National Treasury’s cuts on development spending plans have received a thumbs down from financial and economic analysts who have termed it ‘not growth-friendly’. “A path where much of the burden of fiscal consolidation is disproportionately shouldered by development spending, as is the case in Kenya, undermines the underlying growth potential of the Kenyan economy,” said the World Bank in its 18th Kenya Economic Update (KEU). “In this regard, there is a need to recalibrate the balance between development and recurrent expenditures, with the latter bearing a higher share of the expenditure containment.” The World Bank says this can be…
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David Indeje
David Indeje serves as the community engagement editor at Khusoko, a digital platform covering East African business news. He manages editorial content, engages audiences, and amplifies diverse voices while consulting on digital strategy for brands in agriculture, governance, technology, and health. Indeje explores AI’s impact on journalism and works as a communications officer at KICTANet.
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Equity Bank Group emerged as the most stable banks in the world in terms of Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), a measure of the bank’s financial stability according to the Top 1000 World Banks 2018 ranking. The lender was ranked 35th globally and first in Kenya ranking at 799 with KSh84.8 billion ($848 million) in Tier 1 capital. This shows that it has moved seven places up, compared with the 806th position it was placed last year. The lender was also categorised position 11 on profit and loss assets, 35th on the bank’s capital risk-weighted assets, and 44th on profits on…
Kenya is among Sub-Saharan African countries leading in the transparency of the real estate market according to JLL & LaSalle’s 10th edition of the Index Global Real Estate Transparency Index. “The Sub-Saharan Africa region has seen limited progress over the last two years, with improvements led by the regional hubs – Nigeria and Kenya.” Kenya was ranked under ‘semi-transparent’ at number 53 with a score of 3.29 points out of 100 nations and 158 cities. Nigeria was ranked at position 67. The report observes that “Government data initiatives have been important in raising transparency levels, with Kenya and Rwanda digitising their…
Kenyans opinions of US President Donald Trump are rising according to the latest international survey. The Pew Research Center found out that compared to its first Global Attitudes survey in 2002, “In sub-Saharan Africa are largely positive, with Kenyans, Nigerians and South Africans expressing mostly favorable opinions in this year’s poll.” The report further states, “In five countries, there has been an increase in positive sentiment toward the U.S., most notably in Kenya (+16 percentage points), Spain (+11), Japan (+10) and Tunisia (+10).” “Publics in sub-Saharan Africa also tend to see their relationship with the U.S. as improving. More than…