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The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Government Administration has declared the climate change as a national security threat and declared that chiefs and their assistants have been mobilized to sustain the national tree planting cover in the country. Tree planting is one of the most effective ways through which we can address climate changeContinue reading “Minister of Interior right on the linkage between climate change and national security”

Over several months now stakeholders have made varied suggestions on the best way to manage the major ports in the country, chief of which is the Mombasa port. The President had made unequivocal commitment that the port will not be privatized as had been suggested before but would be run through concession and lease arrangements,Continue reading “PPP best way for port of Mombasa and others”

We have been treated to impeachments, threats of impeachments and other stand-offs between county Governors and their assemblies or between counties and the national government on some contentious issues. The issues cited as the reason for these squabbles should not even have gone that way had the leaders and stakeholders involved embraced the use ofContinue reading “Use soft power to develop”

World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has published a report that shows that fresh water sources globally are dwindling, whose cause effect has been food, planetary and health crisis. This water shortage has been attributed to increased drying up of rivers and lakes, in addition to increased pollution of water sources, which cause reduction in freshContinue reading “Economics of saving fresh water sources for food security and poverty reduction”

The president has concluded his development tour of China by concluding project development deals worth over Ksh. 688.7 billion from the engagements he had with key public and private entities. A closer analysis of these projects shows that they will be financed through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) models and other collaborative arrangements. Kenya is notContinue reading “PPPs have immense socio-economic development prospects for Kenya”

Nairobi hosted the first ever Africa Climate Summit (ACS) & Africa Climate Week (ACW) from 4th to 6th September 2023. The forums provided a viable platform for policy makers, practitioners, private sector, civil society and development partners to deliberate and come up with solutions on the menace of climate change and global warming. The gatheringContinue reading “5 Takeaways from the ACS and ACW”

The Cabinet has made deliberate moves to spur the manufacturing agenda in the country through revitalization of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) which are located in Dongo Kundu, Naivasha and Isiolo and Export Processing Zones (EPZAs), located in Sagana, Del Monte, Eldoret and Busia. This will be facilitated by the recently approved debt free,100 percentContinue reading “Boost manufacturing to support accelerated economic growth”

Kenya hosts the Africa Climate Summit & Africa Climate Week from 4th to 6th September 2023, and it’s hoped that this will provide a viable platform for policy makers, practitioners, private sector, civil society and development partners to deliberate and come up with solutions on the menace of climate change and global warming. The summitContinue reading “Climate change economics key to success of the talks”

A young engineer set himself ablaze last week in Mombasa, and a young medical doctor committed suicide for lack of a decent job sometimes in May this year, and many other young persons and Kenyans in general are dying under the same circumstances. A word of caution to young people and Kenyans is that despiteContinue reading “The scourge of unemployment”