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How Jomo created much needed skills from scratch Wednesday July 28 2021 President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta cuts a tape to officially open Uchumi House on Aga Khan Walk on July 27, 1973. FILE PHOTO | NMG By GEORGE WACHIRA Summary A nation without a good balance of critical skills at diploma and graduate levels can neither effectively compete with the rest of the world nor meet its basic socioeconomic needs. Jubilee government has been rebalancing its TVET and university education, having lost capacity...

How Jomo moved to Africanise commerce in 1960s Wednesday May 19 2021 The Asian exit was as a result of Jomo’s policy to swiftly Africanise commerce across Kenya. The policy may not have been anchored on any explicit law or regulation, but trade licensing officers clearly understood their responsibility to use “discretion” to decide who to license. President Kenyatta had made a significant political statement that moneyed Asians should leave distribution and retail to Africans and move to...