My journey into corporate governance started with my appointment to Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company several years ago, it has been a great experience overseeing many changes and learning a lot.

Looking forward to my first Board meeting as the Deputy Chair.

The central message from the WB should not be to focus on the revenue side, as that squeezes firms and undermines investment.

Rather it should focus on modern industrial policy with export orientation to build productive capacity & widen the tax base.

The budget under debate in Parliament has some big cuts. For example,
1. Free primary education cut by 21%,
2. Special education -cut by 35%
3. School feeding programme- defunded,
3. Free day secondary cut by 5%,
4. University education cut by 22%. treasury.go.ke/wp-content/upl…

This took me 3 months to research and write, full time. If I'd get such time again I would write on what it feels to be at the bottom of global supply chains. When EU coughs (regulations) and everyone scatters to meet them. Plus how we contort ourselves + farming in the process

From hawker to visual artist - the journey of Nyerere michael

the-star.co.ke/sasa/lifestyle…

Starting tomorrow through Friday,the National Assembly will hold public participation forums across 20 counties. Turn up and ask MPs to make decisions informed by what you want.
NB: Ask your MP for the exact venues of the meeting because none has been publicly shared.

In flight reading (seems to be the only place where I read books nowadays 🫤).

We need a strong a) Optical Fibre link, b) Electricity High Voltage Transmission Line, c) Railway Line and d) Highway connecting a port city in Kenya and a port city in Cameroon/Nigeria.
Connecting India Ocean and Atlantic Ocean and building redundancy to the Red Sea constraint

Maureen Lattice blocks from Bamburi will be way better than cabro. Less radiated heat (read on heat island effect) & reduced run off during the rains.

Latest art haul from AffordableArtKe …the Rose Ahono piece was an instant no thinking buy 💜

Hii inauma!

Ory Okolloh-Mwangi 'The age of average' is really good!

National Assembly Budget & Appropriations Committee Chairman speaking to matters Finance Bill 2024, the budget & public participation

Its me again. Internet to East Africa is severely impaired. All sub sea capacity between East Africa and South Africa is down.
EASSy Cable - Fault confirmed
Seacom Cable - Observing Fault that occurred at same time.
3 cable cuts in Red Sea (Seacom, EIG, AAE1) remain unrepaired.

An article on the effects that may follow the contract termination between Kenya and France regarding the dualling (and tolling) of the Nairobi-Mau Summit Highway.

A real work of art

Happy Mother’s Day 💐🥂

#SundayReads are here: sundayreads.substack.com/p/sundayreads-…

Diamonds DK Stop the defeatist tone. There are comments we have had to submit for 3 financial years for them to be finally accepted, but they were finally accepted & we celebrate the wins & live to fight another day. Public finance advocacy is a labour of love.

Very intense & unrelenting engagement on this 🧵 on Finance Bill 2024

Request - when the National Assembly's Finance & Planning Committee invites comments for the public participation phase, kindly make sure you submit these comments because that's really where it matters.

2️⃣ 0️⃣ : Stay tuned for more updates next week and as the bill progresses through parliament,

Any corrections and notes are welcome.

Here is a link to the full Bill for you to read: mwangocapital.files.wordpress.com/2024/05/financ…