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”
Let us all join hands to eradicate FGM in Kenya
The International Day for Zero tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was held last week, and the major observation was that the practice had mutated and was being undertaken in diverse forms to escape the law. FGM has been practiced for a long time in Sub Saharan Africa and many of its proponents don’t knowContinue reading “Let us all join hands to eradicate FGM in Kenya”
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”
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”
Good news that Tanzania is setting up Kiswahili promotion and learning centres globally – article in the East African of 1st to 7th June 2024
It is good news that the Tanzanian governmentwill be setting up Kiswahili learning and promotion centres throughout the world to promote this uniquely African language with its associated culture and way of life. One of the reasons for promotion of Kiswahili is that the language has immense opportunities to foster peace, cohesion, integration, and businessContinue reading “Good news that Tanzania is setting up Kiswahili promotion and learning centres globally – article in the East African of 1st to 7th June 2024”
Parastatal reforms good idea
The country has over 450 parastatals or State-Owned Entities (SoEs), out of which are commercial and others are non-commercial. Parastatals are necessary for effective performance by the government because they are responsible for certain elements of public service and delivery. To illustrate the power of parastatals and SoEs, their share in the top 500 globalContinue reading “Parastatal reforms good idea”
Dr. Daniel Mutegi Giti 