Peter Kitati retweeted
Nyumba Lazima Muingie: How New Laws (2022 - Date) Are Forcing You into Affordable Housing Units
I have seen @Jim_Njue_ asking how exactly government will force people into the Affordable Housing. It is now clear that this was the intention, from President Ruto's recent remarks. For a long time, the ultimate Kenyan dream is about land. Owning a shamba, building a family home, and passing it down to your children means safety and independence.
But things are changing fast under Ruto. The government is not using bulldozers to physically kick you off your land but instead, they have passed a lot of new laws between 2022 and 2026 to make rural life too expensive.
If you look at the worst-case scenario, these laws work like a trap. Farming, keeping animals and building your own house is becoming nearly impossible. The government is quietly forcing you to give up your shamba. In the end, moving into a government Affordable Housing unit becomes your only choice to survive.
Here is a long read on how the government is tightening the trap:
1. Making Farming and Keeping Animals Illegal
To push you away from your independent country life, the government is targeting the three things you need to run a shamba: seeds, animals, and water.
- The Seed Trap: Under the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act, it is now illegal to share, sell, or swap traditional local seeds with your neighbors. If you cannot afford to buy expensive factory-made seeds every single season, using your own family seeds can get you a big fine or jail time.
-The Cow and Chicken Ban: New Livestock Bills say every single person who keeps animals must register with the government. If you keep, move, or slaughter a goat or chicken without a government license, you face two years in jail or a KSh 500,000 fine.
-Paying for Water: The Water (Amendment) Act gives the government total control over all water. If you dig a borehole or take water from a nearby river for your crops without a costly government permit, you will face heavy fines. They are turning free water into an expensive item you have to buy.
-No More Easy Loans: The Crop Laws Amendment stops local farming groups (cooperatives) from giving out easy loans. Now, only one big government body (KADCO) can give loans. Without local help, small farmers cannot get quick money for fertilizer, leading to failed crops and lost farms.
2. Market Lockouts: Blocking the Farmer’s Income
Even if you manage to grow crops and raise animals against all odds, selling your harvest has become a legal nightmare.
- The eTIMS Tax Invoice Trap: The KRA now demands that every single farmer use eTIMS (electronic tax invoices) to sell anything to factories or big buyers. If you are selling a sack of maize or a crate of eggs, you must generate a digital tax receipt. Since most small farmers do not have smartphones or internet access, they are locked out of the market. You are forced to sell to brokers for pennies, and your profit disappears.
3. The Property: Taxing and Stealing Your Freehold Land
The heaviest laws target your absolute ownership of land and your ability to hand it down to your kids.
-The Death of Inheritance: The Land Control Bill gives a government committee the power to stop you from dividing your land. If you try to split your 3-acre shamba to give one acre to your child, the government can say "No." Your children are blocked from their own family land and have nowhere to build a home.
-The Hidden Land Tax: The Land Laws (Amendment) Bill forces people with permanent land (freehold) near towns to pay a yearly fee to the government. If your family cannot find the cash to pay this new annual tax, the state can legally take your ancestral land and sell it at an auction.
-Forced Town Zoning: Under the National Physical Planning Plan, the government can suddenly declare your rural village a "town area." When this happens, your land value changes, and your local county land taxes shoot through the roof. You are literally taxed off your own land.
-The Cost of Building: If you try to stay on your shamba and build a simple house, the Finance Act adds a 10% to 30% tax on building materials like timber, plywood, and hardware. By making independent building too expensive, the government forces you to buy their ready-made housing blocks instead.
4. The Housing Trap: Taking Your Money and Evicting You Fast
Once rural life is dead, the government uses financial laws to lock you into their housing complexes.
- The Mandatory 1.5% Levy: The Affordable Housing Act, 2024 takes 1.5% of your gross salary or informal business income every month. If you fail to pay, KRA slaps you with a painful 3% monthly penalty that keeps growing. They take your money by force to build these houses, whether you want one or not.
