Blogs By Author : Fiona Okadia

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Empowering Women: The Envisioned Approach in the 2024/25 National Program-Based Budget Estimates

Tue, Jun 4, 2024 | 5:02 pm
The National Treasury has published the latest national edition of Program-Based Budget estimates for 2024/25. My reading of the document suggests that ...

Finance Bill 2024 Landscape: Kenya’s Alcoholic Industry

Wed, May 29, 2024 | 2:55 pm
Introduction Conditional on the passage of the Finance Bill 2024, a 750 ml bottle of 37% alcohol by volume of a popular ...

The Rise in Nairobi Expressway Toll Fees: The Fast Lane Costs More than Projected.

Mon, May 13, 2024 | 11:34 am
In a Public-public-private partnership, the private partner typically assumes many responsibilities throughout the project life cycle. In a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model, the ...

Potential Benefits and Risks of Inter-Sacco Lending Rate

Tue, Apr 2, 2024 | 11:18 am
Introduction In February 2023, the Kenyan government announced its intention to establish a framework that will enable Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies ...

Increasing Enrolment in Kenya’s Social Health Insurance: How Best It Can Be Done

Tue, Mar 26, 2024 | 2:24 pm
While Kenya has long implemented the NHIF (National Hospital Insurance Fund) whose core mandate is to provide medical insurance coverage to all ...

The Importance of Timely Implementing Public Policies: The Case of NSSF Act

Mon, Feb 26, 2024 | 1:49 pm
Introduction Public policies are formulated to achieve specific societal outcomes, and when their implementation is delayed or falls short, it can lead ...

NSSF Act 2013, Third Schedule: Ambiguity, Interpretation Challenges and Implications for Implementation

Tue, Jan 23, 2024 | 9:29 am
Background The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was established in Kenya in 1965 under the National Social Security Fund Act (Cap 258). ...

Investigating a More Efficient and Affordable Mechanism for Distributing Food Subsidies in Kenya

Thu, Apr 20, 2023 | 5:03 pm
Despite the government's stance on refraining from additional subsidies, its recent efforts to ensure the accessibility and affordability of food to its ...

What Effects Will Follow the Adoption of the National Social Security Fund 2013?

Thu, Feb 23, 2023 | 2:52 pm
Introduction The Economic Survey 2022, page 413 states that pensions, social security and individual savings are ways through which workers achieve retirement ...