Uhuru signs Finance Bill 2018 into law

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Finance Bill 2018 into law a day after it was endorsed by MPs in a chaotic sitting. Speaking at State Hous...

finance bill

Court now declares Robin Hood taxes illegal, faults CS Rotich

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has faulted Treasury CS Henry Rotich saying he did not follow the Constitution when he presented the Finance Bill 2018. This means t...

robin hood tax , Rotich

Petitioners withdraw case challenging fuel tax, State to pay them Ksh.350K

By Dzuya Walter,

Three petitioners who had successfully petitioned the High Court to stop implementation of the 16 percent Value Added Tax (V.A.T) on fuel have withdra...

fuel tax , Tax on fuel , VAT on fuel

Uhuru: Gov’t to cut spending on foreign travel, training

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has proposed a reduction on expenditure across all arms of government. In an address to the nation on Friday, he noted tha...

fuel tax , Uhuru kenyatta

Parliament to hold special sitting after Uhuru rejects Finance Bill 2018

By Reuters,

Parliament will now hold a special sitting on on September 18 over the Finance Bill that the President rejected on Thursday evening. Officials at p...

fuel tax

President Uhuru Kenyatta to address the nation over 16pc fuel tax

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to address the nation on Friday over the controversial 16percent fuel tax that was recently implemented. In a ...

fuel tax

Fuel tax: Uhuru to meet CS Rotich, Speaker Muturi at State House

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to meet Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and Parliament Leadership on Tuesday over the 16percent fuel tax....

fuel tax , Henry Rotich , Uhuru kenyatta

KRA dismisses Omtata’s 16% VAT case terming it as baseless

By Dzuya Walter,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on Monday dismissed a case filed by activist Okiya Omtatah challenging the imposition of the 16% Value Added Tax (VA...

Activist Okiya Omtata , fuel tax , Kenya Revenue Authority , KRA , VAT on fuel

Wetangula threatens to call for protest against 16% fuel tax

By Namisi Cheptai,

Bungoma Senator and FORD-Kenya Party leader Moses Wetangula has threatened to call for a protest against the 16 percent value added tax (VAT) imposed ...

fuel shortage , fuel tax , VAT on fuel

High Court suspends 16% VAT on fuel pending case hearing

By Citizen Reporter,

The High Court in Bungoma has temporarily stopped implementation of the 16% Value Added Tax (V.A.T) on petroleum products pending determination of cas...

Bungoma High Court , Justice Stephen Riechi , Treasury CS Henry Rotich , V.A.T on Fuel

Rotich meeting with Parliament leaders to end fuel crisis stalls

By Edwin Obuya,

Kenyans will continue to pay for fuel through the nose after a crisis meeting between Treasury and the National Assembly leadership failed to bear fru...

CS Henry Rotich , fuel shortage , fuel tax

Fuel shortage: Heavy police presence at Industrial Area depot

By Citizen Reporter,

There was heavy police presence at the Industrial Area fuel depot in Nairobi as tankers queued to stem the fuel shortage on Thursday morning. This ...

fuel shortage

High Court declines to issue orders stopping 16pc fuel tax

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has declined to issue orders stopping the implementation of 16 percent fuel tax. Also Read: Omtata in court to stop 16% V.A.T on f...

COTU , fuel tax , Okiya Omtatah

Duale tells MPs to stop hypocrisy on impeaching CS Rotich over fuel tax

By Josphister Lengarpatei,

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has asked MPs to stop hypocrisy in their threats to impeach Finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich over t...

China unveils new Ksh.6 trillion kitty for Africa

By PSCU,

The 2018 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation kicked off on Monday with China unveiling a new $60 billion (Ksh.6 trillion) kitty for Africa...

china , President Xi Jinping , SGR , Sino-Africa , summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Omtata in court to stop 16% V.A.T on fuel

By Dzuya Walter,

Activist Okiya Omtata has filed a petition seeking to stop the 16 percent Value Added Tax (V.A.T) on petroleum products. In the petition filed at M...

Activist Okiya Omtata , Energy Regulatory Commission , Kenya Revenue Authority , Treasury CS Henry Rotich , V.A.T on Fuel

‘Uhuru will stop 16% V.A.T on fuel,’ Raila assures Kenyans

By Allan Obiero,

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for patience over the 16 percent Value Added Tax (V.A.T) on fuel as recently announced by the Energy Regulat...

Finance Bill 2018. , Fuel increase , opposition leader Raila Odinga , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Matatu fares to increase from tomorrow

By Ian Omondi,

The Association of Matatu Operators has resolved to increase fares starting Monday September 3, 2018. Speaking to the press on Sunday, the associat...

Energy Regulatory Commission , Matatu fare hike , New fuel levy , Treasury CS Henry Rotich

ODM legislators threaten to impeach CS Rotich over new fuel levy

By Citizen Reporter,

A section of legislators from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has given Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich 72 hours to scrap the new f...

Mathare MP Anthony Oluoch , New fuel prices , ODM party , Treasury CS Henry Rotich

Motorists’ Association calls for fuel boycott over price rise

By Ian Omondi,

The Motorists’ Association of Kenya has called on its members to boycott the increased fuel prices by participating in a strike. The move comes a...

Energy Regulatory Commission , Fuel price hike , Motorists’ Association of Kenya , Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich