Big Sister General

@melanin_afrique

2 months

You guys, I'm literally in the middle of discovering my close friend has bad politics. She's concerned about the foreigners and saying Gen z's end goal is military leadership. Sasa another friendship break up nitaweza kweli. Help me 😭😭😭😭

98

504

3K

6

136

307

wairi

@wairi_g

7 months

i was reading @queersocialism 's review of american fiction earlier today and whew what a read

professional internet user

@quidditch424

7 months

Someone recently said to me that upper middle class Black people think being mistaken for a poor Black person is why they experience racism which leads to them to hold contempt for poor Black people

66

1K

5K

3

48

285

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

education ni important ndio maana university fees zimedouble under his administration!?

1

145

224

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

yesterday someone dear to me gave me their WiFi password which was "Karimi 96" drawn from the murder of Karimi Nduthu in 1996 by Moi's gvt. it was nice to see how this friend, who was a friend of Karimi has kept his memory alive through something as banal as a WiFi password

2

75

206

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

wameanza kurusha teargas na rubber bullets tukakaa chini na watu wa cabs and those idiots came to us and asked "mmekula lunch? haya basi acha tuwashughulikie" while loading a teargas canister

1

128

175

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

nimeona mtu amepost the kenyan revolution alafu in the next repost ameRT elon akiongea kuhusu "the left's cover-up" of kamala's liberalism. hii ndio maana political education including learning what different ideologies stand for ni muhimu-

2

68

155

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

this is why we keep insisting on civic education + political education and not civic education alone. this is also a question of who has the political power & in whose interests they work. there's only so many bills we can review, and we shouldn't even have to in the first place—

Maureen

@MaureenInKwenia

2 months

Young people across the globe asking for the same things. And receiving the same treatment from systems that would rather turn a blind eye than make a concerted effort to bridge the issues.

7

2K

1

77

92

wairi

@wairi_g

10 months

hey guyss i was featured in this piece on aljazeera talking about what palestinian solidarity in kenya currently looks like. please check it outtt

Young Kenyans begin boycott of Israeli brands as Gaza war goes on

In Nairobi, advocacy efforts are on the rise in solidarity with Palestine as the war in Gaza continues.

www.aljazeera.com

1

28

73

wairi

@wairi_g

1 month

i think people just don't realize that political consistency is hard and are quick to jump ship when they realize how much disinvestment from what is their normal it calls for.

Manubea the milk lover

@obaa_boni

1 month

Honestly alot of the big leftist platforms have shifted right I am shocked 😭 I don’t think they’re selling out, like I legit believe massive deradicalization has occurred

10

80

320

1

21

71

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

#RutoMustGo

0

73

65

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

@SankaraKinuthia from @CommunistsKe has been arrested. please amplify and demand for his release

Africa Uncensored

@AfUncensored

2 months

Kinuthia Ndung'u, a protestor at Nairobi CBD today, declared that peace will remain elusive as long as politicians continue to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor. Video by @tom_mukhwana

90

4K

7K

1

124

58

wairi

@wairi_g

1 month

she ate on beauty as a class and the violence that upholds it as a class

Manubea the milk lover

@obaa_boni

1 month

My two biggest bangers

21

81

353

1

20

55

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

i have so many trust issues with this government nahitaji kuona gazette notices and a whole press conference about this

NTV Kenya

@ntvkenya

2 months

State now cancels fees hike for new university students

25

120

400

0

28

50

wairi

@wairi_g

4 months

our parents/the older generation really have this building community thing on lock

2

22

46

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

they're calling misogyny and fatphobia intrusive thoughts and biases everyone has & whose problem only arises at their revelation

1

24

43

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

this is a good start to moving away for viewing the police as members of the working class but as infrastructure put in place to manage a working class suffering from disinvestment in other social infrastructure & the problems resulting from it

(PDF) On the police as infrastructure and managers in the African city

PDF | On Nov 22, 2023, Wangui Kimari published On the police as infrastructure and managers in the African city | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net

Juwiiceeee

@nimrat_c

2 months

I still can’t wrap my head around a force that’s severely underfunded killing people fighting for their betterment The math has refused to math

2

11

24

1

40

41

wairi

@wairi_g

4 months

@AnganaKeith not to self-promote, but this pod episode on what happened to unions is a good start for people trying to see what his actual politics were

Episode 1 - What happened to unions in Kenya?

