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This year budget reading was presented amidst growing public debt and increased cost of living for citizens, hence its theme “accelerating economic recovery for improved livelihood”. The budget statement has five major policy issues and interventions important to accelerate and improve the livelihoods of Kenyans. Firstly, it is focused on enhancing security of its citizensContinue reading “2022-2023 is right to prioritize greater application of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to fund critical infrastructure.”

By its very definition, a budget is a government plan on how it will raise and spend money in a given financial year. The money raising methods are mostly domiciled into the taxation and domestic borrowing and then there is the component of external borrowing and loans. Each method of raising revenue has its advantagesContinue reading “2022-2023 has laid a solid foundation for growth beyond 2022”

This week we have received the best news ever coming from the African continent, which was the setting of by the richest African and the 84th world richest man Aliko Dangote of the Dangote fertilizer plant. This fertilizer plant has been touted as the largest in the continent that sits on 500 hectares (1,235 acres)Continue reading “Setting up of the largest fertilizer plant in Africa by Dangote shows Africa has come of age”

We should not let the ongoing crises pertaining the Boda Boda sub-sector go to waste without instituting lasting and impactful changes to it. This is because the sub-sector plays an important role as part of greater informal sector economy that thrives because of many factors like high population growth rates without corresponding jobs, internal andContinue reading “Address the Boda Boda crises from a multi-dimensional approach”

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is celebrating fifty solid years of existence even as countries are battling the effects of global warming and climate change which affected all facets of our lives. This global event is being held in Nairobi, the only city south of Sahara and in the developing world to host theContinue reading “Leverage on the UNEP’s 50 years celebration to position Kenya as an environmental management and investments powerhouse”

Public universities have faced financial challenges, some had to be closed and re-opened like my ama mater, Egerton University. Others like University of Nairobi, my other ama mater has seen the need for partnerships to develop and leverage on its land and other assets in order to shore up its revenues and reduce the overContinue reading “Lets support universities but let them be innovative too”

The International Day of Education for the year 2022 as proclaimed by UNESCO is being held on 24th January, with the theme “Changing course, Transforming Education”. It is in line with some of the recommendations that have been agreed upon by stakeholders and the UN as ways of reviving the standards of education which haveContinue reading “Let’s leverage the celebrations of the international day of education to deepen its impacts”

The long-awaited year, 2022 is here, lets embrace it with hope, determination, and optimism that all will go well as planned. It is the time of the year when the most talked of thing is the resolutions that we make as we start living the year. Statistics differ on the efficiency and the need forContinue reading “Beyond the new year 2022, make and live the brand-new resolutions”

As the clock ticks towards February 2022 when many public servants eying various political seats should resign, it’s becoming obvious that the Gubernatorial seat will attract many such candidates. It is expected that counties and for that matter the citizens will have a checklist or a manifesto through which such candidates will be evaluated andContinue reading “Citizens’ manifesto on electing effective Governors this year”

The end of the year provides an opportunity to evaluate all these happenings and to draw an action plan for the next one. Many things have been suggested for end of year rituals and many have emphasized on the need to prepare some resolutions for the coming year. I have researched and hereby present fiveContinue reading “End of the year a time for reflection and re-strategizing into the new year”