Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, John Mbadi, the Governor of the Central Bank, Kamau Thugge, and senior Treasury officials, during a consultation meeting with the IMF in Nairobi.Kenya has in the recent past witnessed absolute increase in the growth of the economy but emerging fiscal pressures, coupled with a growing national public debt places a serious test on its capability to sustain social harmony and economic stability.And in pursuit of recovery from economic shocks arising from external and internal economic factors the country faces enormous challenges of balancing efforts towards economic recovery while maintaining social stability…
Author: by LAMECK ODHIAMBO
Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi flags off materials for installation of the major rural electrification projects in Kitui South and East Sub-Counties.Kenya Vision 2030, Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) and the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) all conform to the call for a universal access to reasonably priced, dependable and sustainable energy by 2030.This broad-based Agenda imbues well with Kenya’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 and the Paris Agreement established in 2015 on global climate change aiming to limit global warming to below 2° Celsius.Generally, this conformation restricts use of Petroleum, diesel and wood fuel as…