Why businesses must account for the Digital Services Tax

By Kepha Muiruri,

By 2017, about a quarter of the world’s population or about 1.3 billion people at the time had purchased goods online. This is according to data ...

Digital Services Tax , KRA

January tax receipts down 6pc at Ksh.111.3B

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tax receipts across the month of January fell by six per cent to stand at Ksh.111.3 billion from Ksh.118.3 billion last year. This is according to ...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , National Treasury , taxes

Ugandan Gov’t restores social media sites except Facebook

By VOA,

Ugandan authorities restored access to the internet Wednesday, a month after blocking it ahead of the January 14 elections. Also Read: Facebook rem...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

Uhuru: Kenya hinging on digital technologies to transform economy

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has hailed the contribution of digital technologies to Kenya's transformation saying ICTs are helping the country to create e...

digital technologies , Uhuru

Gov’t urged to reinstate COVID-19 relief measures to aid economy

By Kepha Muiruri,

Members of the Institute of Certified Investments and Financial Analysts (ICIFA) have called on the government to reinstate relief measures to cover K...

COVID-19 , cushioning measures , Institute of Certified Investments and Financial Analysts (ICIFA)

Half year tax revenues down 13.6 per cent at Ksh.673.6 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has reported a 13.6 per cent slump in tax collected through the first six months of the 2020-21 financial year to December 2020....

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , National Treasury , taxes

KRA collected Ksh.166B in December against Ksh.164B revenue target

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has ended an eight-month rot featuring reduced tax collections as tax receipts rose for the first time in December. ...

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , taxes

Multichoice offers free upgrades to customers

By Kepha Muiruri,

Digital satellite television services provider Multichoice Kenya has offered free upgrades to its paying subscribers. The new promotion which runs ...

DStv , Multichoice

New taxes, fraud haunt Kenya’s vibrant online market

By Kepha Muiruri,

An unpredictable tax environment coupled with the infiltration of fraud in Kenya's online market is set to dampen the expansion of the sector which ne...

Digital Services Tax (DST) , e-commerce , JUmia

Tech investors eye Africa’s education and financial sectors

By Reuters,

Africa’s education and financial services sectors offer the best opportunities in the post-COVID-19 period, two tech investors said on Tuesday. A...

coronavirus , education , tech

Low profit margin firms ‘punished’ in minimum tax roll out

By Kepha Muiruri,

High turnover but low profit margin yielding firms are expected to see the bitter end of the minimum tax effected at the start of the year. This is...

minimum tax , National Treasury

OPINION: Ethical citizens will change Kenya not the constitution

By Guest Writer,

By Joseph Lister Nyaringo As we open the curtains for the New Year 2021, we need to remind ourselves that the destiny of any society is pegged on a...

BBI

2020 review: Millions mark end of the year in economic despair

By Kepha Muiruri,

Like any other year, the start of 2020 was premised on high hopes for better fortunes and tidings by Kenyans with many coining the unofficial phrase �...

coronavirs , economy , tax

OPINION: From Survive to Thrive; working together for a better Africa

By Guest Writer,

By Chen Lei Technology is getting us through the pandemic, and technology can also drive our continent’s recovery in the post-pandemic era, w...

OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

Highlights from President Kenyatta’s State of the Nation Address

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sought to reassure Kenyans that the State of the Nation is strong despite the economic disruptions brought about by the C...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

KRA eyes Ksh.5 billion from the digital economy by June next year

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has set its sights on raising Ksh.5 billion from the digital economy in six months to June 2021. This ahead of th...

Digital Services Tax (DST) , Githii Mburu , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Ethiopian taxi hailing app Taxiye enters Kenyan market

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ethiopian taxi hailing startup, Taxiye has entered the Kenyan market, seeking a slice of the pie in the highly competitive industry. The firms' Chi...

Joe Mucheru , Taxiye

KRA launches mobile app in quest to ease tax compliance

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has launched a mobile application in its quest to ease compliance by taxpayers. Dubbed the KRA-M-Service App, the...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

EAC kicks off 50 million African Women Speak platform

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African Community (EAC) has kicked-off national launches of the 50 Million African Women Speak Networking Platform (50MAWS). This is a dig...

50MAWS , Tanzania , Ummy Mwalimu