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The Point
IEA-Kenya has taken upon itself to stir up debate and facilitate public forums in different regions in the country to discuss selected chapters of the Proposed Constitution. The chosen sections are the chapters addressing Devolved Government, Public Finance and Commissions and Independent Offices. These are areas in which the IEA has built a comparative experience through its work.
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Public Sector Wages Policy Issue no 60, June, 2006
Periodic reviews of the public sector reveal that more than 70% of all expenditutes typically goes towards recurrent expenditures during every financial year. Further decomposition of the current expenditures also show that the proposion of funds spent on payment of wages and salaries is the single largest item in the budget. In spite of this, there are disparities in the remuneration of workers in the public service. All these point to the need for a consolidated public sector remuneration policy.
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The Point 59 - What Next For Kenyas Local Authorities
One of the major issues in governance in Kenya is demonstrated in the fact that citizens continue to demand the devolution of power and resources to local units. However close scrutiny of the management and performance of existing local authorities shows that most local authorities in Kenya are not only poorly managed but are also close to financial insolvency.
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The Point 58 - Counting The Cost And Benefits Of Kenya’s Petroleum Refinery
Until 1971, the petroleum refinery in Kenya was run wholly by the private sector. Thereafter the government embarked on a partnership arrangement with some private sector Petroleum Marketing Corporations. Changes in policy over time have led to the need to review both the degree of public sector involvement in the management, ownership or control of assets in this industry.
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The Point 57 - Developing A Home Grown Social Protection System
Despite the deep and growing levels of poverty in Kenya, the country lacks a well designed social protection system. The Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) contemplates substantial reforms to both the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
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The Point 56 - Reviewing the Electric Power Supply and Tariff Policy
Kenya’s economic recovery is predicted on the ability of the private sector to generate goods for export. This calls not only for the provision of expensive and reliable supply of electricity but also for improved economic performance all round to facilitate he increased use of electric energy. The industry’s background shows that liberalization has not ensured the expected goals.
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The Point 55 - Policy Priorities Towards Kenyas Economic Recovery
Since the introduction of multi-party politics in Kenya, the national elections have been characterized by deep anxiety. However, the elections held at the end of 2002 were especially tension prone because of the impending retirement of the incumbent president and the on-going constitutional review process.
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The Point 54 - Pertinent Issues in the Regulation of MFIs in Kenya
Micro-credit and micro-finance institutions have existed in Kenya since the early 1980s. In all this time, they have provided crucial credit facilities to Kenyans in urban and rural areas without distinct legal recognition. In spite of the lack of a comprehensive policy and legal provision, they have grown considerably in number and relative sizes and exist in most of the country.
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The Point 53 - Regulating Competition in Kenya’s Beverages Industry
Public attention towards the bottled beverages sector was recently raised by the announced alliance between Castle Brewing Company (Kenya) and the East African Breweries Ltd. The Institute of Economic Affairs held a public forum on the 5th June 2002 to facilitate policy discussions on the implications of the observed consolidation within the bottled beverages industry generally.
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The Point 52 - Stock Taking For Kenyas Equity Markets
The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) has been a prominent facility within Kenya’s capital market infrastructure since financial sector liberalisation commenced in 1993. In order to review the performance and regulatory challenges facing the NSE and the Capital Markets Authority, the Institute of Economic Affairs held a public forum on the 29th February 2002.
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The Point 51 - Charting the Future for Kenyas Retirement Benefits Industry
Reforms within the retirement benefits and pension industry in Kenya began with the enactment of the Retirement Benefits Act (1997) that established the Retirement Benefit Authority (RBA). Since then, the industry regulations were gazetted to come into effect in October 2001. Many policy arguments have arisen in respect of the compliance with the regulations.
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The Point 50 - Intensifying Livestock Production in Kenyas ASALs
For quite a long time, the significance and the contribution of Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands in the overall contribution to agricultural GDP has not been clear to all Kenyans. For this reason, the livestock sub-sector and pastoralism has appeared to have a comparatively low profile within the national agricultural policy.
