Kenya Bitter Truth

By Mukurima x muriuki I have been thinking about something that might rub some folks the wrong way. But hear me out and let us navigate this topic with graces and love. Why is it that people who don’t identify as Christians are often the ones doing the most good in life, and caring for the least among us? I am not talking about those who shout the loudest from pulpits or post long Bible verses online. I am talking about the quiet givers. The doers. The ones who show up with clean hearts, without needing applause or threatening you with hellfire. Think of Bill Gates, a self described agnostic. He does not claim religious piety. But he is giving away over $50 billion to fight disease, poverty, and invest in African education. Warren Buffett is not a believer. Yet, he has pledged 99% of his wealth to charity. You all know how he lives humbly. Think of Angela Merkel. She is not a christian, but welcomed refugees while others built walls. She was one of the most revered leaders of her time....

 1.Cereals – Get them in Nyamakima in that kichochoro for Molo matatus. Groundnuts from the market cost Sh190 per kilo, but at Nyamakima they are Sh110. You can also get apples and other fruits at a good price. 2.  Diapers and bar soap – OTC. The kichochoro between Tuskys and Equity.  3. Chemicals for homemade detergent, bleach, fabric softener, disinfectant – OTC, the building with Tuskys, go upstairs, first floor. They will even explain how to mix them.  4. Bulk shopping – If you can manage to go to Kawangware or Eastleigh, you will save a lot. In Kawangware, go to Samrose in the market. Alight at Mlango Soko, then at Cooperative Bank, go down and turn at the first right turn, walk about 20 metres and you will find SamRose. Go with a list, they will give you the prices. If you are buying things for a shop, they deliver. Alternatively, you can turn left and walk a bit for like 100 metres where you will find many wholesale shops including FairPrice. Also look out for Israel. In Eastlei...

By mukurima x muriuki Flawed to the core as a candidate, but with a unique political aura, and ability to create a near cult-like following.   Rigathi Gachagua was impeached in October 2024 amid a fallout with President William Ruto. Since then he has been reinventing himself, and while doing so borrowing tactics from three unlikely playbooks: Ruto’s campaign against Uhuru Kenyatta post the 2017 election, Donald Trump’s anti-establishment populism, and being meme-able History reminds us of how Trotsky once helped build the revolution, until Stalin exiled him with it. In the same vein, Gachagua didn’t just observe president Ruto’s rise: he engineered parts of it. He was there in the trenches with Ruto, whispering strategy, rallying foot soldiers, fine-tuning the very machine that now threatens to roll over him. It’s not just that he understands the playbook; he helped write it, edit it, and weaponize it. That’s what makes this political moment so gripping and so dangerous. Because when ...