Some yrs ago, noble men conceptualized a plan to revolutionize healthcare in East Africa, with Centers of Excellence developed to lead the provision of specialized care.
Phase 1 targeted Ke (Kidney), Tz (Heart), & Ug (Cancer).
Guess which country dint bother to complete theirs.
What do Kenyan uni career offices even do? The head of Africa investment banking at Bank of America tells me Kenyan students never apply to their summer internship program. Kids from Nigeria (Covenant, UniLag, UniBen, OAU) and Ghana (UG, Ashesi) and ALU dominate
I published this book in 2016. A lot has happened since then & the Administrative Law landscape in Kenya is markedly different. I want to paint this new landscape. So I'm looking for a research grant to write the 2nd edition. Hoping someone will point me in the right direction.
I mourn the passing of Patrick Mukabi, the artist behind the iconic paintings in all Java House wall paintings. As a newbie journalist, my bery first assignment was to cover the story of how Mukabi memorialised the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi. I have followed his work over the years and my best series from his collection was Market Women. Mukabi did a lot of work teaching youngsters to paint. But above all, he immortalised many aspects of Nairobi social life. He is a national treasure. The city of Nairobi owes him a great of gratitude. We need a City Arts Council to recognise such artists Wangui Maina and Dennis Onsarigo.
Pursuant to Legal Notice No. 70 dated 15th April 2026, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury has revised the Value Added Tax rate from 13% to 8%.
The decreed reduction in Value Added Tax on diesel, kerosene and petrol from 13% (as adjusted on April 14), to 8% (a 50% drop), raises some interesting questions.