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| 2 |  +1No text... | 1 |
| 3 |  Happy best friends day | 308 |
| 4 | The Kamba
Bicycle - "Kîsûlulu
Marble (bano) - "Mbîkoli"
Sewing machine - "Kyelaâni"
They have their vowels
a â, e ê, i î, o ô, u û
Paper (singular) - "îkalatasi" | 587 |
| 5 | Eti the Gusii call:
Handkerchief - "ekirangachifu"
Slippers - "ebitaratara"
Going backwards - "ekenyanyuma"
Eti na serikali imenyamaza
Kenyans 🇰🇪 | 613 |
| 6 |  Some permits though 😀 | 544 |
| 7 |  *Mashipei Spa is hiring for the following positions*
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✅ Beauticians/Therapists
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✅ Cleaner/Spa Assistant
✅ Receptionist
_📅 Application Deadline: 19th June 2026_
Send your application documents via email to:
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| 8 |  Bartender/Mixologist at Excelon Limited
Method of Application
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Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: recruitment@excelon.co.ke using the position as subject of email. | 416 |
| 9 |  *NAIROBI HOSPITAL HIRING – FRONT OFFICE ASSISTANT/CASHIER*
#patakazinaDailyForum
Ref: TNH/HHR/FOA-C/06/2026
*Main Duties*
✔ Patient registration & billing
✔ Handling cash, Mpesa & card payments
✔ Insurance follow-ups & approvals
✔ Booking appointments
✔ Daily cash reconciliation & reporting
✔ Guiding patients within the hospital
_⏳ Deadline: 13th June 2026_
Method of Application
If your background, experience and competence match the above specifications, please send us your application (cover letter & CV/Resume) quoting the job reference number, testimonials and full contact details of 3 referees, to reach the undersigned not later than 13th June , 2026. We shall ONLY accept ONLINE applications.
Head of Human Resources
The Nairobi Hospital
P. O. Box 30026 – 00100
NAIROBI
Email: recruitment@nbihosp.org | 378 |
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• Casino Manager
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| 11 |  +5Around the world innovations | 468 |
| 12 |  +2The MPs who vote to raise taxes, live like this | 510 |
| 13 |  How we normalise issues in Kenya 🇰🇪 | 618 |
| 14 | And that is how SHA came to be. This country has mad people. You see that friend they were walking with??? Huyo alikua kwa the plotting. | 896 |
| 15 | Transition from NHIF to SHA | 886 |
| 16 | After her death.... SHA was installed. Do your math!!!! | 870 |
| 17 | EXTRA JUDICIAL deaths in Kenya is always treated casually,,,,, | 859 |
| 18 |  +3No text... | 885 |
| 19 | Civil society quickly filled the gaps with their own theories. Many believed Lilian had uncovered serious financial mess at NHIF — dodgy procurement deals, land scams, and kickbacks worth billions. Others said she knew too much about powerful people inside the institution. The silent bullet, the perfect angle, the lack of any real suspect — it all pointed to a message: stay quiet or else.
NHIF denied any link to corruption or whistleblowing. Her family also maintained she never mentioned threats or seemed worried.
But the doubts remained.
A few days later, Lilian was laid to rest in Kamugunda, Mwea, Kirinyaga County. The funeral was heavy with grief and anger. People demanded answers. To many, she became the face of honest civil servants who pay the ultimate price in a country where impunity runs deep.
In February 2024, during a memorial service, her husband Paul spoke with raw pain:
“You robbed us of a heroine. You robbed our boys of their mother. Whether it was intentional or not, the law will catch up with you one day.”
As of 2026, more than three years later, no arrests. No convictions. The shooter is still a ghost.
Every day, thousands of people walk past that spot on Kaunda Street, rushing to work or home, completely unaware of the woman who fell there. But for Paul and the two boys, the wound is still fresh.
This is just a deadly cost of staying clean in a dirty system.
A woman simply walking home from work.
One bullet.
No sound.
And no justice.
Who killed Lilian Waithera?
And who is shielding them? | 595 |
| 20 | Long read alert ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Shot by a Ghost Sniper for Being Too Honest, Too Clean
Mary Lilian Waithera Gathenya was gunned down in broad daylight on the busy streets of Nairobi’s CBD. One silent bullet. That’s all it took.
To many Kenyans, her death wasn’t just another statistic. It became a painful symbol of what can happen to people who refuse to play dirty in systems that run on silence, favours, and compromise.
Lilian was 46, a dedicated junior relationship officer at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) in Upper Hill. She had put in nearly 15 years of service. Faithfully and full of integrity. Her colleagues remember her as that reliable, knowledgeable, no-nonsense woman in the Operations Department, the go-to person for anything to do with Registry, Registration, and Compliance. Disciplined. Straightforward. Clean.
Outside the office, she was a wife and mother. Married to Paul Njine Mbogo, and by all accounts, theirs was a solid, loving marriage. Many admired their union. It was hyper-realistic. They lived in Buru Buru and were raising two sons; Michael Gathenya and Andrew Njine. Paul always spoke of her as meticulous, transparent, and someone who carried herself with quiet dignity. He insists she had no dark secrets and wasn’t living in fear.
Then came Monday, February 13, 2023.
It was just another evening. Around 5:13 PM, Lilian left the NHIF offices with her colleague Damaris Achieng. They were walking along Kaunda Street near Optica, looking for a matatu to head home. Normal day. Normal plans.
Suddenly, Lilian clutched her chest. She gasped, complained of chest pain, collapsed on the pavement, and started bleeding from her nose and mouth. No loud bang. No visible shooter. Just chaos as people rushed to help.
An ambulance came fast and rushed her to Nairobi Hospital. But it was already too late.
The next day, Valentine’s Day, the country got the shock of its life.
The autopsy, done by Chief Government Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor at Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital, revealed the truth: Lilian had been hit by a single 9mm bullet. It entered near her left collarbone and ended up in her left lung.
The entry wound was small and easy to miss, which is why many initially thought she had suffered a medical emergency. Because the bullet remained lodged inside her body, there was no visible exit wound or dramatic external bleeding. Most of the damage happened internally, causing blood to flow from her nose and mouth after the lung and blood vessels were hit.
The angle suggested it came from somewhere above, an elevated position overlooking the street.
The shot appeared highly calculated and unusually quiet. Investigators and observers speculated that the shooter may have used a suppressed firearm from a distant elevated position, allowing the sound to blend into the noise of Nairobi’s busy CBD. One accurate shot to the upper chest, no panic from a loud gunshot, and no immediate trace of the shooter made the incident appear chillingly professional.
Police quickly zeroed in on nearby high-rise buildings, especially Hamilton House. CCTV caught the exact moment she fell. They arrested a licensed firearm holder from one of the buildings, tested his gun, but eventually released him because the ballistics didn’t match.
Investigators floated two main ideas: either a targeted hit, or a stray bullet from somewhere nearby, maybe an office or a passing vehicle. But as pressure grew, DCI boss Amin Mohammed downplayed the sniper angle, saying it was likely a pistol fired from close range.
Still, the questions wouldn’t go away.
How do you shoot someone so cleanly in one of the busiest parts of Nairobi without anyone hearing the gunshot or spotting the shooter? Why did the case seem to lose steam so fast despite CCTV and forensic evidence? And how does something this serious just fade into the background? | 525 |
