Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
Apparently, in Kenya, you must first spend 30 years disappointing people before you're qualified to lead them. A newcomer with fresh ideas is considered inexperienced, while a veteran with a record of failure is called a statesman. What a system! ๐
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
Did you know that US, the richest & most powerful empire in History pays its President an annual salary of only us$400,000 only & all inclusive? (Kshs. 52m) โฆ That is measly Kshs. 1million per week โฆ Did you know US President buys his own food, groceries & drinks plus laundry from this money? US Government pays staff salaries only โฆ.
Compare above with the expenditure of any 3rd World Country โฆ And you wonder why we are sh*thole countries!
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
Replying to @makaumutua
A part of the answer to your challenge lies in your description of @edwinsifuna . A blank slate/ new start/ break with the past is what many who support him are looking for. Kenya is in an argument between its past and its future; credentials that speak to status quo aren't the credentials his supporters respect.
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
Deforestation should be punishable by death. Itโs actually ecological treason.
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
A hard-hitting article on why Ruto might turn Kenya into a desert. africanarguments.org/2023/11โฆ
A long read but worth it!
not eating for 16 hours to trigger cellular repair sounds like a wellness trend masquerading as science until you read that the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi specifically for his discovery of the mechanisms of autophagy, the process that fasting activates, where your cells literally digest and recycle their own damaged components. then it sounds like the Nobel committee confirmed that not eating activates a repair system so important it won the highest award in medicine
intermittent fasting (typically 16 hours fasted, 8 hours eating) has been practiced in virtually every human civilization. every major religion includes fasting: Ramadan (Islam), Yom Kippur (Judaism), Lent (Christianity), Ekadashi (Hinduism). the religions encoded the practice because the practitioners felt better. modern science explains why: the body switches from growth mode to repair mode when food stops arriving
the mechanism: when you eat, insulin rises and mTOR (the growth pathway) activates. cells grow and divide. when you fast, insulin drops and AMPK (the repair pathway) activates. cells stop growing and start cleaning: damaged proteins are digested, dysfunctional mitochondria are recycled (mitophagy), and misfolded proteins that would otherwise accumulate into disease are cleared. the body can't build AND clean at the same time. eating activates building. fasting activates cleaning. the modern human who eats from 7am to 11pm gives the body zero cleaning hours. the damage accumulates
- the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for the discovery of autophagy mechanisms. the prize committee considered the cellular recycling system activated by fasting important enough to give the highest honor in science
- reduces insulin by 20 to 31% during the fasting window, which sensitizes cells to insulin and reduces the insulin resistance that drives type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and abdominal fat storage
- activates AMPK, the same metabolic master switch that berberine, metformin, and exercise activate. fasting is the oldest and most powerful AMPK activator. it's also free
- increases growth hormone by up to 300 to 500% during the fasting window. the growth hormone increase preserves muscle mass, burns fat, and repairs tissue during the period when food is absent. the body is not cannibalizing muscle during a 16 hour fast. it is protecting it with growth hormone
- reduces inflammation markers (CRP, IL6, TNF alpha) by 20 to 40% in studies of 16:8 intermittent fasting. the inflammation reduction occurs because the NF kB pathway (master inflammatory switch) is suppressed during the fasting window
- brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) increases during fasting, stimulating new neural connections and protecting existing ones. the mental clarity that fasters report by day 3 to 5 is BDNF mediated, not placebo
the diet industry generates $72 billion annually selling food: meal plans, shakes, bars, supplements. fasting sells no food. the industry that profits from you eating cannot promote the intervention that requires you to stop eating. the conflict of interest is structural and permanent. the most effective metabolic intervention available is the one with zero revenue attached to it
start with 14:10 (14 hours fasted, 10 hour eating window) for week 1. progress to 16:8 by week 2 to 3. eat your last meal by 8pm. don't eat until noon the next day. coffee and water during the fast are fine (no calories). the hunger peaks at day 2 to 3 and then decreases permanently as ghrelin (hunger hormone) resets to the new schedule. effects on energy and clarity within 5 to 7 days. body composition changes at 4 to 8 weeks. cost: $0. equipment: a clock
a Nobel Prize was awarded for the mechanism your body activates when you stop eating for 16 hours. the $72 billion diet industry cannot sell you fasting because fasting is the absence of their product. the most powerful metabolic intervention in human history costs nothing, requires nothing, and was practiced by every civilization that ever existed. $0. a clock. and the cellular repair system that won the highest award in medicine activates the moment you stop reaching for the snack drawer.
