Author Archives: Dr. Daniel Mutegi Giti, PhD.

Soft power needed to end Meru squabbles Meru county, which has an area of 7,006km2 of which 972.3km2 is set aside as forest and a population of 1.55 million people, has experienced numerous squabbles of late, which could cloud the many achievements and successes the county is known for. According to the 2023 county GrossContinue reading “Soft power needed to end Meru squabbles”

Kenyan Banks should fund PPP projects Kenya has over 40 commercial banks and Nine banks that represent regional or foreign banks, whose performance form part of the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) state of the Banking Industry report 2024 which shows that commercial Banks pre-tax profits rose by 16.1 percent to Ksh. 139.6 billion in 2024.Continue reading “Kenyan Banks should fund PPP projects”

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”

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”

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”

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”