COVID-19 tax reversals to complicate tax filings for companies: KMPG

By Kepha Muiruri,

The reversal of COVID-19 tax cushioning measures is expected to lead to complications in accounting for company tax filings for the year. This is a...

coronavirus , KPMG , taxes

November inflation shoots to 7-month high 5.5% on higher food costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans are expected to feel the pinch of greater costs with November inflation shooting to a seven-month high 5.46 per cent from 4.84 per cent in Oct...

Inflation , KNBS

Stabex International rolls out LPG brand in Kenya and Uganda

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Stabex International (STABEX), one of largest oil marketers in Uganda and fast growing petroleum company in Kenya, is rolling out its Liquefied Petrol...

Stabex International

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

September inflation cools to 4.2 per cent on lower energy, transport costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

The cost of living has continued to ease with the rate of inflation in September cooling further to 4.2 per cent from 4.36 per cent in August. Acco...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statics (KNBS)

He was an athlete in the best shape of his life. Then Covid-19 nearly killed him

By Tonny Ndungu,

When Ahmad Ayyad woke up, he was delirious. He didn't realize where he was, why there was a tube down his throat, or how long it had been since he las...

coronavirus

Uhuru signs into law 2020 Finance Bill which extends zero rating of VAT on unga, cooking gas

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the 2020/21 Budget, the 2020 Finance Bill and the 2019/20 Third Supplementary Budget. The Ksh. 3.2tril...

budget , finance bill , maize flour , Uhuru , UNGA

Covid-19 takes out Ksh.54 billion from KRA’s tax basket

By Kepha Muiruri,

The ensuing Covid-19 pandemic has seen the tax basket shrink by Ksh.54 billion or an equivalent 16.1 percent between March and May this year. Accor...

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

MPs shoot down taxes on pensions, cooking gas in Finance Bill adoption

By Kepha Muiruri,

The 2020 Finance Bill sailed through the floor of the National Assembly as Members of Parliament shot down proposals by Treasury to raise taxes from p...

2020 Finance Bill , National Treasury , taxes

Yatani’s normal budget in abnormal circumstances

By Kepha Muiruri,

Drawing from a popular anecdote by Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, experts have termed the 2020/21 budget statement as normal in abnormal circu...

2020/2021 budget , CS Ukur Yatani

The 2020/21 budget winners and losers

By Kepha Muiruri,

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani’s maiden budget statement delivered a mixed bag of fortune for Kenyans in a quest to strike a balance in net ...

2020 Finance Bill , 2020/21 budget , National Treasury

Budget day: Yatani’s budget of pain

By Kepha Muiruri,

In just a few hours, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani is expected to walk down the steps of the planning ministry to head into the National Asse...

2020/2021 budget , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treaasury

Treasury CS Yatani sneaks back rejected tax proposals in 2020 Finance Bill

By Kepha Muiruri,

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has set himself for a showdown with the National Assembly after sneaking back proposals rejected by Parliament ...

2020 Finance Bill , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treasury

Higher food, transport costs pushes April inflation to 5.62 percent

By Kepha Muiruri,

The inflation rate in April rose marginally to 5.62 percent up from 5.51 percent in March as higher food, transport costs increased pressure on consum...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statics (KNBS)

Coronavirus: Governor Mutua waives water charges in Machakos, urges Gov’t to suspend electricity, water bills

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua is now urging the government to waive electricity and water bills for household consumption as part of additional measu...

Alfred Mutua , machakos

Safari Supa Gas, PayGo Energy partner to provide Kenyan homes with affordable gas 

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyans can now pay for cooking gas in small amounts from as little as Ksh.1. Safari Supa Gas, in partnership with PayGo Energy (‘PayGo’), have...

PayGo Energy , Safari Super Gas

‘We don’t need the IMF telling us what to do,’ says CBK boss

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has downplayed the recent assessment of Kenya’s fiscal management by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) insisting...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Dr. Patrick Njoroge , IMF

BWIRE: Let us have clean energy-powered festivities

By Victor Bwire,

Its holiday time and as Kenyans troop to the villages, eating will be a major menu on the schedules. As it were, goats, chicken and bulls will be slau...

Gas explodes in train where people were cooking breakfast, 71 killed as Pakistan orders probe

By Paul Ombati,

A gas explosion left 71 people dead on a Pakistan train on Thursday and around 43 others injured. The train was on its way from the southern city o...

pakistan

Smart gas cooking seeks to break African cities’ dirty charcoal habit

By VOA,

The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 kilometers away, scientist Sebastian Ro...

charcoal , digital platform , forests , mobile money , pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system , Smart gas