Felix Kilonzo

Finally, we are coming to a close of yet another year into another decade. As we March on into 2020, I wish to offer my thoughts about my take on 2019. In 2019, a lot happened and most affected each and everyone in Kenya and some extend the world. To begin with, we witnessed the US-China trade war that saw the Chinese Yuan dramatically lose value against major currencies of the world. However, in late December, it was reported that Beijing and Washington had finalized phase one of the trade deal that was expected to be penned sometimes in 2020. "th e U.S. and China are said to be close to signing a phase-one trade deal in early January  a move that will see Washington reduce tariffs on Chinese goods, or at least temporarily calm fears of an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies." - voanews.com reported Also in the year we witnessed the historic impeachment of Donald Trump by Democrats led house of representatives making him the third to hav...

Over the past 56 years, Kenya as a nation has grown both in population and economic Development. This has been captured in various statistic that have always attributed this to political stability this nation has achieved over the period of time. Well, sometimes it's not easy to find the margin of error in all this reports as most of them are either released by the government in power or biased civil society for its own agenda. In Kenya today, like any other third world country, we are faced by challenges that we highlighted in June 1 1963. We are yet to ensure that disease is combated fully, we are yet to narrow the margin between the rich and the poor and finally we are yet to have quality education system that would not only produce job seekers but also job creators. All in all, the country has made tremendous progress in all the major goals were set by our founding fathers of our nation. Kenya has had a hard time getting out of an election period. For the record, we as a n...