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President Ruto’s speech at the 3rd Pan -African Parliamentarians Summit on Climate Policy and Equity in South Africa is a continuation of African Renaissance. African Renaissance is the concept and ideology which holds that one day, the African people shall overcome current challenges that impede their growth and development, and thereby achieve the much neededContinue reading “President Ruto’s speech at the Pan African parliament continuation of African renaissance”

The new universities and Technical and Vocational Training Institutions (TVETs) funding model has opened the possibilities for a new era in the management of higher education in Kenya. First, the model incorporates elements of funding students placed in national polytechnics and TVET institutions. This will increase the number of students joining TVETs, which are atContinue reading “Opportunities in the new university funding model”

The government is implementing the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, which is pegged on the economic transformation of the people at the bottom of the pyramid. The effective implementation of the key pillars of the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation agenda namely- Agriculture, Micro-Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) economy, Housing and Settlement, Healthcare and Digital Superhighway and creativeContinue reading “We have to turn to the use of Public Private Partnerships to accelerate our development trajectory”

Over the last few months, we have been treated to a spectacle of senior leaders, bureaucrats and aides to senior politicians writing books or memoirs. Memoirs and books written by such leaders serve the following purposes. Writing memoirs and books has six important points. First are the personal perspectives that educate people around us, becauseContinue reading “Encouraging to see top leaders and bureaucrats write books and memoirs for generations”

In the last few weeks, Nairobi has hosted high profile leaders and guests, including Japanese Prime Minister, IMF Managing Director, Canadian Foreign Minister among others. This shows the growing importance of Nairobi and Kenya at large in driving international agenda and development. Nairobi is the only capital in the global south to host the officesContinue reading “Embrace and leverage on the proposed relocation of the United Nations Office for Project Services to Nairobi”

According to the Economic Survey 2023 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the agricultural sector declined from negative 0.3 percent in 2021 to negative 1.9 percent in 2022. Production of key crops decline like tea from 537.8 thousand tonnes in 2021 to 535.0 thousand tonnes in 2022. Maize production declined from 36.7 million bagsContinue reading “Findings of economic survey 2023 shows need to revamp agriculture for employment creation”

Parliament seeks to amend section 157 (8) of the public procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 to bar foreign contractors from government contracts that are below Shillings 20 billion, so that such tenders are left to the local contractors. This is supposed to unlock billions of shillings from foreign to local contractors, and advance theContinue reading “Use Bill locking out foreign contractors from projects below Ksh 20 billion to better equip local contractors”

The cultic happenings at Shakahola in Malindi, Kilifi county requires that we educate our people, who also need lots of teachings. The word “preach” is repeated in the bible 150 times and the word “teach” appears 250 times, meaning God want more of teachings than preaching so that people can the real picture of theContinue reading “Unbundling the cults and their practices- debunking the myths”

In about six months, the first rounds of payments for monthly fuel, US$ 3.6 billion will fall due, and counties need Kenya shillings 125 billion in allocations for January to March 2023. Kenya is not alone in these challenges and there are fears that a global financial recession with its attendant challenges like was witnessedContinue reading “Seek growth within Storm”

Kenya will launch its first operational and earth observatory satellite (Taifa -1/Nation -1) on 10th April, designed and developed by the Kenyan engineers, aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Testing and manufacturing was done in collaboration with a Bulgarian aerospace manufacturer, and the launch will be broadcasted live on theContinue reading “Good news of Kenya joining the space race through satellite launch”