One of the most meaningful things that Kenyan banks/ financial institutions can do for women is give no-questions-asked 'life recovery loans' because this is something that very many women have to do at least once in their lives. Many years ago I read a report by @FSDKe (THREAD) that I will quote extensively here. But first, some data from the Kenya Demographic & Health Survey, a very rich data set that I refer to often as a journalist & writer. Women are more likely to own property jointly with their husbands, while men, more often own property alone

At the Creatives Tax Clinic we're hosting @BarazaLab with advocate & tax advisor @muendo_sarah. She says VAT, excise duty and corporate tax are the types of taxes that are the most monitored by KRA. "If you can, don't incorporate a business right now. When you incorporate a business, e-Citizen is linked with iTax in such a way that you as a business owner automatically have PAYE obligations even if you may not have employed anyone yet." @muendo_sarah 😳

The biggest takeaway for me from this data is that Kenyan audiences seem to have disengaged from politics, investigative journalism/ 'hard-hitting' stories. The most read, most watched, most engaging stories are light, positive ones, what we used to call 'human interest' stories

https://twitter.com/OdipoDev/status/1229713081065975809

Maybe it's audience fatigue. Maybe its the way the stories are done. Maybe it's something different.

Ultimately, this has huge implications on what we - journalists, writers, meaning-makers, etc - perceive our work to be, and how we derive meaning from our labour

Almost 4 years ago, I started documenting the names and stories of #NyayoHouse torture victims, survivors and families in a series of threads. I intended to tweet 180 names. What many of you may not know is that I didn't get to 180. I stalled at around 160. Here's the reason why Although I had all the material -- press reports, book excerpts, and the invaluable 'We Lived To Tell' -- I didn't finish because of the impact doing the series had on my mental health and emotional stability. I started having anxiety attacks, nightmares and insomnia

I see this thread is making a comeback today so let me just say a few things, having observed the system for a few more months [Short thread]

https://twitter.com/chris_mungai/status/1128545873561104385

What I said in this thread still stands. CBC is increasing education inequality. Unlike 844 which was a standard(ised) curriculum, CBC is not. The school you go to, and the teacher your child has, will matter so much more than in 844, especially at primary level.

At my son’s school for a CBC/new curriculum meeting for parents. Usually parents meetings are 🔥 and I’m hoping this will be no different. Will be tweeting But first, chai ya wazazi. Meetings have to start with tea and “snacks”, everyone knows that lol. Lemme go hook myself up

"The problem with Kenya is its low-quality oppression." ~ @danaceda
Thread (from a 54 minute phone conversation, the world needs to hear this lol) (These are just highlights, I wish I would have recorded and transcribed that phone call!)

To add onto what @tugengirl is saying on her TL right now.
I hear people saying that 'children are expensive' and extending that argument to say you shouldn't have children if you don't want to dance with poverty, or the risk of falling into poverty. This seems like good advice But this implies that:
1) Don't have children 'if you can't afford to'
2) Rich people should have children because they can afford to
3) Poor people should avoid having children

Gather round for my tweetsermon on here this Sunday Luke 4:18 is Jesus’ first sermon. He quotes Isaiah when he says: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free”

Today I want to do a short thread on a song that for me is one of the most underrated in Kenya's history, because of its prophetic voice, empathy for those on the underside of power, and tenderness for those least and left out. "Mariana" by @EricWainaina Mariana is the grief song of our generation and country, a lament of failed dreams and wasted potential. It shook me the first time I heard it six or seven years ago. It forces you to look, and see - not just turn away from oppression like we have been taught to do