Rodgers Kidiya

Development Economist| Public Policy| Leadership

[Oxfam Kenya @oxfamkenya]

'Oxfams report has set a very good foundation for proper policy alternatives going forward'

Our #Inequality report ➡️ https://t.co/iO81olrbvr continues to shape national conversations on the state of inequality in 🇰🇪 & the possible ways out of the doldrums.

[Oxfam Kenya @oxfamkenya]

How effective are government's food security policies?

In our recently published inequality report ➡️ https://t.co/iO81olrbvr, we highlighted helpful policy recommendations for the state, to help address some of the problems.

#EndInequalityNow

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

Iam leaving Oxfam.

Proud of the work, the people and the impact we made.

Onward.

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

New week, new conversations. This time round in our national language, Swahili. Thr message is clear, #EndInequalityNow

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

Make a date with us tomorrow.

[Oxfam Kenya @oxfamkenya]

Our report https://t.co/iO81olrJkZ highlights a growing economy that benefits only a few. Seven million Kenyans have sunk into extreme poverty in the last decade.

Tune in tomorrow on @citizentvkenya for the unfiltered truth on Kenya's state of inequality.

#EndInequalityNow

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

Dark day in Kenya. Rest well Baba.

[Nyamisa Chelagat @Nyamisa_Chela]

Our economy is way past its death breath; it’s in the mortuary.
We are not paying debts that didn’t help us.
#WapiReceipts ?

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

#SabaSaba2025

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

Congratulations to H.E. Mahmoud! You defeated my countryman, but we are all Africans, united by our motherland. Your key task now is to help Africa break free from colonial legacy-driven interests in the AU—something this process made clear for all to see.

#AUCElections

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

@DavidNdii Daktari, the nutrition-based poverty gap you are alluding to here is inherently fallacious, a rabbit hole rigged with oversimplications of poverty dynamics. Its lead proponent Dr. Heather Schofield, has changed tune too. A health-based poverty-gap, however, has lots of credence.

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

We all agree that it is necessary at times to 'Rob Peter to pay Paul' and that there are promises by Treasury to address this with a new Amendment Bill, but in our peculiar experience, Paul is not necessarily Paul, but a 'Paul-itician'.
#TaxJustice #Nikujaribu

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

Kenyans, checked your payslips lately?
With the supreme Court's approval of the Finance Bill 2023, our tax burden is set to  get even heavier.

I've taken time to do a simple breakdown 0/n
#Nikujaribu #TaxJustice #Fiscaljustice

[Rodgers Kidiya @RKidiya]

Total Effective Tax Burden > 49.25% + 6.5%= 55.75%
Your savings are not safe either! There is a new Annual Sacco Societies levy on the non-withdrawable deposits in saccos set at 0.10% & a tax on pensions for contributions above Kshs. 20,000 per month!
#TaxJustice #Nikujaribu