Author: David Indeje

Lack of enough employment opportunities is a problem faced across the globe. This even according to the World Bank Report of July, North Africa: finding jobs for the 9.8 million young people entering the labour market between now and 2020 will require a new approach to economic growth says, “The fact is that though the supply of graduates has increased rapidly, economies remain focused on sectors of activity that are incapable of providing jobs that correspond to their level of studies, such as clothing and textiles or the mechanical industry.They further say, “Tomorrow’s jobs must be mainly provided not in…

Ministries have returned over Kshs.101 billion to Treasury over the last financial year. These funds were earmarked for development purposes and represent a tenth of the 2011/12 budget. With the myriad of projects the Government of Kenya needs to fund, it is a great shame that these funds have not been put to immediate use. The ability to mobilize and deploy capital efficiently is a crucial skill Kenya needs to develop. As this is available right now, I propose that Treasury uses this money to fund a Bank of Industries with a capital base of Kshs.100 billion.A Bank of Industries…

It is time to turn the page. A new generation of leaders must now rise in Kenya and take the mantle of leadership and deliver economic prosperity and social justice for all of Kenya’s populace. The country has forgotten that the passing of the new constitution was a rejection of ethnic patronage and impunity and an endorsement of the rule of law, a restoration of our confidence in the state rather than tribal loyalty. This is because we are still one nation enlivened by rich cultural diversity: a wide range of age groups, cultures, and physical abilities, religious and ethnic…

The global phenomenon of people’s mobility is real thanks to technology. The “global village” prophecy has become a reality- international schooling, business or trade development, immigration with related problems like those of refugees or displaced persons. In addition, the trend is that people from foreign and alien cultures will be brought closer together at an even more accelerated rate. Within the same cultural boundaries, we see more and more cases of minorities asserting themselves. All these cases have had profound effects on the field of communication.       The Rise of the Global Citizen: Technology Fuels Increased Mobility Global journalism…

Information is the oxygen of democracy. If people do not know what is happening in their society, if actions of those who rule them are hidden, then they cannot take a meaningful part in the affairs of that society. But information is not just a necessity for people- it is an essential part of good government. Bad government needs secrecy to survive. It allows inefficiency, wastefulness and corruption to thrive.Information allows people to scrutinize the actions of a government and is the basis for proper informed debate of those actions. Information includes all records held by a public body, regardless…

Despite the high birth rate, most of the people do not buy more than one mosquito net, the reason being that the nets are too expensive. This year we celebrate Malaria Day under the theme “Sustain Gains. Save lives. Invest in malaria.” This has been marked since 2000. Financial Times “More than 40 per cent of the world’s population is at risk from malaria with about 500 million cases every year and more than 1 million deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.” According to the World Health Organization, World Malaria Day was instituted at its 60th session in May 2007 as a…