- The 5-Year Lock: If you buy a government affordable housing unit, the Affordable Housing Regulations state that you are banned from selling it for 5 years. You cannot sell it quickly to get cash and buy back a shamba elsewhere.
- Express Evictions: If you lose your job or your business fails, the Business Laws Amendment cuts down the time you are allowed to owe rent or mortgage. The government can kick you out and repossess the house in just 20 to 45 days (down from 90 days). Your safety net is completely gone.
Summary: The Simple Blueprint to Take Your Shamba
1. Your Seeds: Seeds & Plant Varieties Act - Bans sharing or selling traditional family seeds. Small farms go broke buying expensive corporate seeds.
2. Your Cows/Chickens: Livestock Regulatory Bills - Punishes unregistered animal keeping with 2 years in jail. Destroys local village farming and traditional safety nets.
3. Your Water: Water (Amendment) Act - Charges heavy fees and fines for boreholes and river water. Water becomes too expensive; crops dry up.
4. Your Crop Money: KRA eTIMS Mandate - Bans selling to big buyers without a digital tax receipt. Farmers can't sell their food and lose all income.
5. Your Children's Land: Land Control Bill - Government blocks you from dividing your shamba for your kids. Children cannot inherit land or build rural homes.
6. Your Land Title: Land Laws (Amendment) Bill - Forces permanent landowners to pay a new yearly tax. The government auctions your ancestral land if you can't pay.
7. Your Construction: Finance Act - Adds a 10% to 30% tax on timber and building metals. You are priced out of building your own independent home.
8. Your Salary: Affordable Housing Act - Automatically takes 1.5% of your money with a 3% penalty for delays. Bleeds your pockets dry to fund government flats.
9. Your Housing Unit: Business Laws Amendment - Cuts down eviction timelines to just 20–45 days. Rapid homelessness if you miss a payment in the new flats.
Karomo Richu - Advocacy Journalist, Digital Comms Strategist
Peter Kitati retweeted
Everyone in Japan has a job in factories, etc. No one has been forced to give up their Land. This model you want to replicate in Kenya is not your model. It is a model of the multinational GMOs whose plan is to take over the African Landmass and dictate the seeds we grow. Dangerous neocolonialism....
Peter Kitati retweeted
AKILLI İNSANLARIN HAYAT TECRÜBELERİ
1. Kimseye borç para verme.
2. Altıncıya altın emanet verme.
3. Kimseye kefil olma.
4. Sağlığını ihmal etme.
5. Kimsenin hayatına özenme.
6. Doğruluktan asla ayrılma.
7. Dostunla iş ortaklığı yapma.
8. Spor yapmayı ihmal etme.
9. Şükür etmeyi unutma.
10. Namazlarını vaktinde kıl.
11. Yatırımların gizli olsun.
12. Gelirini herkese söyleme.
Peter Kitati retweeted
Duele, pero necesitas saber:
– Nadie tiene pena de ti.
– Un título no te garantiza nada.
– Trabajar cansa, incluso cuando te gusta.
– El mundo puede ser cruel.
– La responsabilidad es solo tuya.
– Tus padres también van a envejecer.
– El dinero resuelve problemas.
– Quejarte te mantiene en la pobreza.
– Nadie te debe nada.
– Dios hace milagros, pero necesitas hacer tu parte.