Episode · Until Everyone Is Free · We begin in Mombasa where, in 1947, workers staged a general strike. Over 10,000 people gathered in a field they called Kiwanja cha Maskini and demanded dignified...

open.spotify.com

3

12

35

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

ndio maana tulikuwa tunaambiwa we avoid thinking we are exceptional or this struggle is unique to us. we learn and make the connections and organize better knowing what pathways lead to liberation, what pitfalls to expect, and what we can do better than those who came before us

1

15

34

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

#rejectfinancebill2024

2

15

35

wairi

@wairi_g

1 year

grad pics!

8

0

30

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

because fiscal conservatism ya the right na centrists ni part of the reason tunakuwa terrorized by the IMF and other IFIs

1

11

28

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

nimepause nikacheka hapo kwa liberation because liberation means different things for all of us😭. mwanaume anapigania economic liberation at the furthest na labda ndio inakuwa easy for them kukuwa sold on conservative protectionist stuff na mimi nafight kama mwanamke queer 💀

2

12

26

wairi

@wairi_g

3 years

phantéau

@_wangwe

3 years

Quote or respond to this with your best selfie/photo(s) of 2021. Let's see that 🔥

171

52

257

0

7

27

wairi

@wairi_g

2 years

these were my happiest days this year

Kimuzi

@Kimuzi_

2 years

Your favorite picture this year?

56

17

153

0

24

wairi

@wairi_g

9 months

hey guys wrote something on my experience with collective memory for the elephant. please check it out & share with others <3

The Elephant

@theelephantinfo

9 months

WAIRIMU GATHIMBA - On Collective Memory and Resistance

0

8

12

0

19

23

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

every time i hear that "wanajiita gen Z, wanafika maandamano na uber" i laugh so hard because i actually went to the maandamanz using an uber twice

1

2

23

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

yes!! the sudan revolution took 10 years of organizing after a failed attempt in 2013!!

Polo Kimani's Dad

@TiskTusk

2 months

Naonanga tunafallingi sana into the folly of thinking results tutazipata haraka. In real sense, inaezatake hadi miaka. Tunafaa kufinya, kisha tusip jwisi tupumue kidogo, kisha turudi.

20

1K

2K

1

11

24

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

wamerusha teargas kwa mat. utumishi kwa wote my ass

0

14

22

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

btw CPK inaexist in two factions. one that was coopted by the gvt in 2022 and the one with kina kinuthia. saying this ili mtu akiona a questionable statement signed by CPK asidhani some two timing happened. there are the traitors, then there is kina kinuthia ✊🏾

Rabble Rouser

@AduiWaUkoloni

2 months

Haiya! I'm just now learning this guy is Chair of CPK. I've always wondered who the chair is if Booker is the vice chair. WOW! Nisiskie mtu amesema we don't have political alternatives.

1

25

51

1

8

21

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

yaani wanataka tu kuerase food sovereignty yetu ili wakulie hapo

Shoba Gatimu

@shobanes

2 months

Mnajua kuna kitu inaitwa Mung Bean (Ndengu) Bill of 2022 Bunge? Seeks to: 1. Have a register of all growers 2. Location of land 3. Licensing of anyone deemed a large scale trader 4. A person shall not large scale market, process, trade without licence. Yes. For Ndengu. Kazi BADO

117

2K

2

13

22

wairi

@wairi_g

1 year

2

0

20

wairi

@wairi_g

1 year

these were cute <3. #PanAfricanWomensDay 2023

0

19

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

i get the whole thing about calling out "public intellectuals" who want to take up more space than needed, but popular education bado muhimu. we won't get anywhere without doing some reading/other form of learning

0

11

21

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

like you could never tell me anything good about cops based off of that moment alone.

0

8

20

wairi

@wairi_g

1 year

#freepalestine @twinktrails

0

9

20

wairi

@wairi_g

4 months

i need everyone to read this

Life or Debt: The Stranglehold of Neocolonialism and Africa’s Search for Alternatives

Dossier no. 63 explores the origins of the debt crisis in Africa, exposing the Western financial chokehold as its source and exploring what alternatives can be built.

thetricontinental.org

Fire Lord Ozai

@muya_gichigi

4 months

Just learning from NTV that IMF doesn't actually impose any tax measures/policies on a country. The Gov't when asking for a loan facility is the entity that puts forward the tax measures they will impose to afford that facility. So the Finance Bill is 100% your Gov't's proposal.

