Jaindi Kisero
Managing Editor - Investigations & Economic Affairs
KISERO: NHIF should be more accountable
The government has stopped paying medical allowance to civil servants and teachers. ...
KISERO: Githae has a highly daunting task
In my long career as a business journalist and regular commentator on economic issues, I have seen many Finance ministers come and go....
KISERO:Resentment against Somalis fed by myths
We will not admit it publicly. But this country is gripped by a new wave of resentment of the Kenyan Somali....
KISERO: Govt shenanigans at the cement firm
We have our own version of Occupy Wall Street at East African Portland Cement Company. ...
KISERO: Holding the Finance Bill hostage defeatist
With Parliament having gone on recess before passing the Finance Bill, pundits were predicting the situation would plunge government financial...
KISERO: Without a privatisation commission, there can be little foreign investment
The government’s privatisation programme is completely stuck. We have not...
KISERO: High interest rates will stifle growth
These are the times when the National Economic Council should come in should come in, take leadership, and guide us through the current interest...
KISERO: We face a transition like Zambia’s
In October last year, I visited Lusaka in Zambia to gather information on a story about the privatisation of the energy sector in sub-Saharan...
KISERO: Doing away with exemptions, zero-rating
Ask me what the acronym VAT stands for and I will not hesitate in telling you that it means “Very Annoying Tax”....
KISERO: Boardroom battle is power politics
The boardroom tiff at the jewel in the crown of Kenya’s motor industry, the CMC Group, which is a listed company, is stirring stuff....
KISERO: We engaged in too much consumption
Delegates from the International Monetary Fund are still in town holding discussions with the government....
KISERO: Insurance for civil servants fraught with danger
The government should cancel and rethink plans to create a medical scheme for civil servants....
KISERO: Why minister has sent the right signals
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance emerges after a three hour meeting to announce what is so far the strongest pitch for the...
KISERO: For state of shilling, austerity needed
The financial markets are in a state of panic. The instability of the shilling has nothing to do with some conspiracy theory. ...
KISERO: With our policy, expect more strikes
The strike by doctors has not been called off after all. And, it is still too early to tell how negotiations for higher salaries between the...
KISERO: We need to get to the root of our problems
The statement last Thursday by President Kibaki about the government taking steps to stabilise the shilling was very timely....
KISERO: Shore up dwindling Kenya shilling!
The shilling has gone haywire. I am not worried about the level of the shilling per se but its volatility....
KISERO: Flood market with dollars to save shilling
The shilling is badly undervalued. I do not want to shout fire in a crowded theatre. ...
KISERO: Unplanned ‘informalisation’ to blame for the disasters that are urban slums
Oil is a dangerous business, perhaps more so to life and limb — more prone to fatalities — than nuclear power. ...
KISERO: Stop postponing difficult decisions
This devolution thing is evolving into a veritable Tower of Babel. Clearly, part of the problem is that we did not cater for a transitional...
KISERO: Lumumba is gone, why not give job to Githongo?
The hypocrisy displayed by MPs last Thursday was sickening. Prof Patrick Lumumba’s most strident critics on the floor of the House were facing...
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