Peter Kitati retweeted
真正做过生意你就会发现
1、做生意一定要狠，心慈手软是赚不到钱的，做x也一样。
2、挣大钱往往就是三五年的时间，
有就有，没有就没有了。
3、不懂人性的人，发不了大财。
4、做生意离不开三句话：
①生客卖礼貌，熟客卖热情。
②急客卖效率，慢客卖耐心。
③富人卖尊贵，穷人卖实惠。
5、条件允许的话，一定要雇个保姆。
6、太正经的人，发不了大财。
7、别去跟风赚钱，别人能赚钱，
一定有自己的核心技长。
8、赚钱的本质就是卖自己。
卖自己的口才，卖自己的人格魅力，
卖自己的特长，卖自己的产品。
9、辈辈开荒不如十年寒窗，
十年寒窗不如三代从商。
10、赚大钱的人，干的都是冷门暴利行业
11、会包装人设，赚钱更容易。
12、没有被动收入，你将工作到80岁
13、当你知道，自己50万买的房子，
住了十年后500万卖给别人时，
你突然意识到：财富跟勤劳无关。
14、赚钱就是一个交易，一个愿买，一个会卖。
15、读书与生意不同，成绩好不一定能赚到钱。
16、撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的，
有想法就该去付诸行动。
17、永远不要相信“有机会一起合作”
“利”才是维系合作的永远手段。
18、不是你挣不到钱，而是你挣的钱太干净。
19、在成功之前，不会让自己过得太舒服。
20、真正赚钱的人，朋友很多，
知己很少，酒局很多，聚会很少。
他已经看透了人情世态，
不会把时间浪费在没有意义的交际上，
也不会把心交给肤浅的人。
他看上的朋友，一定有过人之处。
21、开书店在学校对面，
一定要跟学校的老师领导搞好关系。
22、不要告诉任何人你的规划和下一步，
当你有了一个目标，偷偷地去干，闷声发大财，
记住事以密成，言以泄败。
23、穷人唯一的筹码就是时间，
想逆袭翻盘，必须取消一切的娱乐。
24、亲戚的钱照赚，不要心软，
有时候你给人家便宜了
但他可能感觉那是应该的，
甚至不会对你有感谢。
25、赚钱就不要害怕犯错，
犯错是上天给你准备的最惊喜，
最宝贵的礼物。
26、为什么很多人混不好，
因为被灌输了各种没用的价值观，
比如说人生的意义不是金钱和女人。
27、永远别跟顾客争对错，更不要抬杠发火。
记住，他不是来找茬的，是来给你送钱的。
Peter Kitati retweeted
Men,
If she sleeps until noon.
She is preserving her beauty.
So, as the man, go and cook.
Do the cleaning.
Take the children to school.
Don't disturb a tired girl.
A rested woman is a happy woman.
#MasculinitySaturday
Peter Kitati retweeted
人一旦觉醒就变的非常恐怖！
1、穷人的基因、喜欢照顾人、喜欢帮助人。
而富人不是，富人遇到不行的人，
不做周旋，避免消耗自己能力。
富人的核心，就是把无关的，
无能的，没价值的人，全部过滤。
2、如果你想往上爬，就必然会遭遇冲突，
而且你爬得越高，遇到的冲突就越大。
一定要记住，没事不惹事，有事不怕事，
人不犯我，我不犯人，人若犯我，我必犯人!
3、高手是没有情绪的，
动不动就生气的人，没有一个是智者，
真正的高手是，说软话、做狠事。
4、不要做羞耻心太重的人。
强者都是孤独的，没有什么羞耻心，
不管别人怎么看，你都能够心安理得。
而弱者呢？是太在意别人对自己的看法，
别人说他两句，饭也吃不好，觉也睡不好。
5、从不冲动去开奶茶店、花店、健身房，
二手市场，九成新的设备都是这些人甩卖的!
