Why imagining Kenya can tax itself to prosperity actually misses the point

The Chinese government has refuted claims it is luring counties around the world into a debt trap that will eventually jeopardise their sovereignty.

VAT on fuel is a good example of conspiracy against middle class

The result of the lazy administration is overcapitalization of our economy, funded by debt, with massive capital misallocation.

The bill ignores several facts of economic reality.

Kenya has become indebted to China in return for substandard projects whose socio-economic viability cannot be verified.

The high rate of capital flight is undermining efforts to grow the economy faster

In the last six years of Jubilee’s leadership, Kenyans have been treated to more rhetoric without an equivalent measure in actions.

Today, high political offices are manned by relatives, sycophant cheerleaders and consorts of political leaders.

The “robber barons” are inventing laws to protect them from their looting endeavours

Kenya has two neighbors- Ethiopia and Tanzania- that are worlds apart. Coincidentally, one of these neighbors is in the north and the other to the sou

Both fact and legend agree that The Democratic Republic of Congo is potentially one of the richest countries on earth as far as natural resources are

It has been said that too much democracy is crowding out economic growth and development in Kenya, and that countries that have seemingly “more assert

The biggest news in the financial markets this past month was that the Nairobi Securities Exchange as an institution reported a profit increase of...

Kenyans must reject calls for “dialogue” as proposed by a section of the political class

Political grandstanding must stop if the political class has to deliver development.

The careless talk by Opposition minions about secession is in bad taste, and is based on no legal or commonsense ground

Our huge borrowings will have to be given incubation period for the effect on the GDP to bear fruit.

I have a few distasteful things to say about Tanzania, including how it has become a nasty neighbour, but we have to applaud its economic progress in the last one decade. Throw in Rwanda and Ethiopia, and you have a full picture of success in economic growth and development buoyed by national discipline. For many years the world considered Kenya the island of peace, but with increasing levels of national indiscipline, this title has slowly slipped away, with our neighbours eagerly gobbling it up.

It is on this premise that Kenyans must reject the narrative that Political Parties are “merely election vehicles” which should be parked once elections are over. In my sanguinity, while skeptics see schism in our country, I see evolution towards a Nirvana of mature politics characterised by strong institutions.

Food security is at the heart of every country’s policy. It has been said that agriculture is the backbone of our economy, and rightfully so because if we look at the construct of the economy, agriculture takes the lion’s share. However, agriculture has for many years been a contributor, and not a driver, of our economy.

If we agree as a people that the season of politics has come to an end, we give our economy a chance to grow, and secure our livelihoods and that of our children.