/Opinion-and-Analysis/-/539548/539548/-/2xaeuq/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Devolution-should-not-hurt-public-/-/539548/1860986/-/6onddhz/-/index.html Working out a fair split of resources across all the counties in the country was not going to be easy. 2013-05-23T15:23:47Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Fix-rebellion-in-Jubilee/-/539548/1860976/-/8t4dk2z/-/index.html The open defiance by Jubilee Coalition MPs who are bent on increasing their pay against the president’s public position on the matter reflects a broken political system that needs urgent fixing. 2013-05-23T15:12:50Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Political-will-can-help-Kenya-right-past-wrongs/-/539548/1860974/-/qk4hhm/-/index.html The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) this week released a report on injustices committed on Kenyans by their countrymen since Independence. 2013-05-23T15:12:43Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Why-underdogs-end-up-winning-against-all-odds/-/539548/1860968/-/a2sil5/-/index.html Last week, I gave advise on how to use the underdog story as a motivation tool for your office team. The reality is that all around us are amazing stories of underdog triumphs. 2013-05-23T15:04:55Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Maximise-alcohol-revenue-collection/-/539548/1859848/-/fax7u4/-/index.html Kenyan consumers have learnt to accept that excise tax for beer and spirits will rise making them dig deeper and harder for their hard earned cash. 2013-05-22T15:17:35Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Restore-integrity-in-public-health-sector-quickly/-/539548/1859846/-/hx1thl/-/index.html This year saw the enactment of the Public Health Officers Act, which makes provision for the professionalism, training, registration and licensing of Public Health Officers and Public Health Technicians. 2013-05-22T15:17:29Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Mutua-rewriting-Machakos-history/-/539548/1859844/-/p56c46/-/index.html By inviting investors to Machakos and by planning a new city, Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua is doing what Imperial British East Africa sub-Commissioner John Ainsworth tried to do before he was told by London in January 1899 to stop. 2013-05-22T15:17:23Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Wake-up-call-for-varsity/-/539548/1859840/-/vftlfm/-/index.html University of Nairobi has become the first public institution of higher learning to open its doors to freshmen this year. 2013-05-22T15:12:16Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Senate-and-National-Assembly-should-have-mutual-respect/-/539548/1859838/-/fy7y6n/-/index.html The teething problems about the separation of powers between the Senate and the National Assembly will be surmounted if we look clearly at the roles of the two Houses. 2013-05-22T15:12:10Z 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