The Global Economy

Send this article to Twitter!What a pathetic performance by Stephen Sarkur of hardtalk. I’m glad Uhuru Kenyatta corrected him when he said the following: “that the greatest violence was perpetrated by the Mungiki militia”! WTF? half a million Kikuyu’s were displaced from their homes in two days and this idiot Sarkur (or whatever the...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve had long arguments with my friends about the role of corruption in propping up many wealthy business owners in Kenya. Some of my friends believe that they are many successful business people in Kenya who I’m just not willing to give credit for who have achieved their wealth through...
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Send this article to Twitter!Well, Kimunya did himself in. He really did. He got cocky and he didn’t think he’d get caught. I don’t understand why he would even attempt to do something like this at a time when 50% of the country is still pissed off about the election results and then, not...
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Send this article to Twitter!Here is Raila Odinga calling for the resignation of the following people: The minister of finance, the CBK governor and the head of Kenya’s Intelligence unit, the NSIS. Um….Does anyone honestly believe that Kibaki is going to fire some of the most powerful men in the country? and even if...
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Send this article to Twitter!What can I say? The Grand Regency Larceny hotel has been sold for 2 Billion shillings and Orengo was caught unawares. Poor Orengo. Did he actually believe the grand coalition illusion was real? (Did Ghosts buy this hotel?) Like I’ve said before, Kibaki is now a dictator and at the...
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Send this article to Twitter! I’ve been thinking about this whole outsourcing issue again (why am I so obsessed with this issue of outsourcing?). Anyway, I was thinking about this issue because for the past two weeks, I have been trying to work on this website and I got stuck. There were some things...
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Send this article to Twitter! I was reading an interesting story today in the NYT about Japanese fears that it is no longer churning out enough engineers and this will become a problem if it hopes to remain an advanced nation. Apparently, young Japanese who’ve grown up in a wealthy country, no longer feel...
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Send this article to Twitter! There’s an interesting article in the Standard about call centres coming to Kenya. I guess this cable line has everyone excited about outsourcing opportunities.  If you are based in America, you’ve pretty much dealt with call centres in India and I know of very few people who are impressed by them...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve been thinking about doing this for awhile and now that the political stuff seems to be dying down, I’d like to invite people to contribute articles on this forum.  So, if you think you have something interesting to say, particularly about business or entrepreneurship in Kenya {or anywhere else}...
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