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Mbatau Wa Ngai

State’s credit guarantee scheme no free lunch for struggling SMEs

The borrowers can have their businesses seized by the State and auctioned to recover the money owed to the public.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
State’s credit guarantee scheme no free lunch for struggling SMEs
China not funding SGR good for Kenya
China not funding SGR good for Kenya
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Neglect of farmers is appalling
Neglect of farmers is appalling
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Neglect of farmers by State appalling, curtails drive to grow exports
Neglect of farmers by State appalling, curtails drive to grow exports
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
How to make Lapsset pay for itself
The obvious place to start making investments into Lapsset to pay for itself is to improve the yields from their vast holdings in livestock.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
How to make Lapsset pay for itself
Learning the right lessons from KQ saga
Perhaps, the State may consider rethinking its proposal to buy out private investors including banks who were arm-twisted to convert loans into shares
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Learning the right lessons from KQ saga
Treasury must get fiscal act together
The focus should be on the largest and the more ruthless lenders who demand their pound of flesh irrespective of what the country is going through.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Treasury must get fiscal act together
Yatani’s budget a letdown
The budget’s neglect of agriculture, however, pales in comparison to manufacturing despite the two pillars being touted as part of the Big Four Agenda
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Yatani’s budget a letdown
Creation of mega bank to boost industries
The proposed institution will have the potential to play a critical role in financing of Kenya’s manufacturing sector.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Creation of mega bank to boost industries
Why SMEs should smile despite virus
Like their counterparts in SMEs, they do not have collateral that lenders demand as a pre-condition for even considering loan applications.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Why SMEs should smile despite virus
Farmers: The forgotten Covid-19 casualties
Farmers usually recycle their seeds, which they plant with little or no fertiliser, resulting in ever-reducing yields.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Farmers: The forgotten Covid-19 casualties
Leaders must right Africa free trade deal
One of the contentious issues that African leaders have to contend with is the expected emergence of global value chains across the continent.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Leaders must right Africa free trade deal
Improved output can beat Covid-19
Government would have to offer the necessary courses in the training centres set up for the purpose, but which are currently hardly utilised.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Improved output can beat Covid-19
State must broaden post-Covid meeting
Kenyans also hope that the fruits of this growth will be shared equitably compared to the past when it led to huge disparities
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
State must broaden post-Covid meeting
New crisis realities we must face
This is no mean feat coming at a time when investors, particularly foreigners, are selling off their assets and repatriating the proceeds
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
New crisis realities we must face
The upside of corona pandemic
Reports that textile factories have retooled and are now producing much-needed health-related goods such as gloves and face masks
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
The upside of corona pandemic
Debt relief a boon to local firms
Kenya is poised to save Sh71.5 billion following the suspension of debt payments by leading economies last week.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Debt relief a boon to local firms
Our credit policy has failed SMEs
Local banks and other financial institutions are best known for rationing and overpricing credit
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Our credit policy has failed SMEs
West will not save us from pandemic
Kenya has already witnessed the withdrawal of Sh11 billion (Sh1.1 trillion) from the Nairobi Securities Exchange
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
West will not save us from pandemic
State can do more on coronavirus fight
Government deserves commendation for coming up with monetary and fiscal packages to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
State can do more on coronavirus fight
Time to rethink priorities on bills
The reluctant removal of interest rate caps last year leaves banks with few excuses for refusing to lend to SMEs.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Time to rethink priorities on bills
Time to rethink priorities on supplier bills
The reluctant removal of interest rate caps last year leaves banks with few excuses for refusing to lend to SMEs.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Time to rethink priorities on supplier bills
Why IMF credit is imminent
The days of spending money like confetti are long gone.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Why IMF credit is imminent
How to sweeten the lives of sugar cane farmers
What to do to sweeten lives of cane growers
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
How to sweeten the lives of sugar cane farmers
US-Kenya trade deal boon for KQ
?The recent signing of an amendment to the US-Kenya Air Transport Agreement could increase exports to the American market.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
US-Kenya trade deal boon for KQ
Why resolutions at UK-Africa summit remain a game of smoke and mirrors
The UK-Africa Summit held in London recently did not live up to its billings despite the hyped publicity.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Why resolutions at UK-Africa summit remain a game of smoke and mirrors
Money lessons you can learn from Njenga Karume estate woes
The estimated Sh500 billion at the core of inheritance disputes filed in courts between relatives of departed billionaires is a cautionary tale
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Money lessons you can learn from Njenga Karume estate woes
Why State optimism is misplaced
The government’s decision to disburse a Sh3 billion cherry revolving fund through the New Kenya Planters’ Co-operative Union
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Why State optimism is misplaced
Four lessons on money you can learn from Njenga Karume estate woes
The disputes are a cautionary tale of what happens when patriarchs fail to have structured talks with stakeholders on how their empires should be run
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Four lessons on money you can learn from Njenga Karume estate woes
The war on counterfeits is paying off
The war on counterfeits and sub-standard goods spearheaded by a multi-agency team last year appears to be bearing fruit.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
The war on counterfeits is paying off
Is Treasury still on the right path?
The government’s plan to refinance or substitute commercial loans with cheaper options from friendly countries and developing partners is welcome.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 4 years ago
Is Treasury still on the right path?
How to outsmart the IMF
?Kenyans who expected IMF to renew its Sh150b standby credit facility following repealing of the interest rate cap law are in for disappointment
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
How to outsmart the IMF
How MPs can best serve the country
Let MPs ensure prompt pay to local suppliers
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
How MPs can best serve the country
Treasury's budget cuts laudible
Kenyans welcome the acting National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani’s admission that the ministry has learnt to cut its coat according to its cloth
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Treasury's budget cuts laudible
Death of key towns is not a surprise
The refusal by local residents to either develop or sell land to investors proved to be the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Death of key towns is not a surprise
How to ease SGR debt woes
First, the ongoing construction of a Special Economic Zone (EPZ) in Mombasa should be speeded up and complemented with a duty-free-zone.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
How to ease SGR debt woes
Spices can energise Kenya’s exports
Kenya has the potential to save and earn billions of shillings a year if it ends its misplaced attachment to growing traditional low-value cash crops
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Spices can energise Kenya’s exports
How to overcome TZ road-blocks
Kenya needs to think outside the box and exploit the potential available in Comesa since Tanzania seems determined to lock Nairobi out of its market.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
How to overcome TZ road-blocks
Will the State walk the extra mile?
The State deserves commendation for taking technical training to a new level with the sending of 50 tutors to a China.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Will the State walk the extra mile?
Why CS’s austerity measures are futile
Early this month, Treasury acting Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani said the State would unveil a “brutal” austerity plan in the coming days
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Why CS’s austerity measures are futile
Kenya is on the right track
The nationals’ responsibility to their country begins early during the negotiations that lead to the granting of exploration agreements.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Kenya is on the right track
Maize farmers setting the pace
Counties in the North Rift should support maize farmers’ proposal to set up three milling plants.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Maize farmers setting the pace
The changing fortunes at the Coast
Coast leaders, led by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho should be commended for inviting President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss how to diversify the region’s
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
The changing fortunes at the Coast
Turning the housing dream into a reality
In the new rules, the regulator restricts individual commercial banks from owning more than 25 per cent of KMRC.
By Mbatau wa Ngai 5 years ago
Turning the housing dream into a reality
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