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15 Aug 2025
Structured Engagement & Partnerships: Rethinking the Role of Activism in a Fractured Society
There was a time when the phrase “civil society” evoked images of selfless men and women bridging the gap for the voiceless, advocating for justice, and holding those in power accountable. They we...
15 Aug 2025
Crackdown on Alcohol in Kenya Risks Fueling Illicit Brew Market
Kenya is a lightweight in alcohol consumption, with Helgi Library ranking the country 113th out of 163 nations for per capita consumption, at 14.4 litres in 2021. Over the past thirty years, this figu...
15 Aug 2025
Devolution Conference 2025: Leveraging Technology and Partnerships for Good Governance
This year’s Devolution Conference took place in Homa Bay County, on the shores of Lake Victoria, with the striking backdrop of the Asego Hills. Being the 9th edition of the biennial conference, ...
8 Aug 2025
Global Squeeze, Local Strain: Kenya’s Tough Financial Road Ahead
Kenya is operating in a tightly constrained economic space. Debt levels are high. Credit remains tight. Borrowing costs have climbed. And global trade winds are no longer in our favour. In this enviro...
8 Aug 2025
High Stakes: Examining Kenya’s Gambling Boom and Its Consequences
Gambling is increasingly spreading its roots across Kenya. The country ranks third at 79%, after South Africa (90%) and Uganda (87%), in terms of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa. The gambling industr...
8 Aug 2025
Understanding the GENIUS Act: Implications for U.S. Stablecoin Regulation
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This is the first federal US law dedicated to regulating stablec...
1 Aug 2025
Capital Unbound: Opportunities and Risks in a Liberalised Market
In a week dominated by headlines on inflation, political standoffs, and underwhelming earnings results, a subtle but profound legislative amendment slipped through the cracks. Parliament, through the ...
1 Aug 2025
Trump Turns to Europe: A New Strategy to Counter China?
When President Donald Trump began imposing tariffs and launching a trade war against China around 2018, the United States was reacting to a widening trade deficit with the Asian country and growing co...
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...
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