ARCHIVE February2017
Public Budget success stories
Do we have success stories on the efforts many Kenyans are making to participate in policy making? The answer varies depending on who you ask and where you refer to. Over the […]
Kenya State Department of Interior Proposed Budget 2017
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR INTERIOR BUDGET UPDATES Summary Total proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 is Ksh. 125.4 billion out of which Recurrent expenditure is Ksh. 106.8 billion and Development expenditure is Ksh. […]
Kenya Ministry of Defence Civil Aid Budget cuts
THE CIVIL AID BUDGET UNDER MINISTRY OF DEFENCE WILL SUFFER IF ENACTED WITHOUT AMENDMENTS The National Treasury has proposed a total budget of Ksh. 103.6 for the Kenya Ministry of Defence. This […]
Adventures on road trip to Garissa
Love from Fellow Travelers Today Wednesday 22nd Feb 2017 we traveled from Nairobi to Garissa. Garissa is situated to the North Eastern part of Kenya. Garissa County is mostly pastoralist and some […]
Equity Kenya’s Budget 2017
EQUITY AND BUDGET Equity is the treatment of different people differently. The International Budget Partnership has in the recent past explored the issue of equity at length. In this blog article, we […]
NAIROBI PUBLIC HEARING
CFSP PUBLIC HEARING, NAIROBI CITY COUNTY Yesterday I was privileged to be part of public participation forum on the County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) at the Charter Hall, Nairobi. On our way […]
Budget / budget implementation
What to look for in the Draft Budget Estimates 2017/2018
The International Budget Partnership (IBP_Kenya) is doing a wonderful job in strengthening the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the media in Kenya to analyze and interrogate the draft budget estimates. […]
Kenya budget estimates in FY 2017/2018
I’m currently working towards having a better understanding of the national draft budget which are in the public domain. For this purpose I will use four main parameters. This is my effort […]
Kenya Wage Bill increases as elections nears
The International Monetary Fund has reported that Kenya is one of the countries where the wage bill increase as the general elections approach. The other countries are: Moldova and Kosovo. Averagely, the […]
STRATEGIES TO WEANED AU DONOR DEPENDENCE
CAN AU BE WEANED OUT OF DONOR DEPENDENCE A high powered team was picked by Paul Kagame of Rwanda to find a formula for prevent AU Donor Dependence. The list of experts […]
My story as an Amateur film Maker
THE FOUNDING OF AN AMATEUR FILM MAKER For many years, I’ve always been attracted to photography and film-making. It all started by accident since my father was a photographer. He was in […]
Is the Auditor General being witch hunted?
Someone wants the Auditor General out of Office Over the last few months, there has been a campaign to have the Auditor General prosecuted for corruption. He was being accused for overpricing the […]
Khizr Khan speaks against Trump’s Anti-Muslim Executive Order
Khizr Khan speaks against Trump’s Anti-Muslim Executive Order Khizr Khan is the father of Humayun (a military man who died in Iraq defending his team from suicide bombers) and the face of resistance […]
Jane Kiringai, the new Commission of Revenue Allocation Chair
Jane Kiringai is the new Commission of Revenue Allocation Chair. She was formerly a senior economist at the World Bank. She was head-hunted by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Jane replaced the former CRA […]
UNITED NATIONS CHIEF REBUKES TRUMP
United Nations chief Rebukes Trump over Travel Ban The United Nations chief rebukes Trump over his new travel ban for Muslims. He said that the policy is “regrettable” and a cause of […]
Trumps should Learn American History
Trump Should Learn some American History Trump is unraveling feathers not only in America but across the globe and it seems that he does not understand the American history. He is even […]
Donald Trump Against Cuba relations with USA
Barrack Obama rejuvenated the relationships between Cuba relations with USA. He was the first president to visit Cuba since President Calvin Coolidge had visited Cuba in 1928. A whole century in between. […]
Let’s embrace Transfer Pricing to get more income from our minerals!!!
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) beliefs that African countries can get more revenues from mining through engaging in proper transfer pricing. A few African countries have real enjoyed revenues generated from the […]
