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Denis Kabaara

The dialogue agenda part III: Why talks are going nowhere

My sense this week is the dialogue agenda on the table is underwhelmingly short-term. After observing the past week, we seem to be pursuing a “dialogue to nowhere”.

The dialogue agenda part III: Why talks are going nowhere

Political package remains the big agenda for constructive dialogue

Political package remains the big agenda for constructive dialogue

Digital services launch presents a fresh performance lens for Kenya Kwanza

Digital services launch presents a fresh performance lens for Kenya Kwanza

By 2 months ago

Too much noise and vagueness in Kenya Kwanza's 'The Plan' idea

Too much noise and vagueness in Kenya Kwanza's 'The Plan' idea

By 3 months ago

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

The Finance Bill 2023 will present Kenya Kwanza’s first fully-owned budget and what the new government plans for the economy.

By 4 months ago

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

The truth is our poor politics and weak constitutional implementation are symptoms of a wider trauma – our society and our economy. And it’s a mindset thing.

By 4 months ago

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Kenyans' patience is wearing thin with all the fiscal blame games and economic fairy tales. What we need is a 'whole of government' approach if we hope to fix the country.

By 5 months ago

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

What does president do when the opposition leader can close down the economy? In proper countries, your opponent’s failure to deliver on its agenda is not a checklist

By 5 months ago

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

The Finance Bill 2023 will present Kenya Kwanza’s first fully-owned budget and what the new government plans for the economy.

By 4 months ago

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

The truth is our poor politics and weak constitutional implementation are symptoms of a wider trauma – our society and our economy. And it’s a mindset thing.

By 4 months ago

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Kenyans' patience is wearing thin with all the fiscal blame games and economic fairy tales. What we need is a 'whole of government' approach if we hope to fix the country.

By 5 months ago

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

What does president do when the opposition leader can close down the economy? In proper countries, your opponent’s failure to deliver on its agenda is not a checklist

By 5 months ago

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

The Finance Bill 2023 will present Kenya Kwanza’s first fully-owned budget and what the new government plans for the economy.

By 4 months ago

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

The truth is our poor politics and weak constitutional implementation are symptoms of a wider trauma – our society and our economy. And it’s a mindset thing.

By 4 months ago

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Kenyans' patience is wearing thin with all the fiscal blame games and economic fairy tales. What we need is a 'whole of government' approach if we hope to fix the country.

By 5 months ago

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

What does president do when the opposition leader can close down the economy? In proper countries, your opponent’s failure to deliver on its agenda is not a checklist

By 5 months ago

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

The Finance Bill 2023 will present Kenya Kwanza's first fully-owned budget and what the new government plans for the economy.

By Denis Kabaara 4 months ago

Rubber meets the road as Ruto makes first full Budget proposal

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

The truth is our poor politics and weak constitutional implementation are symptoms of a wider trauma - our society and our economy. And it's a mindset thing.

By Denis Kabaara 4 months ago

Why we need a social vision to guide our great country Kenya

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Kenyans' patience is wearing thin with all the fiscal blame games and economic fairy tales. What we need is a 'whole of government' approach if we hope to fix the country.

By Denis Kabaara 5 months ago

What must we do to stabilise our politics, get the economy moving?

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

What does president do when the opposition leader can close down the economy? In proper countries, your opponent's failure to deliver on its agenda is not a checklist

By Denis Kabaara 5 months ago

Ruto, Raila truce is a rare chance to reimagine the nation's future

North Rift leaders must embrace new thinking to stamp out chaos

In context, these 'North Rift issues' didn't start yesterday, but are the culmination of at least a century of conflict, including 60 years of post-independence marginalisation and neglect.

By Denis Kabaara 7 months ago

North Rift leaders must embrace new thinking to stamp out chaos

Ruto, governors' summit offers space to strengthen devolution

If there is a conversation that the Summit headed by President William Ruto needs, it must go beyond recent failure to agree on numbers at an Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council

By Denis Kabaara 7 months ago

Ruto, governors' summit offers space to strengthen devolution

Issues to ponder over as mid-term budget hearings are held this week

Dennis Kabaara asks pertinent questions as mid-term budget hearings start.

By Denis Kabaara, Dennis Kabaara 8 months ago

Issues to ponder over as mid-term budget hearings are held this week

Parastatals: How William Ruto deals with them will shape economic policy

It might be better to engage the revenue side of the fiscus through the draft tax policy. IMF once recommended better identification and classification of State-owned entities.

By Denis Kabaara 11 months ago

Parastatals: How William Ruto deals with them will shape economic policy

President Ruto must tap into non-tax revenue to fix battered economy

In simpler English, less travel and per diem, or training and benchmarking "jollies" and bring your own food to work. If all government services were efficient and seamless, wouldn't you pay for them?

By Denis Kabaara 11 months ago

President Ruto must tap into non-tax revenue to fix battered economy

Anxiety as the nation awaits 'real' Ruto in newlook regime

Ruto comes across as an unknown quantity in what Kenyans should expect of his presidency. The standard refrain is he must unify Kenyans and fix our current economic woes.

By Denis Kabaara 1 year ago

Anxiety as the nation awaits 'real' Ruto in newlook regime

Seven things to watch in ensuring devolution lives up to expectations

The ink on oaths of office is not yet dry, but we already have a populist feel to the beginning of devolution's third round.

By Denis Kabaara 1 year ago

Seven things to watch in ensuring devolution lives up to expectations

Unique views on presidential vote, hard questions on poll process

What happened to audit findings on deceased voters, duplicate records and invalid registrations?

By Denis Kabaara 1 year ago

Unique views on presidential vote, hard questions on poll process

Let's interrogate the presidential vote result, and the process

Nothing presidential in Kenya is simple or routine. Hence our dramatic week. Hours of waiting sprinkled with songs and fisticuffs, and the IEBC split.

By Denis Kabaara 1 year ago

Let's interrogate the presidential vote result, and the process

Azimio's mixed messaging puts a damper on its rich manifesto

The coalition's blueprint fails to offer some needed comforts and feels a little 1980/1990s.

By Denis Kabaara 1 year ago

Azimio's mixed messaging puts a damper on its rich manifesto

The question should not be what Kibaki did, but what he left

Kibaki will be remembered for introducing the "bigger picture" economics to Kenya. That's his legacy.

By Denis Kabaara 1 year ago

The question should not be what Kibaki did, but what he left

2022: BBI and the Budget

We may be dismayed by our unhygienic politics, but we cannot get enough of its drama. It supersedes everything. No fuel? Noise for a couple of days! SIM re-registration? It will pass by Easter!

By Denis Kabaara 1 year ago

2022: BBI and the Budget

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