Football world mourns as Argentina great Maradona dies

By Reuters,

Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on Wednesd...

diego maradona

Obituary: Argentine genius Maradona saw heaven and hell

By Reuters,

World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius w...

diego maradona

Govt plans fund to cushion workers in financial distress

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans holding jobs could soon be obligated to pay a two percent tax from their incomes to cushion the unemployed as part of new government plans in ...

Covid-19 crisis , National Treasury , unemployment in Kenya

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

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

African Airlines Association maps new era for air transport industry in Africa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) concluded its 52nd Annual General Assembly on Friday with a rallying call for airlines to take specific measu...

Yvonne’s Take: I’m glad one MP wept, while another asked for a helicopter

By Yvonne Okwara,

How many harrowing tales have you heard about people who have survived COVID-19 or those who’ve lost the battle? Most people now have a story to ...

coronavirus , helicopter , nyikal

Tobacco manufacturers fingered for profiting off the pandemic

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tobacco manufacturers have been fingered for using the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken regulations limiting tobacco use. This is according to a new rep...

British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya , Covid-19 pandemic , Tobacco

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

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

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

Lee Kun-hee, who made South Korea’s Samsung a global powerhouse, dies at 78

By Reuters,

Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung Electronics into a global powerhouse in smartphones, semiconductors and televisions, died on Sunday after spending more...

Lee Kun-hee , Samsung

US federal agency pays record Ksh.12 billion to whistleblower

By CNN,

Someone just scored a $114 million payday -- without playing the lottery or stepping into a casino. Instead, the check was signed by Uncle Sam. The...

US federal agency , whistleblower

GEMA Youth Chairman Kioi wa Murera urges youth to back BBI

By Tonny Ndungu,

GEMA Youth have vowed support for the Bridging Bridges Initiative (BBI) urging Kenyan youth to support the newly released report. In a presser on T...

Gema Youth

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

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

Kenyan economy shrinks for the first time since September 2008

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenyan economy contracted for the first time since the third quarter of 2008 as second quarter growth dropped to a negative 5.7 per cent from a po...

COVID-19 , Kenya's economy , recession

NCBA inks deal with Tatu City for mortgage financing

By Citizen Reporter,

NCBA has partnered with Tatu City to enable aspiring homeowners’ access mortgages at the 5,000-acre Special Economic Zone on Nairobi’s doorstep. ...

mortgage , NCBA , Tatu City

EAC losing export earnings due to low value addition of horticulture, leather products

By Citizen Reporter,

East African partner states are losing out billions of dollars by inadequately investing in adding value to horticulture and leather goods produced in...

EABC , leather industry