THE STANDARD By
Daniel Wesangula |
January 10th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The old steam locomotive train [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]
One does not have to look far to spot the scars of our colonial legacy that dot the land.
There are reminders at every corner: from the names of our children and our streets; the foreign domination at the Nairobi Securities Exchange; the erosion of our culture and our infatuation with all things foreign.
More than a century after the nation found itself under the calloused thumb of the British Empire, we are still struggling to step out of the long shadow of colonialism.
Tenants Demands Pose Challenges for Nairobi Landlords - Report
A housing estate under construction.
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Nairobi landlords and developers have shifted focus from building houses containing wide rooms and more spaces as the demand for houses increases, land space diminishes and the cost of living rises. Land rates also rose between 2009 and 2020.
A report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) 2020 detailed that Nairobi houses are becoming smaller as landlords rush to attract tenants.
The developers target low-income earners who are flooding the city to make ends meet and also raising the population of the county. Most of those who afforded two-bedroom houses and above were also hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Postgraduate enrollment growth falls to decades low
Thursday January 07 2021
By JOHN MUTUA
Summary
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that the number of students pursuing Masters and PhD courses in the year to June last year grew by 1.5 percent to 44,657 from 43,988 in 2019.
This is the slowest increase of postgraduate students in a decade and comes at a time companies have frozen promotions and hirings due to the economic ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, dimming the motivation for workers to pursue Masters and PhDs.
PhDs and Masters degrees are viewed by many as a ticket for promotion at the workplace and getting a job, pushing the enrollment numbers in recent years.