On the heels of Kenya’s E-Mobility Policy Driving Force innovations.

The National Electric Mobility Policy, sets a framework to accelerate the transition to electric transport, reduce reliance on imported petroleum, strengthen energy security and cut greenhouse gas emissions. The policy came through a demand driven initiative that has helped the government to think the future of e-mobility.

Kenya's e-mobility sector is gaining traction with several innovations and financing models worth noting:

1. Electric Vehicle Assembly: Companies like Rideence Africa and BasiGo are assembling electric vans and buses locally using Chinese made kits. This approach reduces costs and makes EVs more affordable. There is demand for local manufacturing to accelerate job creation.

2. E-Motorcycles: Startups like Roam and Kiri Electric are popularizing electric motorcycles, with features like battery swapping and affordable pricing. Kiri Electric's motorcycles have a range of 70-80 km and cost around Ksh 185,000 without the battery. There is need to explore local manufacturing to accelerate growth.

3. Battery Swapping: Ecobodaa's battery swapping technology allows riders to swap batteries in minutes, reducing downtime and costs. Penetration to the peri-urban and rural areas will be a revolution that will ease transportation.

Companies like Rideence and BasiGo offer innovative financing options, such as pay-as-you-drive and lease-to-own models, making EVs more accessible to operators. Local banks are still struggling to offer competitive financing options.

Private sector players and consumers at large point to Government Incentives as a right to accelerate growth. The Kenyan government has introduced policies like zero-rating VAT on electric buses and motorcycles, and reducing excise duty on lithium-ion batteries, to encourage EV adoption, yet these incentives are seasonal dictated by annual fiscal policy making predictability a challenge as an incentive for investment.

On the other side of accelerated growth is the Charging Infrastructure: Companies like ChargeNet Kenya and Dowgate Properties are investing in charging stations, with plans to expand across the country. The energy regulatory authority and Kenya Power and Lighting Company can do more to ensure stability and predictability.

Partnerships across board are the engine that will power the e-mobility revolution. Collaborations between local and international companies, like Siemens Stiftung and GIZ, are driving innovation and growth in Kenya's e-mobility sector.

These developments are expected to drive growth for Kenya's e-mobility. The government has fallen short of the target of 5% of annual EVs by 2025. There are approximately 24,754 EVs registered according to NTSA figures released in February 2026 representing a 0.2% to 1.62% of the target. The majority of these registrations are electric motorcycles (roughly 90%), with a smaller, growing share of electric tuk-tuks, cars, and buses.

Public Service Emerging Leaders Fellowship Impact Report Launch

 I was honoured to join other notable Kenyans, Leaders, Commissioners of the Public Service Commission, Public Service Emerging Leaders Fellows in a colourful
launch of the Public Service Emerging Leaders Fellowship (PSELF) Impact Report which was graced by Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of the Republic of Liberia.

The PSELF Impact Report, christened “The Leadership Dividend: Impact from the Ground Up” traces the early gains of value-based leadership in Kenya’s public service underpinned by mentorship.

The data from first cohort of 51 fellows across 46 Counties and 26 State Departments is staggering:

- 297% ROI.
- Case processing times cut by 42% (Correctional Services).
- Education paperwork reduced by 57%.
- 62 new cross-ministerial collaborations.

Before the fellowship, only 16% of these young officers planned on a lifelong career in public service compared to the current 57% who now desire to expand in public service.

One fellow was promoted to Head of Talent Management just two months after finishing merited because of proven leadership.

The Public Service Commission - Kenya, Emerging Public Leaders (co-founded by H.E Ellen Johnson Sirleaf), and Emerging Leaders Foundation-Africa (ELF-Africa) built a model that works.

Africa does not lack leaders; Africa is lacking in servant and value-based leaders. There is need to intentionally as a matter of policy, invest in mentorship, deliberately have shadowing programs at all levels of Government to ensure that we are building a futuristic public service that captures not only the aspirations and dreams of the next generation of leaders but that which truly serves its citizens guided by a strong principles of values to the people and country.

Shaping a prosperous common future is our collective responsibility

19 years ago on Feb. 10, 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president on a bitterly cold day in Springfield Illinois. That’s a past that became a future that continues to inspire generations.

In his 2007 speech, President Obama called on each generation to rise up and answer the call to create change.

President Obama called on us to believe in hope in the face of despair, to stand together in the face of politics that try to divide us, and to find ways to disagree without being disagreeable.

While Obama’s message may not resonate well to those who feel opposed to him, it reverberates to us to reflect on the type of political bickering that goes on in our backyards.

That the politics of ethnic balkanization, the politics of hate, the politics of cartels hell bent in getting their turn to squander public resources, the politics of the most corrupt among us being given a chance to lead, the politics of spite for those on the opposing side, the politics that kill those that want accountability, that politics of killing the young generation will finally lead us to a very dangerous future.

We must all agree that we have individual responsibility to shape prosperity for our country and continent. That prosperity must start with visionary and servant leadership for us all to move into the future where there is dignity for all.