Prime Time Thoughts

One year later, Jubilee on the right track? Today marks the first anniversary of the Jubilee government tenure in office since the repeat polls in October 26, 2017. The goverment led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto was elected after the first poll was cancelled by Kenya's Supreme Court citing irregularities, and ordered a new one within 60 days. The election commission had declared incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta the winner by a margin of 1.4 million votes. Raila Odinga, Uhuru's opponent, said the commission was "rotten and demanded their resignation. President Uhuru would later in October clinch the seat with  7,483,895 votes out of the 7,616,217 valid votes cast. The Opposition however did not take part in the repeat poll as NASA supporters barred IEBC officials from delivering voting material and engaged police in running battles. Raila had pulled out of the race two weeks before the election saying it would be skewed like the first poll. He fur

It is  not news anymore to see Chinese nationals across our TV channels for one reason or another. From building and construction, cheap products like phones, fish, rice and at times illegal businesses, the Chinese have taken over, or are about to take over most business ventures in our country, a move that is irking many Kenyans. However it could be that the good lord is making provision for his Kenyan people after more than 5 years of prayers and fasting by his servants. Aid In  March this year, the Chinese government extended a Sh50 million grant to Kenya to help provide relief to families affected by floods. This was after floods left thousands of people displaced mostly in Kilifi and Tana River counties. Matters finance, statistics indicate that Kenya has received soft loans and grants worth billions of dollars from China since the country gained independence five and a half decades ago. These are the resources that the Jubilee government is using to roll out developme

It is not every day that you see a President walk away from reading a formal speech prepared for him. But today President Uhuru Kenyatta has left many shocked after he blatantly refused to read a speech prepared for the Small Medium Enterprises Roundtable meeting at Strathmore University. Uhuru went further to admit that it is a disappointment by his government to  fail to make things better for the SME sector that had been important in the creation of employment for Kenyans. "Wacha nisijiabishe hapa kusoma maneno ambayo ni story pekee yake, (Let me not read the speech that is full of stories)," Uhuru told the attendees. In his casual speech, the President  went on to put various leaders on their toes on matters delivery to Kenyans. He started with Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko who was ordered to clean the Gikomba market a project that the President promised to personally inspect the rehabilitation project where sh500 million will be spent. "Sonko, ukikubali utoke hapa u