Jaindi Kisero

2 days ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Jaindi Kisero

For me; what the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has done by investing in the Nairobi- Mau-Summit Road is an example of bold ambition. Today; following the implementation of the higher contribution rates under the controversial NSSF of 2013; the fund is collecting close to Sh6 billion a month. I ask? Where is the fund going to invest all this money if it does not start looking for bankable investment opportunities in alternative asset classes?

3 days ago | nation.africa | Jaindi Kisero

Here are a few excerpts from the speech by President William Ruto during the Madaraka Day celebration in Homa Bay: “I speak with conviction that our country is firmly on the path to stability and progress. We have weathered turbulent times, navigated serious challenges and through courageous policy decisions, stabilised our economy.” As a society, we are surely suffering from an acute bout of low ambition.

1 week ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Jaindi Kisero

Eight months into implementation of the Social Health Insurance Fund, popularly known as Shif, opinion remains divided on whether the new system is providing better access to healthcare for citizens who have all along been uninsured. On Tuesday, there were heated exchanges on the floor of the Senate about the progress and status of the implementation of the programme and whether it was working well.

2 weeks ago | businessdailyafrica.com | Jaindi Kisero

I have been a supporter of devolution since the advent of the system in 2010. But we are at a point we must squarely look into the mirror and accept that what is reflected there is not what the framers of the public finance chapter on the 2010 constitution had hoped to achieve.

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Jaindi Kisero

How does a sugar factory that has hardly been in operation for two years qualify to be selected to run Muhoroni, which has been milling sugar since 1966? Little-known West Valley factory, owned by a Mr Ben Soi, was commissioned as recently as October 2023. And in terms of capacity, it is licensed to crush only 1,250 tonnes of sugar cane per day, slightly over half of Muhoroni’s capacity of 2,200 per day. In terms of area under cane, excluding the out-grower zones, Muhoroni is at 1,393 hectares.