State of the Economy: We need to have an evidence based financial model that gives projections and tells us how long we might take to recover: Darmi Jattani

HAPPENING NOW: Launch of the Macro Policy Study "And Then Floods...The document provides a critical assessment of IMF conditionality on Kenya, 2021 - present.

𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 !!🚨 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬: What KShs. 117 Billion in Underfunding Means for Kenya's Public Education Read More>>ieakenya.or.ke/blog/broken-pr…

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘉𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥.

Folks, I will not hold hostage congratulations to Harambee Stars after the win today. However, if I was to make fiscal policy decisions, I would weigh whether pledging Ksh. 600M to motivate team to win the tournament, beats building classes for 15 high schools.

Silence is the answer to people who no longer deserve your words.

Stay silent. Not everything needs to be said.

Having nothing to prove is the strongest kind of power.

After a long hiatus, Darmi Jattani and I wrote this timely exposé on how Kenya’s electoral politics distort and weaponize public finance a pattern that echoes across much of Africa. Thank you Nic Cheeseman of Democracy in Africa for publishing this piece. 🔗democracyinafrica.org/from-the-ballo…

✍️Mark a star🌟in your calendar! Is basic education 📚unaffordable or is it a question of government priorities? #EducationBudgetKE 📢Join us on Friday, 8th August at 11 AM for a timely discussion: "Is the Debate on Basic Education About Sustainability or the Cost of

buff.ly/IjmPAgv From the Ballot to the Budget: How Kenyan Politicians Co-Opt Public Resources for Elections. By Darmi Jattani (Darmi Jattani), an economist; and Oscar Ochieng (Oscar Ochieng), a communication specialist.

"From skeletal hospital frames to weed-choked stadiums, Kenya’s landscape is littered with stalled projects which represent billions of taxpayers’ shillings tied up in incomplete initiatives, says Jairus Omenda & Oscar Ochieng #StalledProjectsKE #StopWhiteElephants Read here:

In this blogpost, Jairus Omenda and Oscar Ochieng argue that Kenyans must demand feasibility studies, strict oversight & value-for-money before a single shilling is spent. Otherwise, stalled projects will keep exposing poor planning, inefficiency & wastage. #StopWhiteElephants

"#Benin went from one of the most successful democracies in Africa to one of the most significant cases of democratic decline. ... [it] serves as a cautionary tale of how democracy can be undermined even when it appears consolidated." democracyinafrica.org/democracy-on-t… Democracy in Africa

Today, 11 Sept, IEA Kenya hosted its 2nd ladies-only youth workshop to hear perspectives & gauge literacy in policy, evidence & processes. Participants came from diverse groups & sectors such as Economics Students Association of Kenya ,Law school, & early career youths from government agencies.