@techreport{ruto2026000themiss, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Missing Layer: Why Africa's Institutions Operate Blind}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 1}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/000-the-missing-layer/}} } @techreport{ruto2026001funding, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Africa's Institutions Don't Have a Funding Problem}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 2}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/001-funding-problem/}} } @techreport{ruto2026002institu, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {What Happens When Institutions Can Finally See Themselves}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 3}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/002-institutions-see/}} } @techreport{ruto2026003stablec, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Why Africa Needs Stablecoin Rails Before It Needs a Digital Currency}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 4}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/003-stablecoin-rails/}} } @techreport{ruto2026004democra, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Democracy Is Infrastructure}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 5}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/004-democracy-infrastructure/}} } @techreport{ruto2026005offline, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Offline-First Problem: Why Most Institutional Software Fails in the Field}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 6}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/005-offline-first/}} } @techreport{ruto2026006communi, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Last Mile of Care: What Kenya's Community Health Workers Are Missing}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 7}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/006-community-health-workers/}} } @techreport{ruto2026007procure, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Procuring the Unspecifiable: Why Institutional Software Procurement Is Broken in Kenya}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 8}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/007-procurement-tenderism/}} } @techreport{ruto2026008navigat, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Web Was Built for Navigation, Not Comprehension}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 9}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/008-navigation-not-comprehension/}} } @techreport{ruto2026009epistem, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Your Knowledge Gaps Are the Most Intimate Data You Have}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 10}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/009-epistemic-data/}} } @techreport{ruto2026010corpora, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Corporate Card Was Never the Solution}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 11}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/010-corporate-card-trust/}} } @techreport{ruto2026011agentic, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Agentic Buyer and the End of Dark Patterns}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 12}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/011-agentic-buyer-dark-patterns/}} } @techreport{ruto2026011pboactt, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Kenya's PBO Act Is Finally in Force After a Decade. Most Organisations Still Cannot Comply.}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 13}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/011-pbo-act-twelve-years/}} } @techreport{ruto2026012languag, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {What a Language Model Finds When It Reads Your Constitution}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 14}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/012-language-model-reads-your-constitution/}} } @techreport{ruto2026013yourdon, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Your Donor Is Now Your Regulator}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 15}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/013-your-donor-is-now-your-regulator/}} } @techreport{ruto2026014africas, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Africa's Regulatory Failure Is Not a Law Problem}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 16}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/014-africas-regulatory-failure/}} } @techreport{ruto2026015diditdo, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Did It Do It For You?}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 17}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/015-did-it-do-it-for-you/}} } @techreport{ruto2026016expense, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Expense Report Was Never About Expenses}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 18}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/016-expense-report-was-never-about-expenses/}} } @techreport{ruto2026017aistrat, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Your AI Strategy Is Digital Transformation With Better Branding}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 19}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/017-ai-strategy-digital-transformation-branding/}} } @techreport{ruto2026018account, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Accountability Is Not a Reason to Keep Humans in the Process}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 20}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/018-accountability-not-a-reason/}} } @techreport{ruto2026012persona, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Personalized Is the New Glow}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 21}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/012-personalized-is-the-new-glow/}} } @techreport{ruto2026010yourngo, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Your NGO Is Illegal and That Is Not Your Fault}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 22}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/010-your-ngo-is-illegal/}} } @techreport{ruto2026019institu, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Institutional Gap Is the Feature}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 23}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/019-institutional-gap-is-the-feature/}} } @techreport{ruto2026snakesandl, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {Snakes And Ladders: Extra Life}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 24}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/snakes-and-ladders-extra-life/}} } @techreport{ruto2026theoperati, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Operating Workforce: An African-First Theory of AI Employees}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 25}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/the-operating-workforce/}} } @techreport{ruto2026thepersona, author = {Ken Ruto}, title = {The Personal Operating Layer: The Case for an AI That Lives in Your Messages}, year = {2026}, institution = {Flux (FluxImpact)}, type = {Flux Working Paper No. 26}, howpublished = {\url{https://fluximpact.org/blog/the-personal-operating-layer/}} }