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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

OMG! Found Ketepa tea bags at a Mexican supermarket near my place. 😍😍😍😍

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

I have my own office!!! 🤣

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4 years

My curtains were finally installed. Thoughts?

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5 years

This came in the mail, 😊.

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Nyawira.

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4 years

A Mini Cooper 😂😍😍😍. Couldn't resist.

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4 years

Welcome Wyatt Morgan Cooper! @AndersonCooper 's son was born on Monday. New life, new love.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

6 years

PhD successfully defended. 😊😊😊

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

When did Itumbi become an infectious disease specialist? @MarkMasai , this is a fail. Interview MoH folks. Or Dr. Bulimo who's the director of the National Influenza Center, KEMRI/Walter Reed. He would at least have the 411 on testing plans. SMH

NTV Kenya

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4 years

There are enough masks to cater for every Kenyan in case the Coronavirus gets to Kenya. - @OleItumbi ⁩ #PressPass @MarkMasai

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

Really excited to share that I'll be starting a new position as a Technical Specialist in Intellectual Property at a Chicago based law firm starting May 4th. Thankful to everyone who helped me get there & all of you here who offered advice. I've waited a long time for this! 😊

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Nyawira.

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3 years

Prayer is a poor substitute for policy is all I’m saying.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Lol. Every time I see this idle plot in downtown Chicago I always think of our champion Kenyan land grabbers. 😁

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Since he has so much faith in the SGR, he should pay for it with his own money.

NTV Kenya

@ntvkenya

5 years

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s message to SGR detractors "Mimi nimesema, wakusema ambao hawajui Kenya inaenda wapi waendele. Wakufanya, tufanye. Hatuezi kushindwa na wale wa mdomo." #NTVToday

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

Who remembers URTNA, made in Cameroon? I miss the music.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

How is this legal?????

Reuters Health

@Reuters_Health

3 years

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) is exploring a plan to offload liabilities from widespread Baby Powder litigation into a newly created business that would then seek bankruptcy protection, according to seven people familiar with the matter.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

My sister and her fam were at the Naro Moru River Lodge over the weekend and apparently they were the only guests staying there. 💔. The effects of Covid restrictions on tourism? Hope these places survive it.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

@DrNadiaChaudhri You have the most amazing spirit! 😂. Can’t believe you’re finding the humor in things and still pushing yourself to be productive with the fundraising etc. I feel so blessed for having bumped into your Twitter handle. You’re beyond inspiring. God bless you & your family so much.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Kenyans are an interesting bunch. I remember Davy Koech only by his association with corruption and fraud at KEMRI.

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3 years

Just me looking like a snack 😂😂😂😂.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

@KarenAttiah He’s such an amazing guy. The BBC profiled him some time back. He does free surgeries (cleft lips, etc) for kids in Africa who couldn’t afford it otherwise. I’ve respected him since reading that article.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Small tees are especially fulfilling coz my Ex hated me wearing them so much. 😂. Men have issues. Mwili ni wangu, shida iko? Anyhu, I don't look all that bad for 38 I think.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

This guy thinks he's a president coz we need speeches. Bure kabisa. Brookside has wrecked the lives of dairy farmers. Some of the hardest working Kenyans. So he really ought to look in the mirror. He's everything that's wrong with the country. Best gift he can give is resign.

NTV Kenya

@ntvkenya

4 years

We cannot be a country anymore where those who work hard are robbed of their profit by those who are too lazy to work hard and produce. - President Uhuru Kenyatta #NTVToday

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

11 months

The beautiful people of Nairobi, 😊

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

I should write a book on the dysfunction that's dating. Aaaaaaargh. I just want an ambitous tall, dark bloke who respects his mother, doesn't iron his jeans or live in a man cave. Is that too much to ask?!

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

Turning 40 tomorrow and feeling about a century old, 😭🤣. Anyhu, spent some time on ⁦ @SistahHair ⁩’s chair after months of neglecting my hair so we chopped off a good chunk of it. But that’s how it goes with hair that tangles a lot like mine, 😊. Thanks Terez!

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@NyawiraNjoroge

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Nairofiiii

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

This guy is still trying to pretend he's innocent?! 😂. We were there and we read the extensive press coverage. We also had family and colleagues who worked at KEMRI and have direct accounts of those days from them too. You're in good company though, Waiguru is now a governor.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

The good thing about two PhD defenses is that you get twice the # of presents 😊.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

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😊

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@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

Boom! 😊

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

My sis sent me some pics from Nyeri, they'd gone to see my uncle who's recovering from a diabetes & asthma related hospitalization. Glad he's doing much better. Glad that they had insurance that paid most of the bill. & thrilled to see the streams & forest cover I grew up around

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Wait, pastors are paid to officiate weddings? SMH. I hate what the church has become. Everything's about money. Do they charge for burial ceremonies too?

