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Business this Day, Maragwa (2025)

16/11/2025

Adult challenges nobody warned us about:

1. The bills never end: You pay rent. Then electricity. Then water. Then insurance. Then internet. Then subscriptions you forgot about. Then groceries. Then black tax. Then it's rent time again. Suddenly, you're not working to build your dream you're working to stay afloat. It's a cycle designed to humble you forever.

2. Parenting your parents: Nobody warns you about that sudden switch. When you start reminding them to take their meds, booking their doctors appointments, explaining to them how to use apps, or cautioning them not to poke a stranger's outfit in public... and then it hits you- oh you the adult now. The role reversal comes like a truck you never saw coming.

3. Grief in all forms: Friendships that faded. Dreams that didn't work out. The version of yourself you thought you'd be by now. Relationships that ended without closure. Nobody told you that you'll spend years mourning things that are still breathing. We don't just grieve death. We grieve what could've been.

4. The cost of furnishing an apartment: Have you SEEN how much they're selling Curtains? Curtains And mirrors? Don't even get me started on rugs & sofasets. Growing up, we used to tell our parents "Daddy buy a bigger TV" like it was nothing. Now I'm looking at TV prices like "is this thing made of gold??" Either our economy crashed or adulthood is just expensive robbery.

5. How LONG real success actually takes: I knew I'd need to work hard, but nobody mentioned the nights I'd lie awake staring at the gap between where I thought I'd be and where I actually am. The discipline it takes to keep going when results are slow? That's the part they skip in motivational speeches.

6. The constant state of exhaustion: Not tired from working out or staying up late. Just tired from existing. Tired from making decisions. Tired from being responsible. A bone-deep exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix because it's mental, not physical. Ever when you rest. Even when you "do nothing." Tired has become the default setting.

7. Having to decide what to eat EVERY. SINGLE. DAY: Breakfast. lunch, dinner---the mental load of deciding what to eat for every meal is genuinely exhausting. Meal prep sounds good until you're tired of the food by day two. Some nights, I'd honestly rather lie down and get high on H20 than figure out dinner one more time. The mental load is real.

8. The morality of elders: Remember when you thought adults had all the answers? Now vou realize some of them were the problem. Hypocrisy, double standards, lack of focus, secrets... and vou're left picking up the pieces. The moral authority you thought they had? Turns out they're just people who made it to old age not people who figured everything out.

9. The loneliness of independence: Not because you lack people - you have friends, family. But becoming your own person, managing your own life, your owr dreams, your own disappointments? That's a solo journey nobody can walk with you. And it's incredibly lonely--but necessary.

10. The ghost of childhood grief: All that trauma you ignored as a child? That thing you ignored as a kid because vou had to survive? It's back with interest. The abandonment. The fears. The shame - thev wait until you're adult enough to finally deal with them then they crash into you all at once. Adulthood has a way of holding up a mirror you've been avoiding.

11. Being in charge of your own life: Homes needs constant cleaning. Relationships need constant attention. You need constant self-care. Children needs constant care & attention. Work keeps piling up. And you'll never have enough time for any of it. The pressure is suffocating and nobody's delegating tasks. Honestly, at this point, can our guardian angel assign for us personal manager?

12. Good character isn't always rewarding: You're dependable, punctual, honest. empathetic - all the things vour parents and teachers raised you to be. But nobody warned you that people would take advantage of exactly those qualities. Now you resent the very traits that make you good because not everyone operates with the same integrity. Bad guys are thriving. People who take short cuts are very far in life.

13. Anticipatory Grief: Watching your parents age in real time--gray hairs appearing, steps slowing, hands trembling, memories slipping. Then one day it hits you they're mortal. The clock is ticking louder than you're ready for. Time isn't abstract anymore. It's happening right in front of you.

14. Families are way more complicated than vou knew: They were always messy - you just weren't old enough to know the secrets vet or notice a lot of things happening. Now you're learning the affairs. the step or half siblings, the resentments. the buried trauma. the inheritance & succession battles and suddenly family gatherings hits different. And you start re-seeing your whole childhood.

15. Outgrowing everyone's understanding of you: Your growth changes your mindset so much that even the people you grew up with, your family, your friends can't understand you anymore. You're evolving and they're still expecting the old version. You end up living knowing you're the only one who truly gets what you're doing.

