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26 Apr 2023
Kenya should take action to control declining agricultural production and curb food imports
Kenya recorded a decline in the growth of the agricultural sector last year, on account of unfavourable weather conditions that led to a reduction in both crops and livestock performance. The producti...
18 Apr 2023
An independent and autonomous National Treasury: Assessing CRA’s proposal to de-link the docket from the national government
While appearing before the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget on Friday last week, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) through its Director for Economic Affairs, impressed upon the Committe...
17 Mar 2023
The era of class action suits in Kenya: Implications on corporates and strategies for mitigating legal risks
Class action suits are a legal redress mechanism that enables a group of individuals with a similar claim to sue a defendant as a collective. In Kenya, class action suits have been on the rise in rece...
17 Mar 2023
Employee’s Right to Disconnect: Comparing Kenya’s proposal and the French perspective to inform possible lessons for corporates
Background Do we need a new labour law or improve on the existing one to capture the new realities? This remains the fundamental question in the minds of stakeholders against the backdrop of embracing...
10 Mar 2023
Courts and legal sanctions on corporate environmentalism and greenwashing: Why corporates need to be alert!
Background The corporate advertising spectrum is awash with words such as “eco-friendly”, “natural”, “sustainable,” “net zero,” and “reusable” either on their products, services ...
17 Feb 2023
Supplementary Budget 2022/2023: An Analysis
Recently, the National Assembly called for memoranda on the Supplementary budget 2022/2023 tabled before the House for approval. This budget was much awaited as President Ruto has promised to cut down...
3 Feb 2023
National Treasury Draft Green Fiscal Incentives Policy Framework
The National Treasury recently published the Draft Green Fiscal Incentives Policy Framework “the Framework” to steer Kenya’s economy onto a desired low-carbon climate-resilient green development...
27 Jan 2023
Understanding the Cytonn Schemes under liquidation
After a recent court ruling on Cytonn’s two funds, the CEO, Mr. Edwin Dande, has had occasion to shed light on what happened with the two portfolios that are to be liquidated and the challenges atte...
13 Jan 2023
Office of the Attorney-General in Kenya: Functions, powers and duties
The Office of the Attorney-General in Kenya dates back to 1906. Over the years, with successive governments, the powers changed and evolved until the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 whi...
13 Jan 2023
Cytonn’s dilemma in the face of liquidation order
A high court ruling in Kenya this week has ordered the liquidation of two funds owned by Cytonn Real Estate – Cytonn High Yields Solution (CHYS) and the Cytonn Real Estate Project Notes (CPN) &#...
25 Nov 2022
How social platforms are eating into media space and the implications on public policy
When Jurgen Habermas, a German philosopher, wrote about the public sphere, he conceived of it as a space where people can share opinions and thoughts freely in support of the democratic process. The s...
8 Oct 2021
FEASIBILITY OF GOK’s PROPOSALS ON COST OF POWER REDUCTION: ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES SINCERE OR EMPTY PROMISES?
Since the presentation of the Presidential Task force Report on Review of Power Purchase Agreements on September 29th 2021, the country has been awash with speculations on how the proposed 33% decreas...
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