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Patrick Dan Mukhongo

Banks must not have their way with lending rates

Commercial banks are supposed to base their lending rates on the CBR and factor in an assessed weighted risk factor in addition to a premium that covers their cost of funds.

Banks must not have their way with lending rates

Covid-19 crisis calls for more budgeting accountability

Covid-19 crisis calls for more budgeting accountability

By Kizito Temba 4 years ago

Covid crisis calls for more budgeting accountability

Covid crisis calls for more budgeting accountability

By Kizito Temba 4 years ago

Mobile money success shows how Africa can offer solutions

Mobile money success shows how Africa can offer solutions

By Kizito Temba 4 years ago

Food security cornerstone of a robust economy

One of Kenya’s most pressing issues is the country’s food security.

By Kizito Temba 4 years ago

Food security cornerstone of a robust economy

Put money in community start-ups to build local enterprise

Many people in the start-up community here in Nairobi are aware that social impact is one of the most popular forms of investment in Africa.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Put money in community start-ups to build local enterprise

Kenya has potential to become the largest green energy exporter

Along with being good news for shareholders, it increases the attraction of Kenya’s green energy investment potential.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Kenya has potential to become the largest green energy exporter

Kenya’s economic revolution starts with us

A government can at best provide an environment that leads to job creation.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Kenya’s economic revolution starts with us

Competition in the telecommunications sector will lower prices for Kenyans

To achieve President Uhuru’s Big Four plan, the private sector must play its part and fairly.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Competition in the telecommunications sector will lower prices for Kenyans

Relations between Kenya and Tanzania are ripe for strengthening

Uhuru is well aware of the importance of constantly maintaining good relationships with our neighbours

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Relations between Kenya and Tanzania are ripe for strengthening

Ports, maritime college poised to make Kenya the regional trade hub

First, the beautiful Kenyan shores are perfectly placed in order to be the gates of entry to Africa in general and Eastern Africa in particular.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Ports, maritime college poised to make Kenya the regional trade hub

Coal plant would have blemished our environment record

Climate change is here, and it is here to stay. We can all already feel its dramatic consequences every day.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Coal plant would have blemished our environment record

A good judgement for our future

It is not without irony that climate change is perhaps the first real global struggle.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

A good judgement for our future

Decent housing for all is fundamental to national prosperity

The basis of it is affordable, stable housing for all.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Decent housing for all is fundamental to national prosperity

This is how free trade can become Africa’s greatest opportunity

African countries trade far less with one another than they do with the rest of the world.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

This is how free trade can become Africa’s greatest opportunity

We want a leader who makes Kenya ambitious

Uhuru Kenyatta has ambition for our nation. He is not quiet or submissive about it, but shouts about it from the rooftops at every opportunity.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

We want a leader who makes Kenya ambitious

Canaan is within our grasp; but who will lead us there?

President Kenyatta has remained focused on taking the people to Canaan. He has a roadmap of how to get there.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Canaan is within our grasp; but who will lead us there?

Forget what’s not working, let’s focus on what’s working

the Big 4 goals are challenges that cannot be achieved overnight. It will need trust, patience and support of the Kenyan people.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Forget what’s not working, let’s focus on what’s working

Stop the campaigning and get on with your work

For Kenya to succeed we must remain focused on the job.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Stop the campaigning and get on with your work

Why a united Africa offers great prospects for an emerging Kenya

Our riches have been siphoned off for far too long. We must now come together and claim them back.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Why a united Africa offers great prospects for an emerging Kenya

Kenya taking its place in region as force for good

Surely, the Kenyan people benefit from close relations with ALL the world’s top economies.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Kenya taking its place in region as force for good

Opposition to the housing tax ignores our core values

We cannot expect the government to mitigate social problems while refusing to fund even the most popular plans it presents

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Opposition to the housing tax ignores our core values

Nothing to fear about Kenya/China relations

No worries. China is the butt of all manner of conspiracy stories and threats...

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Nothing to fear about Kenya/China relations

Kenya’s proud transparency can transform our continent

Indeed, Kenya is leading in efforts to turn around our continent’s fortunes.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Kenya’s proud transparency can transform our continent

Find paths to reconnect with our brothers in the Caribbean

“We are one and must find paths to reconnect and reengage with one another,” he said.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Find paths to reconnect with our brothers in the Caribbean

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes all the time

Leadership is everything. And in such times, what the leader says and does matters a lot.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes all the time

Let’s now see Haji’s take on the other evil; terror

In a country where all too many people trade in influence, Mr Haji trades in results. He lets his work do the talking.

By Kizito Temba 5 years ago

Let’s now see Haji’s take on the other evil; terror

Tell-tale signs we are beginning slay corruption

In less than a year, Uhuru has done more to fight corruption than previous presidents did in a decade.

By Kizito Temba 6 years ago

Tell-tale signs we are beginning slay corruption

Lessons learnt in 2017

More than anything, it is the election and this Raila-imposed stasis that has cast the longest shadow over 2017

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Lessons learnt in 2017

Why we should seek peace and pursue it for the sake of Kenya

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Why we should seek peace and pursue it for the sake of Kenya

The numbers that matter: Kenya takes its place in the world

Some in Kenya, it seems are obsessed with image and appearance over substance. A few Kenyans are keeping score of how many nations attended President Kenyatta’s inauguration, or how many foreign ministries have sent their official congratulations.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

The numbers that matter: Kenya takes its place in the world

With elections behind us, let’s now get back to business

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s swearing-in was won after having meticulously overcome every possible political, electoral and legal challenge.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

With elections behind us, let’s now get back to business

What type of Kenya do we want to become?

While there are those who look to divide and incite, at this precarious time in our history we must unite.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

What type of Kenya do we want to become?

Opportunities NASA missed to redeem itself after poll nullification

Its selling point should have been to make its supporters angry to the point that they would all wake up on Election Day and troop to the polling stations.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Opportunities NASA missed to redeem itself after poll nullification

Last person to leave NASA house, please 'switch off the lights’

Former Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar’s defection to Jubilee is yet another pointer that the NASA house is tumbling and further dents any hope of its presidential candidate Raila Odinga ascending to the presidency.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Last person to leave NASA house, please 'switch off the lights’

Last person to leave NASA house, please 'switch off the lights’

Former Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar’s defection to Jubilee is yet another pointer that the NASA house is tumbling and further dents any hope of its presidential candidate Raila Odinga ascending to the presidency.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Last person to leave NASA house, please 'switch off the lights’

Why October 17 looks like it will be a replay of the August 8 elections

The nullification of the August 8 presidential election results has plunged the country deep into political campaign mode once again.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Why October 17 looks like it will be a replay of the August 8 elections

Democracy has winners and losers – ask the rest of the world

Across the world, elections end at the ballot box and candidates accept whatever outcome they contain. Mr Odinga’s refusal to act like a democrat and accept defeat threatens to place us outside this global consensus.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Democracy has winners and losers – ask the rest of the world

Opinion: Raila Odinga is more of the old

In reality though, Raila promises to lead us back in time – to 2013 to be precise. NASA’s ‘big announcement’ was the very same Raila - Kalonzo ticket that the public rejected in 2013.

By Kizito Temba 7 years ago

Opinion: Raila Odinga is more of the old

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