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1 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The latest episode of #LegallyClueless is probably the most candid I've ever been in front of a camera - and the fact that in the final version of the video, they chose to allow even the uncomfortable pauses to percolate, as well as my (rather visible 😅) thought process... [🪡]
[🪡] ...to thread through the different bits in this story... This feels as much a letter to my future self as it is me sharing parts of myself that I otherwise keep very guarded.
I quite like the caption they've used as part of the video's thumbnail: "Falling in love again." In fact, I love it!

Here's a link to the video: .
It's a pronounced moment of vulnerability for me, this video - and one I allowed myself to be in only because @ADELLEO is a human I wholly and completely trust.

#LegallyClueless
#AfricanPodcast
#Podcast

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1 Jul
This space... Let me share my thoughts, all of which revolve around one word: DIGNITY.

This is the definition of dignity, per Google: "The state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect."

(I'm going to use Kenyanese aplenty in this thread.)

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Now me, the Jesus I know is a Jesus that was a firm advocate for treating people with dignity.

This is why he noticed and defended people who were constantly taken advantage of. That's the Jesus me I know.
This is also why when he finished preaching the Sermon on The Mount, he didn't wait for people to come to him and tell him they are hungry - it was simple common sense. People had been there for long, and people were hungry. So he fed them.

Very simple principle.
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30 Jun
The #GenerationEqualityForum is happening right now, and since the last conversation I had with @OfficialJMbugua, @kalekyemumo, @equalitynow, and @better4kenya on @CapitalFMKenya, I've been struggling with the term "ally".

#GenerationEquality #YourVoiceMatters #ActForEqual
The context: Sometime during the conversation, @OfficialJMbugua referred to me as an ally in the path towards gender equality, and I felt a little unsettled. I'll explain why in a bit, but it certainly wasn't the first time.

#ActForEqual
Last year, @ADELLEO and @TheLanji were putting together "Our Broken Silence", a book with voices of survivors of rape, observers, family members, activists, nurses, lawyers and many others, offering a glimpse of the different perceptions of [sexual] violence.

#YourVoiceMatters
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19 Feb
Come. Come. Closer. We need to talk for a moment.

"At least..."

Beloveds, we need to retire this phrase from our lexicon. Kwanza sisi Wakenya.

"At least you have a job..."
"At least una mshahara..."
"At least una bwana/bibi..."
"At least alikuja..."

Bare minimum tu.
At what point did we agree to give into bare minimum so consistently and absolutely? When? Why?
Yes, I know between a church that weaponised scripture, parents whose responses to every question was "Because I told you so", and 8-4-4 that demanded answers to be presented only the way Malkiat Singh's textbooks dictated, our imaginations was beaten into submission.
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2 Jul 20
So, about this #MoreThanBodies conversation happening on the TL right now: I’d like to talk a slightly different bend to it.

Stay with me for a moment. [This is unfiltered, typing as the thoughts come along.]
It’s very easy to downplay or outright ignore how much upbringing influences our choices as adults. I’d mentioned this at some point before: I genuinely believe we underestimate how powerful the element of nurture is in influencing and moulding human behaviour.
My dad used to cook. He used to clean. He used to do the dishes.

He’d sometimes get home from work earlier than my mom. Many times, actually. And I have no memory of ever staying hungry, my brothers and I, simply because mom wasn’t home yet.
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2 Jun 20
I hate that 1824 clip. Hate it. I've been struggling to figure out why all day, and it's just hit me. And with this dawning realisation, it transformed into a melange of pity and revulsion.
PART 1: THE PITY.

We're about to go into the 3rd month since the first confirmed covid-19 case in Kenya. Almost immediately, the self-isolation and WFH advisories came into play.
It was fine in the beginning. People became chefs, teachers, philosophers, health experts and more, all at once. Remember back when tissue paper was our primary concern? Ah, the good old days.
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15 Mar 20
It's a scary time. And I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment. Not by a long shot.

[This will be one of my more stream-of-consciousness threads, so stay with me.]
I've lived off my writing in one form or the other for a majority of my adult existence. My second love, photography, last year became just as important to my livelihood as my writing. My rent, my food, my health... All tied to these two loves of mine.
I had contingency upon contingency, constantly alert, constantly evolving, constantly adapting to the reality around me.
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