In Kenya, the Chinese funded Standard Gauge Railway, dubbed ‘project of the century’, has created 50,000 local jobs and boosted the country’s economic growth by 1.5 per cent

OPINION

Belt and Road initiative a global game-changer

Amidst growing controversy, the stage is set for the second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation to be held in Beijing,...

STEPHEN NDEGWA

OPINION

Ezekiel Mutua’s KFCB tenure a collection of knee jerk reactions

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) chief executive Ezekiel Mutua is at it again, this time banning ‘taka taka’ a song whose lyrics have...

Samuel Gitonga

OPINION

The integrity of our financial system: What is at stake?

Kenya is at a crossroads. Geographically, it sits almost perfectly between East and West, North and South, which makes for a natural trade...

PATRICK NJOROGE

OPINION

Government needs to rethink role of private sector in Big Four Agenda

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast week, while speaking at a Senate leadership meeting in Kiambu County, Senate majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen challenged the national executive to involve...

KEN GICHINGA

OPINION

Nasty surprises coming if we do nothing to reverse climate change

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ate in 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change consisting of the world’s leading scientists provided a warning on the disastrous impact should...

Alex Kennedy

OPINION REAL ESTATE

Real estate investors discover Kenya’s working class

The last 20 years of real estate boom in East Africa has changed our building landscape and inventory. As it quite rightly should...

SAMUEL KARIUKI

OPINION

Constitution, technology give Kenyans voice to speak truth to power

The establishment can no longer suppress the voice of the Kenyan people thanks to the 2010 constitution that has bequeathed the citizens with...

Samuel Gitonga

OPINION

To build human capital, prioritise women’s empowerment

Population growth that outstrips economic growth perpetuates the vicious cycle of poverty, disproportionately affecting the poorest families and least educated women