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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”

The President, the first ever PhD holder to occupy the highly coveted office did a masterstroke in opening doors for more dialogue with the opposition, which has led to the cancellation of demonstrations in the country. That both sides of the divide saw and acted for the common good of the country did not comeContinue reading “Soft power at play in ending the demonstrations in Kenya”

The auditor General has exposed the ongoing trends in the public universities, key among them the tendency to favour the dominant ethnic community within its precincts. This trend could be attributed to many factors, key among them the historical factors and also the manner and nature through which such entities came into being. A universityContinue reading “Address ethnicity in varsities in Kenya”

The Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Marine affairs has published a preliminary mineral assessment from 15 counties that shows that Kenya has nine hundred and seventy (970) minerals. These minerals have been classified as having the potential for further prospecting for exploration to establish their nature, economic viability and their net worth in orderContinue reading “Use the 970 minerals found in Kenya well”

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) report shows some of the sectors that have highly contributed to employment creation to Kenyans in the last ten years. It shows that the construction sector that was supported by a decade of increased public spending on infrastructure and emergence of construction of high-rise buildings and the construction sectorContinue reading “KNBS data on sectors with high job creation capacity for the last decade should be used to stimulate/ incentivize more growth in job creation”

The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnerships with the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has mapped out six countries in Africa for setting up vaccine manufacturing factories and Kenya alongside Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa. This is advantageous for four reasons. First, going forward, global development order will be shaped byContinue reading “Advantages for Kenya and selected African countries in setting up vaccine factories with WHO”

The frequent insecurity cases in Northern Kenya, some parts of the Rift valley and other parts of the country must be stopped forthwith for us to achieve the Kenya Vision 2030 and other developmental aspirations that we are committed to like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union Agenda 2063. TheContinue reading “Northern Kenya and ASALS requires a Marshall plan to permanently end insecurity”

In the just ended summit, issues of revenue share for counties and promise to accelerate total transfer of devolved functions featured. Kenyan counties can draw lessons from the Nigerian state of Lagos which underwent massive transformation under the leadership of Governors Tinubu and Fashola. Before that, the state had an increase of 600,000 persons perContinue reading “Our counties can grow their own source revenue and promote growth”

In the just ended summit, issues of revenue share for counties and promise to accelerate total transfer of devolved functions featured. Governors should lay strategies to address revenue issues once and for all in four ways. One, support valuation of all assets owned by or in counties will be valued afresh so as to determineContinue reading “Counties should explore ways of generating local revenues”