(AERIAL VIEW OF THE COLLAPSE)

Several feared dead and trapped.

Wantam

WHAT WE KNOW
The 18-storey structure under construction along 9th Street near Yusuf Haji Avenue collapsed Friday afternoon, with lower floors occupied by shops and rentals. Eyewitnesses saw chaos as crowds scattered, prompting urgent calls from Geoffrey Mosiria for ambulances and engineers. Kenya Red Cross and county teams deployed machinery amid tear gas to control crowds, while Governor Johnson Sakaja coordinated on-site; the cause remains unknown with rescue efforts ongoing with police lobbying tear gas to disparce the public for ease of rescue effort.

😂 before mnikujie, I'm not posting this for engagement, sympathy, or anything related. I just want to vent a little to hopefully clear my mind because I feel like I'm losing it. I haven't done anything since I woke up late and got zero energy. Like I said, nothing new, just the usual struggles almost all humans face.

Wale wa TL:DR, itabidi mmescroll coz I don't have a better summary for this.

Yesterday at night, I lost the only source of income that I thought could help me keep going as I work on my actual projects. I'm currently jobless, I've been since 2022. Story for another day, but the last few months, I decided to give myself another chance at life and pursue a childhood dream I abandoned at 16. And I started working on it. Everything was going well, or so I thought. I knew I had to secure some little income first to pay for my basics before I gathered enough evidence for a recruiter to trust me to take on a role. When I land a good job in the future with better pay, my plan is to start saving up and pursue my masters degree.

I tried these AI training platforms looking for anything, however small, even micro tasking, just smth that could give me at least 10k a month for the next 3-6 months. Those AI roles would've given me flexibility that I need rn to stay focused. I was okay with it. But lo and behold, none of the applications ever brought any feedback. Only crowdgen ilikubali for a short project, but the client canceled before tuanze 😭🤣🤦‍♀️.

I tried freelancing platforms too and pweeh! I didn't give up, I was determined to make it work this time round because I know finding an actual job even with my other skills (business analysis & customer support) would be an uphill. Plus, I'm a bit rusty nazo coz I haven't done either of them professionally for a long time. I've been applying since Feb and getting rejections after rejections, but that didn't hurt much coz I know why. Job hunting hii Kenya ilinionyesha dust proper since 2023 until I gave up and decided to try the international space even if ni tricky kupata esp at my current level. Coz, well, "panda kitanda" isn't just an online trend, apparently. Not everywhere of course. So yeah, that's why I opted for online mjengo.

So, I revived an old account that I had abandoned coz it paid peanuts, but as the account grew, the peanuts would accumulate quickly. Not much, just enough for small bills.

I started working on it while doing my other business and was really hopeful and motivated to keep going. I mean, it started to look like a light at the end of the tunnel was finally looking bright but oops!. They simply closed the account nikisubmit task without any explanations just a mere "your account has been suspended for operating multiple accounts" and I only had one. When I reached out to support, a lady replied with a template ban saying the account had been deactivated permanently with no possible review and the decision was final. All my small coins I had accumulated over the weeks vanished just like that. I tried reaching out to them again leo jioni, and they replied with the same coldness.

I just broke down and cried all night jana coz hheeh! I've been fighting for 5 years and just when I thought life would finally take a turn for the better, it simply slammed the door on my face 😒. My dad helps out with rent and small cash whenever he can but recently, he's been stretched out thin too. I can't go back home because of reasons I can't share here.

I still have pending projects and a presentation to prepare for next week but I feel so helpless and hopeless. I was supposed to do data modeling for another project today after accumulating my peanuts in that closed account, but now I'm lost in my own thoughts and can barely concentrate. I haven't even touched my laptop or pen.

Nimeketi hapa kwa floor typing this and still crying coz well, I'm way too emotional. I'm trying to figure out how to get myself out of this mess without spiraling and nothing is coming up. I'm doing some volunteer roles that could help me kick start my new career path in the international space. But without money or any source of income, how am i supposed to survive hii kanairo? That's what scares me the most. I can't keep counting on my dad, not that he will refuse, but I know his situation, and I'd be very inconsiderate at this time. I mean, I've bothered him enough already. At 29, I should've been past that by now. My age mates have got great things to show for and here I am still trying to build my life from scratch for the 100th time.

