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🛠️ Patch Notes - Early Access Patch 2 We are incredibly excited to be releasing our largest patch yet, marking the One Month Anniversary of our Steam Early Access Launch! Patch 2 is chock full of highly requested features such as Weapon Tryout, the ability to Respec, DLSS / FSR Upscaling and Controller Remapping. Lots of Balancing and Quality of Life improvements, Audio, Animation, and Visual Effect polish as well as a multitude of bug fixes are also included! Between DLSS and FSR, numerous CPU, GPU performance improvements, and memory optimization we are confident that your experience of playing No Rest For The Wicked will be significantly smoother across a wide range of hardware. For NVIDIA users, we are excited to mention that there’s a new Game Ready Driver for No Rest for the Wicked! Be sure to check out our Patch 2 Highlight Video and the full patch notes below. ⚔️ Performance: • Performance Mode now lowers texture resolution, reducing crashes on lower-end machines • Numerous Significant CPU optimizations • Fixed performance degradation that might occur on some gamepads • Fixed numerous memory leaks • Reduced instantiation spikes for numerous objects • Disabled detail meshes on generic humanoids faces when not needed • Reduced latency, overhead and improved stability of GPU Culling • Optimized texture resolution and memory budgets for Steam Deck • Optimized Art content in Ship Prologue and its cinematics • Removed unused weapon assets to free up memory • Removed leftover developer tools to free up memory • Optimized CPU spikes of a variety of common content loading operations • Added texture streaming for character portraits during dialogue interactions to save memory • Fixed some persistent log spam being generated by potatoes in Nameless Pass • Cleaned up numerous NPC prefabs, reducing memory footprint and instantiation costs • Optimized Ambient Occlusion Rendering • Extended GPU culling usage for more cases • Configured and optimized pooling for more prefab instantiations reducing CPU spikes ⚔️ Gameplay Systems: • Added new Respec System! ⚬ Players can now Respec by examining the statue in the Cerim Crucible Atrium ⚬ Respec allows players to take back Attribute Points that have been allocated at the cost of 1 Fallen Ember per Attribute Point returned ⚬ Players can then allocate returned Attribute Points for no cost at the Respec screen or in the existing Stats screen ⚔️ Quality of Life: • All weapons can now be equipped regardless of their Attribute Requirements to allow players to try out weapons they acquire ⚬ Weapons that the player does not meet the requirements for will deal less damage through negative scaling on the Attributes that are below the weapon’s Attribute Requirements • Inventory Items can now be docked to compare them ⚬ Press F (Keyboard) or Y (Controller) to dock items and hover other items to compare • Brought back the Misc category to the Inventory ⚬ Housing items, Runes, Fallen Embers and other miscellaneous items will now be sorted into this category and free up space from other categories • Vendor screens are now sorted by item type so that items are more organized for purchase • Improved Stamina player HUD brightness for better visibility, and readability of stamina debt • Added side notifications for when Danos Sacrament Upgrades are completed • Added Floor Indicators under the Clock HUD to show the Cerim Crucible floors • Improved visibility of LB/RB button icons for Equipment HUD on Steam Deck ⚔️ Settings: • Added support for Upscaling with DLSS 3.7 and FSR 2.2 • Added custom key rebinding options for Controller • Added support for Mouse Buttons 4,5 and F1-F12 Keys for custom Keyboard bindings • Default Keyboard layout set to Mouse+WASD • Added support for worldspace Player HUD (Stamina wheel, NPC name tags, etc) brightness to UI Brightness setting ⚔️ Content Additions: • Added a new set of enchantments • All Throw runes can now be added to Spears ⚔️ Loot: • Added Pig Sticker Blueprint to Fillmore's Level 1 Shop • Added Assegai Blueprint to Whittacker's Level 1 Shop ⚔️ Balance: • Nerfed Throw runes ⚬ Reduced Poise Damage on all Throw runes ⚬ Reduced Damage on Ice Throw Rune • Nerfed Focus Regeneration enchant curve so that it no longer generates too much Focus too quickly • Focus Regeneration enchantment no longer drops with Gloves and now only drops with Helmets • This includes enchanting items at Eleanor • Falling Sky and Woodland Protector’s initial item levels were set too high and have been lowered to the intended levels ⚔️ Weapons: • Updated animation for backstabbing with Staves, Spears, Greatswords and Great Hammers • Updated visual effects for Piercing type weapon attacks (such as Spear or Rapier) ⚔️ Enemies and Bosses: • Polished Darak boss fight ⚬ Improved behavior to prevent him standing idle after attacking ⚬ Improved behavior when fighting ranged builds • Added Bite Attack to Plague Rat • Added Back Attack to Risen Axe Bruiser • Added escape logic to Risen Fire Bomber • Added Elemental Affix visual effects to Nith Brute, Nith Screamer and Shackled Brute • Adding cloth simulation to Boarskin Bruiser • Polished rigging on Plagued Boomer • Reduced camera shake intensity on Risen Hammer Bruiser, Boarskin Bruiser and Riven Twins • Smaller enemies can now smash breakable objects (barrels, crates, etc.) ⚔️ NPCs: • Changed the name of the worried woman in the Sacrament Town Square to Nell • Polishing dialog for Druo, Lucian and Everwyn • Updated the dialog for NPCs at the Cerim Gate in Nameless Pass • Added eavesdrop to Sleeping Guard Gerard in Sacrament ⚔️ Areas: • Improved collision, faders and set dressing in Prologue Ship, Orban Glades, Mariner’s Keep, Nameless Pass, Sacrament, Multiple Sacrament Interiors, Cerim Crucible, Cerim Cave, Riven Twins Boss Arena and Potion Seller Cave • Polished lighting for the ship in Prologue, Sacrament and Cerim Crucible • Updated foliage