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9 May, 12 tweets, 8 min read
Race Day!!! #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Formation lap. #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lights out!!! #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lap 2. Great start from Lec to jump Bot for P3. Sai going backwards to P8. #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lap 7. Again, great to see a Scuds staying in front of a Merc with DRS!!! What a turnaround from last year!!! #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lap 9. Safety Car. #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lap 11. We're racing!! #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lap 12. Lec does well to stay ahead of Bot at the restart. Sai stays P8. #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lap 29. Lec will be jumped by Bot when he pits. He's under 13s behind having already stopped. #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Ham wins. Vet. Bot. Lec. Per. Ric. Sai. Nor. Oco. Gas. #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Great drive from Lec. At the front, RB give up yet another race where they had a chance of winning. They are now making the same mistakes the Scuds were making a few seasons bak when racing at the front.
Ham. *Ver*. Bot. Lec. Per. Ric. Sai. Nor. Oco. Gas. #SpanishGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

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8 May
Dear Kenyans,
Remember the story of Long Teeth and the Seven Dwarfs?
wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1… Image
Here's a little context. It involves what was then considered to be the "world's richest ruby mine", the President's wife and niece, and the "black mark in the middle of the Kenya pudding."
wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1… Image
Here's how @TIME reported it in October 1974.
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4 May
To be fair, @MarthaKarua proposed this very thing when she was close to power as Minister for Justice under Kibaki. My questions then are the same now: After how long does corruption qualify as "past" and what is "past" about corruption when we continue paying for it today?
Good to remember that @RailaOdinga too promised an amnesty for "past corruption" during the 2007 election campaigns (when he and @WilliamSRuto were on the same side). gathara.blogspot.com/2007/10/railas…
The fact is, Kenya has had an undeclared amnesty for all corruption, past and present, since independence. Kamau did not go after the colonials and chiefs, Mo1 shielded the Kamaus and their acolytes, and Kibaki talked a good game on corruption but left Mo1 and his friends alone.
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2 May
Sad that many Kenyans do not seem to realize the colonial origins of the "discipline" fetish.
"The African needed to be flogged ‘like a child’ to inculcate discipline, yet once ‘trousered’ he had taken an important step towards the world of the white man and might be treated with greater respect".
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… Image
The whole discourse of "discipline" was meant to infantilize the miro. Till today, brutalising Kenyans, whether it is enforcement of covid-19 restrictions or corporal punishment in schools, is always justified using the language of "discipline".
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2 May
Formation lap. #PortugeseGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lights out!!! #PortugeseGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Lap 2. Safety Car. Great start from Sai who jumped Per for P4. Lec stays P8 and was struggling to keep up with Nor. #PortugeseGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
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2 May
On Tuesday we take a look at democracy in Somaliland, which holds parliamentary elections next month for the first time in 16 years.
Date: 4 May
Register here: ow.ly/NeVr50EArFe
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On 13 November 2017, the people of Somaliland went to the polls to choose their 5th president since 1991. Despite a delay of 28 months, international and local observers described the election as credible and peaceful.
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18 Apr
Race Day!!! And we have rain!!! #ImolaGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
The changeable conditions could be good for the Scuds if we get the strategy calls right. And at least now we have drivers who have shown that they can keep the car on the track when it rains. #ImolaGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
Formation Lap. #ImolaGP #ForzaFerrari #F1
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