A communique by the Vice Chancellors at the end of the 2024 leadership Training Workshop have agreed to supplement state funding through enhanced resource mobilization strategies. The global financial recession, inflation, wars, conflicts, debts burdens, increased state obligations have made it impossible for the public sector to continue pumping more funds to the universities. TheyContinue reading “Let universities make money”
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Way forward for broke universities
The Daily Nation of 17th January 2024 has reported that the Kenya public universities are struggling to remain afloat after the salaries, wages, retirement benefits and medial cover premiums jumped by a fifth to hit Ksh. 45.33 billion in last year. The total pending bills in the 42 public universities and university colleges swelled byContinue reading “Way forward for broke universities”
Harmonize the support to the needy
The Sunday Nation of 7th January carried a list of bright and needy KCPE graduates who needs to join secondary school but are plagued by lack of fees either as a result of abject poverty or through death of their parents and sponsors. According to the profile, the lowest of the pupils had 304 marksContinue reading “Harmonize the support to the needy”
Properly remunerate university lecturers/researchers to achieve positive socio-economic development in Kenya
News that lecturers at my alma mater, Egerton university will be commencing their strike on 1st January 2024 over failure to honour the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is worrying because other lecturers and researchers at the public universities have such challenges, an issue which needs to be addressed once and for all. Universities are facedContinue reading “Properly remunerate university lecturers/researchers to achieve positive socio-economic development in Kenya”
Good move to form special team to probe road accidents
The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport Hon Kipchumba Murkomen has announced plans to form a new indipendent unit to probe the rising cases of roads accidents in the country. This will come with the necessary oversight and will also be in charge of accidents investigations for air, road and railway. The entity will beContinue reading “Good move to form special team to probe road accidents”
Implement findings of FKE survey on skills gaps and situation in Kenya
The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) partnered with the Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI) and Nexford University to undertake the Skills Needs Survey Report for Kenya which uncovered many things about the training and the industry needs in Kenya. It noted first that 49.1 percent of the job seekers lacked effective communication skills which meansContinue reading “Implement findings of FKE survey on skills gaps and situation in Kenya”
Three things to show appreciation of our Diasporians as we hold the Diaspora Investment Conference
The Diaspora Investment Conference is going on at KICC from 13th to 15th December 2023 under the theme “Tujenge Kenya: Bridging borders, building futures”. The importance to the Kenyan economy of the diasporians has been demonstrated by the fact that it has overtaken the traditional sources of foreign exchange earner for Kenya as per theContinue reading “Three things to show appreciation of our Diasporians as we hold the Diaspora Investment Conference”
At 60 years old, Kenya is mature enough to find new ways for its development
This Tuesday, 12th December 2023, Kenya marked its 60th anniversary, commemorating the day it become a republic after having been granted internal self-rule in 1st June 1963. At independence, the founding fathers were keen to fight three ills afflicting the country at the time: Ignorance, Poverty and Disease. Tremendous progress has since been made onContinue reading “At 60 years old, Kenya is mature enough to find new ways for its development”
Dr. Daniel Mutegi Giti 