The Sh50 billion fund was meant to be a game-changer for MSMEs. It started off as a grant during the campaigns, and mutated fast to be a conditional loan.

Subjecting Kenyans to tax pressures will be counter-productive, and will subdue aggregate demand in the economy.

In his Madaraka Day speech, president William Ruto stated that it will also be conditional to the borrower's participation in a savings scheme

Foreign exchange reserves are held by the central banks, mostly in USD, and the main purpose is to make international payments and hedge against exchange rate risks.

Immediately after swearing in, Kenyans will be keen to see Ruto's cabinet team.

Uhuru administration’s appetite for borrowing has pushed taxes high, making essential commodities unaffordable.

The Executive says the Constitution created a huge government, leading to economic burden and financial crunch.

Wheeler-dealers in government prefer mega infrastructural projects with larger payoffs, a phenomenon taking root in the counties which must be fought.

Our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the total value of goods and services produced in Kenya has doubled from Sh5 trillion to Sh10 trillion.

Arid and semi-arid counties for instance are deprived and will be grossly disadvantaged, if these parameters are considered.

An attack by bandits on Puspusion village along Turkana-Baringo counties border earlier in the month left 14 villagers, including children dead.

As curtains close on the Marrakech climate conference, I admit I was green behind the ears about global narratives on climate.

Eastern African countries are experiencing a severe drought that has decimated livelihoods in vulnerable regions, with millions in need of emergency support.

The rising impunity by those in public service who are expected to safeguard our resources and provide services with utmost humility, accountability and integrity has eroded public confidence.

Well, the President is at it again. Complaining about corruption. He complained of massive corruption in his office in 2014.

We whine every too often on just about everything. It doesn’t prick our conscience when state mandarins obfuscate reality, perhaps finding citizenry too gullible.

Are Kenyans generally ethnic bigots? It would appear so. Not just in our voting patterns in General Elections or elections in our professional organisations.

The 16th Public Forum of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that ended in Geneva this week was important, particularly for developing countries which need to adapt to the changing global economy. It brought out the need to make world trade more inclusive by focusing on the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and enhancing their ability to trade across borders. In short, it was about levelling the trading field for SMEs.

As the old adage goes, the more things change, the more they remain the same. At least in our context, that can readily be said of the anti-corruption war.

The Japanese are in town this week, in thousands. I love these guys, really. They mean business, and have been good friends of Kenya for decades.

The IEBC deal struck by the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee headed by Senators Kiraitu Murungi and James Orengo is a landmark agreement that ought to be applauded.

The President should sign the Banking (Amendment) Bill 2015 that seeks to cap commercial interest rates in the country. He should not think twice on this matter, and must not waver.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i should remain firm, and pursue his determination to clean up the education sector without looking over his shoulder.

On Friday July 22, just as residents of Elele village in Mandera County ended their weekly prayers, a contingent of security forces rounded them up outside the mosque and demanded that they produce guns.

In July last year, nearly 60 per cent of Kenyans regarded corruption as the biggest threat to devolution and the most pressing problem county governments should address in a key survey conducted by Transparency International-Kenya.

Kenyans expressed their profound horror on the extra-judicial killings of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi man Joseph Muiruri through nationwide protests.

Times have changed, very much. There was a time when the sun never set on the British empire.

It was big, bold and ambitious! The 2016/17 budget was the largest ever, with a planned expenditure of Sh2.3 trillion.

IMF has already raised concern about further borrowing by the government as the latter eyes additional sovereign bonds. Government should temper its appetite for more debt and prioritise its spending to cut its deficits.

After the 2007 post-election violence, our leaders pledged that ‘never again’ should Kenyans die because of politics. A few years later, it appears no lessons have been learnt.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has finally visited North Eastern counties of Mandera, Wajir and Garissa, more than three years after he came to power.

The government has yet again announced plans to shut down refugee camps in the country, citing ‘national security threats’.

One of Kanu regime’s defining characteristics of imperial power was the trooping of delegations from various ethnic communities to State House to seek ‘development’ for their regions

I often criticise President Uhuru Kenyatta’s policies and actions without any hesitation, where it warrants.

Majority of Kenyans believe directors of Chase Bank are culpable for the bank's collapse, and they should be hanged.

William Ruto is now a free man. The International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted six Kenyans on charges of crimes against humanity but Ruto was the centrepiece, the man of the moment.

Is there more than meets the eye in the recent suspension of National Bank of Kenya CEO Munir Ahmed and other top managers by the Board?

The IEBC is living beyond its sell-by date. The sooner its leadership packs its bags and exits from the stage the better for this nation.

Political leaders comprising governors, parliamentarians and county assembly speakers from the 14 pastoralist-dominated counties held the second annual leadership summit last week, led by myself as the current president of the summit.

Choices have consequences! That’s what the US told Kenyans before the 2013 General Election, in reference to the bid by UhuRuto for presidency following their indictment by the International Criminal Court.