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The Point 49 - Policy Concerns in the Liberalised Dairy Sub-Sector
Liberalisation in the dairy sub-sector commenced with the lifting of price controls and introduction of competition to the Kenya Co-operative Creameries Limited in 1992. Since then, the industry has developed two distinct channels for delivery of products to consumers.
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The Point 48 - Considering Kenyas Intellectual Property Policy After TRIPS
Intellectual property matters have always had a low public profile in Kenya. The treaty on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) has led to a rise in debates about the proper place of intellectual property within the overall industrial and development policy of developing countries generally and Kenya in particular.
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The Point 47 - Telecommunications Sector In the Grip of a Monopoly
Kenya telecommunications sector has seen some progress following the commencement of liberalisation in 1999. Evidence of such progress could be seen in the fact that the new regulatory structure is in place and that a second mobile telephone services provided is in the market.
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The Point 46 - Shifting the Receivership Process Towards Business Recovery
In recent times, business people and the public in Kenya have paid attention to the matter of corporate growth and the insolvency laws. This may have resulted from the sustained economic crisis that has affected a greater number of businesses.
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The Point 45 - Developing the Frontiers of Kenyas Competition Law and Policy
The development of competition law and policy has become a policy boom area internationally on account of economic integration and increased trade. Kenya’s competition law, the Restrictive Trade Practices, Monopolies and Price Control Act has governed Kenya’s competitive sphere since enactment in 1989.
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The Point 44 - Petroleum Sub-Sector-Debating the Appropriate Policy Framework
While real reforms in the petroleum sub-sector commenced in 1994, the legislative frameworks needed to complement those substantive reforms were delayed. While those legislative reforms are necessary to complement the shifts towards progressive policies, the situation was not complicated when the public realized that despite the fact that the government had lined up a bill (The Petroleum Bill, 2000), Hon. Ojode presented an alternative bill.
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The Point 43 - Economic Imperatives in the Context of Political Transition
Kenya faces formidable economic and political challenges in the year 2001. This is because the foregone year was marked with a convergence of crises that seriously undermined economic performance.
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The Point 42 - Moderating the Interest Rates Spread
The real interest rate spread in Kenya is among the highest in the world. This state of affairs is more worrisome because the banking industry has undergone substantial liberalisation. In September this year, Hon. Joe Donde forwarded a bill seeking to control interest rates thereby reversing aspects of the liberalisation.
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The Point 41 - Petroleum Industry Since Liberalization
The shortage in petroleum products that were common before the period of price decontrols are now non-existent. However, the other critical factor of the reductions in prices has not been forthcoming. In addition, the liberalization process itself is incomplete leaving the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) as both a national regulator and active participant in the market.
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The Point 40 - Reassessing Kenyas Land Reform
Recently, land reform issues have gained prominence together with much controversy. Events in places such as Zimbabwe led Kenyans to re-examine more closely land reform and the institutions involved in the matter in Kenya.
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The Point 39 - Power Crisis Beyond Blame and Plunder
While the meteorological department had published forecasts that Kenya would experience drought in the years 1999 and 2000, it was never anticipated that the effects would include a severe and almost crippling electric power shortage.
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The Point 38 - From Lome IV to Cotonou
The beginning of the year 2000 marked an anxious period for Kenya and some other 30 African Caribbean and Pacific countries that have been the beneficiaries of trade concessions from the European Union. Following the lapse of the first treaty, these countries have had the EU to commit itself to an eight year transition period before the treaty is renegotiated.
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The Point 37 - Corruption In Kenya
The pervasive and distortionary nature of corruption in Kenya is an acknowledged fact. Whereas privately transacted, corrupt practices engender costs that are borne by the whole society.
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The Point 36 - The Coffee Industry In Kenya
For most of the last decade, the coffee industry in Kenya has been under great stress. Ranging from a decline in production and prices to incessant internecine conflict within co-operative societies, the sector has been a victim of both demand and supply side constraints.
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The Point 35 - Restarting And Sustaining Growth In Kenya
In January this year, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR), Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and MA Consulting organised a major national conference to discuss the issues and challenges of restarting growth in Kenya.
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