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Latest Article 14 Nov 2025
Strengthening Fiscal Discipline for Effective Service Delivery
The National Development Implementation Committee (NDIC) held its second 2025 meeting to review Kenya’s economic outlook, noting improved indicators, including lower inflation, stronger forex reserves, and a stabilised shilling. The Committee discussed public debt trends, ongoing engagements with the IMF and the World Bank, and innovative financing models, such as the Talanta Sports City ABS […]...
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7 Nov 2025
The Promise and Peril of the Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, 2025
Kenya’s Draft Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, 2025, marks a turning point in how the country proposes to manage, invest, and preserve national wealth. Behind its technical clauses lies a profound fiscal...
7 Nov 2025
The Politics Behind Africa’s Sovereign Wealth Funds: Lessons for Kenya
The National Treasury recently published the 2025 Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) Bill, sparking considerable discussion among financial and governance analysts. The fund is expected to comprise three mai...
9 Oct 2025
Trade and Financial Service Round-Up: Issue No. 39 of 2025
Kenya Kenya Eyes KSh 541Bn Bonds for SGR, JKIA After Adani’s Exit The Treasury is considering a USD 4.2 billion (KSh 540 billion) bond to fund the expansion of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and J...
22 Aug 2025
Opportunity or Instability? Kenya’s Economic Dilemma
Kenya’s economy is at a pivotal point. The figures present a picture of relative stability: GDP growth at 4.9 per cent, inflation at 3.82 per cent, and the Central Bank Rate recently reduced to 9.5 ...
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...
1 Aug 2025
Political Fallout? Ex-Ruto Ally Turns Harsh Critic of Kenya Kwanza Government
Ndindi Nyoro is becoming a thorn in the side of the Kenya Kwanza administration. At one point, 15 MPs from the Mt. Kenya region endorsed him for the 2027 running mate position, which then Deputy Presi...
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...
2 Aug 2024
In Detail: Implications of the Court of Appeal Decision of the Finance Act, 2023 on the Country’s Fiscal Policy Approach.
The Court of Appeal this week pronounced itself on the constitutionality of the Finance Act, 2023, which was passed and assented to despite numerous concerns from various stakeholders, includin...
18 Jul 2024
IMF and Social Contract: How to Address Root Causes of Kenyans’ Rage
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should work with the Kenyan government to ensure that the global organisation’s support for the country is aligned with human rights and that corrupt...
8 Jul 2022
Creating Tax Certainty: A look at the Kenya Draft National Tax Policy
The only feasible way to get money to pay for government expenditure on the products and services that most of us need is through taxes. However, establishing an effective and fair tax system is far f...
10 Dec 2021
Kenya’s Policy Options for Steady Economic Growth during the Transition
Kenya’s economy has been on a path to recovery in 2021 following the easing of Covid-19 containment restrictions. As the economy rebounds, the country heads into an election year. Against this backg...
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