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Community Organizer. HR Defender. Poet. Marxist-Leninist-Maoist. Borderless Africa. Coordinator @workingNaivasha

Nakuru, Kenya
Joined January 2024
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Poverty, unemployment and inequality can create conditions where vulnerable people become easy targets for traffickers. But vulnerability must never be treated as consent. Exploitation is exploitation. #HumanTraffickingAwareness #EndHumanTraffickingKE
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Hawa ndo Ruto anadhani anaweza ibia Kura 💀
A number of youth have arrived at Buruburu Redeemed church as they seek Justice for Jahenda, the lady filmed being bullied in a washroom. It is alleged that one of the bully's father is a pastor at the church.
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Under the auspices of the Civic Freedoms Forum @cff_kenya , Defenders Coalition strongly condemns the escalating threats to journalists and independent media in Kenya and calls for urgent safeguards to protect press freedom and the public's right to know. Full statement defenderscoalition.org/press…
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The countdown has begun. With 309 days to Kenya’s next General Election, today's conversations matter more than ever. Elections are not only about choosing leaders. They are about choosing the values that will guide our future. Human rights, dignity, equality, justice, and inclusion should never be afterthoughts in the decisions we make at the ballot box. Now is the time to ask the hard questions, engage in meaningful dialogue, and ensure that the rights and freedoms of every person remain at the center of our democracy.
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JAIL the rapist!!
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Gen Z protesters have reportedly occupied a Redeemed Gospel Church in Buruburu, Nairobi, demanding justice for Jahenda, who was allegedly cornered and choked inside a restroom by a group of young women. Reports say some protesters were arrested and detained within the church compound, while others were taken away in a Toyota Probox. Why can’t the church leadership simply come out, address the protesters and commit to accountability? Why must the response always be force and arrests? #WeThePeopleKE
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A new chapter for Chelal's tea growers In the tea economy, the person who grows the leaf is often the last to influence what happens to it. Prices, markets and representation are decided far from the farm. At AIC Roret Church, a group of Chelal Tea Factory farmers spent two days working on a different approach. Thirty farmers took part, five from each of the six directorate zones of Chelal Tea Factory. Having every zone in the room mattered. It meant the ideas discussed would reach the whole farmer community, not stay with a few individuals. The training worked on two things that reinforce each other. The first was choice. Farmers learned about alternative tea auction systems and direct sales: how registration works, what is required, and the steps for setting up and running these channels. A farmer who knows other routes to market is less dependent on one route and has more bargaining power.
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Jina✅✅✅ Nyumba✅✅✅ Sasa ni kupaka nyumba rangi mpya tu. Ahsanteni sana for all your support, Kenyans. Hatutawaangusha.
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Campaigning for a second term with “I will” instead of “I have” has to be a joke.
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Comrade Muteti Mulinge who was abducted is recuperating well. Quick Recovery sir
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One person has been shot dead and four others seriously injured by police during demonstrations in Trans Mara, Narok County. The citizens were protesting against the grabbing of the Kilmapesa mining site by William Ruto
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Human trafficking turns human vulnerability into profit. People become commodities in an economy of exploitation. No human being should ever be treated as someone else's property or source of profit. #HumanTraffickingAwareness #EndHumanTraffickingKE
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On today's episode of which way Sifuna. Alas, we have seen the white smoke.After months of twists and turns, finally, The Equitable Party is out of the garage and Sifuna will be the driver. Now all roads lead to the 2027 general elections.
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I was shot 3 times in the back outside Parliament on June 25, 2024. I was among those shot that day and I was the only one who survived. My name was even listed among those who had died. The media did not expect me to make it. We went out together, my friends never came back. I carry them with me every day. May they rest in peace. 🙏 Over 2 years later I have refused to give up. I have lived through a severe spinal cord injury, chronic pain, sepsis, bladder stones and countless hospital admissions. I am now asking for help with the costs that come with my recovery; Physiotherapy, medication, follow-up appointments and other medical expenses. My biggest goal is to keep working on my recovery and regain my independence. Please support me: mchanga.africa/fundraiser/15… God bless you. 🙏 @Honeyfarsafi @VOCALAfrica_ @LarryMadowo @AmnestyKenya
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Yesterday, we honored a dinner invitation by H.E SKM Our Ask: Where is the space for youth voices within Kenya's changing political landscape? Youth need to establish invented/ alternative spaces for organizing✊🏿🇰🇪 #YouthAgenda #YouthManifesto #YouthEngagementInPoliticalParties – at Kisumu, Kenya
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Just checked my records and saw that you voted NO during the 2024 Finance Bill. You stood with us in difficult moments, we stand with you in your difficult moments. Pole sana ndugu🙏
Yesternight as I was coming to Nairobi from my constituency we were involved in an accident after being hit from behind by a speeding Isuzu DMax (KDX961T) registered to Isuzu Kenya leased to the ministry of interior. 1/
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Mnaeza sahau nyinyi??
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The Missing Voices Coalition joined a multi-stakeholder dialogue on protecting human rights defenders. The Coalition shared data on extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, and insights from the Haki Kwa Wote campaign. READ:missingvoices.or.ke/article/…
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August 27 is Katiba Day and the people will gather to demand constitutional accountability and state that rights are not gifts. Politicians will posture, the people shall organize. From performative politics to participatory governance. #KatibaAt15 #UwaziFestival2025
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Lake Naivasha’s rising waters have displaced thousands in Kihoto, destroying homes and livelihoods. Despite warnings, government inaction leaves communities vulnerable to disease, loss, and wildlife threats. We demand urgent, just, and lasting solutions. @NakuruCountyGov
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