Author Archives: Dr. Daniel Mutegi Giti, PhD.

The richest black man in the world, Aliko Dangote, has launched a N100 billion annual scholarship fund to support the education of 1.3 million Nigerian students for ten years, hence he will have spent N1 trillion by the end of the programme. This funding is critical in many respects as was observed during this year’sContinue reading “Fund education to boost growth”

The counties of Mandera, Turkana, Samburu, Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, West Pokot (eastern parts), and Baringo (Tiaty areas) are experiencing worse case scenarios of drought due to failed rains. Other counties like Taita Taveta, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Nyeri, Laikipia, Narok, Makueni, Meru and Lamu show signs of some sort of drought and hence limited food andContinue reading “End cycle of drought and flooding in equal succession”

Attention has been drawn to reports that over 700,000 students who sat the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and obtained the grade of C plain to E Plain cannot be accounted for in the system. There is no child who should be lost despite the grade they score. All hands are needed toContinue reading “Stakeholders must work with government to ensure 100 percent transition to higher education”

The ninth devolution conference is being held in Homa Bay County, under the theme “For the people, for prosperity: Devolution as a catalyst for Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice”. Counties should see themselves in the same league as the city states of old times in Greece that thrived on three main aspects. These were: culturalContinue reading “Kenyan Counties can emulate the Greece City states performance through sound leadership”

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote during the 32nd Annual Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) urged the continent to adopt bold thinking and a long-term mindset, which is necessary to transform the continent into a “heaven” within just five years. He noted that “We can actually turn Africa into a heaven in the nextContinue reading “Why Aliko Dangote is right – Africa can be a heaven in five years”

The ninth devolution conference has been held in Homa Bay amidst great hopes and aspirations of the promise of devolution. Within economic research, devolution is described as a type of fiscal federalism (or fiscal decentralization) and focuses on how powers over public revenue and expenditure are assigned to lower levels of government – and considersContinue reading “The economics of devolution”