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3% Tax on turnover is a terrible idea.

A tax on Turnover is a tax on investments. One of my favorite computer games is CitiesXXL, a strategy game in which one builds cities from scratch. The challenge of the game is that you have to grow the city, all the while maintaining a balance ...

Dear Oprah, Please run for POTUS

Oprah Winfrey is the one Dem that can unify them all I am an ardent follower of US politics and current affairs because I am not as invested in the US as I am in Kenyans politics. You see, the more invested I am in the ...

To vote or not… that is not the question.

Chances are reasonably high that I will vote in Kenya's general election this year. In all other elections at which I cast my ballot, there has never been doubt that I would go to the polls bright and early, enthusiastically queue in the hot sun and ...

How many ICU Beds do we have in Kenya?

Over the last couple days, (well, mostly yesterday) I took up the effort of trying to find out just how many ICU Beds we have in Kenya. The findings so far were discouraging: Kenyatta National Hospital (top referral hospital in East Africa) ...

I object: Government cannot regulate politics at parties.

Today, I saw this permit that is required when one wants to host a party during this festive season. I think its a good thing that the government through Nacada has moved to regulate recklessness during this festive season and after and of that I ...

New VAT Law bring savings into my home!

The VAT Act became law in Kenya and was implemented in the past two weeks. With it, came an increase in a number of daily necessities that have seen major changes in my house. These commodities include Milk and Newspapers (among several others) I have not ...

I am worried.

I am worried. What is worse, is that my worries are non-specific, nagging and lurking at the back of my mind constantly as I go through my day. On the face of it, I have every reason to be optimistic - we have a new ...

Elections are over. Moving on, nervously.

This blog has been silent this past few weeks. And in that time, I have been more than a little listless, I couldn't get to work for hours at a time because I was distractedly spending much of my time on social media, where I ...