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Wadau, nimejam mbaya sana. I live in Ontario, a Canadian province of roughly 16 million people with an economy 5-6X times larger than Kenya’s. Over the past eight years, the provincial leader spent about $44,000 Canadian dollars on travel, and people are furious he spent that much. Like wamekasirika mbaya sana. Mind you, this guy travels and signs business deals left right and center. He is in charge of a province with close to a TRILLION dollar GDP.

Now compare that with the motherland, where his stealership (sorry, highness) spends more than $13 million US Dollars a year on travel. Despite all those trips, what tangible economic benefits can ordinary Kenyans point to?
Like what deals did he sign that we can point to and say, “yeah, that’s good shit”

For comparison, Singapore’s prime minister often flies on the country’s national airline. Yeah, he flies KQ ya Singapore. Yet we’re constantly told Kenya is on its way to becoming “the next Singapore.”

My question is this: if our only solution is chanting “one term,” what stops the next thief from repeating the exact same pattern? At what point do we stop focusing on personalities and start demanding institutions that hold every leader accountable? How do we send a message? Sitaki kubaniwa, but me naona we send a message that we are not about this bullshit.

Insurance declared my vehicle a total loss and I’m in the market for a replacement. All my life I’ve never owned a new vehicle because I am cheap bastard, but I also always found a decent older Toyota or Honda for a fair price.

But now, holy smokes. People are selling 5-6 year old vehicles for only 10-15% less than the MSRP of a brand-new one. I’m seeing 2020 CR-Vs and RAV4s with close to 100,000 km listed around $30,000. At that point, why wouldn’t I just spend a bit more and buy new? I see online the base model for the CR-V is around $39k.. and quite frankly, that’s all I need.

Are sellers just pricing high and hoping for the best, or is there still a genuine supply shortage keeping used prices elevated?

Anyways, I gave up! I’m seriously considering buying new instead. Looking at a 2026 CR-V, RAV4, or Mazda CX-5. For those who have shopped recently, what’s your experience been like, and are there any Edmonton dealers you’d recommend?

Like, why can't we just connect with our Academic experts directly through Teams and Outlook, or even that mail thingy in Brightspace? Pardon me, it is my first semester, and i find that we have multiple communication channels, but we choose the least efficient one.