BusinessDailyOpinion & Analysis /Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/539548/-/ujg5fbz/-/index.html Aid has destroyed our creativity http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Aid%20has%20destroyed%20our%20creativity%20/-/539548/876144/-/eewoq4z/-/index.html For a country that often rushes for food aid to have courage to publicly pour to waste over 25,000 litres of milk and display several tonnes of rotting maize due to lack of storage is a clear indicator of the negative impact of aid. 2010-03-09T21:00:00Z Editorial: Regulator must consult http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/876142/-/stsxqcz/-/index.html Reports that the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has sanctioned the increased cost of transport insurance, commonly known as cartage insurance, by eight per cent are disturbing. 2010-03-09T21:00:00Z Why EA must tap new opportunities http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Why%20EA%20must%20tap%20new%20opportunities%20/-/539548/876064/-/9fjvliz/-/index.html East Africans are anxious to appreciate the benefits from the East African Community Common Market. 2010-03-09T21:00:00Z Africa finally on the road to recovery http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Africa%20finally%20on%20the%20road%20to%20recovery%20/-/539548/876052/-/o5oowj/-/index.html African countries were largely innocent victims of the global financial crisis. 2010-03-09T21:00:00Z Making growth work for the poor http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Making%20growth%20work%20for%20the%20poor%20/-/539548/875564/-/10w0n96/-/index.html The world economy is recovering from an unprecedented deep and synchronised recession provoked by the bursting of a global financial bubble. 2010-03-08T21:00:00Z Editorial: Don’t rush computer ban http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Dont%20rush%20computer%20ban%20%20%20%20%20/-/539548/875546/-/1sbh51z/-/index.html The proposed move by the Ministry of Information and Communications to ban the importation of second hand computers is a double-edged sword that needs careful consideration before it is fully implemented. 2010-03-08T21:00:00Z The evolution of spokesman’s role http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/The%20evolution%20of%20spokesman%20role%20/-/539548/875548/-/12mre6c/-/index.html Kenya has many unique things such as appearing to split the role of government spokesman in three ways. 2010-03-08T21:00:00Z Credit access behind push for bureau http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/Credit%20access%20behind%20push%20for%20bureau%20/-/539548/875542/-/8sl65oz/-/index.html The main objective of adoption of credit information sharing in Kenya is to increase access to credit. 2010-03-08T21:00:00Z Lands Registry ripe for radical surgery http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/874418/-/stua3sz/-/index.html Last week I watched the evening news with bated breath as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands Dorothy Angote took the extremely plucky step of shutting down the Lands Registry and unearthing “missing” files. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Editorial: Improve trade ties http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/874426/-/stua2yz/-/index.html The move by a group of Kenyan investors who recently travelled to Malawi and Zambia in search of cheaper channels of getting their goods into the southern Africa market is commendable. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Opportunities in informal sector http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/874430/-/stua29z/-/index.html One late afternoon I walked down Moi Avenue in Nairobi. I detoured into Tom Mboya Street around Khoja Mosque, drifting towards the old Nation House. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Chance to review taxation regime http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/874434/-/stua25z/-/index.html Last week, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) released official wage statistics that revised the income bands upwards. 2010-03-07T21:00:00Z Don’t negate climate change debate http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/873258/-/stv0vcz/-/index.html The continuing debate on some of the work of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is healthy and illustrates the way science is deployed in modern diplomacy, but those who exploit such discussions to cast doubt on the broader role of science in society might be going too far. 2010-03-04T21:00:00Z EA needs own monetary union http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/873260/-/stv0uoz/-/index.html Various stakeholders met in Arusha, Tanzania, recently to consider a road map to establishment of the East African Monetary Union. 2010-03-04T21:00:00Z Editorial: New income groups call for review of tax bands http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/873256/-/stv0vez/-/index.html The announcement by the government that it has raised the upper limit of the low- income bracket underlines the need to review the income tax bands. 2010-03-04T21:00:00Z Post-crisis period challenging for policy http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/873254/-/stv0vgz/-/index.html It appears that the most severe crisis since the Great Depression is winding down. 2010-03-04T21:00:00Z Kenyans need power of alignment to be fully involved in nation building http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/872580/-/stvmrpz/-/index.html Frank Kretzschmar and I just ran another of our Leaders Circles, this one on ‘the power of alignment’. 2010-03-03T21:00:00Z Editorial: Inflation data needs to reflect the reality of life http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/872590/-/stvmqtz/-/index.html Kenya National Bureau of Standards’ official shift to a new Consumer Price Index on Wednesday, though long planned did not come without surprises. 2010-03-03T21:00:00Z Why quality education goal is vital http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/872604/-/stvm78z/-/index.html Access to basic education is an essential condition to increasing and deepening understanding among all in a context where millions of children in poor countries still run the risk of being even more marginalised by the global financial crisis. 2010-03-03T21:00:00Z How to manage VAT costs http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/872598/-/stvmqlz/-/index.html For any business that is registered for VAT, and on assumption that there is a reasonable level playing (that is every other person who is in the same field is registered for VAT). 2010-03-03T21:00:00Z Food security tests Africa’s unity agenda http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/871856/-/stw9t0z/-/index.html There are challenges and paradoxes that necessitate more effective action and cooperation in agriculture and food security in Africa. 2010-03-02T21:00:00Z Editorial: State should plug skills gap to enhance efficiency http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/871896/-/stw9pgz/-/index.html For a couple of decades after Kenya’s independence in 1963, the public service was the employer of choice for graduates leaving formal education. 2010-03-02T21:00:00Z Lands ministry reforms should be recognised http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/871860/-/stw9saz/-/index.html Throughout the property acquisition, transfer and development process, wananchi interface with the Lands Office at Ardhi House. 2010-03-02T21:00:00Z EAC must invest in film industry http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/871902/-/stw963z/-/index.html I propose that Kenya’s East Africa Community Ministry invests in arts and cultural communication. 2010-03-02T21:00:00Z What next after exiting crisis stimuli? http://www.bdafrica.com/Opinion%20&%20Analysis/-/539548/871300/-/stwduvz/-/index.html The most severe crisis since the Great Depression is winding down. 2010-03-01T21:00:00Z