Blaze Officiel

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5 years

Mnalipa pastor 30k awafanyie wedding alaf saa ya counselling anakukulia bibi

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

My Cucu is doing great. So happy my mum sent me this pic, though I scolded her for not social distancing, 🙆🏿. She'd gone to deliver a small care package from me. My mum is telling me Cucu's bragging that she's gotten money from her granddaughter in America, 😁.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

This was my last day as a PhD student, 😊. All that ends with bubbly ends well, 😂. I don't miss academia. But I miss my PI for sure. He's the one smiling in the back. He's an 11 out of 10.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

I love Finn so much!

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1 year

good morning - rigorous cat wall testing continues

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 months

Sunny California 😍😍😍

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Haha. When a 24 year old hits on you then it's time to delete dating apps. 😲😲😲😲. Told him he's too young. He says I'm missing out. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Then adds I look gorgeous, "for your age." Geez! He might as well have said, you look cute, grandma. 😂

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

🤣🤣🤣🤣. 90s!

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

Guys, I’m doing Mugithi now, 😂

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

@FauzKhalid @waweru Uhuru's interests have never stretched beyond his family and maybe a few close friends. So anything he tries to do is never about the betterment of the country. I despise him so much.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

When this app dies, let it be known that I tried to spread Kikuyu culture 😂.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

God bless scientists, 😊

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@petemuntean

3 years

Breaking - UPS and FedEx trucks carrying the first U.S. shipment of coronavirus vaccine have left Pfizer’s facility near Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

Lol, they updated my headshot with this one. But it looks horribly dark, 🤷🏿‍♀️.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

My Mum is back home, 😊. This was a great idea on my sister’s part.

Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

We’re surprising my Mum with her first ✈️ tickets. It’s just for a domestic trip, still, pretty excited for her coz she’s been wanting this for a while.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

You know how structural engineers have to make room for expansions and contractions on bridges, etc? 😁😁😁. That's how I'm approaching my clothing choices these days, 🤦🏿😁.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

My Mum forwarded me this sometime ago and I still think about it……

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

@weskrantz I’ve been consuming too many Mia and Finn videos coz see the ads I’m getting 🤣

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

🤔: This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself - CNN

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

Turning 41 tomorrow. So reflecting, reminiscing and wondering how to get my liposuction money! 🤣. Should I drop my CashApp?!?! 😂

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

I'm so proud for doing so much in 2 weeks. Got job offer, gave 2 weeks notice, cataloged my zillions of samples in the liquid nitrogen tank & other lab stuff all while house hunting. Did a ton of virtual house tours & viewed a few apartments in person. Signed lease & moved in.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

Today is the 19th meaning it’s my last month in my 30s. Heeeeeeelp, 🤣. I hate aging. I wonder if I would feel differently about it if I were rich though, 🤣. I don’t think it’s the aging I have issues with, I just feel under accomplished for my age, 😭😭😭😭😭.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

I'm gonna be using these headshots @colinbphoto took of me even in my 70s. 😂😂😂😂.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

6 months

Been feeling low for a few days now, hopefully, a new dress and the sun will lift my mood. 🙆🏿‍♀️

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

At the lab clearing up. My last week as a post-doc yay! Still, it's so haaaard and so much to do. My colleagues are saying I look like a handy man with the hammer and all.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

@WehliyeMohamed @waweru Prolly underlying conditions compounded by long-term health disparities and maybe overcrowding. But also, they make up the biggest % of "essential workers," who are at highest risk of exposure. Postal workers, delivery guys, hospital cleaners, grocery workers etc

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

I want someone to pick my body, exercise it, then bring it back by 7.30. 🤣

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

7 years

Uhuru tried to silence civil society groups after his "win." One more reason to celebrate the #SCOK ruling.

Maina Kiai

@Maina_Kiai

7 years

Kenya elections: The Registrar's Scrutiny Report - What you Need to Know #kenyaelections2017

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

Moving into an apartment with zero furniture is wild. Plus I didn't have a ton of cash either, 🙆🏿. It's been rough but glad it's starting to come together now.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

@LilySAxelrod @emgbar Reminds me of a girl in my PhD class who would never let us forget that she’d been accepted to 3 other schools, 🙄🙄🙄. Us: But you’re still here with us. 😂

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

6 years

@blacksciblog When using precast gels for Westerns, load samples and start the run only nothing's happening. You realise you didn't remove the seal at the bottom 😞 so you have to get the gel out, remove seal and trying not to mess the samples.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

😂, finally lost enough weight for this dress to fit. I couldn’t zip it comfortably before.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

I’m done!

