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 10 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