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
This Ebola sounds so clever. Besides identifying countries having elections soon, it turns out it is also a matchmaker.
Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say bbc.in/3W3ldyP
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
You cannot build a first-world society with a third-world attitude toward public property, accountability, cleanliness, time, and the rule of law. Development requires more than money. It requires a population willing to respect the systems that make prosperity possible.
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
Norah Borus Chelagat (born June 7, 1995) was an exceptionally brilliant Kenyan computer scientist and academic prodigy, who hailed from Moiben, Uasin Gishu County.
Before 2019, she had achieved national celebrity status in Kenya due to her academic excellence.
Norah was the last-born child of highly accomplished professionals. Her father, Professor Peter Borus, is a prominent polio specialist and researcher at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Her mother, Dr. Dinah J. Borus, is a graduate-educated agronomist who worked with the Ministry of Agriculture.
Chelagat attended Precious Blood Girls High School, Riruta, one of Kenya's top-performing national schools, and in the 2013 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, she emerged as the best-performing female candidate in Nairobi County and was ranked 4th overall nationally.
Following her spectacular results, she joined the prestigious Equity Bank African Leadership Programme in 2014, a selective pipeline designed to mentor Kenya's brightest minds for global impact.
While her excellent national grades traditionally would have directed her toward a medical degree in Kenya, Norah chose to follow her passion for technology and secured a scholarship to Stanford University in California, entering in late 2015.
At Stanford, she proved her academic capability by enrolling in a demanding co-terminal program, which allowed her to fast-track her studies, graduating with a First Class Honours degree in Engineering while simultaneously finishing a Masterโs Degree in Computer Science, specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Norah was heavily involved in tech-for-good initiatives, collaborating with Stanford's CS + Social Good group to build an SMS platform for Sanergy, a company scaling hygienic sanitation solutions in Kenyan informal settlements.
Aside from programming, she was an active vocalist, part of the Stanford Center for African Studies, and loved mentoring youth by teaching nine-week coding camps in Nairobi during her summer breaks.
In June 2019, a video emerged online that Norah had recorded detailing her life abroad. In it, she spoke candidly about feeling deeply disconnected in the United States.
"Before Stanford, I had never gone out of Kenya," she expressed.
She mentioned that while people on campus were nice, she deeply missed Kenya, the food, and the distinct warmth of the people. She remarked on a unique feeling of security she felt back home that was missing in the U.S.: "There is a certain feeling you get while in Kenya... like people are waiting for you."
Few days before Friday, June 14, 2019, Norah uncharacteristically dropped out of touch.
Because Norah was a highly active student, she was a vocalist, a mentor, and heavily involved with the African Studies Center. Dropping out of contact or missing planned gatherings completely during Commencement (Graduation) Weekend, when campus life was intensely social, immediately raised red flags for those close to her.
As an international student who relied heavily on messaging apps (like WhatsApp) to stay connected with both her campus friend groups and families back home in Kenya, suddenly going "dark" and failing to respond to repeated texts, phone calls, or knocks on a dormitory door gave a primary reason her friends to contact residential advisors, and campus police.
The Stanford University Police Department entered Norah Borus's room on Friday afternoon, June 14, 2019, for a
welfare check.
Following protocol when an occupant does not respond to repeated knocks, university officials and police officers utilized a master key to enter her private residence hall room at Kimball Hall.
Inside her room, officers discovered the 24-year-old Norah lying completely lifeless, and deceased after consuming poison.
We hub criminals, and when they openly confess, we laugh about it ๐ฎ
Karen Nyamu: I recently tried to help a very staunch campaigner of mine join the police force. Tukakarabati (we forged) a form 4 certificate.
She went to Kiganjo for training, but after investigations, she was arrested for forgery alongside 17 others.
#ThePeoplesBreakfast
#HomeOfHardTruths
@ctmuga & @mungalambuvi
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
You livestream your political rallies, your PR stunts, and every little thing you want Kenyans to see. Lakini when it comes to live streaming elections to guarantee transparency, suddenly it becomes a problem. Hawa politicians wanatubeba aje?
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
We're not following votes online. They HAVE TO LIVESTREAM THE VOTES.
There's no other way votes can be properly ascertained. IT HAS TO BE LIVESTREAMED.
Whoever runs this account deserves a citizens service award!
Einbert Alstein Kamau retweeted
Deputy President William Ruto is the most corrupt political leader in Kenya. This is according to the latest poll by research firm Ipsos Synovate. #NTVAtFour @MarkMasai






























