Poor Ministry collections to blame for Treasury’s December revenue under-performance

By Kepha Muiruri,

Ministries and State Departments registered dismal aid collections in the first six months of the 2019/20 fiscal year to keep revenues below Treasury ...

budget deficit , National Treasury , revenue collections

OPINION: Investment in Coastal infrastructure key to unlocking growth

By Citizen,

By Michael Cherambos Mombasa and the Coastal region have long been known as idyllic locations for Kenyan holiday makers seeking to sink their toes ...

coast , Mombasa

OPINION: Let’s look at Turnover Tax more objectively; it will expand tax base hence more inclusivity

By Citizen Reporter,

By Rosemary Chemutai Of all the provisions contained in the Finance Act 2020, reintroduction of Turnover Tax (ToT) has mustered the lion’s share ...

KRA , presumptive tax , Turnover Tax

BWIRE: Kenya should establish a Media Diversify Fund

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It is time a media diversity fund is established in Kenya as a way of enabling the industry respond to the current financial and pr...

Uhuru orders Treasury to release Ksh.500M for buying excess milk

By Francis Gachuri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Treasury to release Ksh. 500million to buy all excess milk and turn it to powder milk. Speaking on Tuesday in...

milk imports

KRA, DCI detectives nab 7,500 litres of ethanol hidden in water tanker

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in collaboration with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have seized a consignment of 7,500 litres of ...

DCI , ethanol , KRA

Kenya Airways issues profit warning on its expected 2019/2020 earnings

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Airways (KQ) has issued a profit warning on its expected full year earnings for the period ending December 31, 2019, joining the growing list of...

Kenya Airways , Kenyan economy , profit warnings

Mount Kenya University bids farewell to its founding VC Prof. Stanley Waudo

By Citizen Reporter,

Mount Kenya University (MKU) has bid farewell to its founding Vice chancellor Prof. Stanley Waudo after serving at the institution for the last 11 yea...

Mount Kenya University , Prof. Stanley Waudo

Contraband toothpaste, fabric conditioners seized in Donholm

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Friday confiscated an assortment of contraband goods in Donholm, Nairobi. The contraband toothpaste p...

contraband toothpaste

Gov’t SME targeted interventions fail to hit home

By Kepha Muiruri,

The State-initiated interventions targeted at micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have failed to gain much ground as the sector’s regulatory...

Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) , SMEs in Kenya

OPINION: Decentralisation of politics translates to a more equal and fair society

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos As a fervent believer, it was always a struggle for me to accept any true authority other than God. How could one possibly con...

BBI

Uhuru approves supplementary Ksh.73.4 billion budget

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (No.2) of 2019 paving way for the release of Ksh.73.4 billion from t...

National Treasury , supplementary budget I 2019/20 , Uhuru kenyatta

Public Relations firms feted at 2019 PRSK awards

By Citizen Reporter,

The Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK) on November 22, 2019 recognised and awarded excellent Public Relations campaigns during the Awards for Ex...

Dr. Wilfred Marube , Juma Asiago , PRSK Awards

M-PESA Foundation Academy wins top ICT award

By Girlie Kendi,

The M-PESA Foundation Academy has become the first learning institution to be recognised as the Company of the year at the East Africa CIO awards. ...

CIO awards , M-PESA Foundation Academy

Mombasa contractor Okumu Ouma charged with Ksh.41M tax evasion

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Joseph Okumu Ouma, a building contractor in Mombasa, has been charged with Ksh. 41million tax evasion. The director at Jomoyosh Building Contractor...

tax evasion

Blazers eye unprecedented Hockey title despite cash crunch

By Joan Cheruiyot,

Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) women’s Premier League re-branded champions, Blazers, have put aside their cash crunch woes to focus on clinching unprecede...

Blazers , Hockey Premier League , Telkom

This is why Kenyans are broke

By Citizen,

News that President Uhuru Kenyatta was wondering why Kenyans are broke was the subject of public outrage this entire week. A report from a local me...

banks , debt , loans

‘Greedy’ lenders to blame for feared hike on bank loan rates

By Kepha Muiruri,

The interest rate charged on your new loan is inevitably set to rise in the aftermath of the interest rate cap repeal in spite of assurances from the ...

CBK , Finance Act , interest rate caps , KBA , Treasury

Blow as court quashes appointment of ex-MPs Murugi, Galgalo to NLC

By Ian Omondi,

The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has quashed the appointment Esther Murugi and Tiyah Galgalo to the National Land Commission (NLC)...

Esther Murugi , Justice Hellen wasilwa , NLC , Tiyah Galgalo

KRA disputes tribunal ruling on betting wins

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has disputed Wednesday’s ruling by the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) on the definition of winnings by betting custome...

BetIn , betting , KRA , SportPesa , Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT)