The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) and the County Executives in a conference held in Athi River has agreed to collaborate as a way forward agreements aimed at shoring up uptake of the Technical and Vocational education in Kenya. This collaboration and resolve should be supported by stakeholders since TVET programmes are a key componentContinue reading “Good resolution by NITA and counties to collaborate on vocational training”
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Nairobi-Nakuru-Nakuru road can successfully be done under Public Private Partnerships
The Cabinet has prioritized the construction of the Nairobi (Rironi)-Nakuru road starting next in the next few months through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to ease the burden of travelers and road users of this busy and equally important road corridor. Traffic gridlocks and other incidents are a normal occurrence along the highway and hence thereContinue reading “Nairobi-Nakuru-Nakuru road can successfully be done under Public Private Partnerships”
Let make PPPs work for Kenya
The Treasury is in the process of contracting out professional services to review the suitability of the processes used to identify Public Private Partnerships (PPP) deals in the country. Experts believe that the processes and systems used for the PPP projects in Kenya have inherent challenges which requires the review and necessary strategies to makeContinue reading “Let make PPPs work for Kenya”
Impactful leaders like the Aga Khan needed to address global challenges
The way the world has mourned the passing of the Agha Khan IV, who passed away on February 4, 2025, at the age of 88 in Lisbon, Portugal shows that he was an impactful leader. Aga Khan IV, whose real name is Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, was the 49th hereditary Imam of theContinue reading “Impactful leaders like the Aga Khan needed to address global challenges”
Use the latest Gross County Products (GCP) 2024 to grow county economies
The 2024 Kenya’s Gross County Product (GCP) report published by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), whose aim is to update the economic size of Counties has many lessons going forward. The report is a monetary measure of the net market value of all final goods and services produced within each of the 47 countiesContinue reading “Use the latest Gross County Products (GCP) 2024 to grow county economies”
Incentivize the construction sector for the socio-economic development
The construction sector contracted for the first time in eleven years, where its output fell by 2.9 percent in the quarter ended June 2024 is worrying, and calls for measures to incentivize it. Construction sector drives socio-economic growth globally, hence Kenya Vision 2030 development blueprint, which aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, “middle-incomeContinue reading “Incentivize the construction sector for the socio-economic development”
Kenyan diasporians doing us Proud
The latest Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $ 2 billion or Ksh. 258.9 billion during the first five months of the year 2024, which was an 18.9 percent jump from the inflows of the similar period last year. Though the tradition high diaspora source destinations areContinue reading “Kenyan diasporians doing us Proud”
Good news that counties are growing in Own Source Revenues (OSR)
The Controller of Budget (CoB) has noted that Kiambu county was the best in the Own Source Revenue (OSR) collection across the country in the 2023/2024 financial year. The report notes that in the first nine months of the financial year, the OSR collections were Ksh. 3.4 billion, an increase which represents a 27.2 percentContinue reading “Good news that counties are growing in Own Source Revenues (OSR)”
4 ways to adequately fund the EAC
Many programmes of the East African Community (EAC) have stalled due to cash crunch blamed on non-remittance of dues by the member states amounting to over $40 million. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda have consistently paid up their dues hence keeping the secretariat and other organs running though much more should be done. The budgetContinue reading “4 ways to adequately fund the EAC”
How to tackle Kenya’s economic challenges
The Ksh. 4.1 trillion or $31 billion 2024/2025 financial year budget statement presentation on Thursday 13th June 2024 is monumental amidst the concerns of Debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio expected to hit 67.50 percent at the end of 2024 according to the Trading Economics Global Macro models and analysts’ expectations; and the publicContinue reading “How to tackle Kenya’s economic challenges”
Dr. Daniel Mutegi Giti 