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6 Dec, 8 tweets, 1 min read
I remember being broke and for a fleeting moment wondering what it would feel like to get a rich older woman to sponsor me😬
I was completely out of financial options and couldn't figure out what else to do and I was already in debt and I couldn't see another way forward😂
It's funny how life humbles you and more and more you're less judgmental about situations that you judged other people for harshly, in your youth😂
It never happened and life worked out somehow but that was an interesting time wondering if I would be able to live that life, wondering where people find rich older women and how I would be able to live with that shame I felt I would feel😆
It would be interesting to hear from men on the other side and how that experience is and women who are sponsoring younger men and how that is and what they're getting from it.
I'm sure there are younger men everywhere around us who are kept men/sponsored ones all around us who are doing it silently because of the shame surrounding it
This thread has no lesson or particular end, it's just musings about the past.
I also think I would have made a terrible sugar baby. I'm a brilliant listener(with multiple recommendations over years) but I'm not good at keeping opinions to myself and I assume that's part of the package of being kept-minimising yourself.

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8 Dec
Anyang's Nyongo's flippancy about health workers is interesting considering he is public about his battle with cancer, which he has gotten treatment for abroad.

Back in 2012,Kenya's two health ministers-Nyong'o and Beth Mugo both went public about their cancer diagnosis....
In 2010, Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o, Minister for Medical Services was diagnosed with prostrate cancer. Beth Mugo, Minister for Public Health and Sanitation was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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When we talk about regulatory interventions, shouldn't this include protections for creditors and stakeholders at large?
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White men have unpaid foot soldiers in form of black men with two shillings in their pocket and access to white spaces.

The ones who will tell you that " you're not the target audience"
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