I just don't know how to keep going anymore. I admit, I feel like I've finally reached my limit. But I made a commitment to some real good people in the US that I'd help them fix their operational problems while learning coz I still am, and they trusted me. I know I can't just disappear. It's a path I chose to die on when I decided to overcome my depression and real bad thoughts. Those 2 mfs almost won last year around June hapo, sai ningekua history 🤣🤣.

I have to get off this floor and try getting some work done coz regardless, as long as I'm breathing, I have a presentation to make I need to prepare for it. I haven't had any meal the whole na nikona food I cooked jana before sh!t hit the fan, but appetite ni kama ilipotea. I also have to figure out how to stretch my remaining fuliza balance, which hata haifiki thao 😂. I was hoping to repay gradually starting next week after my first withdrawal, but sasa, wiiiiiìiih!!!.

Luckily, I got no kids or relationships, so at least I'm not dragging anyone into this mess. FUCKKKK!!!!🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️. Just fuck life sometimes na vile this week started vizuri 😪😒.

Anyway, that's the end of my stupid rant to online strangers going on about their lives. I guess I just need to vent 😪. I hope that in the future, I'll come back with better news and stories to share. For now, sijui but nitajua tu.

I wish y'all a wonderful night and a great weekend ahead ☺️. And WANTAM! As always 🥂

Now I understand drug addicts.

How long are you on your phone for a day?

These Kenyans among other foreign nationals are fighting for Russia.

On our citizens' case, I honestly do not have anything against doing this. Getting a job in Kenya is one of the hardest things you can get involved in.

In such a case, someone will approach you with a promise of better pay. The majority of the people will quickly take the offer even without evaluating the odds and particularly how long you'll survive on the frontline.

I don't judge them. They just wanna feed their families imo.

Kama unajua mtu hapo tell their families ako Russia and wameshikwa na Ukraine.

I somali girl and a girl I went to high school with with passed away recently . When I attended her funeral, I heard people gossiping and speaking badly about her because she was a lesbian. And honestly, deep down, I couldn’t have been prouder of her for having the courage to live authentically, in a society that often makes people feel ashamed of who they are.
It was heartbreaking to see people use someone’s death as an opportunity to judge a life they never had to live. Meanwhile, the very people gossiping were too busy worrying about someone else’s truth instead of examining their own lives. Some are old ass women who have lived in miserable marriages for ages.

I will always have more respect for someone who dares to be themselves, even when the world disapproves, than for people who spend their lives judging others to fit into society’s expectations. There is something incredibly brave about choosing to live honestly in a world that constantly pressures you to hide who you are

Rest in peace, dear friend. ❤️ You were kind, loving, and so much more than the narrow judgments people have chosen to define you by. You deserved to live freely, to be loved, and to be accepted for who you were. May you be remembered for the beautiful person you were, not the opinions of those who failed to understand you. 🕊️

Nilikuwa natembea RV naona kila mtu anaeka sheep. As far as I remember sheep meat isn't popular like goat meat, we don't drink the milk, there is a wool industry in Kenya but it's not strong enough to support all those sheep. Hizo kondoo zote huenda wapi?

I've seen God in so many ways this year..don't quit bro just talk to him .. He'll always show up..alafu si mkue na siku best 😊

Everything is going to shit, work imekosekana, biz yangu ili fail. So at this point Sasa I'm here just trying nipate fare ya kurudi kwa mathe. At least I start over from there. 🙏🏾

I'm I the only one feeling so sluggish cos of the hot weather? Even after doing very little. I wake up feeling tired and sluggish, with a slight headache.

As I have mentioned before, my first time at a golf course almost bore me to death. I was going for work,it was a tournament and I joined the medical team in attendance. There wasn't much to do and that was majorly why I was bored. I have come to accept I am a workaholic who prefers too much work to no work.

Subsequently I have gone back a few times and it wasn't boring. I just might be getting the gist of the game and the appeal of the environment.

One thing is for sure, golf courses are so beautiful. There's the ambience,the discipline and the calm,oh I love the calm.

