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Otiato Guguyu

Kenya unga chapo prices to rise for choosing sides on Russia war

Nairobi plans to cap the price of local wheat at Kes5200 a bag and curb exports to contain the cost of wheat based products like bread and chapati in the country after Kenya lost access to Ukraine and Russian grain on end of the Black sea deal. Crop Production PS Kello Harsama has said the government has agreed with millers to buy all local produce before they can start importing 2 million bags to plug the deficit at a lower duty of 10 percent through a 2010 rule. Kenya misses Russian grain Kenya foreign policy leanings with the West while skipping Russia Africa Summit has…

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William Ruto
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Ruto unveils Boma Yangu platform

President William Ruto has unveiled Boma Yangu, a digital platform where Kenyans can save and own affordable homes across the country. The upgraded platform is among over 5000 unveiled under the government digital services portal,  E-Citizen. Through Boma Yangu, Kenyans can register, save and own studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three bedroom apartments from various ongoing real estate projects carried out in partnership with private real estate developers. Speaking at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), His Excellency, President Ruto flanked by senior officials from the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, Cabinet Secretary Zachary Njeru Principal Secretary for the State Department of Housing and Urban…

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William Ruto in Paris
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Otiato Guguyu

Inflation worse than default

I have always found networking weird, the idea of meeting strangers for the first time and being put on the spot to say what I do for a living. It makes me ask myself uncomfortable questions on what I really do for a living. As I fumbled with my introductions when I found myself at a panel session on implementing and financing renewable Energy projects in Africa organized by Canada, I sought refuge at the margins, where I could nod and smile kindly at passing strangers without having to do the work. Being a journalist who is not attached to a big media house is…

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Kenya IMF taxes
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Otiato Guguyu

The IMF taxes on Africa’s petty traders of Nyamakima

I was a cab reporter on the City beat when Tuskys was evicted from its 11-year-old iconic BebaBeba outlet in the middle of Nairobi, that up till then had looked as the most ideal location for a retailer, on the bus route to Nairobi middle class surburbs north of the city. Tuskys at the time had not yet began hurtling towards the retail sector collapse. It was a big stable brand. In 2017, the retail sector troubles were being diagnosed as the legacy mismanagement of state linked Uchumi, where patronage had compromised supply contracting diverting money from real suppliers to related parties and insider shell companies. Tuskys explained that…

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