111

2K

5K

1

26

18

wairi

@wairi_g

11 months

ngl i do be rooting for hamas

4

12

19

wairi

@wairi_g

1 month

this saturday!!

Until Everyone Is Free

@untileverypod

1 month

Next Sato, tap in. We're just getting started.

2

57

0

14

18

wairi

@wairi_g

7 months

some of you think structural barriers such as fatphobia, anti-blackness, etc exist only for as long as you feel their effects.

1

18

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

code switching, but it's deciding who to text in all small caps and who to use proper punctuation with.

1

17

wairi

@wairi_g

6 months

i get so tired of my mom projecting her insecurities, anxieties, and fears onto me

3

6

15

wairi

@wairi_g

5 months

it's crazy how they always carry out demolitions in the rainy season. it's almost as if it's an intentional targeting of communities at their most vulnerable

Cyprian, Is Nyakundi

@C_NyaKundiH

5 months

Videos from the Mukuru kwa Reuben demolitions. Around 20,000 people affected.

160

349

704

0

11

15

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

anaitwa Joss alikuwa JKUAT na instagram yake ni @jossthereal

Shawry for good food 😋 🥘🥙🍲

@mama_hawi

3 months

This lady says she is gen Z... she is castigating the gen Z demos ...They have sent her to dismiss gen Z demos...🤣🤣🤣 She has made sure that we know that she was in a national school 🤣🤣🤣

8

16

3

10

16

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

shida ya kufanya kazi freelance ni unaezakuwa ukibeef with 3 organizations at the same time. just one strongly worded email after another.

2

1

16

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

idk about y'all but i'm friends with some of the most fearless women ever

2

7

15

wairi

@wairi_g

1 year

si mpendane tu 😭 what's feminism got to do with anything

thisissorandom🍉

@shawrizz

1 year

My lips are sealed shut on the Sueh story cause ik for a fact when I'm in love I'm an embarrassment to feminism 😭😭😭

22

194

891

2

5

13

wairi

@wairi_g

4 months

naonanga generation yetu huelewa social capital in respect to networks to bring in money/ expand influence but this is what social capital really is

0

2

15

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

now this is what could be justifiable as an intrusive thought 💀

Nessa🐚

@NessaZira

2 months

I bet these miondoko niggas can f*ck the shit outta you😭

80

387

4K

0

4

15

wairi

@wairi_g

2 years

Wrote a lil' something haha

0

5

14

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

ok nilienda hii book fair last year juu ya the promise of up to 50% discounts nikapata the second sex iko "on sale" at 1100 na when i was at the bookshop about 3 months earlier ilikuwa 900

Bunge La Mayut- Kenya

@BungeLaMayut

2 months

Book lovers, book shopping lovers (different hobbies), looking to become a book lover or even looking to find fellow book lovers, @SomaNamiBooks fair is where you need to be. Books from 54 african countries, great discounts and amazing activities for the kids on holiday.

3

70

85

4

2

14

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

i have never felt this patriotic

1

6

14

wairi

@wairi_g

12 days

ni kama i'm getting too old for nduthis. either that ama i've gained a new appreciation for remaining alive

3

1

14

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

avoidant reasoning sounds so sensible when you're justifying it to yourself but when you meet another avoidant and hear the same shit you think from someone else's mouth it becomes extremely clear how unreasonable avoidants are 😭

2

1

14

wairi

@wairi_g

2 years

@cultleadxr I think some things are better left unknown😂

1

0

14

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

if the people in power have the people's interests at heart, and not those of the imperialists we would not have to do the exhausting work of baby sitting them. so as we move through this moment it's also important to think about capturing political power.

0

8

14

wairi

@wairi_g

1 year

she's always had this "one of the bros" aura that makes me not shocked

sk

@kirkxxs

1 year

noname inadvertently defending rape culture is fucking crazy man.

