Development researcher and advisor. Author, Living on Little. Poverty. Tech. Gender. Finance.
Nairobi
Joined June 2010
- Tweets684
- Following1.2K
- Followers507
- Likes1.6K
The response from @KRACare about their regularly malfunctioning, MANDATORY, system is so telling. Just keep wasting days of your time resubmitting until it works. Goodness! Zero consideration for the excessive cost of doing business.
nation.africa/kenya/business…
I’m annoyed that the JKIA strike may mean I don’t get home tonight. But I am disgusted that ordinary people, some in our study, are dying from the ongoing healthcare worker strike. Only one is being treated like an emergency.
2
597
Julie Zollmann retweeted
“Corruption steals from the public purse. Maladministration steals from the public's time, dignity, tax, and faith in the institutions that are supposed to serve them.
Both are thefts. Only one of them is being treated as a crime.”
Maladministration: corruption’s ‘quieter twin’ in Kenya.
🎯 standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/…
Julie Zollmann retweeted
Getting decent health care is a real struggle across much of Sub-Saharan Africa
By Di Giorgio, @DaveEvansPhD, Lindelow, Nguyen, Svensson, Wane & Tärneberg
Julie Zollmann retweeted
If poverty is reduced to a formula, who gets left out?
In our new paper, we examine the implementation of Kenya’s UHC indigent programme and what it reveals about targeting, stakeholder capacity, and the limits of proxy means testing. 👉: rdcu.be/e3GOo @Rahab_Mbau
KRA is trying to kill small businesses. eTims already places a huge burden on small vendors. These are the same vendors who rely on cyber cafes to do their eTims invoicing. KRA continues to ignore the cost Kenyans shoulder for their poor systems.
.@ambokoJH reporting that KRA has begun locking eTIMS locations using georeferencing technology to verify that tax invoices are issued from real, approved business locations, targeting fictitious invoicing that costs an estimated KES 30B annually.
Invoices generated from fake or mismatched locations can now trigger an eTIMS lock, restricting return filing and invoice issuance.
88
Julie Zollmann retweeted
This is nothing that can’t be cured with a 6-month anti-corruption sensitization project followed by the establishment of an *independent anti-corruption commission.
The Pentagon also needs to put up “This is a corruption free zone” signs.
Just in: Florida-based Unusual Machines, a little-known drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr, said the US army had contracted it to manufacture 3,500 drone motors, alongside various other drone parts. on.ft.com/3Ls4H5Z
Julie Zollmann retweeted
Please help spread the word about an amazing fully funded opportunity for junior scholars in Maputo, Mozambique! See below for details.
CfP: Join us in Maputo, Mozambique, January 26th and 27th for a Junior Scholars Workshop on "Popular Cultures and African Futures." Co-hosted by @kaleidoscopiomz and the Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane.
I wish @NCBABankKenya would use all that golf sponsorship money to make their basic IT systems function. ConnectPlus is Connect Minus! It’s a miserable experience for this small business customer.
Julie Zollmann retweeted
Gathungu steps up push for sanctions against snubbed audit recommendations nation.africa/kenya/business…
Julie Zollmann retweeted
The Economist has an article titled "Kenya’s president is bad news for Kenya & Africa."
"....the business environment has become even less friendly. Local bosses complain of pressure & intimidation by government officials, for instance, to hand over stakes in their companies."
Julie Zollmann retweeted
🚗 In Kenya, ride-hailing drivers find dignity in gig work—despite low pay. Fletcher alum Julie Zollmann (@J_zedd) explores why digital platforms like Uber offer a sense of order, respect, and possibility in a precarious job market. theconversation.com/kenyas-r…
Julie Zollmann retweeted
About Sh44.8 billion paid through the eCitizen government digital payments platform cannot be accounted for, a new report shows.
via @PeopleDailyKe
Enough with "potential"! Governments need to deliver for youth. Excellent post by @NiNanjira. open.substack.com/pub/develo…
Julie Zollmann retweeted
Mark your calendars!
Here's the official poster for the 2025 Macondo Literary Festival which returns this September from the 19th to 21st! Our title is "Chronicles & Currents" and we're excited for what's to come.
This is such a well-done piece. I had no idea how much powerful East African leaders profit from this exploitative form of labor migration.
nytimes.com/2025/03/16/world…
36
If your new online banking portal requires training or frequent phone-based troubleshooting, you did it wrong. Online and mobile banking should be easy and intuitive. @NCBABankKenya
58