During these past several years, it has become apparent that the healthcare system in Kenya has evolved and morphed from being the industry characterized as an honorable profession, served by selfless and benevolent institutions, to being an enormous, unprincipled, financially-driven industry, whose core objectives are selfish in nature and geared towards fulfillment of personal interests. …
In retrospect, champions of globalization and its positive impact on economic growth, for example Thomas Friedman, for a long time believed that countries that adopted the ‘free markets’ democracy stood to increase prosperity. Author Amy Chua, counters this liberal argument on an ethnic perspective. She tries to elaborate how a small percentage of the ethnic …
On 23rd December 2021, the CBK Amendment Act 2021 empowered the Central Bank of Kenya to regulate, license, supervise and oversee operations of non-depositing taking digital credit providers (DCPs). Previously, operations from these players were unregulated and all they needed was a business permit. With over a hundred players in the market and their appealing …
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The production and consumption of oil as the most reliant source of energy has been a bittersweet experience globally. Dating its history from the 1840s, human beings have warranted the use of oil energy as efficient, inexpensive and easy to transport. Oil first made its appearance as a naturally-occurring product in the form of bitumen, …
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Over the years, different Regional Economic Communities in Africa have taken precedence and familiarity, with the aim of addressing social, economic and political concerns, paramount to the development of the region. The REC differ by region integration, vision and mission and operational structures. However, the objectives remain more or less the same, in comparison with …
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