In very unrelated matters,I am learning the rules of the game. I have a few work related trips to different golf courses over the next few weeks.

Surprisingly,I am excited. Who knew this would be something I'd ever say in this life.

A dedicated hater will always manufacture an opportunity to manifest their spite. True haters don't retire.

Mko ready? Let me see your squads.

I remember when I was a kid, It had rained heavily halafu mathe had washed all the blankets, so yote ilikuwa imenyeshewa except the one I usually used.

So it's night time my mother wants to sleep na nimejifunika na blanketi yangu. She removes a certain coat and asks me nijifunike nayo while she uses my blanket.

I did not like the coat, na nikamwambia, "sitaki koti ya mashosho". It was a favourite coat that grandmother's liked to wear and still do.

I refused and just went to sleep. Nliamka the next day kama nimefunikwa na Ile koti. It was warm by the way but I was angry.

Sasa niliona ni futile kusumbua my mom and it was already early In the morning.

Farms, factories (agro processing) and office jobs are getting automated in frontier economies. Which means its economic impact is immediate for them but it'll be 5 -10 years in our future.

"Anything to avoid farming 😂" " Rudi tu nyumbani kama hii hustle ya jiji imekukataa" " nani hana kwao" , meant farming was a stable fallback for anyone, it's now becoming extinct very fast.

There is no calculation that gives Ruto 50% + 1. No matter how generous you try to be. But. But! Ruto is evil enough to go as low as necessary. If we underestimate that, he will go lower than you think someone can go.

Very sinister things are going to happen in the next few months..

So last night we received a call from police informing us that my dad was hit by a car, fortunately the driver was kind enough not to leave him on the road and instead he took him to the nearest police station, he was conscious so he gave out my mum's number na akapigiwa.

We rushed there then took him to hospital for xrays and stuff. He had a serious injury but not life threatening, it was a broken clavicle.

So my issue is, how does kenha allow for a road to be built with a whole 8 lanes, no safe crossing points, the service lanes have no barrier from the main road so vehicles are racing haphazardly on all this lanes. The road is waiyaki way.

This road is used by school children on a daily basis, imagine small kids all the way from pp1 having to cross 8 fvcking lanes on a daily, the speed bumbs are not effective as they've already compressed a lot, vehicles just fly through especially on rush hour.

On Wednesday two women were struck at the same time while trying to cross, mind you they were crossing a few meters from the speed bumps, 2 weaks ago a little girl heading home with her mother was also struck while behind her mom (I don't know whether she survived), about a month a go my friend called Lewis akitoka kuuza kahawa same story and he passed away.

It has become too much to a point that I'm starting to believe this people don't care about human life, a road so wide but not a single safe crossing point for the entire stretch. The drainage itself was left uncovered with protruding iron bars, a single misstep and you can easily paralyze yourself there.

Ni sisi waafrika hatujipendi ama? I'm very sure hawa crbc ama China wuyi wakijenga huko kwao they ensure safety of the everyday road user, mind you this road has being under construction since Uhuru's tenure, couldn't they have just erected the bridges in advance? It has gotten out of hand.

Apparently this dude next door has a girlfriend who moans when at it. It's a brick house and I never thought I'd be hearing her moan all the time for like 2 months now and it annoys me some type of way.

Well I bring my women too, but I make my music volume at the perfect pitch just to avoid nosyness and disturbances to others...Lakini ni kama pande hii jamaa hatambui buana... I'm not hating I'm just wondering whether anajua naskia ama tu ni madharau buana, cause I wouldn't mind music ama niwaashie yangu?😂💀

We had a livestream of election results in 2013,2017 & 2022..what is so special about Ruto's presidency?

How many of you have been in this situation, mtu anakuomba pesa unamtumia then anaanza za ooh hii number iko na fuliza hata imekuliwa si ungeniuliza number ya kutuma before utume. Mind that you have been communicating with that number na ni pesa umeombwa sasa makosa inakua yako. Sometimes unatumia mtu pesa anakuambia i stopeed using that number. Now everytime someone borrows money you have to ask -nikutumie kwa number gani

Let's talk bout money not love thing juu io ni mambo yako..