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    Pending bills: How government debt is strangling local businesses

    For small businesses that borrow to fulfil public contracts, unpaid invoices can become a trap....

    George Wambugu
    October 28, 2026
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    • In Perspective

    From Pipeline to Progress: What Kenya’s PPP strategy must deliver

    Kenya’s ambition is strong. The next step is delivering reliable public services and an economy that works for all Kenyans....

    George Wambugu
    October 26, 2026
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    • Economy
    • In Perspective

    Counties owe billions; who is paying the price?

    Pending bills, whether at the County or National level, are not only a cash-flow issue but an economic-governance problem....

    George Wambugu
    October 21, 2026
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    • In Perspective

    Can the courts still be where Kenya goes when trust breaks down?

    Our argument is that Kenya's courts are doing better at the work they control and worse at the work that decides whether people trust them....

    George Wambugu
    October 14, 2026
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    • In Perspective
    • Politics

    Networks, Not Rallies: Inside Kindiki’s bid to rebuild Mt Kenya

    Deputy President Kindiki's recent tour of Mt Kenya is not simply a sequence of development inspections and public meetings....

    George Wambugu
    September 29, 2026
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    • Business
    • In Perspective

    Diageo to Asahi: When global companies change hands, what changes for Kenya?

    What happens to local sourcing contracts, distributor relationships, and retail competition under Asahi that has no prior African operations?...

    George Wambugu
    September 23, 2026
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    • Economy

    Ruto’s Economy At Four: Who actually won?

    An economy does not distribute its gains equally simply because government announces an ambitious programme....

    George Wambugu
    September 15, 2026
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    • Economy

    Why four years of economic stabilisation have left the household behind

    Governments write policy for economies. They are elected by households. That is the gap the Ruto administration had four years to close....

    George Wambugu
    September 15, 2026
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    • Sports

    Ninth in the world, one field in Nairobi: Kenya’s Baseball5 paradox

    Baseball5 offers Kenya a rare opportunity because the sport is cheap to start, easy to take into schools and naturally suited to urban and underserved communities....

    George Wambugu
    August 24, 2026
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    • In Perspective

    The new Kenyan middle class is not what we think

    Emerging middle-class mindset is shifting from status preservation to financial sustainability, prioritising long-term stability over visible consumption....

    George Wambugu
    August 17, 2026
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