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What is a Eurobond?

The currency in which Eurobonds are issued also determines their name

By Mohamed Wehliye 5 years ago

What is a Eurobond?

Islamic banking will benefit Kenyans of all faith

Islamic banking will benefit Kenyans of all faith

By Mohamed Wehliye 7 years ago

Kenya should prepare for crisis and economic slowdown after capping interest rates

Kenya should prepare for crisis and economic slowdown after capping interest rates

By Mohamed Wehliye 8 years ago

No, Gov't can't be broke, it's the debt

No, Gov't can't be broke, it's the debt

By Mohamed Wehliye 9 years ago

CBK must go beyond taming inflation

The conduct of monetary policy by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been guided by price stability objectives.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

CBK must go beyond taming inflation

Let merit determine next CBK boss

Come next week Wednesday, a new governor will take charge of the CBK.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

Let merit determine next CBK boss

Low fuel price bad for economics

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will yet again most likely cut fuel prices sometime late this week or early next week, the fifth reduction since late last year, on the back of falling international oil prices.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

Low fuel price bad for economics

Why Ndung’u’s tenure at Central Bank is largely seen as big success

Being a central bank governor is one of the most difficult assignments to undertake, particularly in an economy like Kenya’s. On one hand, the economy has a lot of potential to grow, but on the other, many Kenyans are poor.

By Mohamed Wehliye 9 years ago

Why Ndung’u’s tenure at Central Bank is largely seen as big success

Before we ‘buy Kenyan’, make in Kenya

At the official opening of the Kenya Association of Manufactures (KAM) House last week, President Uhuru Kenyatta directed Government ministries and parastatals to increase the amount of locally manufactured products that they buy, to build the Kenyan manufacturing industry.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

Before we ‘buy Kenyan’, make in Kenya

Defer capital gains tax on stocks

In what can only be described as a bad move for the capital market, the Jubilee administration recently reintroduced Capital Gains Tax (CGT), which will come into effect in three weeks’ time.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

Defer capital gains tax on stocks

Why you ought to pay Sh7 less for fuel

If Kenyan motorists think world headlines about plunging oil prices will mean a merry Christmas at the petrol pump, they might need to think again.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

Why you ought to pay Sh7 less for fuel

Don't raise the debt ceiling, trash it!

The National Treasury wants Parliament to more than double its current Sh1.2 trillion nominal foreign debt ceiling.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

Don't raise the debt ceiling, trash it!

How KQ can fly high despite turbulence

Last week, Kenya Airways reported a Sh10.5 billion loss for the six months ending September; the biggest loss in Kenya's corporate history.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 9 years ago

How KQ can fly high despite turbulence

Let’s improve our business environment

Doing business in Kenya has hardly improved according to a World Bank (WB) report released last week, which highlights the perils for small and medium-sized companies.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Let’s improve our business environment

Beware of the bliss from capital flows

Generous monetary stimuli from central banks around the world following the global financial crisis have made financial markets flush with liquidity.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Beware of the bliss from capital flows

Falling crude oil prices tricky for Kenya

In the past few weeks, oil prices have been on a downward trend, hitting their lowest levels in the past four years. Oil prices have declined more than $30 per barrel since the mid-June high of $115 per barrel.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Falling crude oil prices tricky for Kenya

In Mazrui's death, Africa has lost an icon

Ali A Mazrui is no longer with us but his work as a pioneer educationist and an African intellectual will be remembered by current and future generations.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

In Mazrui's death, Africa has lost an icon

Cushion local firms from import shocks

That many foreign manufacturing companies are closing shop in Kenya is no longer news. The disturbing issues are; will we ever absorb the shock of this exodus?

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Cushion local firms from import shocks

Principal benefits of rebasing economy

Kenya's revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) now stands at $55.2 billion (Sh4.75 trillion) or 25.3 per cent bigger than previously thought.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Principal benefits of rebasing economy

Banks' rule over finance sector unhealthy

It is that time of the year when key players in the banking industry converge in Nairobi to discuss and address key issues affecting stakeholders in the sector.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Banks' rule over finance sector unhealthy

Eurobond: Meaning, benefits and risks

The Eurobond issuance in Kenya had been in the pipeline for the last seven years.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Eurobond: Meaning, benefits and risks

This is the dialogue Kenya needs to have

Kenya is a beautiful country that God has bountifully blessed with favourable weather besides vast arable and fertile land.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

This is the dialogue Kenya needs to have

Where is CORD’s alternative budget?

The Budget is an essential policy vehicle for any government. After the Constitution, it is probably the most important instrument of governance.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Where is CORD’s alternative budget?

National Debt: Is Kenya about to go bust?

At times economic numbers look scary and sound positively terminal when not probably understood. Trillion-shilling debt here. Hundred-billion shilling deficit there. Big, scary, numbers everywhere.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

National Debt: Is Kenya about to go bust?

Why cash for infrastructure projects should come from pension funds, not global lenders

During the opening of the second National Conference on Energy about three years ago, former President Mwai Kibaki directed the ministries of Finance and Energy to explore how pension funds can be used to invest in power and other infrastructure projects.

By Mohamed Wehliye 10 years ago

Why cash for infrastructure projects should come from pension funds, not global lenders

OPINION: Irony of Kenya’s ‘win-win relationship’ with China

Last week, we welcomed Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and his delegation for a visit to the country.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

OPINION: Irony of Kenya’s ‘win-win relationship’ with China

Opinion: Why Kenya must pay Anglo Leasing debt

The Anglo Leasing-related firms and the court judgements they obtained in the United Kingdom and Switzerland bring to mind the current court battles between Argentina and some American “vulture funds”.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Opinion: Why Kenya must pay Anglo Leasing debt

Eastleigh has been unfairly cast as a villain

In the last two decades, Eastleigh Estate has become East Africa’s commercial centre.

By MOHAMED WEHLIYE 10 years ago

Eastleigh has been unfairly cast as a villain

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