in various locations • Added physics and wind simulation to Spruce trees ⚔️ Cinematics: • Polished animations for characters in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic • Improved lighting, character rim lighting and volumetrics for the Prologue Ship Crash Outro and Inquisition Arrival cinematics • Removed a background character who was blocking part of the view in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic • Fixed cloth and camera pops in the Inquisition Arrival cinematic ⚔️ Audio: • Environment update for Sacrament: ⚬ Added Ambience Emitters for certain Residential and Vendor buildings like the Cook, Tavern, Woodcrafter and Enchantress ⚬ Updated zone beds and oneshots for unique parts of town (Cemetery, Poor Area,Training Grounds, Dasha Sanctuary) ⚬ The church near the cemetery now has bells ringing to service playing at certain times of day, followed by churchgoers praying and chanting from behind the doors. ⚬ Updated ambience for Sacrament Town Square to feel busier during the day ⚬ Updated environment audio for the Cerim Gate zone in Mountain Pass • Increased audio buffer to help alleviate audio crackle artifacts • Increased available audio resources to help prevent sounds from dropping out during long play sessions • Updated audio for Cerim Vision cinematic • Updated audio mix for Barrel and Crate destruction • Saluting Guards in Sacrament now have sound • Added Weapon-specific Impacts on parrying and blocking actions • Added ladder sliding sound effects for Kickdown Ladders • Added sound effects for going down Ladders • Added new sound effects for Plague-Enchanted weapons • Polished audio for Bounties enemies • Fixed missing sounds for Plagued Mutant Soldier • Fixed rain sounds appearing in Sacrament Interiors • Fixed enchantment-specific weapon whooshes cutting a bit too early • Fixed NPCs not making footstep sounds when walking around • Fixed environment states sometimes not resetting when returning to the main menu ⚔️ VFX: • Blood effects are now juicier and used more often! • Improved blood visual effects attachment to characters bodies from attacking and getting hit • Increased intensity of shiny item drop VFX ⚔️ Bounties and Challenges: • Updated Crustacean Conundrum bounty to spawn 14 Crabs while still only requiring 8 Crabs be killed to complete ⚔️ Localization: • Added and updated localized text in many places across multiple languages • Added localization support for new Controller Remapping screen and for various missing localized elements • Fixed incorrect font on the Activities screen ⚔️ Bug Fixes: • Fixed various enchantments on unique weapons and rings that weren’t working properly • Fixed Rested Bonuses for sleeping in beds • Fixed Key Items respawning after pick up • Fixed navigation in Nameless Pass which was preventing certain enemies and the Riven Twins boss from patrolling and moving to the player • Fixed Echo Knight falling off the arena and blocking progress • Fixed Cerim Armor missing upgrades at Filmore • Fixed Risen Pavise, Eye of the Beholder and Wooden Howler Shields not showing their proper models • Fixed SHIFT key not being recognized in the Main Menu • Fixed certain environment textures overriding certain armor textures • Fixed certain armor having missing or incorrect cloth simulation • Fixed rigging on certain armor • Fixed The Wallow boss attacks not having sound effects • Fixed Falling Sky Blueprint not giving the Unique version of the weapon when crafting • Fixed an issue where completed but not yet turned in bounty/challenge rewards were being automatically given to the player at reset • Fixed wall cannons not firing in Cerim Crucible • Fixed XP UI not showing “Max Level” after reaching the level cap • Fixed Level and XP UI being present without a Character selected in the Main Menu • Fixed “Long Area Name” appearing on the map where map is unavailable (such as Cerim Crucible) • Fixed being able to skip through locked doors in The Shallows • Fixed players getting stuck at the end of the entrance corridor in the Echo Knight Arena • Fixed Enchant Item Challenge counting enchanted items that are picked up • Fixed mortuary guard popping in on screen during Spoken and Unspoken quest • Fixed extra Elsa map marker during the Spoken and Unspoken quest • Fixed Giles and Petra standing instead of sitting on the chairs in Caroline’s Inn • Fixed Arrows not hitting Plagued Wolf • Fixed Wolf and Plagued Wolf target point • Fixed Tanth Knight getting stuck during patrolling in Mariner’s Keep at Endgame state • Fixed Darak leaving his shield in Orban Glades when he escapes • Fixed chest opening VFX in Performance and Balanced quality presets • Fixed Wolf having a dance party after death • Fixed Chest floating in the air in Mariner’s Keep • Fixed incorrect texture on the Crafting Table • Fixed 4096x2160 resolution appearing as 256x135 aspect ratio, instead displays as 1.9:1 • Fixed overblown bonfire lighting at The Shallows • Removed rogue rim light at The Shallows • Removed lighting debug shortcut See the full patch notes here -

No Rest for the Wicked

