Truck driver pleads guilty to stealing Ksh.2.8M cargo bound for DRC

By Ian Omondi,

A truck driver on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of interfering with transit cargo bound for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and stealing goo...

DRC , Eldoret Law Courts , KRA

Dennis Itumbi sues CS Matiang’i over the controversial Ruaraka land

By Citizen Reporter,

An ex-parte hearing of a case where former State House digital strategist Dennis Itumbi has sued Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Mataing'i is set ...

Dennis Itumbi , Fred Matiang'i , Ruaraka land scam

Kenya to host Africa’s delivery units virtual conference

By Guest Writer,

By Eden Getachew Delivery units are becoming a common feature of many governments across the world as leaders grapple with the challenge of del...

KRA tax collections in October down 14.7 per cent at Ksh.108.7B

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has seen its strife in revenue collection extend into October with grossed taxed during the month falling by 14.7 pe...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , National Treasury

KRA boss Githii Mburu elected as member of Africa Tax Administration Forum

By Citizen Reporter,

The KRA Commissioner General, Githii Mburu, has been nominated as a Member of the Governing Council of the Africa Tax Administration Forum (ATAF). ...

Africa Tax Administration Forum , Githii Mburu , KRA

You’ve helped Gov’t meet its financial obligations, Uhuru commends taxpayers

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended all compliant taxpayers for their high sense of civic duty and fidelity to the tax laws that has afforded the c...

KRA , tax , TAXPAYERS , Uhuru kenyatta

EPRA denies approving Kenya Power tariff hike

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has denied approving higher electricity prices by giving the nod to Kenya Power to raise its reta...

EPRA , KENYA POWER , Pavel Oimeke

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)

KRA’s Alternative Dispute Resolution records 100 per cent performance growth

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) is on a positive trajectory after recording a 100% growth on the number of cas...

Alternative Disputes Resolution , KRA

Free mobile cash transfers to eat into Safaricom’s profit cake

By Kepha Muiruri,

Free mobile money transfers below Ksh.1000 implemented in mid-March are expected to curve a part of Safaricom’s profit when the company publishes it...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , M-pesa , Safaricom

OPINION: Frontline workers who have been turned into enemies

By Guest Writer,

As Kenya marks the International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists (IDEI) on Monday, concern has grown over the rising number of journalists who...

International Day to End Impunity Against journalists , journalist , MCK

Heroine and bhang concealed in buttons of dresses, kitenge cloth intercepted at JKIA

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Revenue Authority officers have intercepted concealed heroine and bhang that were being smuggled through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airpor...

heroine , KRA

Sonko extends rent waiver on Nairobi County houses by six months

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has extended rent waiver for tenants residing in City County Government houses for six more months citing COVID-19 financi...

city hall , Mike Sonko , NMS

Uhuru calls boda boda riders Kenya’s ‘silent miracle’ as association inks major deal

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday officiated the launch of a Bodaboda Investment scheme during a meeting with the Bodaboda safety association of Keny...

Boda boda

Tea bonus falls to Ksh.27.6 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) managed tea factories have declared a Ksh.27.6 billion second and final payment to tea farmers for the year end...

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Tea bonus

Devolution carrot: BBI proposes county allocation push from 15 to 35%

By Chemutai Goin,

Devolution was hailed as one of the greatest compromises of the 2010 constitution as it reconfigured balance of power. Power and resources were dev...

BBI , ruto , Uhuru

KRA waives presumptive tax for new businesses

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has waived presumptive tax for new businesses in their first 24 months of operations as part of measures to simplify...

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , presumptive tax

Treasury CS Yatani raises 2020/21 budget to Ksh.2.9trillion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani is expected to submit a revised Ksh.2.92 trillion 2020/21 supplementary budget for approval by the National Ass...

budget , National Treasury , Ukur Yatani

KRA quarter one tax collections down 15 per cent at Ksh.317.7 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) tax collections through the first quarter of the 2020/21 financial year have fallen by 15 per cent to Ksh.317.7 billion....

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , National Treasury

Economy grows nerves as second wave COVID-19 restrictions loom

By Kepha Muiruri,

Businesses are growing uneasy as Kenya registers a second surge in the number of COVID-19 cases signalling a potential return to restrictions. Bare...

COVID-19 , curfew , Kenyan economy