/ˈwa ː ngo/ African. Kenyan. Collaborator. Visual Communicator. https://xitter.gq/t.co/saxuMUWwAz
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Wango retweeted
I agree with you girl. We cannot speak about regional solidarity while treating our neighbours’ struggles as an opportunity to feel superior. People are suffering, people are organising, people are resisting. Solidarity is not a competition. We must all be free!
Wango retweeted
Sifuna and Kang'ata on paper seem like such a dream pairing. Ideologically, though, they are quite different. If they ever became president and deputy, they would need a concrete priority plan on nation building.
If you read Kangata's articles, there is an emphasis on capital accumulation, productivity, manufacturing and building large Kenyan corporations capable of competing globally. Very Kibaki-esque. He also has rather socially conservative views.
Sifuna, on the other hand, emphasis is on constitutionalism, the rule of law, accountability, reducing government wastage and relieving the economic burden on ordinary citizens. If you listen closely, infrastructure and economic development mean little if citizens cannot enjoy their constitutional rights, afford basic necessities or access functioning public services. Like a young James Orengo.
Kang’ata seems to be more interested in how the country creates wealth. Sifuna is more interested in how the state wields its power, manages public resources and serves its citizens.
I think both men mean well for the country, but those differences become important when you move from political philosophy to actual governance. They have a priority problem. A nation needs both the capacity to create wealth and institutions that prevent that wealth from being captured by a few.
Agreeing on what kind of Kenya you want is the easy part. The kizungumkuti is agreeing on what must be sacrificed, funded or postponed to build it.
Wango retweeted
Choose the Cape chestnut, as it is an indigenous tree. It produces spectacular flowers, and its roots are less invasive and its branches less brittle than those of the jacaranda. Oh and it grows faster than Jacaranda too. – at Gikambura, Kenya
Wango retweeted
Harvesting 56 HECTARES of trees that you did not plant is MADNESS
Harvesting 138 ACRES of trees you cannot even name is WILD
GREED will finish this country
This is just one of the ways.
CLARIFICATION ON FOREST PLANTATION HARVESTING IN NGONG HILLS FOREST
The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has noted video clips and photographs circulating on social media alleging illegal logging in Ngong Hills Forest, with claims that the activities are being carried out at night. The Service wishes to clarify the circumstances surrounding the ongoing forest plantation harvesting operations.
Harvesting of mature forest plantations in the Kibiku Forest Block of Ngong Hills Forest is being undertaken following a competitive bidding process and the subsequent award of a tender for the harvesting of 56 hectares of mature plantations, in accordance with the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act 2015, the Forest Conservation and Management Act 2026 (FCMA 2026), the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and forest harvesting rules (2016).
Furthermore, forest operations are required to be conducted between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., as stipulated under the FCMA 2026. Upon completion of the harvesting process, the Community Forest Association is normally engaged to replant more trees through the Plantation Enterprise and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (PELIS).
Regarding the photograph circulating on social media showing a trailer loaded with logs, the Service has received information that the vehicle had broken down and was undergoing repairs. KFS is verifying the circumstances surrounding the incident. The photograph alone does not establish that harvesting activities were taking place at night.
The Service urges members of the public to seek clarification from the nearest KFS station on any concerns regarding forest management and harvesting activities.
KFS urges the public to rely on verified information when commenting on the matter and to report all suspicious activities to the nearest police station for investigations or email [email protected]
Wango retweeted
🚨 Parliament has voted to end the requirement that election results be live-streamed. What the law keeps, and what it drops, matters more than the headline suggests.
This is the Elections (Amendment) Bill, now passed by both Houses of Parliament. Here is what it means.
On 22 October 2026, the National Assembly passed the Bill, which the Senate had already approved. Clause 22 deletes Section 39 of the Elections Act, the provision that governs how results are transmitted, determined and declared, and with it the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission's legal duty to live-stream results. The change is aimed at the 2027 General Election. Having cleared both Houses, it now moves toward assent by the President.
What is removed is narrower than it first appears, and what remains is just as important. The Commission must still determine, declare and publish results immediately after the vote. Results declared at the polling station continue to be treated as final. And the media and election observers remain free to broadcast results on their own. What goes is the specific statutory obligation on the Commission to run a live-streaming mechanism.
Two legal anchors frame the debate. The first is the Constitution. Article 81 requires elections to be transparent, and Article 86 requires that results be accurate, verifiable and promptly announced. The second is the 2017 jurisprudence in which the courts held that the result recorded at the polling station, on Form 34A, is the primary and final record, and cannot be altered at a tallying centre. The Bill's retention of polling-station finality tracks that holding.