16. Life doesn't pause for vour breakdown: Your mental health could be in the gutter, your world falling apart, your relationship just ended, you're grieving.. but the world doesn't pause. Work still expects you to show up. Emails keep coming. Life keeps moving whether you're ready or not. There's no time out button. and that's terrifying.

I found them on the interwebs and decided to reshare. This be the Realest post of the year. 🙌

15/11/2025

Building a flat roof in Kenya costs less than one with hipped roof. With hipped roof,you will spend Ksh12 million but a flat roof of the same size will cost Ksh8 million.However,if you don't have a good fundi,you will regret building flat roof especially in areas with heavy rainfall.
The roof on this house may not also collect rain water.

15/11/2025

If you have Ksh 30 million you will comfortably build this house in Kenya

15/11/2025

He sent money to his father to buy land and build this house. He has thanked the father because he delivered exactly the house he wanted to be built. It's rare to find genuine people in the construction industry

14/11/2025

This is Hillary Rugut's compound. Though with a simple house structure, his compound receives visitors daily. People visit to take photos, shoot videos and hold functions. Hillary is paid for providing the venue. He has also gotten many tasks from clients who want to do landscaping.
Hillary has a passion for landscaping amd it's now feeding him.

14/11/2025

𝟱 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫

• 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲: Every time you open the door, cold air escapes and warm air gets in. This forces the compressor to work harder to restore the right temperature, leading to higher power use.
• 𝐀𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞: Introducing hot food adds unnecessary heat inside the fridge, making it work extra to cool down. Always allow food to cool before storing it.
• 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞: When the fridge is packed, air cannot circulate properly. This makes the cooling system run longer and consume more power to maintain the right temperature.
• 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: Go for fridges with higher EPRA star ratings, ideally 4 or 5 stars. These consume less electricity and save you more money in the long run.

14/11/2025

Three traders/Crooks are being held for allegedly beating two customers who refused to pay Sh11,000 extra for a TV they had already bought for Sh20,000.

Daniel Kamau, Paul Wanyeki Nyambura and Paul Wanyeki Wangare will be held at Kamukunji police station for 6 days.

They were arraigned on Wednesday before Makadara senior principal magistrate on charges of robbery with violence. Police constable Rahab Muthoni attached to Kamukunji police station sought seven-day detention so investigations could be completed.

Rahab said that on November 10 at about 1 pm, Daniel Ndungu and his brother Joseph Njuguna went to buy a smart 43-inch TV at a shop on Luthuli Avenue. They entered Bravo House Ramogi and entered a shop selling TV sets belonging to the three traders. After bargaining, they agreed on a Sh20,000 and paid through M-Pesa. They were then told to add an extra Sh11,000 or pick a smaller, 23-inch TV instead, police said.

Ndungu said they didn't have enough money to pay extra and asked for a refund of Sh20,000. After the brothers insisted on a refund, the three traders assaulted them, calling them thieves and attracting members of the public who joined in panel beating the brothers.

The two brothers are at KNH receiving treatment for broken limbs and ribs.

14/11/2025

CRIME DOES NOT PAY

On January 13, 2020, the granddaughter of the former Moi powerful Minister Mark Too was relaxing at their Kileleshwa home, when four armed individuals forcibly entered. Believing them to be robbers, she remained composed to avoid being harmed. However, she was shocked to discover that their intentions were not to steal valuables but to kidnap her.

Before she could come into terms with why they weren't asking for money, the men bound her hands, covered her eyes, and ushered her into a waiting car, which immediately sped off to an unknown location. Simultaneously, the thugs called her parents to inform them.
"Send us Ksh 20m or we send you a dead daughter.'' the caller said before hanging the call..

The family received a distressing message which was completely unexpected, with a warning against involving the police. Despite the caution, they disregarded it, as they were family friends with the country's then-president, Uhuru kenyatta.

So they called him & Uhuru directed the DCI to spring into action where they discovered that the goons had called using an untraceable number..
This left the family even more panicked because as per the kidnappers words, time was not on their daughter's side.

So against police advice, the family engaged the goons secretly to secure her release and after a series of calls, they settled for a Ksh 4M payment. A week later, they stacked the cash in a duffle bag and delivered it to Lela area near Maseno, Kisumu.

