Broad based government can achieve tremendous progress if well managed

The President has formed a broad-based government, which will be like a team of rivals which was a cabinet formed by the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The accounts of this exceptional phenomenon which has dominated political discourses for a long time has been penned down by the presidential historian Doris KearnsContinue reading “Broad based government can achieve tremendous progress if well managed”

Dongo Kundu bypass will spur industrial activity

The Dongo Kundu bypass, which links Miritini in the west of Mombasa to Kibundani in Kwale, has officially opened to the public, and will serve the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which is a Kenya Vision 2030 flagship project sitting on 1,200 acres of land. Dongo Kundu is served by the southern bypass road,Continue reading “Dongo Kundu bypass will spur industrial activity”

IMF is right to call for more private sector led investments initiatives to spur economic growth

The growing public sector debts, the need for jobs and employment creation and provision of more goods and services by the government calls for radical measures, including an understanding that the public sector faces many constraints globally, Kenya included. That is why the G7 Meeting in Italy held between June 15 and 16 2024 notedContinue reading “IMF is right to call for more private sector led investments initiatives to spur economic growth”

What new CS’s, senior officials must do to succeed

Three things are key for the incoming Cabinet Secretaries and other senior government officials. First, there is need to be guided by the economist Vilfredo Pareto who coined the Pareto principle in 1897, Pareto law, the 80/20 rule, the principle of Least Effort & Principle of Imbalance. In the book by Richard Koch on theContinue reading “What new CS’s, senior officials must do to succeed”

Leverage the listing of the 8th world heritage site in Kenya for business

United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed Gedi ruins in Malindi, Kilifi county, as the eight world Heritage Site in Kenya. The other seven world heritage sites are: Lake Turkana national parks; Mount Kenya National Park & forests; Lamu old town; sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forest; Fort Jesus in Mombasa; Kenya lake system RiftContinue reading “Leverage the listing of the 8th world heritage site in Kenya for business”

Kenyan diasporians doing us Proud

The latest Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $ 2 billion or Ksh. 258.9 billion during the first five months of the year 2024, which was an 18.9 percent jump from the inflows of the similar period last year. Though the tradition high diaspora source destinations areContinue reading “Kenyan diasporians doing us Proud”

Good news that counties are growing in Own Source Revenues (OSR)

The Controller of Budget (CoB) has noted that Kiambu county was the best in the Own Source Revenue (OSR) collection across the country in the 2023/2024 financial year. The report notes that in the first nine months of the financial year, the OSR collections were Ksh. 3.4 billion, an increase which represents a 27.2 percentContinue reading “Good news that counties are growing in Own Source Revenues (OSR)”

4 ways to adequately fund the EAC

Many programmes of the East African Community (EAC) have stalled due to cash crunch blamed on non-remittance of dues by the member states amounting to over $40 million. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda have consistently paid up their dues hence keeping the secretariat and other organs running though much more should be done. The budgetContinue reading “4 ways to adequately fund the EAC”

How to tackle Kenya’s economic challenges

The Ksh. 4.1 trillion or $31 billion 2024/2025 financial year budget statement presentation on Thursday 13th June 2024 is monumental amidst the concerns of Debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio expected to hit 67.50 percent at the end of 2024 according to the Trading Economics Global Macro models and analysts’ expectations; and the publicContinue reading “How to tackle Kenya’s economic challenges”

Big relief that the Usahihi – Nairobi Mombasa expressway will finally be done through PPPs

One of the news from the President US visit is the agreement on the construction of the 477 km, 4-6 lane Usahihi Nairobi-Mombasa expressway, which will take some 3-4 years to construct, and reduce travel time between the two towns will be reduced to 4 ½ hours from the usual almost 8 hours. The NairobiContinue reading “Big relief that the Usahihi – Nairobi Mombasa expressway will finally be done through PPPs”