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LIL ETH - FREEDOM 3.0 SONG IS OUT 🔥 SOUND ON 🔊 G to d M (gmonad) legends 🫡 🎁BIG GIVEAWAY ALERT🎁 1 Winner - 100$ in $ETH ✅ 5 Winners - 1 $AVAX each ✅ 5 Winners - 5k $ARENA each ✅ Interact tf outta this post to be eligible 💯 Read on fam, this where it gets juicy 👇 There will be another giveaway on The Arena ⚔️ so be sure to go there and check it out, if you don't have an account it takes less than a minute to register, I will post the link to my giveaway there in an hour in the comments 👌 Turn the notification bell on if you don't want to miss my future giveaways 🫡 Winners will be announced and linked in the comment on this post in 48h, Arena winners will be announced and linked in the comment on the Arena giveaway post 🤝 Thank you to two top legends appearing in this video, love and respect to both of you, massive big up for: Rain Lullaby We all strive for freedom, long for it, want it with every part of our being, freedom from people and situations that we think control us, freedom from our bad habits and thoughts, and of course, financial freedom 💸 Crypto is that golden road, that mythic mountain, that mine of abundance we all want and wish for, it has changed many lives already and it continues to do so every new day, now more than ever 💰 This is my song to celebrate that, to celebrate these magic moments when people hit 10x's and 100x's on memecoins, when they flip an NFT for 2ETH profit, when they get in early at a project and it blows up after 2 years, when it changes lives for the better, as it has been doing so well for more than a decade now 💯 So let's rejoice, let's celebrate, we have the golden bull ahead of us to experience together, I wouldn't pick any other group of people to be here 2day and welcome it with, we all deserve this and our victory together will be nothing short of glorious 👌 There is a place where all degens roam free already tho, and it is a place very dear to me, full of amazing people that have decided to win together, so I dedicate this song to them as well, mighty gladiators ✊ So come and claim your FREEDOM 2day on The Arena ⚔️ and never settle for less ever again 🫡 I prolly won't post everyday on X because I got tons of work with my firms irl and behind the scenes across chains but you'll see me often in your comments (GMs mostly) and I'll drop GM posts from time to time and ofc, new bangers which I've been cooking for your personal enjoyment fam 🤌 Have an amazing rest of August and one love to you all, hope you like the song, I had real fun making this one, major props to my girl Lilieth on this one, she killed her part imo, amazing artist 🔥 Big up fam, let's print together as we play with this magic internet monis then we go brrrrrrrrrr 🖨️

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🔊 UNBELIEVERS: This world is about to be shaken to its core when the Rapture takes place! Fear will sweep every city, every nation, and every heart—but nothing will be more devastating than parents suddenly losing their babies, children dissapearing from their beds, and teens left behind without their loved ones! THE ONLY HOPE YOU HAVE NOW—AND THE ONLY HOPE YOU WILL HAVE THEN—IS TO PLACE YOUR TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST! DO NOT GET LEFT BEHIND—COME TO JESUS NOW!!!! ⚠The world is about to find out that this is NOT a mere story or fable—this will be the undeniable fulfillment of BIBLE PROPHECY AND THE VERY WORDS OF JESUS HIMSELF! 📖"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also." John 14:3 👉🏼People will be shocked and terrified, and those who once heard the truth but rejected it will be filled with regret as they witness millions suddenly vanish. Everyone they knew who trusted in Jesus Christ ALONE for salvation will have been taken to Heaven by Him. THIS WILL BE THE MOST SHOCKING EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY!! 📖"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." 1 Thes 4:15-17 📖 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 1 Cor 15:52 🔥Chaos will erupt instantly! Many firefighters, police officers, doctors, and emergency workers will be gone in a moment. Cars will swerve out of control, planes will plummet from the sky, and cities will be thrown into panic. The world will struggle for months just to recover from the catastrophic aftermath of the Rapture. ⚠They will try to DECEIVE YOU with lies—claiming the disappearances were caused by UFOs, aliens, or other false explanations. DO NOT BELIEVE IT! The truth is clear: JESUS CHRIST has taken His Church! DO NOT BE DECEIVED! 👉🏼This is the moment the Antichrist will rise and be revealed!! His time has finally come! He will be a strikingly charismatic leader, everyone will love him, he will present himself as the answer to a world thrown into chaos. As nations tremble and people cry out for security and safety, he will appear to be the perfect solution—the one who can bring order and peace. But do not be fooled: his peace will be false, and his intentions will be deadly! 🤝One of his first goals will be to sign a seven-year peace agreement with Israel (take a look at what’s happening at the UN on Monday, Sept. 22) and pave the way for the rebuilding of the Third Temple in Jerusalem. He will introduce the mark of the beast, which people will be required to receive in order to buy and sell. What follows will be the most HORRIFIC years humanity has ever known, intensifying when he sits in the Temple and declares himself to be God. ⚠ IF YOU ARE LEFT BEHIND: 👉🏼Parents: Your baby is safe in Heaven, surrounded by the love of God and provided for in every way—stay strong, there is still hope! God in His grace is shaking you just to give you another chance! 👉🏼Teens: If your parents are missing it's because they believed and placed their full trust in Jesus. Perhaps you disagreed or hadn't decided for yourself yet whether or not you wanted to follow Christ, this is why you are still here. Stay calm—there is still hope! God has laid out another opportunity for you! ⚠ LISTEN NOW: DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST!!!! ⚠ No matter what happens—even if it means facing death or torture—do not take the mark! It is the ultimate, irreversible rejection of God’s mercy and grace. The moment you accept it, your destiny will be sealed: YOU WILL GO STRAIGHT TO HELL! 🚨PAY ATTENTION TO THIS: 👉🏼 The Two Witnesses: Be on high alert when two witnesses show up in Jerusalem, boldly confronting the Antichrist. Listen carefully to their message and do not oppose them—for they are God’s chosen messengers! 👉🏼The 144,000: God will seal 144,000 Jewish believers, granting them His special protection. Their mission is to boldly proclaim the Gospel during this unprecedented and shocking time. Listen to them and believe their message—they are appointed by God TO SAVE YOU! 