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

Wait, God put $600,000 behind their toilet and they’re still asking for donations for the plumbing? 🤣😂🤣😂. Do these people smoke burnt tires or something?!

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Joel Osteen’s wife on Instagram

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@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

Blocked. Don’t DM me to say nothing, 🤷🏿‍♀️.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

This book is great. 😊

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3 years

My horse dress! 😊

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2 years

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4 years

LMAO. Smooth Lifebuoy!

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

6 years

I missed this! So proud of you @IlhanMN . 😍😍😍😍

TIME

@TIME

7 years

Ilhan Omar is the first Somali-American Muslim woman to become a legislator #SheIsTheFirst

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

My sister just delivered a beautiful, healthy baby boy. So grateful to God. This is why I was so worried about all of them having Covid. But thankfully they all recovered fairly fast. It’s an amazing day.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

My fat issues aside, is the skirt nice? I like it, just hesitant about its length.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Someone ban cover letters, 😭

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

@gideonarchitect @kibukofridah Tell them! This obsession with money is disgusting to watch.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

Waiting for fooooood 😂

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿 😥

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

😂. When I was 24 there was a 44 year old Igbo professor hitting on me. But. As you all know, I'm really poor at reading such cues. So I was getting more & more frustrated. Then one day I just blurted out; you're in the afternoon of your life! 😂. Back then, 40 seemed so ancient.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

Mother sues activist son Tony Gachoka for selling family home via @BD_Africa

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

Hate these pictures so much. But I’m also tired. So I’ll just let it be.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

My vaccine sleeveless dress 🤣.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

Random passport pics over the years.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

The most innocent looking, 😂

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

My work Visa was approved today. So grateful to God. Also can’t believe I have no wine in this house for a toast! 😂. Oh and I learnt that immigration lawyers are an interesting bunch, 😊. Glad I found a good one who wasn’t out to bankrupt me 😂.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

11 months

At the local waiting for soup.

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

Been dying to wear this blazer but don’t have proper pants to go with it so jeans it is, 😊.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

😉, 🇫🇷

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@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

I am a lover of skirts. I'm a skirt lover, 😁🤷🏿.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

Mafiriri 🤝 Me! 😂

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@NyawiraNjoroge

11 months

I spent some time with my favourite primary school teacher, Mrs. Gacheru, today. Good teachers are such a blessing! 😍

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

😂😂😂😂😂😂

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PhD student: There's a word limit and I don't know how to cut this paper any shorte... Senior coauthor:

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@NyawiraNjoroge

11 months

We visited the village where we grew up after church yesterday. A lot has changed but a lot still remains the same.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

1 year

Lunch

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@NyawiraNjoroge

5 years

Ethiopia plane crash: 30-year-old Kenyan PhD student among the dead. 💔

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Nyawira.

@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

I did food science as my 1st degree. My final project involved wine making, 😍. Some male students I asked to help with the sensory evaluation told me it tasted really good and there was a lot of money to be made. I rented a room near campus and went commercial, 😂.

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Tweet your most random university experience.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

This has been my professional home since 1st Jan 2014. On my last day, @NorthwesternU , just wanted express my gratitude for my time here. Didn't expect to feel nostalgic, but I am 🙈 so I took a few pictures for the grandkids 🤣. 😊. Continue being great #NU .

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

All I want for Christmas is to be able to afford buying/building a home in Nairobi. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿. I want this so bad. It'll be my own lil queendom. 😂

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

Wow. People are so different. I'd starve or wear tatters first before I saw my mother suffer. I don't support my family coz they supported me, it just comes naturally to me out of love. I don't even think about it or tally how much I've given.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

Mama Ngina failed to find a market for the horns during Covid? Interesting

Hamza Mohamed

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3 years

GREAT NEWS! Kenya Wildlife Service says no rhinos were killed by poachers in the country in 2020 - the first time in more than 20 years. Via BBC

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@NyawiraNjoroge

3 years

KaNicii! 🎶😂. Wangura uyû! Cracks me up.

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

I worked with Joel. He's extremely hardworking and reliable. I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason for perceived delays. He won't be jobless for long though. Kizuri chajiuza.

Prof. Alfred Omenya

@aomenya

4 years

I am appalled by Mutahi Kagwe's sacking of the lead researcher at KEMRI for "delaying to deliver Covid-19 test results". It is time politicians appreciated the many years of study + the hard work our researchers do with very limited support. Brute force can't replace this. SHAME!

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@NyawiraNjoroge

2 years

Feeling cute today, 😊

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@NyawiraNjoroge

4 years

When I went to clean my old apartment this afternoon, I found a letter from the IRS which made me panic coz why the hell would the IRS send me a letter, right? In my panic, I even tore the letter when opening the envelope, only to discover it was this, 🤦🏿

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