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Sifuna Storms Nairobi: The Unstoppable Linda Mwananchi Wave & a Regime Out of Options

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Sifuna Storms Nairobi: The Unstoppable Idea and a Regime Out of Options Edwin Sifuna's massive Nairobi rally was not just another political gathering. It was a confirmation that voters have already decided about 2027 and those who may be still in doubt are at least very sure about who they will NOT vote for. Ruto politics is dead. The Standard Group headline said it plainly: "Sifuna storms Nairobi." Thousands packed the venue, in a show of numbers that stunned even seasoned observers. But for those watching closely, this was no surprise. Linda Mwananchi was never just a rally brand. It is fast becoming what political scientists call an idea whose time has come. And once that happens, it becomes almost impossible to stop. Let me explain. 1. Why Nairobi Matters More Than Embu or Homa Bay Sifuna has drawn big crowds before. But Nairobi is different. Nairobi is the national media capital, the diplomatic capital, and the hardest place to manipulate perception. You cannot dismi...

You Missed This: The day ICC And Bensouda were to return for Ruto?

You Missed This: The day ICC And Bensouda were to return for Ruto? :  The ICC cases against Kenya are proving to be extremely stubborn, akin to someone refusing to board a plane despite all efforts to get them...

Ruto government has failed because they believe in propaganda above everything else and they also fell for theory economics

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Fatal mistake number three which this Ruto regime can never recover from is overestimating the power of propaganda.  Propaganda, if one is not careful, can easily be like the cocaine drug. You can get high on it and start assuming that it is still working to fool the public even when it has long stopped working.  Read Part 1 of this article The latest propaganda narrative is best illustrated in the following recent newspaper headline; Ruto hard choices finally beginning to pay off and the economy is now recovering.  Anybody living in Kenya will know that that is a joke, albeit a joke in bad taste with all the economic hardships and suffering ongoing in the country. Any suggestion that the economy is recovering, has to be a mirage and an illusion. And as we all know cocaine tends to give you an illusion. And this is precisely what is happening with the propaganda which is still littering our media all over the place.  There is too much propaganda in Kenya and there is...