👉🏼 The 3 Angels: Three angels will appear. One flying across the heavens, proclaiming the Everlasting Gospel to every person on earth; another warning of Babylon’s fall; and the third declaring a solemn warning—do not take the mark of the beast! Pay attention and obey their message—your life depends on it! 🔊It doesn’t matter why you’re still on Earth—God has given you one more chance! This is your moment to choose life before it’s too late. DO NOT MISS IT—YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY IS AT STAKE!!!! 🔊The times ahead are going to be extremely hard. Get a Bible and start reading it now, so you know the truth for yourself. Surround yourself with people who understand prophecy and the Word of God, because you will need guidance in these last days. 📖“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21 🔊You will face persecution, and you may even have to lay down your life for Jesus. This is the time to fully trust Him, knowing that the moment you close your eyes in this world, you will open them in Heaven in His glorious presence. DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!! Turn to Jesus now, obey Him, and hold fast to the hope of salvation—HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE YOU FROM WHAT’S COMING!! 📖"We are CONFIDENT, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Cor 5:8 📖“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵︵‿︵‿︵‿︵︵‿︵‿︵‿ DO NOT GET LEFT BEHIND! WHY WAITING?! PLEASE GET SAVED AND GET RAPTURE READY NOW! JESUS IS COMING FOR HIS CHURCH 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Believe Jesus is the Son of God, who shed His blood for you, died on the cross for our sins, He was buried and resurrected during the third day, according to the Scriptures, so we can have eternal life with Him. The moment you believe in Him and that He died for your sins - you're saved, justified, sealed until the day of redemption, and rapture ready! The Holy Spirit will come to live inside of you - He will help you, guide you, change you, and be with you FOREVER! 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Maranatha777

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A Warning to Americans: They Migrate (Invade), They Accumulate Power, Then They Conquer. The Plan to Make America Submit Is Already in Motion By: Ofer Binshtok When you see this Imam speaking calmly about "voting" and "mayorship," you are seeing only the first act of a horror show written 1,400 years ago. He is not talking about "freedom." He is talking about conquest. To understand your fate, you must realize that the soft words hide an arsenal of violent laws, and "democracy" is merely a temporary tool to implement them. You must understand the terms the West refuses to acknowledge: 🏴 1. The "Deen": Not Religion, But a Totalitarian Way of Life This is the first deception. "Deen" is not a private "Religion" of the heart. The Deen is the absolute Islamic way of life. It is a legal, political, and military system designed to replace your Constitution. When Surah 8:39 commands "and [until] the Deen is entirely for Allah," it means your way of life has no right to exist. The war (Jihad) will continue until the Constitution is abolished and Sharia rules supreme. ⚔️ 2. The "Yathrib (Medina) Model": From Persecuted Refugee to Warlord The Imam compares the situation in America to the days of Muhammad. Americans must know this history because it is their future. Muhammad arrived in the city of Yathrib (which was later renamed Medina) as an immigrant, a destitute "refugee." He was weak, so he spoke of peace. But the migration turned out to be a planned invasion. As soon as he gained power, the masks fell and the swords were drawn: - War Machine: The man who started as a "refugee" initiated and commanded about 100 military operations, raids, and terror campaigns. - Killing Critics: Anyone who dared to criticize him, including poets, elders, and women, was eliminated in brutal assassinations. - Economic Terror: Muhammad lived off the looted property of those he slaughtered (see Surah 8, "The Spoils of War"). 📖 3. The Theological Trap: Terror as a Holy Act Why is this relevant today? Because Islam mandates imitating Muhammad: - The Command: The Quran (33:21) states that Muhammad is a "good example" (to follow). - The Deed: Muhammad testifies about himself in - Sahih Al-Bukhari (2977): "I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy)." - The Conclusion: Since the perfect model used terror, committing terror is a religious duty. 🔥 4. The Violent Arsenal: What Happens When They Gain Power? The Imam speaks of "chains" (Surah 3:110, Bukhari 4557). What are these chains made of? They are made of the terror verses waiting for the command: - Physical Extermination (9:5, The Verse of the Sword): "Kill the polytheists wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them." No mercy, only cleansing. - Subjugation and Humiliation (9:29): "Fight those... until they give the Jizyah willingly while they are humbled." This is the stage of economic extortion before the final elimination. - Sadistic Cruelty (5:33): Those who oppose the "Deen" will be "killed or crucified or their hands and feet cut off." - The Contract of Death (9:111): "Allah has purchased from the believers their lives... they fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed." 🇺🇸 The Conclusion for America: You Are in the "Yathrib (Medina) Phase" The Imam is telling you: We are currently in the stage of accumulating power (birth rates, voting). We are operating within your system just as Muhammad operated in Yathrib. But the moment we have the power, these verses (9:5, 5:33) will become the law of the land. This is not a struggle for civil rights. This is a struggle against an ideology that views terror as a commandment, views your existence as an insult, and is religiously obligated to remove that insult by any means the Prophet used. In this video, Imam Zia ul-Haque Sheikh, PhD: Current resident Imam of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Center in New York, author of “Islam: Silencing the Critics,” and a leading Muslim community figure in the United States, speaks openly to his congregation about the long-term strategy for Muslim political and demographic empowerment in America. He explains why Muslims must aim for the highest offices, leverage birth rates and conversions as “future voters,” and patiently work within the system, exactly as Muhammad did during the Medina phase, until the balance of power shifts decisively. What follows is the unfiltered roadmap he lays out. Listen carefully.