与其盲目开店亏钱，不如空闲时间
多去看看(实干帮)这个公众号，
里面分享了上百个轻资产创业干货，
讲的都是大白话，没有什么复杂的术语。
6、什么是强者心态？就像迪斯尼乐园，
所有的小孩子即使摔倒了也不会哭。
为什么呢，因为玩都来不及，
要赶快爬起来去玩。如果你把自己的人生
当作游乐场，你跌倒了就不会哭。
7、讲话只有三个目的：
第一、讲了让别人高兴，
如果你的话别人不高兴，那就不讲；
第二、讲了让别人有劲干活，
能给别人传递价值；
第三、讲了你得有钱赚；
要不然就不要讲话，留口气，暖暖肚子。
8、人与人最大的区别，
就是来自于成长环境的不一样。
高手一定是能把自己
放在最肥沃的土壤里面成长，
那他自然成长的就要比别人快。
9、每个人脑袋里装的东西都不一样，
你脑袋里装了什么东西，
是来自于你所生长的环境，
你是弱者，说明你待的环境就是有问题的。
10、弱者的身边
都是抱怨的人，都是消极的人。
强者的身边都是奋斗的，
都是正能量的人，都是高收入的人，
11、不是你变强了，你才能去到强者的环境，
而是你先要去到强者的环境，
你才能慢慢变强，所以我只跟强的人在一起。
12、想要成为强者，
就必须要对抗自己的人性，去顺应他人的人性。
别人喜欢什么，你就不能喜欢什么，
别人在意什么，你就不能在意什么，
把别人喜欢的在意的让给他，
他才会死心塌地的跟随你。
13、反人性做事，80%人都有懒惰的基因，
你只要和多数人做相反的事情，
你很快就能超越多数人，
他们追剧的时候，你追事业，
他们做梦的时候，你去做事，
厉害的人不是天生的，
只是他们做了大多数人，都不愿做的事而已。
14、弱者总在追求安全感，
这个世界有安全感吗？你告诉我，
你走在路上，可能被楼上花盆砸下来，
你开车可能出车祸，你哪怕在家躺着，
都有可能发生地震，火灾。
哪有安全?在你没入土之前，
没出车祸之前，钱就是你最大的安全感，
其他东西还有啥靠得住？
15、当你感觉身边都是好人的时候，
那说明你还没有长大；
当你感觉身边人都很坏的时候
那说明你已经学会了成熟。
当你猛然发现自己也不是什么好人的时候
那么恭喜你，这辈子算是彻底开悟了！
Peter Kitati retweeted
社会的本质
就是人吃人
1、不要再婚，只会掏空养老金。
不要去嫖娼，花钱又丢脸。
2、天下的资源，都是你的。
天下非你所有，却皆可以为你所用。
3、年龄越大，你越会发现，
其实人根本不需要那么多朋友，
也没有时间去维护那么多的朋友。
能让你获得快乐和自由的只有两件事：
第一：你有足够的钱；第二：家庭关系和谐。
4、社会的本质就是人吃人，
不要太过于感情用事。
这个世界疯狂，没人性，腐败。
你却一直清醒，温柔，一尘不染。
5、学校学的大多数东西基本上是没用的，
这个地方培育的实质是愚弄和驯服，
不是唤醒。很多人越长大越老实胆小，
环境的影响其实占了很大的功劳。
6、别一冲动就创业，开奶茶店、健身房，
二手市场，九成新的设备都是这些人甩卖的!