Few minutes later the bag was picked by a masked man who after leaving the scene directed them to a bush near the railway line where they found their daughter, reuniting them after the harrowing ordeal. However, this was an expensive & unnecessary ordeal so the family was determined to get the kidnappers. Quickly, they shared with the cops all the numbers the kidnappers had used to reach out and after serious digging, one number was found to be registered under Mr Dafton Mwitiki's name.

Who is/was Dafton mwatiki?

Dafton Mwitiki shot to the limelight during the DusitD2 rescue mission in January, 2019.
Media cameras captured Mwitiki — or Dafton as he is popularly known,brown, — carrying a sophisticated rifle alongside politician Steve Mbogo. It was apparent that gun handling was not a new adventure to Mwitiki.

This was quite a shocker to the cops who already knew Dafton as an active member of the National Gun Owners Association since he had also represented Kenya in the 2019 International Defensive Pistol Association Southern Nationals Shooting Competition in South Africa.
Moreover, Dafton was also a successful business man who owned a Tours and Travel company called Beyond the Wild Safaris and a restaurant in Kilimani Galana Plaza together with a Chinese national.

So why the hell, would he be kidnapping people for ransom? They wondered.

With no answer to this question, they decided to keep a close eye on him in order to gather enough evidence.

Luckily, Dafton and his team were back in action a month later and this time they had set their eyes on a bigger target who was a Chinese businessman.

On Feb 22 2020, Gao Yuan Hong- was chilling at his electronics shop in China Center along Ngong Road when 4 armed men who identified themselves as DCI cops stormed in and arrested him. The 5 then left in a Toyota Land cruiser, With Gao expecting that they were headed to the police station, Only to be served with the painful surprise that this was a kidnapping when he was asked to provide the number of his family.

Fearing for his life, he quickly gave away their contacts..
The crew demanded a Ksh 100M ransom to set him free while they drove the terrified Chinese man to a hideout in Dagoretti- House no 2199 at Sun Track Estate. Where, they hid Gao while making demanding threats to his family, Who hurriedly informed the Chairman of Kenya Chinese Chamber of Commerce Mr William Zhuo of the ordeal.

Mr William reported the matter to the DCI and a rescue team was formed consisting of DCI and NIS once they noticed that the number used to call was still untraceable.
After serious forensic investigation and a tip off, detectives got the location of the goons and very fast a rescue plan was formed.

The raid was led by officers from the Special Service Unit that was disbanded by President Ruto for their ruthlessness. The unit raided the house at Dagoretti with precision and managed to free the Chinese man after a shootout.

On the floor lay the bodies of the 4 men who had abducted Mr Gao where one turned out to be an administration police officer. The only person who was missing was Mr Dafton but gladly, his footprints were present in the form of a car he had hired that was found in the compound.

After it was towed to the station, The owner went to record a statement and gave away Dafton as the one who had hired it from him.
Quickly ,The sleuths checked thru the numbers that had been used to call Gao's family to see if Dafton's number would appear and boom, it did.

This was no mere coincidence and for this matter, Dafton's fate seemed to have been written in SSU ink..

On March 11 2020, just a week after his mates had been gunned down, Dafton Mwitiki was seen leaving his office at Galana Plaza at around 10PM.

It had been a busy day and he was now headed home for a much needed rest
Not knowing that the angel of death was waiting for him right outside his workplace.

As soon as he boarded his black land Rover discovery, unknown men joined him and off they went to who knows where.
Next time Dafton was to be seen was on posters where his friends and family sought help for his whereabouts ...

Nobody knew who took him but what was known was that he was in a hurry to seal a business deal. What business ? No one knew once again.
All they were sure about was that it was some risky business because nothing had been stolen from him.

Days later his car was found abandoned outside an estate in Juja in pristine condition
Upto date he has never been found but traces of what could have happened to him are discussed in low tones.

