Public Policy

Nairobi City County Revenue Administration Bill 2019

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Introduction Nairobi City County has formulated the Revenue Administration Bill 2019 to provide a legislative framework for the general administration of revenue raising laws, effective administration of revenue collected by the county […]

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Budget for Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) in FY 2019/2020

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Budget for Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) in FY 2019/2020 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) is expected to be allocated Ksh. 378 million which comprises 61.4% […]

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Health / healthcare

Kisumu County doesn’t care about mental health

  When were recently analyzing the Kisumu County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) 2018-2022, we’re shocked on discovering that only Ksh. 3 million had been allocated towards mental health in Kisumu County. This […]

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Public Policy

Kisumu County budget Priorities in FY 2019/2020

  The table below compares Kisumu County budget estimates for FY 2018/2019 and the proposed estimates for 2019/2020. Sector  FY 2018/2019 FY 2019/2020 Deviation  Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries  519,131,207 534,957,307 15,826,100 Finance […]

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Public Policy

Budgeting process stages in Kenya

Kenya’s planning and budgeting process has four main stages. That is: Formulation Approval Implementing Oversight Right now, we’re on stage no. 2 on the above list or approval stage. Many county executive […]

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Public Policy

Health referral system in Kisumu County

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An health referral system is key towards accessing emergency healthcare systems. In the case of Kisumu County we information from reliable sources that they have eight (8) ambulances. This is an enabler […]

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Public Policy

Is Open Defecation a national problem in Kenya?

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Yes. Open Defecation is a big problem in many counties in Kenya. It is estimated that 12.5% of the 1.2 million people (possibly more) in Kisumu County practice open defecation. This means […]

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Kisumu county integrated development plan 2018-2022

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Yesterday we had a lot of discussions around Kisumu county integrated development plan 2018-2022. This is a five-year plan which is projected to cost taxpayers Ksh. 66 billion to implement. Out of […]

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Public Policy

Kisumu County Integrated Development Plan 2018-2022?

Kisumu County Integrated Development Plan We are in a mission to cover the entire country, Kenya, in terms of letting Kenyans have a preview in terms of what their counties are planning […]

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Public Policy

Value of relations in International Business: Lessons from Kenya’s flower exporters

Relationships are very key in international business, two economics professors, Rocco Macchiavello of London School of Economics (LSE) and Ameet Morjaria of Northwestern University conducted a research on the value of relationships […]

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Paramount Chief Amoth Awira of Alego

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Paramount Chief Amoth Awira of Alego was father of current Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga Amoth.

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US Defense budget is mind boggling!!!

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The Trump Administration is requesting for a $750 billion defense budget for Pentagon. This is a massive budget by all means. If passed, America’s military budget will the largest ever. It will […]

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Public Policy

Kisumu County wards

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Kisumu County wards are 35 in number.  These are: Kolwa East, Manyatta “B”, Nyalenda “A”, Kolwa Central, South West Kisumu, Central Kisumu, North Kisumu, West Kisumu, North West Kisumu, Railways, Migosi, Shauri […]

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Sahle-Work Zewde is Ethiopia’s first woman president

Sahle-work Zewde became the first woman president for Ethiopia after she was elected by parliamentarians following the sudden resignation by former president Mulatu Teshome. Read More: “Chinese-built railway to Nowhere in Kenya,” Bloomberg […]

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Tuition-free countries at college and university level often have fewer graduates

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Tuition-free countries at college and university level often have fewer graduates Many politicians around the world when campaigning for elective office have at times promised to introduce tuition-free at public colleges and […]

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Technologies used in the Oil and gas Industry

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There are numerous modern technologies used in oil and gas industry. These are as illustrated below: Scada Technology Scada technology has the capabilities to control all aspects of oil wells in many […]

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