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World Trade Organization is a liability according to Dr. Carmen Dorobat

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World Trade Organization is a liability according to Dr. Carmen Dorobat On 11th December 2017, World Trade Organization officials are scheduled to meet for the 11th ministerial conference in Buenos Aires. Dr. […]

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How to use of Joomla as an E-Commerce Platform

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Today, Joan Kinyamsyo of Sasa Host has provided great insights into how to use Joomla as an e-commerce platform. She was speaking at iHub office in Nairobi during Joomla Day. Below is […]

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Joomla Day Kenya: Joomla 4.0

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Joomla Day Kenya: Joomla 4.0 Today I am attending a Joomla Day Kenya at iHub Kenya to learn new technologies and interact with application developers, website developers and other techies. Features of […]

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Irregular Procurement and Lack of a Fixed Assets Register in Kakamega County 

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Irregular Procurement and Lack of a Fixed Assets Register in Kakamega County  In the year under focus Kakamega County operated 34 bank accounts with balances amounting to Ksh. 1.7 billion as at […]

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Isiolo County Under-Performed in Local Revenue Collection in FY 2015/2016

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Isiolo County Under-Performed in Local Revenue Collection in FY 2015/2016 The audit reports which are now at our disposal reveals that Isiolo County under-performed in its local revenue collection. The county had […]

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Isiolo County did not maintain an updated fixed assets register as at 30 June 2016

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Isiolo County did not maintain an updated fixed assets register as at 30 June 2016 Just like many other counties, Isiolo County did not maintain an updated fixed assets register. As at […]

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Analysis of Mombasa County Executive Audit Reports 2015/2016

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Below is a summary of what we unraveled on how Mombasa County executive spent taxpayers’ money between 1st July 2015 and 30th June 2016: This report highlights a number of audit queries […]

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MEXICAN GOVERNOR TAKES FEMALE LAW MAKERS TO A STRIP CLUB

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A female Mexican governor called Maria del Roble Ortiz, the governor of Parras de la Fuentes in Mexico and Javier Molina are reported to have allegedly organized and took female lawmakers to […]

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ANALYSIS OF KWALE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AUDIT REPORTS FOR FY 2015/2016

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The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is established under Art. 229 of the Constitution of Kenya. The office is mandated to audit and report on “accounts of national and county governments; […]

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Hassan Joho’s Administration “Lack of Focus on Planning” in Mombasa County

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Hassan Joho’s Administration “Lack of Focus on Planning” in Mombasa County Working hard to have projects included in your county budget is not a guarantee that those projects will be implemented as […]

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Kenya Airways Re-bounce

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Will Kenya Airways (KQ) Re-bounce? The Kenya government shareholding at Kenya Airways KQ has jumped from 29.8% to 48.9% due to increased investment in the airline. The Cabinet Secretary for finance, through his twitter […]

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Review of Kisumu County Executive Audit Reports 2015/2016:  Part 1

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Review of Kisumu County Executive Audit Reports 2015/2016:  Part 1 The Office of the Auditor General released audit reports on how our 47 counties spent the taxpayers’ money. Today, we will review […]

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Dr. David Ndii: Patriot or a Criminal?

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Economist David Ndii was arrested yesterday at around 5:00 Pm at Leopard Beach Hotel in Kwale County. The officers who arrested him were from the Special Crimes Prevention Unit and Flying Squad. […]

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Libyan government Response to alleged slavery in the country

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Libyan government Response to alleged slavery in the country Libyan Embassy in Nigeria released the following statement calling for immediate investigation of this illegal and criminal activities. Say no to slavery.

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Turkana County executive audit report

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This review of Turkana County executive audit reports. We’ve focused on the following audit queries: Repair and maintenance of water points by Diocese of Lodwar on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with […]

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Kenyan Supermarkets Careless About our Safety

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Kenyan supermarkets have completely abandoned their responsibility of packing goods for customers. This responsibility has now been left to the customers for no good reason.Remember plastic bags were costly even before the […]

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Susan Webber alias Yves Smith: founder Naked Capitalism blog

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For one year now I’ve been reading Naked Capitalism on a regular basis. I like the content on finance and economics presented in this blog. It’s supper. This is the reason why […]

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Mombasa County Assembly Audit Reports 2015/2016

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Mombasa County Assembly Audit Reports 2015/2016 This is a commentary on Mombasa County Assembly audit report for financial year 2015/2016.

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Economics Data Revolution

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The Bloomberg view has published a great blog post by Noah Smith titled: The Economics Data Revolution.   The author points out the Economics is generally moving away from use of theories […]

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Kenya Annual Implementation Reports 2016/2017

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INSIGHTS: Annual Implementation Reports 2016/2017 In August 2017, the Office of Controller of Budget (OCoB) released the annual report on how the national and county governments implemented their budgets. Jason Lakin and his […]

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