12/11/2025

💥 THE VANISHING OF BOGONKO BOSIRE 💥
The Blogger Who Exposed Too Much and Paid the Ultimate Price

Kenya: A Nation of Fire and Fury

Kenya. A land where politics burns hotter than the equatorial sun, and words, especially the wrong ones, can ignite storms that consume careers, reputations, and sometimes lives. In this charged atmosphere, blogs became weapons, the new battleground of ideas and vendettas, where the truth cut deep and power always struck back. Nairobi’s streets, alive with noise and movement, have long been a city of whispers, rumors of the missing, tales of those who flew too close to the flame. Among these whispers, one name echoes louder than the rest. Bogonko Bosire. The man who dared to howl, who prowled the digital jungle like a jackal, exposing the powerful, mocking the mighty, and then, one day, simply vanished.

Early Life in Kuresoi

Dickson Bogonko Bosire was born in Kuresoi, Nakuru County, the eldest son of David and Esther Bosire. He grew up surrounded by rolling hills and modest beginnings, in a family bound by love, faith, and resilience. From an early age, he exhibited a sharp mind and magnetic presence, a boy who devoured newspapers as though decoding the country’s secrets. He was fiercely independent, endlessly curious, and had a knack for sensing where stories and danger might converge.

After graduating from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, a cradle for many of the nation’s finest media minds, he stepped into journalism with a restless energy, driven by a desire not merely to report the world but to unsettle it.

The Journalist Who Feared Nothing

At Agence France-Presse, Bogonko’s brilliance was impossible to ignore. His dispatches were crisp, fearless, unfiltered. He reported from the front lines of Sudan’s peace talks and later, amid the chaos of Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence, he stood in the ashes of the Kiambaa church fire, where thirty-five people perished in one of the darkest chapters of the nation’s history. These experiences hardened him, stripping away the illusions of neutrality and showing him just how deeply truth could wound those who wielded it.

But Bogonko was never built for quiet newsrooms or cautious editors. Rumors suggest his time at AFP ended after clashes over sensitive angles or because he refused to play safe. Whatever the reason, his departure only sharpened his edge. He believed journalism should provoke, expose, and unsettle. “The pen pierces where swords fail,” he would say. That philosophy would define his legacy.

Jackal News: A Digital Storm

In 2012, restless and untamed, Bogonko launched Jackal News, a blog that would shake Kenyan media to its core. Its tagline was audacious: “We own the news and gossip. You are either the source or the target.” Jackal News mixed political exposés with scathing gossip, weaving corruption scandals with salacious tales of power and privilege. No one was safe—ministers, journalists, celebrities—all found themselves under his digital microscope. Articles carried venom and humor: “The Hyena in the Henhouse,” “Saints of Sin,” “Tea and Treachery.”

Bogonko’s sources ran deep. He cultivated informants in government, party machinery, and even intelligence circles. Some believed he had allies in the corridors of power, though no one could name them. His writing style, biting, unfiltered, and laced with insider language, made him both feared and revered. In an age before influencer culture dominated, Bogonko was already a phenomenon, a one-man newsroom, a storm contained in a blogspot URL. But the very thing that made him powerful also made him a target.

The ICC Controversy

As Kenya’s political climate grew tense in 2013, Bogonko found himself entangled in one of the most dangerous subjects a journalist could touch: the International Criminal Court investigations into Kenya’s post-election violence. He published articles exposing sensitive details about witnesses, their identities, and testimonies—information that could influence trials and endanger lives. Critics accused him of recklessness; others whispered that his reporting had crossed invisible lines, exposing secrets that powerful, shadowy actors would prefer remain hidden.

Bogonko knew the risks. Each post could bring praise or peril. Friends described him as a man of paradoxes—warm and loyal one moment, calculating and wary the next. He moved through Nairobi aware that every phone call, every meeting, could carry danger. His work was fearless, but it also painted a target on his back, invisible to the public but unmistakable to those who thrived in shadows.

The Disappearance

Then came September 2013. Nairobi was tense. Just days before the Westgate Mall attack that would horrify the world, Bogonko borrowed fifty shillings from his cousin Kiago—fare to Nairobi. “I’ll pay you back once I’m in town,” he said casually. Those would be his last known words.

His phone went silent. His blog froze. Jackal News, once alive with stories and satire, went dark. Friends initially assumed he had gone underground to avoid heat from his ICC-related stories. But as hours became days, and days turned into weeks, worry turned into dread. Whispers suggested he had been warned—by unnamed actors with influence—to steer clear of sensitive topics. Others hinted he had been planning meetings that day in Nairobi, meetings that might have determined the rest of his life.

