/Opinion-and-Analysis/-/539548/539548/-/2xaeuq/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Tackle-unemployment-among-youth/-/539548/1858980/-/787olrz/-/index.html President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration has started on a wrong footing on issues related to the youth. 2013-05-21T15:16:27Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/KMC-woes-unacceptable/-/539548/1858966/-/7gndks/-/index.html Less that seven years since the government ploughed more than Sh500 million to revive it, meat processor KMC is once again in the red. 2013-05-21T15:03:50Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/It-is-not-too-late-to-release-university-loans-cash/-/539548/1858964/-/axunrrz/-/index.html Every Kenyan who relied on government loans to finance their university education will bear out that the funding comes in handy. 2013-05-21T15:03:44Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Key-lessons-from-Norway-in-managing-oil-and-gas-resources/-/539548/1858954/-/a9cir5/-/index.html Last week the National Oil Corporation of Kenya invited Willy Olsen of INTSOK (a Norwegian government/ industry partnership) to present to stakeholders the Norwegian oil and gas perspective. 2013-05-21T14:47:13Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/We-need-comprehensive-agricultural-policies/-/539548/1858106/-/ea7s5ez/-/index.html Kenya’s agricultural system is amongst the most developed in Africa. Directly or indirectly – agriculture accounts for about half of all economic activity. 2013-05-20T15:17:55Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Revive-spirit-of-pan-Africanism/-/539548/1858104/-/1ux9e9/-/index.html The Second World War inspired two post-war movements that reshaped the world although they were at times in conflict. 2013-05-20T15:17:50Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Sue-greedy-legislators-/-/539548/1858094/-/124qi41z/-/index.html The showdown pitting Members of Parliament against the Salaries and Remuneration Commission and the Executive enters a decisive phase this week. 2013-05-20T15:12:12Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Resolve-major-issues-in-mining-sector-quickly/-/539548/1858092/-/110ompcz/-/index.html New Cabinet Secretary for Mining Najib Balala has hit the ground running, setting out the main priorities in the sector. 2013-05-20T15:12:01Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Africa-is-finally-on-the-growth-track/-/539548/1857072/-/yn4k7rz/-/index.html I was recently at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2013 in Los Angeles and, for the first time in its 16-year existence, four panels were devoted to discuss African opportunities and challenges. 2013-05-19T11:41:48Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Land-laws-recognise-spousal-rights/-/539548/1857070/-/yv8uvn/-/index.html I was talking to some young bank officers when one of them veered into land laws and asked: “Tell us about the new land laws”. 2013-05-19T11:41:42Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Funding-plan-timely/-/539548/1857068/-/xtr8vj/-/index.html Mombasa County has hit the ground running by announcing plans to fund women and youth projects to the tune of Sh1 billion. 2013-05-19T11:40:18Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Step-up-efforts-to-make-home-ownership-a-reality/-/539548/1857066/-/11bsvh6z/-/index.html Data released by the Central Bank of Kenya showing why majority of Kenyans cannot own their own homes due to the high mortgage rates makes worrying revelations. 2013-05-19T11:40:09Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Simple-lessons-for-MPs-on-how-to-earn-more-honestly/-/539548/1857048/-/8ppgjg/-/index.html Dear most honourable, most gracious, most industrious and most illustrious Member of Parliament. I lay prostrate before you, humbled by the power you (purportedly) wield. 2013-05-19T11:22:14Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Our-legislators-are-the-face-of-greedy-Kenyans/-/539548/1854722/-/t90v6u/-/index.html Tuesday May 14th saw demonstrators pitch tent outside Parliament over MPs’ calls for higher salaries. 2013-05-16T15:30:40Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Do-not-abuse-arbitration-process/-/539548/1854720/-/3nj8f5/-/index.html I am a big supporter of commercial arbitration. Right now, the commercial courts are clogged because of election petitions. 2013-05-16T15:30:34Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Training-plan-laudable/-/539548/1854718/-/kurwu0z/-/index.html That Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has launched training for individuals to take up various professional positions at the Lamu Port is most welcome. 2013-05-16T15:24:09Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Wholesale-write-off-of-debts-not-the-way-to-go/-/539548/1854716/-/k4usogz/-/index.html Although the county government is not fully up and running, the herculean task ahead is growing obvious by the day. 2013-05-16T15:23:58Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/-/539548/1854660/-/qjfucp/-/index.html If history has taught us anything, it is that underdogs do make heroes. The story from grass to grace has always been romanticised. 2013-05-16T14:12:25Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Independent-body-should-vet-nominees/-/539548/1853798/-/u9gqdr/-/index.html As the recent vetting of Cabinet nominees came to a close, Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi criticised the public and media for being ignorant about parliamentary laws. 2013-05-15T15:29:43Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Bury-colonial-loyalists-remains-now/-/539548/1853796/-/7mc4muz/-/index.html Sometimes in 2005, I sat down with Prof David Anderson, the author of the epic Mau Mau memoir Histories of the Hanged, and he directed me to a peculiar finding. 2013-05-15T15:29:34Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Audit-varsities-urgently/-/539548/1853776/-/gd0l0/-/index.html News that 11,000 students more than last year would be admitted to the public universities by the Joint Admissions Board (JAB) is welcome. 2013-05-15T15:22:17Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Cabinet-should-get-down-to-work-quickly/-/539548/1853774/-/1el8j3z/-/index.html Kenyans are no longer willing to wait and listen to excuses...Kenyans want a positive transformation. 2013-05-15T15:21:32Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Why-Kepsa-hosted-a-special-party-in-honour-of-Kibaki/-/539548/1853760/-/xoa58uz/-/index.html Last week Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa) hosted a lunch in honour of former President Mwai Kibaki. 2013-05-15T15:16:52Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/AU-faces-many-security-challenges/-/539548/1852712/-/7glydgz/-/index.html Fifty years after its inception, the African Union (AU) reflects a significantly changed African and global environment. 2013-05-14T15:11:21Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Land-chaos-unfortunate/-/539548/1852706/-/xq72vaz/-/index.html In what is yet again a clear manifestation of the chaos that has characterised land in the past, some landowners in Kitengela are facing the dilemma of having their property destroyed. 2013-05-14T15:09:05Z