𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬:
1. As fuel prices have risen sharply in Kenya, Kenyan motorists, especially those along the Namanga border, are making their way into Tanzania to get more affordable fuel
#MwangoMemes
1. As fuel prices have risen sharply in Kenya, Kenyan motorists, especially those along the Namanga border, are making their way into Tanzania to get more affordable fuel
#MwangoMemes
2. The high cost of fuel is forcing Nairobians to stop using their cars and switch to public transport.
Here is how Kenyans are trying to get around:
#MwangoMemes
Here is how Kenyans are trying to get around:
#MwangoMemes
3. North Rift farmers warn: high fuel prices could offset gains from the government's fertiliser subsidy program.
Therefore, they are advising you not to expect lower prices for unga. Unga shall remain a precious commodity.
#MwangoMemes
Therefore, they are advising you not to expect lower prices for unga. Unga shall remain a precious commodity.
#MwangoMemes
4. Last year during his vetting, the Treasury CS spoke against imposing high taxes during hard times:
"When poverty is biting & the cost of living is rising, that is not the time to increase or retarget taxes"
Here are Kenyans reminding him of his words:
#MwangoMemes
"When poverty is biting & the cost of living is rising, that is not the time to increase or retarget taxes"
Here are Kenyans reminding him of his words:
#MwangoMemes
5. On to some good news, this year is going to be a good one as tea farmers with various factories managed by KTDA declaring higher bonus payments, partly helped by the weakening Kenyan shilling.
Tea farmers this year:
#MwangoMemes
Tea farmers this year:
#MwangoMemes
6. #Ad
You can now pay for eCitizen services at a @Coopbankenya branch near you, Co-op Kwa Jirani Agent, Coop Online, and on MCo-opCash App or *667#.
Just generate your eCitizen reference from the eCitizen portal then make your payments conveniently.
#MwangoMemes
You can now pay for eCitizen services at a @Coopbankenya branch near you, Co-op Kwa Jirani Agent, Coop Online, and on MCo-opCash App or *667#.
Just generate your eCitizen reference from the eCitizen portal then make your payments conveniently.
#MwangoMemes
7. Back to Memes.
KRA this week rolled out an on-ground customer support program comprising field officers whose responsibility is to support taxpayers with their compliance needs.
Are you ready for them?
#MwangoMemes
KRA this week rolled out an on-ground customer support program comprising field officers whose responsibility is to support taxpayers with their compliance needs.
Are you ready for them?
#MwangoMemes
8. Kenyan detectives this week arrested 9 employees of Njiwa Sacco due to the disappearance of around KES 160M. Njiwa Sacco belongs to the staff of the National Intelligence Service.
If such a SACCO is getting defrauded, in whose hands are Kenyans safe?
#MwangoMemes
If such a SACCO is getting defrauded, in whose hands are Kenyans safe?
#MwangoMemes
9. The President was in the US this past week attending the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The global community welcomed him warmly and showered him with praise for his initiatives on climate change.
Here is the President entering the US
#MwangoMemes
The global community welcomed him warmly and showered him with praise for his initiatives on climate change.
Here is the President entering the US
#MwangoMemes
10. The President was also very busy marketing Kenya to global investors while in the company of US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman.
Here is how we imagined him going about his marketing business:
#MwangoMemes
Here is how we imagined him going about his marketing business:
#MwangoMemes
11. Under the proposed Social Health Insurance Bill 2023, NHIF employees will now be required to reapply for jobs in the new Social Health Authority.
Here's a live look at the reaction of the employees:
#MwangoMemes
Here's a live look at the reaction of the employees:
#MwangoMemes
12. Namibia's Anti-Corruption Commission visited Kenya this week for an anti-corruption benchmarking exercise.
We asked Kenyans what they thought of this:
#MwangoMemes
We asked Kenyans what they thought of this:
#MwangoMemes
13. Members of the parliamentary committee were shocked to learn that a body they are supposed to be investigating, the Kenya Sports Authority (KSA), was a ghost.
KSA had been listed among the agencies lined up for inspection of their accounting books.
Wild stuff!
#MwangoMemes
KSA had been listed among the agencies lined up for inspection of their accounting books.
Wild stuff!
#MwangoMemes
14. Around 4 years ago, Ezra Chiloba was fired as the IEBC CEO. He was this week suspended as the Director-General at the Communications Authority of Kenya following some corruption allegations.
Seems like every time he gets a job, the man gets this treatment:
#MwangoMemes
Seems like every time he gets a job, the man gets this treatment:
#MwangoMemes
15. Across the border, Zanzibar this week officially handed over the management of operations of its Malindi Port to a French firm called Africa Global Logistics.
Zanzibar will get 30% of the revenues from the port operations, while the French firm will keep 70%.
#MwangoMemes
Zanzibar will get 30% of the revenues from the port operations, while the French firm will keep 70%.
#MwangoMemes
16. Meanwhile in Nigeria, the Naira this week extended its slide and hurtled toward the 1000-per-dollar mark in the black market trading.
A live view of the sliding Naira:
#MwangoMemes
A live view of the sliding Naira:
#MwangoMemes
17. That's a wrap from the #MwangoMemes desk.
🤝 Thanks to our Chief Memes Officer @Wanjiku_Njuguna for compiling this.
👋 Have a lovely weekend & do enjoy more memes from our thread last week:
#MwangoMemes
🤝 Thanks to our Chief Memes Officer @Wanjiku_Njuguna for compiling this.
👋 Have a lovely weekend & do enjoy more memes from our thread last week:
#MwangoMemes
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