7、不要同情任何人，即使是最亲近的人。
因为同情谁，你就会自动背负谁的命运。
心软之人，必是无福之人，
介入他人因，必受他人果。
真正的慈悲，是让该发生的发生。
允许自己做自己，允许他人做他人。
8、一生怕鬼，鬼却未伤我分毫。
一生善良，人却让我遍体鳞伤。
世界上最可怕的不是鬼，而是猜不透的人心。
9、穷人的孩子走上社会，成熟要晚至少10年。
20岁前大脑基本处于懵逼的状态。
因为他们的父母就是一对废柴，
既没赚钱能力又不懂人情世故，
不会教给自己孩子任何有用的东西。
10、人生最好的老师，就是父母的低头，
亲戚的冷漠，朋友的离开，
爱人的背叛，还有空荡荡的口袋。
11、思想不在一个高度，尊重就好；
三观不在一个层次，微笑就好。
有些人，看清就好，不必揭穿；
有些事，明白即可，不必深究。
12、这个世界就两种人，自卑和自大。
自卑的人，会永远失去本该属于他的机会；
自大的人，会得到一堆本该不属于他的机会。
你来到这个世界就不可能活着回去，
不妨大胆一点。大部分人在生命结束的前一刻，
都会后悔自己没做什么，但是不会后悔做了什么。
13、永远不要跟别人说真心话，
不要让人知道你渴望什么。
话说出来之前，你是这句话的主人，
话说出来之后，你就是这句话的奴隶。
14、你畏惧的多数人，你都得罪得起，
你担心的大部分结果，基本都不会发生，
你觉得说不出口的事，说出口后也不过如此。
15、犹豫吃不吃的时候不吃，
犹豫买不买的时候不买，
犹豫充不充游戏的时候不充。
犹豫做不做的时候赶紧去做。
行动要永远跟上想法，有想做的事
一定要付出行动。意外可能比明天更快一步，
有些遗憾是终生无法弥补的。
16、没有人可以永远无条件地陪着你，
要知道，下雨天连影子都会缺席。
18、富人只要不乱来，一辈子都是富人，
穷人如果不乱来，一辈子都是穷人。
所以，光脚的别怕穿鞋的。
19、人生是三大桌，桌桌与你无关：
出生时摆一桌，结婚时摆一桌，
死时再摆一桌。第一桌不会吃，
第二桌没空吃，第三桌别人吃。
是啊，回头一看，人生一世，
譬如朝露，转瞬即逝，
人生就这三大桌，你还有几桌？
Peter Kitati retweeted
The easiest “Sugar Mummies” to brainwash ni wale miaka imeenda, but kwa akili zao, wao hujiona bado ni Gen Z.
You will see them on social media, especially on TikTok, dancing in those short dresses ni kama ni teenagers wameingia adolescence, and updating their fans on their gym progress while wearing tight Gym catsuit and sweating profusely after a workout session.
Instead of abusing them in the comments like everyone else does for refusing to “move on” and to accept harsh realities, kama Kijana bado anatafuta, lie low and “cash out” maximumly!
In your first meeting at those clubs in Uptown which play country music and AI songs in the background at low volume, the first question she will ask you after a few drinks ni, “Ukiniona hivi, nakaa miaka ngapi hivi?”
Now, that’s a tricky question, and it’s a do-or-die for these “cabal” of wealthy women. So, usiseme kitu kama 22 ama 23 years. Surely, my brother, ata Shetani atajua unadanganya!
So, weka figure reasonable and before giving your final “poll results,” hold her hand, inspect her palms ni kama unataka kumsomea nyota, check her face keenly, then sema kitu kama, “I’m 100% sure uko 28, na in your next birthday utaingia 29.”
She will laugh whole heartedly, slap your lap, then akuitishie shot ingine ya Don Julio na Chumbi and reply, “OMG! You are so wrong! Kuja juu kidogo!”
My brother, at that point, umetolewa kwa kichaka ya group stages na ukaingizwa semi-finals direct!
Play with the figures as you push one year ahead, na akurudishie in that romantic back-and-forth. But let me warn you: ikifika 34 years, refuse everything and ask for supporting documents.
Of course, from ngozi ya shingo yake, you can tell clearly ako on the “climbing lane,” ya maisha but kuongea ukweli imewahi saidia nani?
Bladifaken!
Be in denial and say something like, “Eunice, hakuna haja ya kudanganyana. Leta ID ama passport tu-confirm, kweraaaa!”
She will give you a warm hug, then akuambie you give her time kidogo, and she will rush to the parking lot, aingie her Lexus RX 350, na atoe passport kwa ile glove compartment matajiri huficha pistol.
At that point, andika kwa WhatsApp group ya your extended family, umepata kazi kubwa Nairobi waache kuomba!
She will return and show you her passport, stamped on nearly all pages, another testament that she is well-travelled and has widened her gap between the haves and the have-nots.
She will hide her bio page and give you one last chance to guess her age. But, as I advised, stick to, “Kama imepita 34 years, then mimi sijui! Aki ya Mungu!”
