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HerDithy: Land, women and governance #1

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 Welcome, this is HerDithy. Owning land in Kenya is a big deal, ask our folks. There are those who utilize the land by building, farming, and others by selling. Land is largely commercialized due to its appreciating value. Now, what makes land attractive? Geographically, land equals to natural features (trees, rivers, hills), the type of soil, and likely, where your ancestors decided to settle down. How does land relate to the distribution of food, women and governance? When food is on a plate, it has been handled by several people and travelled hundreds of miles to be a final product of consumable nourishment. To facilitate the distribution of food from the far west to Nairobi, for example, proper transport channels are required to ferry agricultural produce from one place to another. The availability of roads, railway lines, pipelines, air and water cargo empower the economy as it reflects the availability of production and capacity of thorough structures. Different regions h...

HerDithy: Introduction

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  Welcome to HerDithy. Business is an important percept of the twenty-first century. Most industries such as energy, manufacturing, service have greatly expanded over the past sixty years. Although, the vicious gap between the rich and the poor continues to expand rapidly. In Kenya, you need to have a net worth of twenty thousand dollars to be among the one percent (you know, the who-is-who). According to the latest World Bank report, 46% of Kenyans live below the poverty line, earning less than a dollar a day. For  those living in the concrete jungle, affording two meals in a day is an underrated blessing. The question is, where and how does food get to your table? Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. Not many years ago, we made roads, connected power to the most remote places, we built a port, just to name a few developments that have made our country more economically attractive. The diplomatic ties that we have been mending since independence, they have opened d...