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9 Mar 2024
Simplifying tax compliance: How small businesses can join the eTIMS bandwagon.
In a groundbreaking move aimed at revolutionising tax collection, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has introduced the electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS), mandating all businesses to ele...
9 Mar 2024
New energy regulations set to open Kenya’s electricity market to competition and investment.
One of the biggest problems the electricity market has faced in Kenya has been the monopoly over the transmission and distribution of electricity in the country by two state agencies. Transmission and...
8 Mar 2024
Kenyan banking sector balances strong profits with sovereign exposure challenges
Fitch Ratings recently conducted a peer review, where they assessed the creditworthiness of three bank holding companies – KCB Group PLC, NCBA Group PLC, and I&M Group Plc – along with...
1 Mar 2024
Trade and Financial Services Round-Up
Kenya Puzzle of counties running 1,400 illegal bank accounts County governments are operating more than 1,400 accounts in Kenyan commercial banks, in breach of the law that requires them to hold their...
1 Mar 2024
SAMA hosts President Ruto, Ethiopia’s PM to discuss Kenya’s digital transformation
On Tuesday this week, SAMA AI was host to Kenya’s President William Samoei Ruto and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, alongside Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication...
1 Mar 2024
An analysis of foreign competition regulations in comparison to the COMESA regulations.
Competition law comprises a set of legal rules which aim to control the socially harmful exercise of private market power, whether through hardcore cartels, single-firm monopolies, or mergers that red...
1 Mar 2024
Shaping global environmental policy to tackle climate change, in light of UNEA
The recent conclusion of the sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi, Kenya, has underscored the urgency of shaping global environmental policy to combat the escalating climate c...
1 Mar 2024
Re-thinking the FATF Approach: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Listing Model as Kenya navigates the “Grey List”
Background Kenya is, once again, on the international financial market radar, not for Eurobond reasons but this time round for money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/FT). The Financial Actio...
24 Feb 2024
Trade and Financial Services Round-Up.
KENYA World Bank, IMF charging Kenya 14.5pc interest — CoB Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o has flagged the cost of concessional loans taken up by the government over the years from len...
24 Feb 2024
ESG Integration: A game-changer in investment strategies for resilient, sustainable returns
In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations have emerged as critical factors reshaping the investment landscape. Investors are increasingly recognising that sustainable...
24 Feb 2024
The power of fairness: The currency for success in corporate culture and economic transaction.
Fairness is a fundamental aspect of human behaviour that goes beyond simple transactional interactions. From psychological experiments to legal rulings and corporate governance, the concept of fairnes...
24 Feb 2024
2024 Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy analysis
The Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS) is an annual policy document written by the National Treasury to guide government borrowing and debt management. The 2024 document prepared in January 2...
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