Youth, ICT And the Future of Work
President’s Development TourAugust 29, 2024H.E. President William Ruto yesterday began his Nyanza region development tour. The President is set to inspect and commission key projects under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), including Kegonga Water Project in Kuria East and […]
Affordable Housing
Interlocking technologyApril 14, 2022As Kenya’s population grows, the Government and other stakeholders have emphasised on efficiency and speed in putting up affordable houses to fulfill the constitutional stipulation of the right to shelter. Owing to the appropriateness of […]
Manufacturing
Agro-processing: Coffee sub-sectorJuly 1, 2022Despite coffee being one of Kenya’s largest exports since its introduction in the country over a century ago the sector has been undergoing a slump since 2020. The 2021 Economic Survey shows that the sector dipped by about 18 per cent on lower crop […]
Towards Food Security
Get more out of your maize farmApril 28, 2022Farmers lose much of their harvest to poor access roads to markets, diseases and pests like army worms and aphids. Maize is Kenya’s main staple. In 2018, the Maize production increased by 26 per cent from 35.4 million bags in 2017 to 44.6 […]
Universal Health Coverage
Fees in primary healthcare facilitiesApril 30, 2022Elimination of user fees in primary healthcare facilities is one of the key policy considerations to address the critical issue of equity access to healthcare by the poor and vulnerable groups. According to Maina and Kirigia (2015), user fees […]
Kick-Off
Beginnings: The Gossage cupMay 10, 2022The description of Uganda’s fourth goal during the1945 Gossage Cup match with Kenya dug up long forgotten childhood memories of tactical instructions issued to players when I went to school in the 1960s.I do not remember the coach, usually […]
Journey Of Women Trailblazers
Ingrid MunroApril 28, 2022After a career in housing, Ingrid Munro, a Swedish architect and urban planner, retired and founded Jamii Bora, a microfinance trust. A former UN-Habitat worker, Munro previously worked with the Swedish government in the Bureau of Housing Research […]