Kenya has recognised the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as boosters of its economy and they constitute a major source of employment, enhancing competition, fostering innovation and generate significant domestic and export earnings for the country. According to the National Economic Survey report by the Central Bank of Kenya of 2017, SMEs constitute 98 percent of all businesses in Kenya, create 30 percent of the jobs annually and contributes 3 percent of GDP. “Kenyans have an impressive entrepreneurial spirit …You see it everywhere you go and most of our people are self-employed or employed by entrepreneurs. The informal sector contributes…
Author: David Indeje
Corporal Fenwicks Chesoli Odera Obedi was on Wednesday 9th February 1983 sentenced to death by a Court Martial sitting at Langata Barracks Nairobi for committing treason during the 1st August 1982 coup attempt in Kenya. Corporal Fenwicks Chesoli was as the Nation Newspaper then reported: “Ninth rebel to die. Another Kenya Air Force (KAF) rebel was yesterday sentenced to death for treason” He was an aircraft technician. In the Book by Babatemi A. Badejo “Raila Odinga, An Enigma in Kenya Politics” it is revealed that Cpl Fenwicks Chesoli was considered a member of the “Peoples Redemption Council” that…
There is no point in having mentors if you’re not going to utilise them correctly. Make sure you are getting the most you can from their expertise and connections according to Nancie Amunga. “To achieve success in life, we must constantly interact with the achievers. We can never be eagles as long as we keep dwelling among chickens. The higher we ascend the more competitive it becomes but, it also becomes less crowded and the air gets fresher. We should never allow ourselves to be dragged down by those consumed by negative and destructive attitudes!” Amunga, the Managing Director of…
In 2013, as Kenyans went to the polls in March, the people of Western Kenya were hit by a wave of attacks they had never experienced since those of the tribal clashes of 1992.The attacks came hot on the heels of the hotly contested 2013 elections with residents being ambushed during the night by gangs of machete, axe and other crude weapon yielding gangs who had only one massage ‘ we were sent to kill you’.Could the killings have been vendetta and grudge held since the bungled 2007 presidential elections?The killings started from Busia County and spread all the way…
“We all must understand that saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, and advancing economic growth are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security, and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all,” said Ban Ki-moon former Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2011. The former Secretary-General further reiterates what most nations are currently facing that, “The global economy is generating pressures as well: rising joblessness, widening social inequalities, and the emergence of new economic powers.” The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)…
Today, we cannot expect our political leaders to turn us into their responsibility, unless we join hands in implementing the new initiatives that were brought forth by the 2010 Constitution to make a brighter and promising future for the youth, women, and children. August 27, 2010, was a month Kenyans made a great milestone, ushering in a new regime, our country was reborn. It was a real opportunity for us as a nation to forge a forward motion by trying all we can in rebuilding this nation. As we head towards August 8, 2017, we ought to remember that we…

