Blogs By Author : Oscar Ochieng

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Kenya’s Hunger Regression: What Kenya’s New Global Hunger Index Ranking Really Means

Tue, Nov 11, 2025 | 6:11 pm
Kenya is slowly sliding back into poverty levels last seen in the early 2000s. According to KNBS, the national poverty rate rose ...

How Kenya’s Legislature Undermines Its Own Oversight Role and Public Trust

Tue, Oct 7, 2025 | 11:52 am
In mid-August 2025, President William Ruto accused Parliament of corruption, alleging that committees routinely accept bribes to pass bills and influence the ...

Wasted Billions: Kenya’s Stalled Projects Expose Deep Flaws in Budget Planning and Execution

Wed, Aug 20, 2025 | 4:04 pm
Kenya is facing a mounting crisis of stalled and delayed public projects, with far-reaching consequences for the economy and public trust. From ...

Broken Promises, Strained Schools: What KShs. 117 Billion in Underfunding Means for Kenya’s Public Education

Wed, Jul 23, 2025 | 12:11 pm
They say that education is an equal opportunity to people to show how unequal they are. This maxim aligns well with the ...

Malaria Undermines Economic Growth and Traps House-holds in a Cycle of Poverty

Tue, May 30, 2023 | 3:51 pm
The annual celebration of World Malaria Day on April 25 serves as a reminder that thousands of people die each year from ...

Economics of Climate Change in Kenya: Evidence from Sectoral Studies

Tue, May 16, 2023 | 11:21 am
The year 2020 was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed the lives of more than 6 million people ...

Is Kenya’s Higher Education Funding Model Locking Out Some Learners?

Wed, Jan 26, 2022 | 11:23 am
The financing of higher education in Kenya plays a crucial role in equipping the fast-growing labour force with advanced skills needed to ...

Can People Afford to Pay Out of Pocket for Health Care in Kenya?

Thu, Jul 15, 2021 | 1:16 pm
Anyone who lives in constant worry of what would happen to them if they get ill, of whether they will be able ...

Is Education Technology the great equalizer? Lessons from Kenya

Wed, Apr 21, 2021 | 4:56 pm
In early 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic plunged the world into an unprecedented education crisis that left 1.6 billion learners out of the classroom, ...