/Opinion+++Analysis/-/539548/539548/-/fwd2e9z/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Why+property+prices+are+slowing+down+/-/539548/1325492/-/hxgmxf/-/index.html When I wrote an article suggesting that sea piracy proceeds were fuelling escalation of property prices in some Kenyan cities, I received a lot of flak. 2012-02-12T17:27:01Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/New+regulations+will+protect+local++fresh+produce+sector+/-/539548/1325490/-/yk69t2z/-/index.html The government should be commended for launching a crackdown on fresh produce farms that are not conforming to safety and health regulations. 2012-02-12T17:24:37Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/MPs+should+leave+banks+alone+on+shilling+/-/539548/1325486/-/115cv9kz/-/index.html House team should know that arbitrage is a natural economic activity and instead put the CBK to task 2012-02-12T17:21:20Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Lessons+for+City+Hall+from+court+ruling+barring+fee+rise/-/539548/1323532/-/g4ee19/-/index.html If there is anything to take home from the ruling on Wednesday barring the City Council of Nairobi from increasing parking fees, it is that City Hall must henceforth earn its keep. Gone are the days when councillors passed resolutions that ended up bloating the council’s budget without sparing a thought on how the projects would be financed. Eventually they would pick on easy targets such as motorists and hawkers to foot the bill, many a time without following due process as the court ruling found. Once the money was assured, the council sat back to reap the spoils with no urgency to improve services. 2012-02-09T15:58:41Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Prosecute+those+defying+court+orders+immediately/-/539548/1323522/-/y6umy6/-/index.html In all jurisdictions, if you are served with a court order or injunction you ignore it at your own peril. In Kenya, we are seeing a troubling trend where the rich and influential persons are defying court injunctions with impunity. 2012-02-09T15:51:42Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Regulate+private+security+sector/-/539548/1323518/-/83peas/-/index.html The confrontation between suspended deputy chief justice Nancy Baraza and a security guard at the Village Market, Rebecca Morara, on New Year’s Eve presented Kenyans with a chance to debate the legal environment in which the country’s private security sector operates, but this opportunity was lost because most commentators focused on Baraza. 2012-02-09T15:50:51Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Myths+and+facts+in+the+debate+on+capping+bank+interest+rates/-/539548/1323510/-/wepd7qz/-/index.html As monetary policy eases and inflation declines, lending rates are expected to drop 2012-02-09T15:40:48Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Tap+opportunities+brought+by+EAC+common+market/-/539548/1322882/-/om690t/-/index.html Since the collapse of the East African Community some 35 years ago, Tanzania has often carried the appearance of a reluctant partner on regional integration issues, especially with regard to deepening ties with Kenya. If it was not whining over skewed sharing of assets that the union had amassed, it was fierce opposition to policies that would open up its market to Kenyan manufacturers after the EAC was revived in 1999. 2012-02-08T15:20:07Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Why+Members+of+Parliament+should+also+be+vetted/-/539548/1322872/-/ybe7igz/-/index.html In February 2009, 93 MPs voted to reject a Bill proposing the formation of a special tribunal to try those suspected to have organised the 2007/8 post-election violence. 2012-02-08T15:16:37Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/May+all+hail+the+Queen++for+real/-/539548/1322854/-/xwsqxy/-/index.html How times change: Just how did the Queen’s Jubilee pass like any other event in the country where she received news of her father’s death? 2012-02-08T15:09:57Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/coach+role+is+to+help+team+members+unlock+potential/-/539548/1322840/-/vfjp53/-/index.html ‘People are not held back by incompetence, but by that negative voice in their minds which wrongly tells them what they cannot do’ 2012-02-08T15:05:00Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Ensure+vetting+of+judges+is+public++/-/539548/1322326/-/odr1qez/-/index.html To restore the reputation of the Judiciary as enshrined in the Constitution, Parliament enacted the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Act that provides the establishment of a Vetting Board. 2012-02-07T18:36:31Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/State+should+secure+public+interest+in+pay+TV+/-/539548/1322316/-/oeuneq/-/index.html With growing incomes and consequently changing lifestyle singularly within the middle class in Kenya, demand for luxury goods and services is on the rise. 2012-02-07T18:32:31Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Keep+2012+elections+peaceful+to+sustain+economic+growth+/-/539548/1322312/-/5mtrqu/-/index.html It is a timely initiative by the business community to promote peace in this election year with the recent launch of “My Kenya” campaign. 2012-02-07T18:29:34Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/S+Sudan+faces+sovereignty+woes++/-/539548/1321696/-/2fxapqz/-/index.html The Republic of South Sudan became independent in July 2011 and finds itself facing the predicament of confronting contradictions inherent in sovereignty. 2012-02-06T18:36:37Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Doctors+should+now++support+state+hiring+plan+/-/539548/1321688/-/3m1jixz/-/index.html The government plan to recruit 629 medical professionals marks the first decisive step towards making healthcare in public facilities efficient. 2012-02-06T18:33:55Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Kenya+is+ripe+for+professional+business/-/539548/1321678/-/d1m4da/-/index.html Today’s start-ups need a helping hand to live past third birthday 2012-02-06T18:29:56Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Continent+must+solve+intra+trade+puzzle+/-/539548/1320712/-/1550mxyz/-/index.html It was an eventful week at the African Union headquarters in Addis Abbas, Ethiopia. Besides hot elections and the grandiose opening of the organisation’s gift from China, the issue of Intra- trade kept the continent’s honchos busy. 2012-02-05T14:14:12Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Lets+fix+problems+facing+country+/-/539548/1320710/-/mlfkc0z/-/index.html Some of my friends were enroute to Eldoret for business on January 27 where a “prayer” rally was scheduled at the 64 Stadium. There was such a carnival mood in the town and I wasn’t sure they would be able to effectively do business. 2012-02-05T14:11:49Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Loan+plan+will+spur+growth+of+agricultural+sector++/-/539548/1320706/-/nbbqvoz/-/index.html The recent launch of a Sh150 million loan scheme that will help young Kenyans venture into farming is quite commendable. 2012-02-05T14:10:09Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/JKIA+needs+to+polish+its+global+image+/-/539548/1320702/-/10ha16t/-/index.html In November 2011, CNN published its list titled “10 of the world’s most hated airports.” Our very own Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) came in loud and proud at number six, having been drubbed by London’s Heathrow, the Los Angeles International Airport and Paris’ Charles de Gaulle who came in third, second and first respectively. 2012-02-05T14:04:26Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Allow+opinion+pollsters+to+regulate+themselves+/-/539548/1319022/-/bum66a/-/index.html I am writing in support of the move by opinion pollsters to self regulate. The shift evidently pre-empts debate on the Publication of Electoral Opinion Polls Bill, 2011 popularly known as the Khalwale Bill. 2012-02-02T18:32:28Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Why+drums+of+war+are+not+necessary+/-/539548/1319020/-/slpphvz/-/index.html Going by the nature of measures the United States and the European Union have taken against Iran in the past few weeks and plan to pursue in coming months, it is plausible to conclude that Western-supported military action against Iranians is in the offing. 2012-02-02T18:30:33Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Refunds+delay+penalty++facing+KRA+long+overdue++/-/539548/1319018/-/35ih0mz/-/index.html From the time Value Added Tax (VAT) replaced sales tax in 1990, it has become one of the most cumbersome taxes to collect. 2012-02-02T18:28:49Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/-/539548/1319000/-/b0p78q/-/index.html Brands such as Cadbury confectionary (Founded 1824), Coca-Cola (1886), Sony (1946), Toyota (1937) and Kodak (1880) are telling case studies of longevity. 2012-02-02T18:23:09Z