Despite the icons that have been produced on these hills, the tallest buildings in the area are the piers of evangelical churches rather than a library to cultivate these manured fields.
Despite the fact that the shilling is now undervalued, the CBK has raised rates considerably to make it attractive, and a strong flow of dollars from the multilateral lenders are coming in; why aren’t investors rushing in? It all comes down to
For the media the intimidation was monetary, early one morning, the management of a leading newspaper was summoned to the Central Bank and bullied about reporting on the currency ostensibly to put pressure to stop negative coverage.
Clients who initially agreed to prices quoted in Kenyan Shillings a couple of months ago, are now grappling with the unexpected burden of having to pay more for goods and services that were once upon a time within their budgets.
Various scholarship and bursary schemes offered by both the government and corporates have not been enough to cover a rise in number of drop out cases. WhatsApp groups are fundraising for children who are unable to pay school fees while social media