KUTUNY: How MPs adopted Finance Bill 2018 was daylight robbery

By Citizen,

What transpired today (Thursday) in parliament regarding the way President Uhuru Kenyatta's memorandum on Finance Bill 2018 was adopted is a fallacy. ...

MPs now threaten to impeach Speaker Muturi after Uhuru tax proposals passed

By Ian Omondi,

A section Members of Parliament (MP) have now threatened to impeach Speaker Justin Muturi for allegedly imposing President Uhuru Kenyatta’s tax prop...

Finance Bill 2018. , Lakipia Woman Representative Catherine Waruguru , parliament , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Speaker Justin Muturi , Turkana South MP John Lomenen

Speaker Muturi orders fresh voting on Uhuru’s tax proposal after mistake detected

By Benjamin Muriuki,

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi on Thursday nullified the first round of voting on President Uhuru Kenyatta's tax proposal on fuel after an an...

fuel tax , VAT on fuel

Withdraw order declaring Embakasi South MP seat vacant: IEBC

By Citizen Reporter,

The electoral body has asked the National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi to withdraw or suspend the writ declaring Embakasi South MP seat vacant. T...

Embakasi South MP

MPs to debate Uhuru’s proposed tax hike on money transfer services

By Reuters,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has proposed hiking taxes on mobile money transfer services, amid a tussle in government over how to boost revenues without h...

Airtel , budget , fuel tax , Mobile Money transfers , mpesa , Rotich , Safaricom , Uhuru kenyatta

Kalonzo asks Wiper MPs to support Uhuru’s 8% fuel tax proposal

By Ian Omondi,

Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka has backed a statement from the National Super Alliance (NASA) parliamentary group released on Tuesda...

Finance Bill 2018. , Fuel VAT , kalonzo musyoka , President Uhuru Kenyatta

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

Former presidential aspirant wants Chebukati declared unfit to hold office

By Dzuya Walter,

Former presidential aspirant Peter Solomon Gichira on Tuesday petitioned the court to find Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chai...

2017 General elections , IEBC , Peter Gichira , Wafula Chebukati

Zimbabwe opposition lawmakers walk out of Mnangagwa address

By Reuters,

Zimbabwean opposition lawmakers walked out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state of the nation address to parliament on Tuesday, signaling their l...

Emmerson Mnangagwa , MDC , Nelson Chamisa , Reuters , Robert Mugabe , Staet of the Nation address , ZANU-PF party , Zimbabwe

Former MP Cyrus Jirongo arrested over Ksh.20M debt

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Former Lugari Member of Parliament Cyrus Jirongo has been arrested for failing to pay a Ksh.20 million debt owed to a Nairobi businessman. Jirongo ...

Brian Yongo , cyrus jirongo , Jirongo arrested

NASA leaders now support 8pc fuel tax proposal but for one year

By Citizen Reporter,

National Super Alliance (NASA) lawmakers have backtracked on an earlier decision to shoot down President Uhuru Kenyatta's proposal to have the 16pc fu...

fuel tax

NASA lawmakers meet Raila Odinga over 8pc fuel tax impasse

By Vincent Afande,

A section of MPs allied to the National Super Alliance are currently holed up in a meeting with party leader Raila Odinga over the proposed 8percent f...

fuel tax

Ugandans take to the street as Gov’t accuses E.U. of impunity

By VOA,

The Ugandan government has criticised a move by the European parliament calling for the release of those detained illegally. Also Read: Ugandans b...

Museveni , Robert Kyagulanyi , uganda

ERC, AG Kihara given 7 days to file responses in fuel levy case

By Dzuya Walter,

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the Attorney General have been given seven days to file their responses in a case challenging the Value Add...

activist Okiya Omtatah , Attorney General Paul Kihara , COTU , Energy Regulatory Commission ERC , fuel levy , Ondoa Panya Operation

Raila, Kalonzo back Uhuru on reduction of fuel V.A.T

By Ian Omondi,

Opposition leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka have lauded the move by President Uhuru Kenyatta to slash the Value Added Tax (V.A.T) by half sayi...

Fuel V.A.T , kalonzo musyoka , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga

NASA lawmakers want fuel tax scrapped, not halved: Mbadi

By Francis Gachuri,

Legislators allied to the National Super Alliance (NASA) will reconvene next week to make their position known on the 8percent fuel tax proposed by Pr...

fuel tax , Uhuru kenyatta

Petrol prices down in new ERC review

By Citizen Reporter,

The price of super petrol has dropped by Ksh.2.21 in the latest review announced by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Friday. However, the ...

16% VAT , ERC , petrol , President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta proposes fuel tax reduction to 8pc

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday proposed that the 16percent fuel tax be reduced by half. During his much anticipated address to the nation, the ...

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