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9 May 2024
Institute of Public Finance Shadow Budget: Kenya’s 2024 budget prioritises debt service amidst fiscal constraints.
The KSh 4.1 trillion budget under the Kenya Kwanza administration marks the second fiscal plan in the current regime. The 2024 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) outlines a 4 percent increase from the prev...
9 May 2024
Government faces backlash over response to flood crisis as multisectoral emergency efforts are mounted.
The prolonged heavy rainfall has impacted nearly the entire country, leading to widespread flooding, triggering landslides, and resulting in a growing number of casualties and significant damage. Th...
26 Apr 2024
Embracing the Arrival of the Rains
As the rains make their long-awaited return to Kenya, it’s important to reflect on the historical significance of these downpours. In my youth, I vividly remember how Budalangi became the benchm...
26 Apr 2024
Parliament approves Ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.
In March 2023, the Cabinet approved the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) for ratification by Parliament. The Cabinet M...
26 Apr 2024
My Journey lodging a data protection complaint with the ODPC
Last year, on December 28th, I received a text message from a digital lender that took me down an illuminating data protection journey. The text message read: “DEAR GUARANTOR inform Bernard XXXX...
26 Apr 2024
SLAPP: Strategic “defamation suits” threatening the freedom of expression space.
They are being used to silence those who expose corruption and abuse of office The rise of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suit) in Kenya is becoming a worrying trend despite ...
12 Apr 2024
POLITICAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS ROUND UP.
Kenya Linturi throws Kebs under the bus over fake fertiliser fiasco The government will only compensate farmers who received 3,000 bags of fertiliser flagged as substandard, even as the Ministry of Ag...
12 Apr 2024
WHO calls for action to uphold the right to health amidst inaction, injustice and crises
On the anniversary of its founding, the Organization reiterated the need for countries to invest, tackle discrimination and intolerance, and expand equitable access to quality health services. Durin...
12 Apr 2024
Kenya’s innovative approach to financing entrepreneurs: A deep dive into credit guarantee schemes.
Credit guarantee schemes (CGSs) are a form of financing for SMEs that emerged in Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries, spearheaded by civil society and the private sector as a way to proffer cr...
12 Apr 2024
Ties that ‘bond’: The push for a diaspora bond gains momentum amidst strong remittance inflows.
The country’s diverse and vast diaspora community spans globally, making the push for a diaspora bond and calls for Kenyans living abroad to invest back home more significant. In the past few ...
12 Apr 2024
Budget struggles loom: IEA highlights impact of delayed Division of Revenue Bill on county budgets.
An analysis of the Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB), 2024, by Faith Nzomo of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) recently identified several issues that require attention before the bill is passed....
5 Apr 2024
Austerity measures clash with spending trends: Why the government must walk the talk.
The government has been issuing edicts ordering spending cuts across the executive, ministries, departments, and agencies as part of austerity measures that have been rolled out. Despite all these edi...
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