Tag: National Government

Kenya’s Draft Public Participation Policy: Towards enhanced citizen engagement in governanc.

Public participation is a fundamental principle of Kenya’s democracy, enshrined in the Constitution to ensure that citizens are actively engaged in governance and decision-making processes. Recognising the importance of public involvement, the Government of Kenya has come up with the Kenya Policy on Public Participation. This policy provides a comprehensive framework for managing and coordinating […]...

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...

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...

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...

28 Mar 2024

Kenya leads mobile money innovation: Trends and key insights from State of the Industry Report 2024

The State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2024 has revealed interesting insights into the mobile money landscape across sub-Saharan Africa. Among the countries analysed, Kenya emerges as a foca...

21 Mar 2024

Enhancing tax compliance to boost revenue: Expanding the tax bracket and prudent spending must go hand in hand.

Meeting Kenya’s ever-growing development needs, largely financed through taxation, is an arduous task. The broader fiscal context Kenya finds itself in currently makes even the challenge dauntin...

14 Mar 2024

Ending monopoly to curb frequent power outages: Further review of the new energy regulations.

In last week’s Vellum, we covered the draft Energy (Electricity Market, Bulk Supply and Open Access) Regulations, which opened access to the entire value chain of the electricity grid to anyone inte...