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After eight years of promulgating the 2010 Constitution it’s time we looked at what worked and what didn’t; Senate’s a g
By Gitungo Wamere
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Dear MPs, please stop with the crocodile tears, you had enough time to deal with the VAT Act
Politicians have a penchant for speaking from both sides of their mouth. And as National Assembly Majority Leader, Aden Duale put it in a recent …
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As we celebrate the 8th birthday of our constitution, we mustn’t forget how far we’ve come
By Derrick Makhandia
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Are we getting a good return on investment from these Parliamentary Committees?
Kenyans are being told to brace themselves for tough times ahead as government plans to implement the 16 per cent value added tax on petroleum …
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President Kenyatta, make the manufacturing agenda a gift to the youth
By Gitungo Wamere
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When greed appears to be our national ethos then we the people will always be at the bottom of the food chain
This week people have been making jokes about the government stealing from the government then investigating the government as a way of mocking the whole …
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The real opportunity cost of corruption is a peaceful country and stable economy
While speaking to Reuters two years ago, the Auditor General, Edward Ouko said the country was losing a third of its budget to corruption annually. …
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The 2018 budget leaves much to be desired but we need honest conversations on health care
The ongoing war on corruption or lack thereof has drawn mixed reactions from all over Kenya. Strong supporters of the President believe he wants to …
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When politics is the sure way to wealth then we must contend with the un-ending campaign mood in the country
We’re barely 8months into the ‘new’ administration and the politics of 2022 has taken over-completely eclipsing the administration’s much touted big four agenda or the …
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The only way to fight corruption is to audit lifestyle; anything else is a bad joke!
This was the looting week. We hadn’t even digested how NYS Season II had somewhat surpassed season I or what’s really going on at the …
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We Can’t fight Corruption With Cosmetic Rage; a Trip Down Memory Lane Confirms Our Folly
John Githongo once remarked that the Moi administration handed President Kibaki a skunk and he took it home as a pet. He was referring to …
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A Three Tier System of Government Won’t Strengthen Devolution
By Gitungo Wamere