May his legacy be a challenge, not a memorial. May we carry forward the insistence that power must be accountable, that the margins must be heard, that change is neither easy nor inevitable, but it is possible.

Rest in power, Baba Raila. 🇰🇪

But beyond politics: let us remember the human behind the legend , the father, friend, strategist, dreamer. Kenya got a better soul because he lived.

With his departure, many questions linger: Who now channels the bold dissent he embodied? What becomes of the movements he catalyzed?

He challenged strongmen. He insisted that the people’s voice must matter. He believed, unrelentingly, that Kenya’s promise lies in its democracy in fairness, accountability, inclusion.

Hon Raila's life was a saga of resilience: from the frontlines of opposition, to exile, to playing an instrumental role in shaping the 2010 Constitution, to standing as the “people’s president” even when power eluded him.

10/ Unlike Egypt’s Aswan project, this one was powered by sacrifice from ordinary Ethiopians. That’s the twist: The GERD is both miracle and menace.
A weapon that can electrify millions…
…or starve entire nations downstream.

9/ Sudan? Stuck in the middle.
One day, it could benefit from cheap power. The next, unpredictable flows could wreck its agriculture.Collateral damage in a pride war.

8/ The two nations have gone to war over who controls the sacred river , The Egyptian–Ethiopian War occurred from 1874 to 1876. It was fought between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt. Primarily driven by Egypt's ambitions to expand its territory and control over the Nile region.

7/ Egypt call the GERD an “existential threat.” They’ve gone to the UN, threatened military action, and flooded media with outrage.
Egypt tantrum is screaming: “We don’t want to share.” and this is not the first time.

6/ Egypt has claimed monopoly rights over the Nile, protected by colonial-era treaties.
Now Ethiopia just tore up those agreements with raw people-power. And Egypt is screaming betrayal and threathening! It begs the question is this really about water or ego?

5/ Funny thing is, Egypt already built its own mega-dam in the 1960s. The Aswan High Dam drowned an estimated hundred thousand Nubians and their villages & reshaped the river permanently. Back then? They bragged, celebrated and didn't care about the millions of lives affected and effected by them.

4/ And that’s exactly why Egypt is furious.
The Nile has always been their crown.
Now Ethiopia dares to touch it, funded not by elites, but by millions of ordinary citizens.

3/ For Ethiopians and East Africa, it’s not “a project.” It’s regional pride in concrete.
No IMF. No World Bank strings. No begging. Just Ethiopia saying: “We can do it," and did it ! inspite of the political climate around the project.

2/ The thing is Ethiopia didn’t just build a dam. Its people built it.Teachers gave salaries. Farmers bought bonds. Students skipped meals. This dam is stitched together with sacrifice.

1/ Ethiopia just pulled the ultimate power move:They built a dam so massive it can bend the Nile. Applause? Outrage? Or straight-up water warfare?