7

429

5K

2

0

14

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

@miss_mumbz in pursuit of revolutionary love is also so good! can't thank @Ms_Azuh enough for introducing me to her work

1

6

13

wairi

@wairi_g

5 months

these floods (and gvt response to them) are confirming my worst fears about how the global south is severely unequipped to handle the realities of climate change

2

8

13

wairi

@wairi_g

5 months

one of the few times my alma mater has made me proud ✊

K24 TV

@K24Tv

5 months

JKUAT lecturers back striking doctors in public health institutions

16

514

1K

0

2

13

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

amkeni ruto anatuuza tena in the name of carbon credits 🗣️

Embassy of Switzerland in Nairobi

@SwissEmbassyKE

2 months

Thank you for the warm farewell @StateHouseKenya . Honored to discuss this morning with H.E. @WilliamsRuto ongoing bilateral negotiations on carbon credits, double taxation and science & research. Looking forward to deepen🇨🇭🇰🇪 cooperation on #multilateralism & host country issues.

1K

99

405

0

6

13

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

your body exists to serve you, to keep you alive. fuck all that other bullshit

Honorable Badi

@ast3lo

2 months

as an African woman or a person who was socialized to be a woman, it is truly in your best interest to know and behave like your body belongs to you. misogyny has so many arms it uses for other people to violently assert control over your body. remember: your body is your own

1

23

52

1

2

13

wairi

@wairi_g

4 months

anyway. it really is just about showing up in a space for long enough and having this shared understanding of togetherness it seems? (is this something that comes with age ama it's just easier for non-nairobi folk to realise this?)

1

2

13

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

FUCK YOU

NTV Kenya

@ntvkenya

2 months

How Moi, Kenyatta dealt with coup plots they knew in advance

571

244

2K

2

10

12

wairi

@wairi_g

27 days

i was hoping they wouldn't approve this research permit today so that i could procrastinate without guilt but kumbe gvt agencies can provide services fast and efficiently 😭

1

0

13

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

this is on Palestine, but i find the argument of liberal systems leaving the task of resolving anything to "knowledgeable sane" individuals and that this individual knowledge and sanity, no matter how removed from people's material conditions, transcends them true for our context

1

5

12

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

while i disagree with the insistence on civil society action & "peaceful action", i think there's a lot to learn about from sudan's revolution in regards to the organic grassroots infrastructure they built & solidarity across lines as documented here 👇

1

3

11

wairi

@wairi_g

4 months

tusikuwe distracted! list ni kubwa 👇🏾

Gabriel Oguda

@gabrieloguda

4 months

Today's NATION pg5 are saying Treasury have succumbed to pressure from Kenyans and have rescinded plans to raise excise duty on mobile money transfers, including Safaricom's MPESA. Bwana the pressure is paying off. Finya. Finya tena.

116

1K

5K

0

13

12

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

kama mnaandamana mahali kuna water cannons mbili na two lorries zimepita hapa barabara next to UON like 5 minutes ago

0

9

12

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

where's that tweet that says the end of amerikka should be am moderate demand at this point

Jeff Stein

@JStein_WaPo

2 months

NEW: THE STAGGERING RISE OF AMERICA'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC WARFARE 1st in a series @federicacocco & I found: 1. ~1/3 of all nations on Earth now face some form of US sanctions. Huge increase from when mostly applied to Cuba & a handful of regimes 2. +*60%* of *all poor countries*

171

3K

7K

2

8

12

wairi

@wairi_g

7 months

right?? like that poem could do better in terms of style etc (idk much about poetry writing) but i don't understand why everyone thinks the sentiment is individualistic and him centering himself???

♡ nelli ♡

@OtousanSensei

7 months

Hot take but I don’t think this is about "woe is me I have to witness genocide" but more of "You are forced to continue working for the machine while a genocide is going on otherwise you’re going to end up on the street while the genocide continues"

2

689

5K

1

0

11

wairi

@wairi_g

11 months

y'all— if you have time tomorrow please pull up for this at cheche. we start at 6pm!! bring a friend too <33

Until Everyone Is Free

@untileverypod

11 months

Join us this Wednesday at 6pm @chechebooks for a listening session of the special Palestine episode of "Until Everyone Is Free" (with English subtitles)! And check out the other screenings on Palestine Cheche Bookshop will be hosting this week!

0

34

30

0

8

12

wairi

@wairi_g

5 months

eternally in the process of learning new things and then realizing how much more i still have to learn

1

4

10

wairi

@wairi_g

4 months

uyu ni ule mwenye alikuwa amebebwa USA juzi?

