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The Prime Cabinet Secretary Hon Dr. Musalia Mudavadi has put up string measures to ensure parastatals in Kenya perform as expected in service delivery. He has identified mismanagement, corruption, pilferage of funds, high pending bills of Kenya shillings 401 billion out of 481 billion is owed by parastatals and other semi-autonomous government agencies, as someContinue reading “Prime Cabinet Secretary right to demand improved performance by parastatals in Kenya”

Kenya can keep the memories of the Mukami Kimathi and her generation Mau Mau fighters by exterminating the three ills they fought against – ignorance, poverty and disease. Tremendous progress has been made on the fight against poverty and disease by the government and various stakeholders. The two are closely related with poverty causing illContinue reading “Keep memories of Mukami Kimathi and her generation by finishing the battle they waged”

The Housing levy or contributions for housing development has been debated intensely of late. The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census (KPHC) shows that 61.3 percent of Kenyans own a home while 38.7 percent rent their housing. Further, 21.3 percent of Kenyans in urban areas own their own homes and 78.7 rent their houses, whileContinue reading “Debate on housing levy is important for socio-economic development and stability for Kenya”

The government has announced plans to lease five of its ports – Kilindini, Dongo Kundu, Lamu, Kisumu and Shimoni fish landing under a Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). This will realize four major benefits. One, it to revitalize the maritime sector and create more employment opportunities. Secondly is to make the Northern Corridor competitive by openingContinue reading “Revival of five identified Kenyan ports through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) is strategic”

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) 2021 poverty reported shows that more than a fifth of the Kenyan poor are found in five counties of Nakuru, Bungoma, Nairobi, Kakamega and Kilifi, with 3.926 million Kenyans out of the 19.1 million being poor. The report shows that of the 19.1 million Kenyans who are poor,Continue reading “Need to address poverty in Kenya as per the report findings by KNBS”

The Controller of Budget (CoB) has released a report on the performance of counties on the own source revenue (OSR) collection, which shows that Mombasa, Narok, Kiambu and Machakos surpassed their own source revenue collection targets, by collecting more than 2 billion in nine months. Studies by the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) shows thatContinue reading “Counties should increase own source revenue and high expenditure on development”

The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022 shows that 50 percent of women aged between the ages of 20 to 49 years, and with more than secondary education are either obese or overweight, compared to 26 percent of those without a formal education. The data from KDHS shows that 6 out of 10 women inContinue reading “Let deal firmly with obesity before it becomes a national pandemic”

The government has been investigating and taking decisive action on the Shakahola massacre caused by a cult like religion. Cults possess unusual beliefs and tend to live in relative isolation from the outside world, coalescing around a charismatic cult leader. The leader makes certain orders and alters the beliefs, behaviour and customs of the members.Continue reading “Government and religious groups can come up with self-regulating mechanism for the faiths in Kenya”

The first ever Kenya National Urban Forum will be held in Naivasha, Nakuru county between 14th and 16th June 2023, under the theme “strategic pathways to inclusive and sustainable urbanization in Kenya” and “the future is urban” slogans. According to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census (KPHC), 31.2 percent of Kenyans or 14.8 millionContinue reading “Urban Land Question key to urbanization and progressive socio-economic growth”

The first Kenya National Urban Forum (KUF) is taking place in Naivasha municipality between 14th and 16th June 2023 under the theme “strategic pathways to inclusive and sustainable urbanization in Kenya” and also carrying the broader theme of “the future is urban”. Indeed, the future is urban because according to the 2019 Kenya Population andContinue reading “Kenya Urban Forum a step towards sustainable management of urban areas for socio-economic development”