Our Economy Needs Fast Radical Surgery
Recently, a man walked up to me one morning and asked me if I could give him some menial job. He said his children had not taken breakfast and he did not have any money. He looked destitute and in need...
View ArticleAdverts Should Evoke Emotional Connection
Frank Maina’s article, ‘We Must Change How We Manage Sponsorships’ on February 16th was spot on! We must stop to establish a common understanding of what sponsorship is and what it seeks to accomplish....
View ArticleMentorship is helping small firms to plan well
LB Energy founder Owen Muhiu says business mentorship revolutionized his energy-saving startup For Owen Muhiu, founder LB Energy, having a business mentor on hand has made a huge difference in the...
View ArticleHow board metrics can help a firm avoid trouble
A board of directors or board of governors of an institution is the top administrative apex of an organisation. It represents the bird’s view of an organisation. It is like how the father and mother...
View ArticlePiracy a threat to Innovation and Economy
Artists, inventors, musicians, doctors, computer scientists. Behind every innovative, life-changing product or idea stands an imaginative, inspired person willing to do what it takes to see it through...
View ArticleThe Financial Aspects Of A Devolved System
The next general elections will see Kenyans elect the county assemblies and governors. This will make establishment of devolved government a reality as envisioned in the new constitution. With...
View ArticleEnhancing Kenya’s competitiveness key to growth
Kenya has made remarkable improvement in economic performance in the recent past. In the year 2010 per capita income of Kenyans exceeded the levels registered in 1990. Kenya is in path of economic...
View ArticleNew VAT Law Is A Money Machine For Government
The implementation of the long awaited new VAT law is in the offing if the step taken by the Finance Minster during his presentation of this year’s budget statement is anything to go by. Following the...
View ArticleKenyans Need To Benefit From Trillion Budget
The 2012/2013 budget at a whopping Sh1,45 Trillion like in all previous years does NOT support the building of a fair and inclusive society; one year from today, poor Kenyans will remain just that;...
View ArticleCBK rate cut is not instant solution for lending rates
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) recently lowered the benchmark Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 150 basis points, from 18 percent to 16.5 percent. Following the decrease, a...
View ArticlePeacefull Polls Key To Growth
According to the latest KRA taxpayers’ list, the top 10 taxpayers in the country paid a total of Sh115 billion in tax during the 2011/2012 financial year, which is equivalent to 17 per cent of revenue...
View ArticleKQ court ruling unacceptable in the 21st century
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance, the umbrella body of the private sector notes with concern the recent court decision reinstating the 447 KQ staff laid off in the company’s recent restructuring. As...
View ArticleHow to avoid falling prey to ATM fraudsters
While electronic transactions are on the rise, many cardholders still regularly go to the ATM to withdraw cash for smaller transactions like paying for public transport or purchasing groceries in the...
View ArticleA Cashless Society Is The Way Forward
When the first credit card was introduced in 1946, and the debit card in 1978, the world began its transition to a cashless society. Fast forward to today and the use of these cards has grown...
View ArticleSME taxation still a major global task
International experience has proved that taxation of the Small and Micro Enterprises is a challenge to all tax administrations world wide. The case is more challenging in the developing countries which...
View ArticleTax Relief Could Help Cut Kenya's Huge Wage Bill
One of the key agenda for the government is to curb the increasing wage bill in the country to ensure that Kenya's labour cost is sustainable and competitive to attract more local and foreign...
View ArticleSalary Debate Diverting Focus On Other Issues
The controversial issue on country’s huge wage bill has received nationwide attention if the recent opposition to raising the pay for the members of the National Assembly is anything to go by. As the...
View ArticleProcurement Laws Review Key To The Success Of Devolution
Recently we have seen an increasing clamor by the County Governments for all the functions to be transferred to them and requests for additional funding from the National Government. Governors are on...
View ArticleWestgate's Aftermath Will Affect Investment In Kenya
The harrowing events at Westgate played out across our screens like scenes from a terrible horror movie, touching our collective psyche as a country. This act of terrorism did not just affect the...
View ArticleBreathing New Life Into State Corporations
The appointment of a Taskforce to make recommendations on reforming parastatal sector by the President is laudable. As a matter of fact parastatals play critical roles in Kenya’s economic growth and...
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