Gabriel Oguda

@gabrieloguda

4 months

"If the Finance and Planning Committee comes back with the punitive tax recommendations still intact in the Finance Bill 2024, we shall say a resounding NO." - Leader of Minority, @OpiyoWandayi .

28

44

355

2

4

11

wairi

@wairi_g

5 months

naonanga kama siku moja nikizeeka niboeke nitaenrol law school

2

1

11

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

ni kama kesho naezatokea pia 💀

0

4

11

wairi

@wairi_g

5 months

i really really love this research thing.

2

3

11

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

bado anatetea affordable housing program!?

4

1

11

wairi

@wairi_g

1 month

also because of this realization, people are quick to just accept a spectacle of liberation (kamala's nomination etc) ismatu gwendolyn explains this really well in this stack 👇

Harris, Palestine, and the Spectacle of Liberation.

Cheering for a Harris Presidency like we’re actually doing something good is the stuff of pussy-footed cowards AND I am SICK our addiction to manufactured happy endings.

ismatu.substack.com

0

3

11

wairi

@wairi_g

3 months

hii mwaka nimekuwa kwa 4 protests already

1

0

10

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

@carldavidson_ i think about this tweet a lot

1

3

10

wairi

@wairi_g

2 years

got featured in the elephant for this piece. hope y'all read it!!

The Elephant

@theelephantinfo

2 years

WAIRIMU GATHIMBA: State Evangelism in a Neoliberal Economy

0

6

10

1

2

10

wairi

@wairi_g

11 months

this is the time to join a grassroots collective if you haven't. i can't promise they don't have their issues but organising and figuring it out along the way is the only way forward

4

0

10

wairi

@wairi_g

5 months

i usually find these comments disingenuous especially because they're usually directed at social sciences/humanities academics. no one is witnessing a conversation by mathematicians and asking them to dumb down so that they understand

0

9

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

abolition is creation. to tear down the old order is to build the new 🔥 @sungu_oyoo

0

5

9

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

intrusive thoughts kweli kweli

The Butcher

@inglorious_bat

2 months

Never tweet your most intrusive thoughts. Buy a fucking journal

10

53

150

0

3

10

wairi

@wairi_g

1 month

@zodiazepeeing and if one doesn't, one is seen as undeserving of respect, care and even of material resources. that's the violence. and what this violence (e.g. fatphobia, a hatred for queer aesthetics) does is that it scares you into conforming to avoid alienation.

1

0

9

wairi

@wairi_g

1 year

like no one wants the grating and thankless work of seemingly being the only one who gives a fuck, we want everyone to give a fuck and participate in the imagination of other kenyas and other forms of existence for everyone

0

8

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

they (ruto & co) won't believe!!

Clinton Masai

@Clinton_Masai

2 months

Ala even the timetable for #NaneNane is out?

271

5K

6K

1

7

9

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

comrade @SankaraKinuthia has been arrested. please amplify

SHANKI👑

@ShankiAustine

2 months

Kinuthia Ndung'u is a Hero. This guy needs to be celebrated. From standing up for his friend to confronting the police, here are the four videos showing how it all started to how it ended. Remember the NAME: Kinuthia Ndung'u

336

8K

12K

0

12

8

wairi

@wairi_g

1 month

@zodiazepeeing so basically, under the artificially created scarcity capitalism mandates, things are distributed on the basis of "meritocracy". one merits if one conforms to a number of things, beauty being one of them.

2

0

9

wairi

@wairi_g

1 month

wrote something for the first time in a while and hated every single sentence

2

0

9

wairi

@wairi_g

6 months

doing the scary things this year

1

0

9

wairi

@wairi_g

14 days

nishaambiwa "you think you're better than me" 😭

millicent bystander

@Nyokaffiii

15 days

Weh aki lakini kusema ukweli mkisota mnakuanga kitu ingine 😭😭😭 very insufferable.

5

33

206

3

0

9

wairi

@wairi_g

18 days

i'm seeing my therapist tomorrow and i hope it restarts my year again. there's something about paying someone to hear my bs that makes me not inclined to repeat it. if only for financial reasons

0

9

wairi

@wairi_g

2 months

this is just the normal human experience ffs

౨ৎ

@adorewordss

2 months

being a woman in your twenties is mostly about experiencing horrors and having sweet treats every single day

102

19K

91K

0

3

9