Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have stepped up efforts to plant trees across the country, sustaining the tempo set by President William Ruto on May 10 during the National Tree Planting Day. All MDAs have been allocated sites to plant trees and targets to achieve in a six-month drive that kicked off during the […]
Daniel Muoki
Why we should all plant trees
Millions of trees were planted during the recent National Tree Planting Day as part of measures being spearheaded by the government in efforts to mitigate climate change effects. The government had set a target of the country planting 200 million trees during the day. President William Ruto led the nation in the tree planting exercise […]
Population, planning and the country’s development
Populations and development are intricately linked when it comes to the progress a country makes. Take Kenya for instance, in 1950, the population was around six million. By independence in 1963, the number had grown to around 8.6 million. Some 60 years later in 2023, the number stood at about 52 million. That’s massive growth, […]
Steps government is taking to reduce public sector wage bill
It is an undeniable fact that Kenya faces a wage bill crisis, with the country spending about Sh1.1 trillion annually of the Sh2.2 trillion it collects as revenue to pay salaries of about a million public sector workers. President William Ruto notes this trend is unsustainable as the higher wage bill is crowding out funds […]
How to stay safe this heavy rains season
Digital identity and the future of service delivery
As digital transformation gathers pace in different African countries, the development of digital identity systems has become paramount for governments. The digital IDs are the major pillars for the effective and efficient ways for governments to provide services to their citizens and businesses to verify the identity of their customers. The main benefits of the […]
Big win for Africa at Kenya’s ICT Summit
Kenya rallied the continent to fast-track digital connectivity and transformation as the country held Connected Africa Summit 2024 last week in Nairobi. The Summit, which was attended by over 5,000 delegates from 49 countries from across the world as well as 16 digital and technology ministers from the continent, saw the coming up of the […]
State alleviates floods crisis
The government has taken concrete steps to mitigate the impact of floods caused by the ongoing heavy rains. The indefinite postponement of schools, issuance of timely alerts on the weather situation, closure and reopening of affected roads, deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces in affected areas and provision of humanitarian assistance to flood victims, measures […]