The legal tension worth noting. On one side, supporters argue that live-streaming is not the only path to transparency. The duty to publish results promptly stays, the finality of the polling-station result stays, the forms remain available for scrutiny, and the media and observers can still broadcast. The Commission adds that electronic transmission with a backup is more reliable than a live feed in areas with weak network coverage, where the feed was never dependable. On the other side, critics argue that live, real-time visibility of results as they arrived was itself a safeguard, because it let the public and the media compare the running tally against the final declaration, and that removing it narrows public oversight. They also question the wisdom of changing electoral law so close to an election, a concern that saw a similar proposal rejected by a parliamentary committee in 2022. Whether the safeguards that remain deliver the same transparency the Constitution requires is the question that will follow this Bill.
Key takeaway: the Bill removes the duty to live-stream, but keeps the duty to declare and publish results promptly and the finality of the polling-station result. The constitutional test is not live-streaming for its own sake, but whether the system as a whole remains accurate, verifiable and transparent under Article 86.
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🚨Is Parliament about to switch off the live feed of election results? Headlines said yes. The electoral commission said the reports were false. Both are partly right, and both leave out the one fact that settles it: the live-streaming provision at the centre of the storm has had no legal force since 2018.
A new Bill before Parliament, the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, a Senate Bill co-sponsored by the Majority and Minority Leaders, proposes to amend section 39 of the Elections Act, which governs how presidential results are tallied, transmitted, verified and declared.
The live-streaming provision has not been operative law since April 2018, when the High Court declared it unconstitutional, a declaration the Court of Appeal upheld in 2023. So the clause the Bill deletes was already legally dead. It cannot be switched off, because the courts switched it off years ago.
We have set out exactly what the Bill does, what the courts have already decided, and the questions that truly deserve attention, in a detailed brief.
👉 Read the full blog on our website, lexkenems.com/blogs/the-keny… and follow @Lexken_EMSLaw for practical legal insights on electoral law, constitutional law and governance.
Wango retweeted
Not to sound delusional, but please pray for grace. Life isn't really about hard work. It's more about alignment, meeting the right people, grace, mercy, and favour.
Wango retweeted
Kenyan🇰🇪 leaders need to understand the importance of fairly priced, organized, schedule public transport system which is one of the public goods.
A huge city like Nairobi deserves to have an organized public transport system.
Your citizens deserve better. The amount of man hours wasted walking. @SakajaJohnson @StateHouseKenya
The benefits of a properly run public transport system.
Most African nations need properly run public transport systems.
These are the kind of benefits that their citizens can access with a good publicly run transport system.
School students, seniour citizens and the handicapped too can get discounts.
The Economic Case for Public Transport The benefits of a properly run public transport system are well established:
● Reduces road congestion
● Improves mobility across the whole community
● Creates a more equitable transport system for all income levels
● Delivers broader economic benefits to the city
● Improves public health outcomes
● Improves fuel efficiency
● Boosts commuter productivity
Studies suggest that every shilling invested in public transportation can generate up to four times that amount in broader economic returns — supporting workers who currently walk long distances, strengthening business clusters, and drawing in both business and leisure tourists.
Wango retweeted
You’ll forget them on a random Tuesday, and that’s the strange mercy of time.
If you left for reasons you knew were real, let the ending have its dignity. Don’t turn a breakup into a negotiation simply because you miss someone. Respect their distance. Resist the urge to chase, explain or prove that you still care.
When nostalgia arrives, remember why you left. We have a tendency to mourn the person we lost and forget the person we were when we decided we had had enough.
You can miss them. You can love them. You can even leave a small corner of your heart open to the possibility that life may cross your paths again.
But you don't have to act on the feeling.
Some things are not meant to be fought for twice. Sometimes you honour what you had by having the courage to let it end.
Wango retweeted
Just keep pivoting till you find where you want to be. many people rush life. They throw themselves into a specific box, then stay there. Motion is the privilege that the living have. Be many things at the same time. Or be nothing, for a time. Simmer in life, marinate, grow.
Wango retweeted
No Bwana Waziri, the issue of who owns those share is consequential especially given that the government of Kenya will be investing kshs 4 trillion of public money from the infrastructure fund into this project.
We can’t cover up everything with “Kenyans are going to benefit”
Wango retweeted
@comedianYY na mbogi yake wanadhani hii ni taarab ina imbwa hapa…
Ma fans wao wakiuliwa hao wako sawa bora kuna soko ime jengwa 🤦🏽♂️
