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    Pertinent questions over the sale of Safcom Shares

    Hii ndio plan ya kushikilia shilingi isiteleze. CBK wamefagia dollars zote from commercial banks plus buying all loan dollars from the treasury.
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    Pertinent questions over the sale of Safcom Shares

    By the time these guys leave office, the country will have been looted dry. This is a significant transaction that requires serious public participation. Ruto has been claiming that high pension contributions will save us from reliance on foreign funding. Why couldn't he sell Safaricom to NSSF...
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    Economic reforms are finally being felt.

    What proportion of the Kenyan economy, which is mostly informal, is captured in the PMI? A minuscule amount. Same thing with cutting bank rates. It has very little effect on the economy that matters. Third-world countries should never be compared to first world-countries, where rate cuts are...
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    Safaricom Feeling the Heat over Exorbitant Data Prices

    The marketing team at Safaricom seems to have completely lost the plot. Ever since the company adopted dynamic pricing - an approach meant to offer individualized deals to encourage higher data consumption - customers have been leaving in droves. In principle, dynamic pricing should reward users...
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    Traditional cruelty

    Less costly than having to deal with compromised lineages forever. It's due to such safeguards that small communities survived and grew. Think of the consequences when you are a community of a few hundred people and you allowed that to happen. Small communities have less genetic diversity...
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    Do the by-elections reflect UDA popularity

    It is too early for Ruto to assume that the byelections results point to victory in 2027. Such celebrations are premature and ill-informed. From an analytical point of view, there are many factors in the byelections which make them a poor predictor of 2027. First, almost all the byelections were...
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    From the US: Tesla motorcycle

    John Dere Pick-ups and Tesla Motorcyles zote zimetengenezwa na company inaitwa AI.
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    Court case against the tolling of the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway

    The court case against the tolling of the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway has a great chance of success due to the following reasons; 1. Lack of a credible toll-free alternative - The options being provided by KeNHA as an alternative, such as Ngong-Suswa-Narok-Mau Summit-Nakuru Route and...
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    Decision Day: Kenyans Vote in Crucial By-Election Today

    A popular government has won by a margin of 1%, in the vice-president's own backyard, after spending tons of resources. We all know that is not an organic win. They are lying to themselves, and those are the worst lies.
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    Decision Day: Kenyans Vote in Crucial By-Election Today

    When you barely win after committing so much money, you would know there is a big problem. And a win for a UDA candidate should not be misinterpreted as a win for Ruto. Local choices do not necessarily correspond with national ones.
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    Decision Day: Kenyans Vote in Crucial By-Election Today

    Afocado, hash afocado.
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    Decision Day: Kenyans Vote in Crucial By-Election Today

    Who wants to bet that mbeere and western will be marred by violence that could lead to annulment of results?
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    The Hardworking DCI

    I wonder why as a country we let criminals get away with simple straight forward crime.Take for instance. Last year, my own mum was stupified and her mpesa wiped clean to a number that is still active today. They took her visa card, withdrew cash from bank and the faces were clearly captured by...
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    The Debt Issue, the Options

    Whenever a country faces a debt crisis, there are several ways in which it can address the issue. Most of the options available aren't easy. I will discuss these options beginning with the best (easiest) to the worst (hardest). 1. Grow your way out of the debt - in this option, the country...
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    The 430 Million Oxygen Plant Scandal at Kenyatta Hospital

    For decades, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has served as a national beacon of hope, delivering critical medical care to millions of Kenyans. Its wards have treated the country’s most vulnerable patients, and its doctors have achieved extraordinary outcomes despite chronic resource shortages...
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    Bifacial solar panels.

    Where are the price comparisons? Why would a client choose the bi over the mono?
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    India Tour

    India is a brutal place, especially for the poor masses. One thing we don't seem to realize is that we are a mini version of India. We rarely notice it because we are accustomed to it just like a bad smell that has lingered for too long. It's only by looking at places like India that you see...
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    The Railway Development Levy Fund

    The Railway Development Levy Fund has collected KSh 314 billion since its inception. Yet we are told that the government will borrow KSh 390 billion to extend the SGR. If this money were collected and invested in government securities at an average interest rate of 12%, the Fund would by now be...
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    In the newspapers

    Hapa tutahitaji illustration.
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