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Invasion of Kenyatta's Northlands, by Kikuyus (majority from Kiambu), should ring a warning bell, a time bomb. It's POLITICAL & ILLEGAL. But underlying this CRIMINAL act is a deep community grievance. I once read Mau Mau's Mzee Gítú Kahengeri notes on Northlands transaction.
Holoi poloi, proletariat, peasants in Kiambu, indeed most Kikuyus, community, have no sympathies on Kenyattas on the Land Question. Resentment is deepest in Ichaweri. Unfortunately, Uhuru never used his presidency to mend. Evicting urban poor Ruai, Kariobangi, aggravated it.
We successfully lobbied President Kibaki on Nyeri squatter problem. It was partly solved, with tacit compassionate help of First Lady Lucy. Unfortunately, as in Mau Mau settlement, it's public dormain over 50% of Solio ranch was grabbed by greedy elites and politically connected.
This debate can be quite a conundrum. LPG is a non-renewable fossil fuel. Charcoal is a renewable biofuel, CO2 neutral if we replace trees we consume. Biomass is 70% of our energy. Replacing it with LPG is not eco-friendly. 1/3
Also LPG is imported it consumes forex while the charcoal business provides jobs at the the bottom. We should be looking at more efficient ways of producing charcoal, e.g retort/pyrolysis kilns (see picture) and also planting more trees than we consume 2/3 
In #BottomsUpEconomicsKE we are looking at how we can transform the charcoal value chain into a win-win-win proposition. Win for jobs, win for households, and win for the environment. These are some of the conversations we are having with #HustlerNation #BottomsUpEconomicsKE 3/3
#Hustlernation is built on trauma which Kenyans don't want to deal with.
And it's really interesting that when Kenyans talk about the hustle, they equate it not to the work they do, but to a rich man.
The kind of trauma that makes you suppress your own story and focus on someone else's is the stuff of fiction. #hustlernation
The kind of trauma that makes you suppress your own story and focus on someone else's is the stuff of fiction. #hustlernation
Kenyans are so exploited. And every time we try to talk about it, we're told the problem is "policy," or that we're not following the rules.
The people who should be helping us are unions. But what is @AtwoliDza doing? Promoting the agenda of exploiters. #hustlernation
The people who should be helping us are unions. But what is @AtwoliDza doing? Promoting the agenda of exploiters. #hustlernation
What are @HEBobiwine chances of this and that.....? NOTHING!
He is shaking the tree - the loose branches will drop. Nature will take its course. History and time is on his side.
He is shaking the tree - the loose branches will drop. Nature will take its course. History and time is on his side.
The competition for power is not a zero sum game. The avenue through which it is done, politics, is a zero-sum status game. #UgandaDecides2021
Weak and fragile systems have no mechanisms to test and falsify ideas. The outcome is death! #UgandaDecides2021
