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Wainaina Wambu |
February 2nd 2021 at 13:09:08 GMT +0300
CS Ukur Yatani (R) presents a report to Dr Rose Ngugi, the executive director Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (PHOTO: Jonah Onyango)
A new report has ranked the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra) the second-best think tank in sub-Saharan Africa.
The African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (Accord), based in South Africa, was ranked top.
The ranking was done by the Global Go-To Think Tank Index Report 2020, an annual document by the Think Tank and Civil Societies Programme of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. The index is meant to raise the profile and performance of think tanks, as well as the role they play in public awareness.
Rishi Sunak sees Brexit as the chance for a new boom (Image: PARLIAMENT.TV)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has hailed Brexit as an opportunity for the City of London to bolster its reputation as a global trading hub by dumping EU red tape.
The Conservative Minister is hoping for a Big Bang 2.0 , emulating the success of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s when deregulation led to a new boom for financial services.
Speaking to City AM, the Chancellor added: If you look at the history of the City stretching even further back than that, it has always constantly innovated, adapted and evolved to changing circumstances and thrived and prospered as a result.
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The Government s plans for self-employed workers in the UK led to fierce debate as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the economy. The Self Employed Support Scheme (SEISS) has been the subject of criticism, directed at Chancellor Rishi Sunak, as rules have resulted in millions being excluded from the support measure. The fourth SEISS grant has already been announced and will cover the period from February until April 2021 – following three extensions since April 2020. However, details surrounding how much the grant will cover remai
THE STANDARD By
Dominic Omondi |
January 29th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Well-wishers distributing food donations for the vulnerable communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic at Kuwinda slums, Karen, Nairobi. [Courtesy, Standard]
Kenya posted back-to-back negative growth in the second and third quarters. The latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) showed that the economy contracted by 1.1 per cent between July and September 2020.
This, however, was a slightly better performance than the previous quarter (April-June) when it shrunk by a revised 5.5 per cent. In the third quarter of 2019, the economy grew by 5.8 per cent.
The numbers have come months late, owing to coronavirus disruptions, according to KNBS.
The Norfolk and Norwich Christian community website Opinion column A growing realisation of our need for God’s grace James Knight offers an explanation as to why the apostle Paul is often so self-deprecating when describing his own sinfulness. Recently I made a profound discovery about St. Paul that I thought worth sharing. Unless we carefully consider the dates in his timeline, it’s a profound observation that could be easily missed. But before we get to that, a more general observation is that the usual way to think of progression in our walk with Christ is to presume we start at a certain point in our life and get better as our journey progresses. In one sense this is true, and it should always be strived for. But there s something paradoxical about progress in that the better and wiser we become, the more we understand how short we fall and how much further we have to go.