She will finally reveal it, na utaona kweli Eunice was born in 1976, so ako around 50 years.
Wake up from your seat, then shout, even attracting revelers nearby, and wail, “THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! How? Gadeeeeeem!”
She will beg you to calm down, then ask her openly what the secret is, and she will say, “Hydrating, exercising, eating the right food, and minding my damn business!”
From then on, utakuwa umeingia top secretariat yake, na ni kama umeingizwa butchery na kisu sharp; ni wewe kuamua ni nyama kiasi gani unataka kukata!
Shauri yenu!
Peter Kitati retweeted
Si te criaste en un pueblo, ya sabes esto:
Cuanto más estúpidas sean las personas a tu alrededor, más agresión debes mostrar para ser respetado.
Cuanto más inteligentes sean las personas a tu alrededor, menos agresión debes mostrar para ser respetado.
Esta es una ley no escrita de la jerarquía humana.
Peter Kitati retweeted
This is free advice from an expensive psychologist. If you’re an anxious person, do everything for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Anxiety feeds on importance. Don’t make everything a matter of life and death.
Peter Kitati retweeted
不要让任何人过度了解你，也不要和任何人走得太近。这不是冷漠，而是自保；不是封闭，而是高级边界。当你把注意力收回自己，真正的力量才会开始积累。
七条底层忠告：
一、与你无关的人，一句话都不要说。不是“少说”，而是一个字都不要说。不回应、不解释、不证明、不辩解。99%的人与你的命运无关，人生最重要的能力不是社交，而是减法，减掉无效关系、无意义沟通、不必要的情绪波动，你的精力是用来照顾自己的，不是用来喂养别人的。
二、你越对一个人好，他往往越轻视你。这是很多人一生都想不通的真相。掏心掏肺就是主动降低价值，过度付出就是邀请别人消耗你。残酷但真实的一句话：当你不再需要情绪价值，你就能避开大多数陷阱和骗局。消耗你的人，本质是在用情绪“喂养”你，再慢慢榨干你。
三、越熟的人，越要少说话。多数人犯的错是：对陌生人谨慎，对熟人毫无防备。结果是：秘密说出去了，把柄被人记住了。真正伤你最深的，往往不是陌生人，而是熟人。闲聊不是放松，是暴露；真心话，不是随便说的。
四、永远不要让任何人从你这里“免费”得到东西。免费，是一切轻视的开始。不要：随意回应，随意帮忙，随意付出。很多人靠近你，并不是欣赏你，而是想从你身上拿：情绪，信息，资源，利用价值。而多数人，本身就是负能量集合体。
五、真正厉害的人，只筛选，不改造。你观察真正有钱、有能力的人，会发现他们有一个共同点：一旦发现不对劲，立刻远离，不解释、不沟通、不纠缠，直接断联，他们从不试图：拯救谁，改变谁，教育谁。因为他们知道：试图改变别人，是对自己生命的浪费。见死不救，才是顶级理性。
六、不要刻意维护关系，关系不需要你维护这是反常识，但极其真实。关系靠的是价值匹配，不是讨好，有好处，自然在一起，没好处，自然会分开，天天琢磨怎么让别人开心，本质是精力浪费。现在这个社会，没人缺你请的一顿饭、一杯酒。
七、不要向外期待任何人。所有向外的期待，本质都是慢性自杀。包括：期待别人理解你，期待别人善待你，期待别人拉你一把，这些看似是信任，实则是自我消耗。你越期待，就越容易失望，你越投入，就越容易被伤，真正该要求的，只有你自己。
结论，当你越来越安静，越来越克制，越来越不解释。你会发现：力量正在你身上成型。别人爱不爱你、来不来你身边，已经不重要了。只有弱者，才会把别人看得太重。当你开始只关注自己，人生才真正开始。
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I believe there are people who should never see you in your vulnerable state.
Friends, family and foes.