Ofer Binshtok - Kafir - עופר בינשטוק

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My fellow Kenyans, Many of you have seen my recent posts about the deadly cancer that is corruption in our country. In my last post, I tried to paint a picture of the disconnect between our potential as a country and the economic circumstances we find ourselves in today, and the connection between corruption and the incalculable pain and suffering and cruelty that is meted out every single day to the most vulnerable among us by thieves operating out of public office. And after covering the goings-on in Mandera County, I told you that in my honest opinion, our governments exist to cater for the filthy-rich lifestyles of the vilest and most corrupt among us, at the expense of everyone else. I received tremendous support from all of you, for speaking on behalf of so many struggling Kenyans who don’t have a voice, or the audience necessary to spark the much-needed discussion about where we are heading as a country. But even with all that support, I have received messages asking me to be careful. One compatriot told me: “prepare to be relentlessly pursued, threatened, enticed, guilt-tripped, and gas-lit”. This is from a someone who knows how our government operates, and how it uses violence and its monopoly on power to silence those who question why politicians are stealing so much. I am not naive about the dangers of speaking up and calling out thieves who control state machinery, and who possess the ability to shut me up in a few seconds. But I will tell you why we CAN NOT and MUST NOT keep quiet. In November of 2023, I stumbled upon the story of a young man from Turkana, Calvin Esekon Esewit , who, despite scoring an A-, and getting an acceptance into medical school, spent two years not knowing whether his dreams of becoming a doctor would ever come true. I was moved by that story in a way that I can never adequately explain. I could not understand how it is possible that, in our country, a young man who appears to be every parent’s dream child can spend two years in limbo while we as a country possess the ability to invest in our best and brightest. And so, I spent weeks trying to chase down Calvin to see how I could help him attend college. After a lot of searching, I finally found Calvin, and by this time he had managed to get some help and is now in college. While this story has a great ending, it did not to be this way. And we know that the number of cases that end like this, with some success, are a small fraction of those ones which end tragically, with broken dreams. This is what happens when corruption consumes anything and everything in a country. It destroys lives. See attached video to learn about Calvin's story. I tell you all this story because it provides context to today's topic. For one story like this one that you see on the news, there are millions that never make the news. But they are real situations, nonetheless. There are millions of your compatriots who are devastated by this killer cancer of corruption that is perpetuated by people that you and I have put into public office ostensibly to improve our lives. They go into these offices and abuse the trust you bestowed upon them and deny you and everyone else a decent opportunity in life. You see, Calvin and millions of other victims of this shameless level of corruption and plunder have no voice, and no real ability to look the thieves that are destroying lives and generations of Kenyans in eye and tell them to stop this unbearable pain and the cruelty. This is the reason I embarked on this journey to attempt to expose this shameful situation. Watch the attached video of Calvin’s situation, and I am sure that you will agree that the millions of Calvins in our country need a voice, NO MATTER THE RISK. The thieves that are destroying the futures of millions of children just so they can have beachside homes in Miami, Dubai and other places count on the idea that most people will fear for their lives, and therefore not speak up. They count on the growing apathy in the Kenyan psyche. But we cannot give in to that. We cannot cower to thieves. We must look them straight in the eye and tell them that they MUST STOP. If we don't, our children and their children are guaranteed the same level of cruelty. And so with that, today I want to talk about the utterly insane crime scene that is Turkana County. I don’t know any other way to describe it, other than, it is a “shit-show”. Just follow along, and let me know if you disagree. As I did in my previous commentary, I will ask you to indulge me a little bit, and allow me to use a couple of pictures, because pictures speak louder than a thousand words. The first picture shows the state-of-the art County Government offices, that the County Government of Turkana decided to invest an ungodly amount of money on. Close to a billion shillings. The second picture is a classroom in session. In Turkana County. These two realities are occurring in parallel in the same county, at the same time. Ladies and gentlemen, let me just tell you that I do not go out of my way to find bad news. I want stories that would help re-affirm our belief in the fundamental decency of human beings. When I find good news as