2020 review: On public debt, it’s from the frying pan towards fire

By Kepha Muiruri,

In a nutshell, Kenya’s stock of public debt stood at Ksh.1.3 trillion a decade ago, today, this stock has climbed to Ksh.7.1 trillion as of Septembe...

2020 Year in Review , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treasury , Public debt

Kenya’s economic rebound tied to COVID-19 vaccine access

By Kepha Muiruri,

The potential rebound of Kenya's economy in 2021 has been tied down to the access of COVID-19 vaccines and their eventual distribution. According t...

coronavirus , Kenya's economy , vaccine

Over 20,000 formal jobs in Kenya may be lost this year due to coronavirus

By Faizal Ahmed,

Over 20,000 formal jobs may be lost this year in Kenya due to the coronavirus outbreak. Economists from NCBA Bank stated that the scale of job loss...

coronavirus

Despite tough talk, Gov’t yet to deliver on planned austerity measures

By Kepha Muiruri,

Despite talking tough on implementing far reaching budget cuts, the government has found it tough going to sustain the austerity walk as doubts on fis...

austerity , fiscal consolidation , National Treasury

Renationalization unlikely to fly Kenya Airways back to profit

By Reuters,

By taking back full control of Kenya Airways, lawmakers are banking on Kenya’s ability to replicate the profitable example of Ethiopia’s state-own...

Ethiopian Airlines , Kenya Airways

Kenya loses Ksh.50M daily on traffic jams

By Faizal Ahmed,

It has now emerged that Kenya loses over Ksh.50 million daily in traffic jams. According to a new report by the Institute of Economic Affairs Insti...

IEA , Institute of Economic Affairs , Kenya Motorist Association , Kwame Owino , MOA , NTSA , Peter Murima , Simon Kimutai , Traffic

IEA – Parliament not taking Auditor General’s reports seriously

By Kepha Muiruri,

Experts at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) have raised the alarm on Parliament’s continued negligence of ministerial and State departments�...

IEA-Kenya , Kwane Owino , Office of the Auditor General , PFM Act

EAC adopts wait-and-see tact on Rwanda, Uganda discord

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Community (EAC) has adopted a wait-and-see policy to the ensuing border dispute between Uganda and Rwanda as the arms investigative u...

EAC , Gatuna post , Liberat Mfumukeko , Rwanda , Trade Mark East Africa , Uganda trade dispute

Govt. writes off Sh2.4bn coffee debt

By Ephraim Mugo,

The government has bailed out coffee farmers from Sh2.4 billion owed to cooperative societies. The announcement made by President Uhuru Kenyatta du...

Coffee , coffee cooperative societies , Economists , farmers , government bailout , Institute of Economic Affairs , Kirinyaga County. , Kwame Owino , President Uhuru Kenyatta

KBA classifies 40pc of borrowers as high risk

By Karen Mwaniki,

The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) estimates that 40 percent personal loan borrowers are considered moderate, high and very high risk clients who wou...

banks , Borrowers , Interest Rates , KBA , Kwame Owino

Business Center: Kenya’s Economic Scorecard

By Anthony Dianga,

Business Center interview with Kwame Owino - CEO, Institute of Economic

Business Center , Economic Scorecard , Institute of Economic , Kenya's Economic Scorecard , Kwame Owino

Business Center Interview: Kwame Owino CEO, Institute of Economic Affairs

By Citizen,