Opinion

World Bank, Let’s Talk?

By Billy Mijungu It is welcome news that the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has moved to end the monopoly of KPLC and others....

Francis Atwoli Must Go! He didn’t Protect the Payslip

By Billy Mijungu There is a quiet shift this Labour Day. It is not celebration, but reflection and frustration. The payslip has changed meaning. What...

The Economy is Tanking, But Here’s How It’s Sold to You

By Billy Mijungu The overall picture is worrying, but it is being packaged as progress. Take agriculture. Growth has dropped to...

Rwanda’s Nsanzuwera Fires 68 to Seize Lead After Round Two of Sunshine Development Tour in Thika

BY PHILLIP ORWA Rwanda's Celestin Nsanzuwera surged to the top of the leaderboard after sinking 3-under-par 68 during his second...

High Taxes Are Back: Why Doesn’t Government Learn?

By Billy Mijungu The return of high taxes raises a fundamental question: why does government resist the logic of a...

High Fuel Prices Signal Economic Strain in a High Stakes Political Season

By Billy Mijungu The latest fuel price review has reset Kenya’s economic pressure points. Diesel has recorded a steep increase,...

Writing About the Economy

By Billy Mijungu I like writing about the economy with the hope that one day it will stick that we...

Maendeleo ni Watu si Vitu

By Billy Mijungu In the timeless words of Julius Kambarage Nyerere, echoed today by Edwin Sifuna, true development is not...