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Latest Article 13 Jun 2025
Reining in Ghost Traders: Why KRA Suspended Online VAT Registration
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) requires that a person who supplies taxable goods and or services with a value of Ksh 5 million or more annually should be registered as a taxpayer under the VAT Act. Registration has been carried out independently by taxpayers through the online I-tax portal, in line with the government’s digital […]...
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13 Jun 2025
Government Surveillance: The Curious Case of Pavel Durov
In August 2024, the Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrived at Paris’s Le Bourget Airport, en route to Finland, only to be met by French police. He was arrested on the spot, and held in solitary conf...
13 Jun 2025
Death and Discretion: How Governments Track Without Consent
The death of Albert Ojwang (31) in police custody has reignited public anger, especially among the youth, just as the country approaches the first anniversary of the historic June 25, 2024, protests, ...
13 Jun 2025
Breaking the Consensus: The Issues with the EU’s High-Risk AML Classification of Kenya
In global financial governance, timing and process are everything. Institutions tasked with regulating the cross-border financial system, policing illicit financial flows, and safeguarding financial i...
23 May 2025
Revisiting the Data Protection Act, 2019: Focus on the Draft Amendment Bill
The High Court of Kenya recently delivered one of the most significant data privacy decisions – the Worldcoin case. The matter captured national attention and involved collecting sensitive biometric...
23 May 2025
Rethinking Intellectual Property in a Digital World
In an age where ideas travel faster than the law, the question of who owns what has never been more urgent or complex. The borderless, restless, and endlessly duplicable digital economy has unsettled ...
16 May 2025
Where is the Fiscal Focus on Kenyans’ Pain Points?
On April 29, 2025, the Draft Finance Bill, 2025, was tabled before the National Assembly. The Speaker, Moses Wetang’ula, referred the Bill to the Finance and National Planning Committee for review a...
16 May 2025
My Sweetie, My Sugar: The Privatisation of the Sugar Industry
There have been ongoing efforts to privatise Kenya’s state-owned sugar companies through long-term lease agreements with private entities. This initiative aims to revitalise the struggling sugar sec...
2 May 2025
Kenya cited as a leading market for counterfeit goods
The 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement has cited Kenya as one of the leading markets for counterfeit goods. This position reinforces the call for better mechan...
2 May 2025
Kenya in strategic push to exit the FATF Grey List
In February 2024, Kenya was placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, signalling deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CFT), and counter-proli...
25 Apr 2025
Trump’s tariffs and their effect on the global markets
When Trump first ran for president in 2016, he campaigned to bring back jobs to the Midwest, also known as the Rust Belt. This region was traditionally known for manufacturing industries, which shut d...
25 Apr 2025
e-TIMS vs. informality: Navigating Kenya’s tax reform crossroads
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has proposed repealing a law that exempts small businesses and farmers from issuing electronic tax invoices through the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIM...
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