I review these Counties’ decisions and how they behave with our resources, I will be the first one to report it to you. But I don’t have any good news today. I have bad news. If you read my commentary yesterday and were offended by what you saw, I am afraid you might not make it to the end of this article, because what you will hear will be quite shocking. The cancer of corruption, particularly at the County Government level, is worse than your wildest imagination. And so, as I like to do, I like to start off by putting some numbers on the table for us to use as reference points. Bear in my that all the information I put in this article is publicly available. Nothing came to me through a whistle blower. The first number is KSH 100 Billion. With a B. In the last decade or so, you and I, through the National Government, has sent over KSH 100 billion to Turkana County. To support recurrent expenditure, and development. For example, in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, we sent KSH 12.6 billion. In the 2021-2022 fiscal year, we sent KSH 11.4 billion. And on and on and on. The second number is 1 million. This is the population of Turkana County. The third number is KSH 18.4 billion. This was Turkana County’s budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The fourth number is KSH 190 million. This was the amount of money that Turkana County was able to generate on its own accord within the county, from all its investments and other activities in the period in question. This number is an important proxy, in my view, for the value of the county’s economic prospects for the foreseeable future, and to people that are not driven by greed and corruption, would be an important consideration when they are thinking about how and where to deploy your money as taxpayers. If you are doing the math, Turkana County, for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, was only able to raise 1% of the funds needed to keep the lights on. 99% came from you and I, and a tiny amount from grants. The next number is KSH 129, 040. This is the average ANNUAL [emphasis added] income of a resident of Turkana County ( Keep that number in mind when we are discussing the massive theft of public funds by Turkana County leaders. The next number is 80%. 80% of the residents of Turkana County live below the poverty line. They have a really difficult time putting food on the table. ( The next number is KSH 12 Million. This is the basic salary of the Governor of Turkana County before other benefits that, as I explained yesterday, can often double the salary. Remember the “housing allowance”, the “hardship allowance”, the “commuter allowance”, the “risk allowance”, the “extraneous allowance”, etc.? Remember that? I still cannot figure out, for the life of me, what “extraneous” means in the context of County business, but we don’t time to dwell on this. The next number is 93. The Governor of Turkana County makes 93 times the average Turkana County resident’s annual income. 93 times! The next number is 82%. This was the percentage of people that were illiterate in Turkana County in 2013 ( Could not read or write. A point to note about the above literacy figure. Ten years later, and despite over KSH 100 billion is spent in Turkana County, including many billions for education, that literacy rate HAS NOT CHANGED ONE BIT. Only 20% of the population can read or write today. ( KSH 829 million. This is how much it cost to build the County Government offices. Yes, the ones shown in the first picture. KSH 120 million. The County Government decided that it was prudent to pay a contractor KSH 120 million to construct the Governor’s personal residence. Get this, even after this payment, no construction took place. The money was stolen. All of it. KSH 90 Million. This is the amount that the County Government paid to another contractor, to build the Governor a mansion, having previously lost KSH 120 million. So, the tally for the Governor’s residence now stands at KSH 210 million. Never mind that the limit allowed by law is KSH 45 million. KSH 5 billion. In the last days of his term in office, an outgoing Governor of Turkana, Koli Nanok, EGH. , sought to inflate pending bills by adding KSH 5 billion so that it can be paid to his criminal cartel. KSH 5 billion. We have our key numbers, ladies and gentlemen, so let us discuss. So, we have a county that is dead last in literacy, and in the top 2 of the poorest counties in the republic. Only 20% of the population can read. The Governor earns 92 times the average citizen. The Governor lives in a house that cost over KSH 200 million. When he leaves his house in the morning, he goes to his office that cost KSH 829 million. And this is all happening when 80% of the County residents struggle to put food on the table. Those are the facts, and they are not in dispute. During the same time, the County Government geniuses decide to build the Speaker of the County Assembly a house. And a home office, and a garage. The house was initially estimated to cost KSH 75 million. But due to circumstances that not a soul in the government could explain to auditors, the contract expired before the house was completed, and the County Government found a new contractor to complete the job for an additional KSH 29 million. But this palace in the jungle worth apparently worth over KSH 100 million in Turkana County was not enough. The County proceeded to build the Speaker a guest house for another KSH 19 million, and a few other amenities, and so the whole cost went to KSH 276 million! The legal limit for a Speaker’s house is KSH 35 million, and they spent close to KSH 130 million just for one residence. By this time, I am sure you are getting tired of these obscene numbers. You and I work, and pay taxes. Nobody pays you 92 times the income your average neighbor is making. And for sure nobody will drop KSH 100 million to build you a house. These are the perks of working