Author: Gathu Kaara

Protests offer Ruto great chance for a reset

Reading Time: 3 minutes The people have spoken loud and clear. The simple message is that William Ruto’s mandate as President was to overhaul […]

Ruto at crossroads as youth bulge risks show works

Reading Time: 3 minutes The explosion of countrywide protests by young people has been a long time coming. Politicians have always buried their heads […]

Ensure Ruto US visit was not just a talking shop

Reading Time: 3 minutes President William Ruto’s state visit to the US was a resounding success by any measure. Whether it is the glamour, […]

President Ruto, the writing is on the wall on taxes

Reading Time: 3 minutes The resistance to the Finance Bill 2024 rose to a crescendo last week. On Monday, the National Assembly’s Finance and […]

Blaming IMF for Kenya’s tax burden is escapist

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Finance Bill 2024 has taken the obsession with taxation to ridiculous levels.  The mindset of Kenya’s economic managers seems […]

State must develop national floods blueprint

Reading Time: 3 minutes It now seems clear that the problem of water in the country is a flooding one. Floods mean two things- […]

Give Safaricom a tax break on M-Pesa split

Reading Time: 3 minutes The on-off split of M-Pesa from Safaricom to create an independent entity continues to drag its feet on government lethargy. […]

Come up with lasting solution doctors’ strikes

Reading Time: 3 minutes Doctors employed by government health facilities are at it again- they are on strike. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and […]