Searches began. Friends scoured hospitals, police stations, mortuaries. A body in Naivasha briefly matched his description—but it was a false alarm. Leads evaporated. His digital footprint was erased. He had vanished into thin air.

Family in Shadows

In the years that followed, his story took on a life of its own. Some claimed to see him abroad. Others swore that cryptic online messages, appearing years later, hinted he might still be alive. “Loose mouths get erased. I warned them,” one post read. Was it him? A ghost? A message planted to confuse? No one knew.

Meanwhile, his family bore the unbearable weight of uncertainty. His father, David, suffered a mental breakdown. In 2022, his brother Joshua took his own life, crushed by the burden of caring for their father and living with endless not knowing. A month later, David died. Esther, his mother, and sister Winnie carried on, clinging to the faint hope that he might be alive somewhere, hiding, waiting. But as the years stretched on, even hope began to feel like cruelty. Their Nakuru home became a shrine of faded photos, unanswered prayers, and silence.

Legacy and Haunting Echoes

Yet Bogonko’s ghost lingered—not just in memory, but across Kenya’s digital landscape. His legacy lived on in bloggers who dared to publish what mainstream media would not touch. Names like Edgar Obare and Cyprian Nyakundi credit his blueprint: the unfiltered audacity, the fusion of humor and exposé. But his story also serves as a warning: freedom of expression in Kenya, even in the online age, can still cost lives.

By 2024, reports of missing journalists and digital activists had multiplied. The “Missing Voices” initiative documented a sharp rise in disappearances linked to shadowy operatives and unknown actors with vested interests. The ghosts of Bogonko’s generation were no longer isolated—they were becoming statistics in a country that never truly accounted for its past.

Now, more than a decade since he vanished, no one knows what happened to him. Some believe he fled the country, living quietly under another name. Others insist his remains lie somewhere near Lake Naivasha, buried in unmarked earth. His blog remains frozen in time, a relic of defiance, a symbol of how easily truth-tellers can be erased.

Bogonko Bosire was more than a blogger. He was a voice that refused to whisper in a country that rewards silence. The Jackal howls no more. But his echo still lingers… and it warns us all.

12/11/2025

Building a house in Kenya has become very expenses. This 4 bedroom house cost Ksh 5.5 million. If you are not keen, you'll spend up to Ksh 7.5m juu fundi lazima wakuibie.
It's good that you acquire materials yourself without having someone kwa ground wa kununua hizo.

12/11/2025

In 2026 if you want to start a profitable business in Kenya,go for business related to food,mitumba clothes and health sector.
Business related to motor industry is not doing well. Also,business related to real estate isn't doing well.
When the economy is not doing well,people must go to hospitals,they must buy drugs,they must eat food and also wear second hand clothes.

11/11/2025

Back in 2022, I wanted to invest in a trolley business. Here’s how it works: people hire the trolleys and pay you a fee per day, ranging from Ksh. 200 to Ksh. 300.

I planned to start with 30 trolleys, and as is customary in any business, I gathered facts and figures. I went to the City Stadium area, where the trolleys are manufactured.

At that time, one trolley was priced at KSh. 4,500, but after some negotiation, they agreed to sell me one for Ksh. 3,800 because I was ordering in bulk. This brought my total to Ksh. 114,000.

I calculated that if I charged Ksh. 200 per trolley, I would recoup my investment within 20 days.

This is not just a story; it is real.

The next step was to visit City Hall to understand the licensing process, if any, to ensure I was compliant. In Nairobi, before starting a new business, it’s essential to have a clean record with the City Council.

I received the shock of my life during this process. I was advised to forget about the business and focus on other ventures.

The trolley and mkokoteni business in Nairobi’s CBD is controlled by very powerful individuals within City Hall and other upper-level officials.

I was given the names of those who control the industry, and it left me speechless.

While it might be acceptable to buy a single trolley, they will not allow an outsider to operate in bulk as I intended.

In Kenya, particularly in Nairobi, certain people dominate the market. I learned that even street vendor spaces, like those for selling newspapers, are tightly controlled by individuals in the system.

The very people we expect to create opportunities for us are often the same ones blocking them.

Just like that, I shelved my dream.

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