in government in a poor country. Go figure. And so, as a country, we need to answer for ourselves the question I posed yesterday, which is, what is the point of government? What is its role in our lives. If this level of criminality and pillaging can occur in our country in the midst of so much poverty, questioning the need for government is a totally valid question. I said in my last post that, when the average citizen looks at the thug on the street and the government, and is unable to discern any meaningful difference between them, that society from that point on is on its journey to becoming a failed state. A journey to anarchy. Over the last two months or so, Kenyans have been shouting at the top of their lungs, begging for their government to listen. To hear them out. Kenyans have asked that their government stop this unbelievable level of plunder. Dozens of Kenyans have died, thousands injured, and many more are missing today. To this day, the people that govern us continue to use the power of the gun to subdue Kenyans, until they can take everything in their sight. And so, as a society, we all have to ask whether today there is any difference between the thug on the street and our governments. Every Kenyan will have to answer this question for themselves. And before answering this question, everyone needs to remember the many Calvins in our society. Smart, upright children whose only crime is to be born in an unforgiving, lawless, and corrupt purgatory that is Kenya today. For myself, I have concluded that there is no difference between the thug on the street and our governments, county and national alike. If you can see any meaningful difference, let me know. I am willing to listen. So despite over KSH 100 billion in money sent to Turkana County, there is almost no measurable improvement in people’s life today. None. And it makes sense, when you look at how that money is spent. I want you to forget for a second the obscene obsession by the County Government with spending ungodly amounts of money on themselves. The houses, etc. If you step back and look at how the government is actually spending the hard-earned money on other things, you will be depressed. I am telling you that I wept three times in the middle of the night trying to make sense of this crazy situation in Turkana County. Three times. I have never imagined that human beings can be so greedy and cold-blooded. Think about this: In the couple of years I reviewed, the County spent around KSH 400 million annually in “tourism” initiatives, including marketing, and apparently upgrading certain facilities. KSH 400 million for tourism. In Turkana County. In 1 year. KSH 400 million per year in marketing and other money pits. The government’s own website says that the county gets around 3000 visitors per month. Around 36,000 per year. That’s them saying that, on their website. Are you curious to know the return on that KSH 400 million investment? I have an answer for you. Remember that I told you that the County has never raised more than KSH 200 million in a year within the county, despite its KSH 18.4 billion budget? Let me walk you through the breakdown of the absolutely embarrassing shit-show that is the County Government’s “own source revenue” operations. In 2022-2023, the County Government collected KSH 190 million locally against their KSH 18.4 billion budget. 1% of the budget. Remember, there is absolutely no requirement on the County to cut costs, or achieve certain local revenue targets today. So they raised KSH 45 million in single business permits, KSH 72 million in CESS, KSH 8 million in market fee, KSH 9 million in “slaughter fees”. And then finally, there is the return on the tourism investment that you were looking for. A whopping KSH 209, 000 in “park fees”. KSH 209,000 in fees, after investing KSH 400 million. And so, take this as an example and extrapolate it across the entire budget, and you can see how one can spend KSH 100 billion and get NOTHING in return. You don’t need to be a genius to see the absurdity of this situation. Let me explain using an example that should illustrate the utter dimwittedness of this situation. Remember the KSH 100 billion sent to Turkana by you and me? Part of this amount is supposed to be for “service delivery”, or “recurrent expenditure”. Usually about 70% of the budget. The balance, 30%, is designed to go to development projects. With that in mind, from KSH 100 billion, the County apparently has made KSH 30 billion worth of investments, right? 30% of the KSH 100 billion. Now, if you employed someone to run a business for you, and they asked you to invest KSH 30 billion, which is no small fortune, at some point you would have to start seeing returns, right? That’s common sense, isn’t it? So, when we look at the revenues streams that make up this paltry sum of KSH 190 million, and see things like “slaughter fees’ and “market fees”, what does it tell you? It tells me there is no real “development” happening in that county. Trust me, if you had real development totaling KSH 30 billion, you would have corporate taxes in the hundreds of millions or billions, a booming real estate market, rising wages and standards of living, etc., low unemployment, etc. You would not have 80% of the people living hand-to mouth, and a County Government that can not afford to support itself for 5 days out of the year that has 365 days! We do not have enough time, trust me, to deal with the shit-show that is Turkana County. Dealing with that mess would require a forensic team. I will just highlight a few of other “in your-face” type of theft of public funds, and then conclude my submission. A government that has a budget of KSH 18.4 billion annually, and which has never raised more than 1% of its budget had the wisdom to do the following with your money: · Spend KSH 222 million on a project building something that NOBODY uses. You got that right. They spent KSH 222 million