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Kenyans on Twitter (#KOT) – a fraternity not to be messed with on global social media – recently took on the IMF following the announcement that the Fund had approved another US$2.34 billion facility for the Kenyan government. The loan is intended to mitigate the fiscal crunch that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. #KOT’s concern was that the current ruling elite is so corrupt that not only have they stolen and misspent what they had previously borrowed, leading to a public debt portfolio of US$70 billion and rising, they will steal and misspend this new amount as well. The...

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Ken Ugbechie He likens himself to an orphan and only child. Not in the classical sense of having no parents and siblings, but on account of his independent-mindedness, the fate of having always to walk alone, act as his own adviser and being the first to take a leap, a trait that has set him apart as Africa’s foremost serial pioneer digital entrepreneur. He’s our modern day Prometheus. In Greek mythology, Prometheus, a Titan, was credited with innovation and creative abilities. He’s the forerunner of contemporary innovators and disruptors. His Olympian far-sightedness, skill an...

Thursday 4th February, 2021 The national flag is fluttering majestically and grand preparations have been made for today’s celebrations to mark the day when the British retroceded this land to its rightful owners. Patriotic excitement has reached fever-pitch. Newspapers traditionally strike a positive note in their editorial comments on a day like this, but why should depressing political, economic and social realities be ignored? Sri Lankans are known for celebrating what they lack; they are celebrating Independence today. Their leaders, who never miss an opportunity to wrap themselves in ...

IN his memoir, From Third World to First, The Singapore Story 1965-2000, Lee Kuan Yew said that before he retired in 1990, he wanted to clear the decks for his successor Goh Chok Tong. One sticky matter was the KTM railway line and land in Singapore. Singapore wanted to move the joint Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) checkpoint from where the KTM railway line ended in Tanjong Pagar at the southern tip of the island to Woodlands in the north and close to the Johor-Singapore Causeway. Singapore’s rationale for wanting to move the CIQ to Woodlands was for security reasons, it said, cl...