@bonifacemwangi Great post. But there is an oft mistaken assumption that Dubai has oil - it has none. It makes their success the more remarkable. The leaders chose to focus on first making the UAE the Commercial and transport hub of the Middle East. The rest is history.
One of the benefits of age is the span of friendships.
Shared memories and, my goodness, the things we did in a different age!!!!
I was moved to tears by the honour of @Nondies naming a museum after me. More here:
https://t.co/kXljenzxuC
@Safaricom_Care Homefibre is not in operation. Call Centre advise that it is undergoing “system maintenance”. There was no notification fór scheduled interruption of service. Which way forward?
4 Even with a new, better government, recovery and getting out of the debt quagmire we are in will still take a couple of years. So, we can chose to pray for a Damascus moment in State House, or talk about how to bring about the political change we need.
3 Things are going to get worse before they get better—job losses, capricious taxation (e.g turnover tax ), business failures, higher cost of living, until something gives economically(financial crisis or debt default) or politically (revolt or elections).
2 The radical fiscal adjustment and reforms required for a turnaround, whether funded (e.g by IMF bailout) or unfunded requires political leadership, goodwill, resolve, sacrifices and risk taking that a dysfunctional lame duck government at war with itself is unlikely to muster.
1/4 Dear economic pundits. There are no technical fixes to the country’s fiscal/economic crisis so please stop giving the public hope with false elixirs. Tell Kenyans the truth. Theres no magic bullet.
Transparency Int. Corruption Perception Indices for last 6 years.
Ranking out of 180 countries
Kenya/Nigeria:
2018 - 144/144
2017 - 143/148
2016 - 145/136
2015 - 139/136
2014 - 145/136
2013 - 136/144
The notion that Nigeria is considerably more corrupt than Kenya is a fable.
Our road fatality statistics are some of the worst in the world - 27 deaths per 100K population compared to say UK's 3 & world average of 18.
Pedestrians & 2-wheelers make 54% of road deaths (source WHO).
IMV our driving habits reflect our attitude & values towards each other.
This shit. This shit happens waaaay more times than people know. The number of times I've had to change lanes because some ass is driving only 1 metre behind me and trying to push me off the lane.#KenyanTraffic via @gitweeta