on a facility that NOBODY uses. KSH 222 million gone to waste, in a county that is dead last in pretty much all measures of human progress. · Remember the County Government offices that cost KSH 829 million? The County spent KSH 82 million on “air-conditioning” for that building. · Despite the County Spending hundreds of millions for the top three officers of the County, the Governor and his Deputy, in the 2022-2023 year, illegally charged the county (you and I) KSH 2.2 million in housing allowance! · Built two facilities for KSH 16 million, that were completed, but NOBODY uses them. · Entered into a contract for the construction of a plastic use facility for KSH 13 million in 2021. The contractor gets paid KSH 4.9 million, and has never been seen since. · Paid out KSH 62 million in salaries that were not supportable in just one year. They could not point to anybody and say, that is who we paid. · Paid out KSH 27 million in legal fees that nobody could say what they related to. And the County’s Legal Advisor, who, in 2022-2023, had a budget of KSH 123 million, apparently did not know anything about it! · Had an outstanding bill at Kenya Revenue Authority in the amount of KSH 486 million, that did not show up on the County Government’s financial statements. Think about that. KSH 486 million owned to the Kenya Revenue Authority, and that liability is not on the financial statements! This only means that someone took those funds for themselves, which is why the liability would be missing from the county’s books. · Could not account for KSH 367 million in expenditures for 2022-2023. KSH 367 million, in unexplained expenses. · Awarded a contract worth over KSH 200 million to a bidder with no bank statement, against the law. This contract was entered into and approved before the statutory time after the bidding process lapsed. Someone was in a hurry to get paid. KSH 200 million, illegally awarded to a bidder who did not have a 6-month bank statement. · Apparently purchased KSH 1.5 billion in assets in 2022-2023, but kept no records of the said assets. For this reason, NOBODY can verify where these assets are located. KSH 1.5 billion. Let me just say this. In my last article, the most common critique was that it was too long. Too many words. I did not intend to make another long article. Trust me when I tell you this, we do not have the time to detail half of the problems in Turkana County. For just 1 year! We do not. Now, you recall my point about how societies descend to madness and anarchy. In our country today, our leaders are accusing those of us who are agitating for honest and transparent governance of being traitors to the country. They call us anarchists, criminals, and merchants of chaos. They are questioning our patriotism. You have all seen the government and its horde of propagandists threatening the Ford Foundation and others because they may have helped civil society keep the lights on, and investigative journalists to have the capacity to continue to do the Lord’s work of investigating criminality in government. As though citizens are so dumb and ignorant, that they cannot see what is going on. The reason why millions of Calvins in this country will never graduate from college and earn a decent living is not because of the Ford Foundation. No. It is because of the thieves we have in office today, like the ones in Turkana County. In this post, I copy our leaders, the President and his deputy. I copy them because I want them to help Kenyans understand the following conundrum, about crime and criminals. There is nothing so special or peculiar about criminals or where they pop up. There are criminals in the US, Canada, France, and other places. Just like we have criminals in Kenya. The difference between banana republics and failed states, and civilized societies, is WHAT we do to and about criminals. In civilized societies, criminals are prosecuted and punished heavily. They are shunned. In some places, those charged with serious crimes such as corruption are executed. These are societies that are committed to sending the message that corruption, which robs citizens of their rights, is not acceptable. And they demonstrate this commitment by heavily punishing those who steal from the most vulnerable in society. In Kenya, we see the opposite. Criminals are exalted. They are promoted and embraced in government. It was just last week that the president unveiled his nominees for his Cabinet. Among them, are the likes of Hassan Ali Joho, EGH. , @GovWOparanya , and Davis Chirchir, ALL people who have been accused or charged with massive corruption against Kenyans. And am sure you remember that I mentioned Koli Nanok, EGH. , the man who tried to steal KSH 5 billion in his last days in office. Would you believe it if I told you that he works in government, at State House? He plunded billions of your money, got no measurable improvement in the lives of his subjects, and now has a government job in State House. Let that sink in. And so, the question is, how is it that in a country of 55 million people, with thousands of highly qualified people who have never ever stolen from Kenyans, he ends up with the criminals and thieves in the government, despite the fact that their crimes are in the public domain? How is this possible? Is it possible that these thieves possess a certain unique ability to run government, save Kenyans billions, and solve problems in a way that the president performs a cost-benefit analysis, and the benefits outweigh the costs of their theft? If not, what message does it send to Kenyans, when their own president puts into office known thieves? I think that is a fair question, don’t you? Dr. Ekuru Aukot Rigathi Gachagua William Samoei Ruto, PhD Okiya Omtatah Okoiti Citizen TV Kenya Nation Breaking News TI-Kenya CNN County Government of Turkana

Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA

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