Listen Digital Literacy Programme The Government of Kenya is exploring different plans including private sector partnerships to scale up the rollout of ambitious Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) in schools. The programme which is aimed at equipping learners with modern day skills in technology at an early stage has so far seen 22,891 public primary schools […]
Listen Background The Ministry of Education is responsible for the Government’s national policies and programmes that help Kenyans access quality and affordable education at school, post-school, higher education and academic research institutions. The Ministry derives its mandate from the Constitution of Kenya, Chapter Four, Articles 43, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 59, with provisions […]
Listen Kenya, with a population of 47.56 million (2019 Census), covers 580,367 square kilometers of land. It borders the Indian Ocean and Somalia in the east, Ethiopia and South Sudan in the north, Uganda in the west and Tanzania in the south. It is the home of the picturesque Rift Valley geographical formation, but more […]
Listen The Judiciary and the court system are the guardians of the Constitution. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land and it is the responsibility of the Judiciary, through the courts and tribunals, to interpret and apply the Constitution and the laws of the land in a manner that promotes economic development and […]
Listen Introduction The Government’s key organ for formulation and implementation of policies for the co-operatives sector is the State Department of Co-operatives in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operatives. This is as per the Revised Executive Order No. 1 of June 2020, that saw the transfer of the Department to the Ministry of […]
Listen Introduction The National Agribusiness Strategy 2012 defines agribusiness as ‘a sector that comprises all businesses involved in agriculture production – including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agriculture production, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing and retail sales’, (Government of Kenya, 2012). The sector is considered to have huge potential and has […]
Listen Introduction The overall responsibility for policy development, implementation and management of Kenya’s forests and environment belongs to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, created via Executive Order No.1 of 2018. The Ministry’s mandate includes the following: i. National Environment Policy and Management; ii. Forestry Development Policy and Management; iii. Development of re-afforestation and agro-forestry; […]
Listen The 2010 Constitution created a devolved system of government whose aim was to decentralise political and economic power and increase access to services across Kenya. Devolution is enshrined in Chapter 11 of the Constitution. It provides for the establishment of 47 counties, each with its own government headed by a governor as spelt out […]
Listen Kisumu is not only the historical hub of East African Co-operation; it is also the intellectual incubator of some of the leading ideas behind our liberation movement. The national motto of “Harambee”, even though an import from India, was, for instance, introduced as a political rallying call in Kisumu City during the 1950s. After […]
Listen This edition has been produced in the most unprecedented time. The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that hit the world as the year 2020 started did not spare Kenya. Its full impact on the country may only emerge in the next edition. But Kenyans are hurting since many of them have lost livelihoods as a […]