ARCHIVE October2017
How China Deals with Debt Defaulters
China has come up with shocking was of dealing with debt defaulters. Here in Kenya, defaulters get listed on some website and the information is available on request. In China, it’s a […]
Illicit Financial Flows in Africa
The African Tax Network in collaboration with the United Nation Economic commission for Africa (UNECA) recently hosted the 5th Pan African conference on tax and illicit financial flows on 11th & 12th […]
Status of Mental Healthcare in Kenya
Status of Mental Healthcare in Kenya On Tuesday 10th October the people celebrated the World Mental Health Day in the midst of a nurses’ strike. The mental health patients are the most […]
RAILA ODINGA WITHDRAWS FROM THE RACE
The national super alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga has withdrawn from the presidential election. The repeat election was scheduled for the 26th October 2017. Addressing the press on 10th October, Raila Odinga […]
Economic Freedom Ranking for Kenya
Economic Freedom Ranking for Kenya Economic freedom rank of a country is measured by looking at open markets, choice and voluntary exchange. The economic freedom ranking is published by the Fraser Institute of […]
Social Security and Informal Economy Linkage
The Linkage between Social Security and Informal Economy The Development Institute at the University of Nairobi is collaborating with Mzumbe University and Roskilde University to conduct a research on social security and […]
Richard Thaler wins Nobel Prize in Economics
Richard Thaler is the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize economics. He won the prize for his work in behavioral economics. Richard Thaler is currently the President of American Economics Association […]
Country integrated development plan
LAW AND COUNTY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (CIDP) The County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) is a 5-year Plan prepared by county executive and approved by the county assembly. This article will highlight the […]
Levels of Inflation in Sub Saharan Africa
Levels of Inflation in Sub Saharan Africa Annual Inflation rose to 8.3% in August 2017 compared to 6.5% in the same period in 2016. This increase is attributed to rise in cost […]
NAIROBI COUNTY EQUITABLE SHARE REVENUE 2016/2017
The national treasury released the Budget Review and Outlook Paper on September 2017. Below is a summary of how much Nairobi County received in form of equitable share, conditional grants from the […]
SNAPSHOT OF AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY
SNAPSHOT OF AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY In our quest to understand how the world economy works, today we look at Australian economy. Here is what we have found out: There have been no reforms […]
Catalan Referendum on support and opposition
Catalan has been in the news lately due to its contested referendum which was conducted on 1st October. World leaders have responded both in support and against. The European Commission and President […]
Spain and Catalonia conflict updates
Most recently, the wind of change has been blowing around the world in the name of right to self-determination. Last Sunday, Catalonia hosted a referendum in their effort to secede from Spain. […]
Here is why you need a fridge guard for your kitchen
Here is why you need a fridge guard for your kitchen A fridge compressor is easily damaged by a low power supply than even a power surge. It is not easy to […]
Kenya Revenue Authority ORDERED TO NAME TAX DEFAULTERS
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been given 30 days to revel the Members of Parliament who defaulted on their payment of taxes. Summary of what we need to know: In a petition […]
how to determine freshness of eggs
How to Determine Whether Eggs are Fresh or Not Don’t wait until your eggs produce a strong pungent smell for you to tell that your eggs are bad. There are simple steps […]
Illegal Crude Oil Refiners have descended on Lokichar Basin
Here are a few issues arising from Turkana Crude Oil being sold in the Black Ma-rket: Ugandans and Somalis have descended on Turkana’s crude oil in Lokichar according to Saturday Standard The […]