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Rerec has a less-than-logical reason for paying millions of dollars to a government agency for a controversial power plant Recent revelations from the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (Rerec) that it sells power to Kenya Power (KP) in dollars left senators and the public in utter disbelief. Rerec CEO Peter Mbugua told a Senate Committee the agency sells 54.65 megawatts of power generated by Garissa Solar Power Plant to Kenya Power in dollars. Mbugua said the company will continue charging KP Sh7.4 ($5.09 cents) per kilowatt-hour for the next 20 years, explaining that the electricity company owes them Sh600…

President Museveni argued that the presence of Kenyan Turkana in the area had caused instability within Uganda, as they continued to raid and attack unarmed Karimonjong communities.

This development occurs against the backdrop of a financial crunch faced by devolved units, forcing them to seek bank overdrafts worth millions of shillings to cover salary expenses.

By Mumbi Mutoko Auditor General Nancy Gathungu seems to have borrowed from the popular quote from Mokokoma Mokhonoan: “Stolen oranges also have Vitamin C. Likewise, a stolen salmon, too, has omega-3 fatty acids.” At the launch of Transparency International Kenya’s (TI) new Strategic Plan 2022-2028 last week, Ms Gathungu made a curious appeal, exhorting state officers who steal from public coffers to invest the monies at home. “Perhaps we should start a campaign that says if you steal it and you can get away with it, invest it in the country where it is stolen. If you steal it from…

Successes and challenges of democratic reform in post-Cold War Africa Is democracy on the rise in Africa? Yes and no, says Prof Wale Adebanwi, the Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies. “To the extent that democracy has become a norm, or a formal system of governance, in Africa, that is something to be celebrated. Unfortunately, the forces that were arrayed against democratic rule did not give up,” says Adebanwi. According to Adebanwi, forces opposed to democratic rule had an approach to democratic rule. “The first was to become part of the democratic process. They changed the means for accessing…

By Lydia Manyasi The Oxford Dictionary defines inclusion as “The practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those having physical or mental disabilities or belonging to other minority groups. For example: “the school promotes an attitude of tolerance and inclusiveness” The 17 values and Principles of Governance under Article 10 (2) of the Constitution of Kenya are: Patriotism, national unity, sharing and devolution of power, the rule of law, democracy and participation of the people; Human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality, human rights, non-discrimination…

By Jacob Oketch Strategy, as a business concept, is a concept that is critical to the survival and success of a business venture and so it is important that planning, development, and evaluation of strategy carry everybody on board. There is the misconception that strategy is a matter that is closely related to the executive level of management. Prof. Timothy Mwololo Waema, Mr. Ron Price and Dr Evans Baiya have just released a book which everybody in the business sector ought to pay attention to. Optimizing Strategy for Results: A structured approach to make your business come alive, is a…

It found that employees given the flexibility to work both in the office and at home are more productive and engaged than employees who are entirely office-based or fully remote. By David Morel W hat is the future of work? The jury’s still out, but one thing is clear – flexible working is part of it. The question is, what will that flexibility actually look like? Could a four-day week be the answer? Seventy firms and 3,300 employees in the UK are about to find out as they embark on the world’s biggest trial of this new working pattern. Or…

By Andrew Mizner The increased use of African arbitration institutions has been fuelled by investment, and confidence from the legal and business communities, but governments need to do more if these centres are to capitalise. There has been plenty of talk about making more use of African arbitration centres over the past decade, but the uptake has been limited, with foreign parties reluctant to go beyond tried and tested institutions in Europe or Asia. Gradually though, some centres have built a body of work based on domestic cases and the odd international matter, and benefitted from foreign experience-sharing initiatives. Published in…

By Hamid Abdulkareem, Jacob Omorodion and Thomas Dauvillier Recent public health emergencies and regional conflicts have highlighted the need for states to develop robust core infrastructure, deepen their economic resilience, and decrease their susceptibility to external shocks. Simultaneously, governments are increasingly conscious that their investment projects must take account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. In East Africa, the region’s ongoing and potential infrastructure projects face a unique set of circumstances, which may trigger future disputes. These include, among others, competition for control over natural resources, exigencies and opportunities arising out of the climate crisis and energy transition, as…