timothy kosuri

Exec in Strategy & Execution.Investor in early stage Tech space

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

if we adopt pragmatic policy ie shift the burden of value capture on productive assets like land, public housing , Health Edu, and allow capital accumulation vide low taxes, Is Prof Ndii our equivalent of Henry George? Singapore success looks more of execution of good policy

[Donald B Kipkorir @DonaldBKipkorir]

WHY SINGAPORE MOVED FROM 3rd WORLD TO 1st WORLD IN ONE GENERATION

1. Its Founder & Architect Lee Kwan Yew was completely incorruptible! He never made any money beyond his official salary. He never acquired any property. His family have the same house they had before he became Prime Minister.

2. Corruption is completely prohibited. Anti Corruption Authority is truly independent & applies the law equally. There are no sacred cows in Singapore. If found guilty of corruption, sentence is harsh & severe & you lose everything.

3. Everyone, & I mean everyone is equal before the law. The law doesn’t discriminate at all. If you break the law, it doesn’t matter who you are.

4. Salaries of public servants are higher than private sector. Teachers & Police are the highest paid. Therefore, the cleverest in Singapore join political, Police, teaching profession & Civil Service generally.

5. Development of the country, access to employment& government houses is absent of political, racial, tribal or religious discrimination. Discrimination of any kind is totally absent.

6. The Prime Minister is BENEVOLENT DICTATOR .. Many Kenyans don’t understand this. A Benevolent Dictator is incorruptible, morally chaste if not celibate, they don’t do any business or make any other money other than official salary, have no skeletons in their closets et al. He leads by example. You share in his vision or step out.

7. Government invests in the best education system in the world. And its brightest join Government.

Is Kenya really capable of imitating Singapore?

[Donald B Kipkorir @DonaldBKipkorir]

WHY SINGAPORE MOVED FROM 3rd WORLD TO 1st WORLD IN ONE GENERATION

1. Its Founder & Architect Lee Kwan Yew was completely incorruptible! He never made any money beyond his official salary. He never acquired any property. His family have the same house they had before he became Prime Minister.

2. Corruption is completely prohibited. Anti Corruption Authority is truly independent & applies the law equally. There are no sacred cows in Singapore. If found guilty of corruption, sentence is harsh & severe & you lose everything.

3. Everyone, & I mean everyone is equal before the law. The law doesn’t discriminate at all. If you break the law, it doesn’t matter who you are.

4. Salaries of public servants are higher than private sector. Teachers & Police are the highest paid. Therefore, the cleverest in Singapore join political, Police, teaching profession & Civil Service generally.

5. Development of the country, access to employment& government houses is absent of political, racial, tribal or religious discrimination. Discrimination of any kind is totally absent.

6. The Prime Minister is BENEVOLENT DICTATOR .. Many Kenyans don’t understand this. A Benevolent Dictator is incorruptible, morally chaste if not celibate, they don’t do any business or make any other money other than official salary, have no skeletons in their closets et al. He leads by example. You share in his vision or step out.

7. Government invests in the best education system in the world. And its brightest join Government.

Is Kenya really capable of imitating Singapore?

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

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[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

That's alot of ugali for one.person surely is the world ending?

[Dr Branice Munyasa @Branicemercy]

Mathe gave me brown flour and added ni tamu enda ujaribu 😊

What she forgot to mention is how much of a workout it is to cook brown Ugali 😮‍💨… you literally fight for your life for like 10 minutes yoh .

( sorghum , millet , cassava and amaranth)

[Kathambi | Pan-African 💫🌍❤️ @iamkathambi]

@NjeriBt No it’s not.
Human cognitive potential is broadly even across populations.

Differences in observed ‘brilliance’ are largely a reflection of uneven development of said potential, uneven opportunities & exposure, rigid labeling of brilliance etc.
Not innate ability.

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera Absolutely

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera Losers ( Alibaba tribulations comes to mind)

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera And they re reaching the limites of economic development with the model they have since the 70s of gradual opening economic though with tight government control ( government still decides who the winners and lovers are not market forces) this is a weakness

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera The average per capital is 10k.usd vs say US 80k usd

China will grow old before they grow rich

A country of that size must reforms to.unleash the full array of capabilities of their people limited economic reforms with social or political reforms will stunt their development

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera More focus on economics relevant reforms of market institutions rule of law and the basics

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera Illiberal bent we see

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera Absolutely the path for Africa is more democracy not the illiterate bent more market reform to include the youth bulge with attendant political reforms institutional reforms but this is least likely for africa

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera This will be difficult for China without adequate political and economic reformsChina goal of becoming a hegemon by stealth won't work nor become a superpower with providing global common goodsAmerica has read China intentions well and is prepared

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera As they grow old and with population reducing below replacement rate what do you think demographic collapse leads to?

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera As US and EU grow old these pressures will lead to a likely fall in income

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera True

India and China will grow old before they grow rich to provide these public goods to rest of the world

China in particular

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera While looking at Kenya we are truly in Taciturn Trap and Lower Middle Trap hobbling our internal domestic affairs necessitating a relook into our governance frameworks that are no different and echo our colonial heritage constitution 2010 notwithstanding

[timothy kosuri @tkosuri]

@ANdaihera These tensions can't be managed peacefully looks like the era of Military to resolve them.will persist for foreseeable future

Russia Ukraine war

South east indo Pacific

Nargono karabhak

India Pakistan

India China border

Middle East