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1 Aug 2025
Education Capacitation and the Fiscal Squeeze: Is it time for reflection?
In recent weeks, an uncomfortable dissonance has emerged within the country’s fiscal corridors, one that speaks to deeper structural and fiscal tensions in the way the government funds essential ser...
25 Jul 2025
Infrastructure by Another Name: Innovative Bonds and the Quiet Expansion of Public Debt
When Linzi FinCo rang the bell at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to mark the listing of its KSh 44.7 billion infrastructure bond, it was framed as a watershed moment for Kenya’s capital marke...
25 Jul 2025
Public Participation Bill 2025: A Sufficient Antidote for Public Engagement in Kenya?
Long before recent calls by Raila Odinga for a national conclave on intergenerational dialogue and the formation of a “broad-based government”, Kenya experienced a similar political arrangement. ...
25 Jul 2025
Fifteen Years of the East African Common Market: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead
In July 2010, the East African Community (EAC) took a bold step towards regional integration by launching the Common Market Protocol. This agreement aimed to allow the free movement of goods, services...
18 Jul 2025
Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Act: U.S. Law’s Ripple Effect on Kenya
President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill was passed on July 4, 2025, becoming the One Big, Beautiful Act. The law is a budget reconciliation act, a special type of legislation used to ex...
18 Jul 2025
Public Service Tracking App: Innovation or Invasion of Privacy?
On Wednesday, while in Samburu, Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku said that civil servants will soon be required to install a government mobile application on their phones to track their ...
18 Jul 2025
Digital Debt and the Law: Why Kenya’s Watchdogs Are Now Paying Attention
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) is set to launch an investigation into the digital sector after receipt of multiple complaints of abuse by digital lenders. The complaints raised include conce...
18 Jul 2025
Meta Lawsuit Settlement Signals a New Era in Corporate Governance and Human Rights
Meta abruptly settled a USD$8 billion shareholder lawsuit this Thursday with a last-minute agreement for an undisclosed amount, avoiding a trial that would have subjected its top leadership to rare pu...
11 Jul 2025
Speak Out or Stay Silent? The Dangerous Balance of Corporate Voice in Times of Political Unrest
The protests that gripped Kenya on June 25 and July 7 this year were not merely a contest between the government and citizens over tax hikes and economic hardship. They also marked a profound moment o...
11 Jul 2025
Kenya’s Plan to Tighten Data Protection Compliance Unveiled in ODPC’s 2025–2029 Strategy
The operationalisation of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in 2020, with Immaculate Kassait as its inaugural Commissioner, marked a new dawn in Kenya’s data protection landscape...
4 Jul 2025
Currency Regulation: A Necessary Measure or a Risky Move?
Currencies across East Africa have been experiencing significant volatility and sustained depreciation against the US dollar and other major foreign currencies. This trend has been driven by a mix of ...
27 Jun 2025
The Will to Die: How Kenyan Protests Forged a New Political Consciousness
On Wednesday, Kenya’s Gen Z marked one year since June 25, 2024, when many of their compatriots lost their lives to police brutality while protesting against the Finance Bill, 2024. The protests beg...
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