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11 Dec 2020
Government priorities for Energy, Infrastructure and ICT
In Kenya’s national finance cycle, the Energy, Infrastructure and ICT Sector (EII) comprises nine sub-sectors namely: Energy and Petroleum; Infrastructure; Transport; Shippin...
11 Dec 2020
Colour me orange: 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
Accompanying the COVID-19 crises was the spike in reported instances of domestic violence mostly targeted at women and girls. This was one of the observations made by UN Secretary- General, António G...
11 Dec 2020
Government set to roll back COVID tax relief measures in January 2021
Per statistics by the World Bank, Kenya is set for a relatively short setback from COVID-19 with a s 4 percentage-point dip in growth this year, and 5.2 percent growth returning in 2021. This is still...
4 Dec 2020
The next frontier: Sports and Entertainment Series
Youth unemployment continues to rise globally and is a significant policy pain point for many Governments. However, in Africa the youth unemployment rate is the lowest in the world compared to other r...
4 Dec 2020
What is in the latest BBI Bill?
On the 25th of November, 2020, a newer version of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was published by the Government Printers. The object of this Bill according to its promoters, i...
4 Dec 2020
Race to the Sun: Kenya’s aspirations for Solar Energy
Kenya Power has recorded losses in the last financial year and according to KPLC, the losses were due to top clients turning to solar as a source of energy. Clients such as factories, universities and...
27 Nov 2020
Getting back to business: Guidelines for Sports sector
The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage in consultations with the Ministry of Health has revised the Resumption of Sports Guidelines as follows: a. All Contact Sports (Low-Risk) may resume their ...
27 Nov 2020
Getting back to Business: Guidelines for business operations during COVID for alcoholic beverage sector
The Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development (MoITED) Situation Room has produced these guidelines to offer direction to players in the sector trading with alcoholic beverages o...
27 Nov 2020
Demystifying Digital Service Tax
On 27th November, 2020, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) hosted an online sensitization forum on Digital Service Tax (DST). In his presentation, Mr. Nickson Omondi provided highlights of the policy a...
27 Nov 2020
CS National Treasury remarks at MTEF hearings
In his key note at the opening of the opening of the public Hearings on the FY 2021/22 and the medium-term Budget proposals at the Kenyatta International Convention Center on 25th November 2020, CS Uk...
27 Nov 2020
Proposed administrative reforms under the BBI
The BBI Taskforce Report posits that a majority of Kenyans want things done differently. It highlights many factors that impede the implementation of administrative action such as: Negative attitude/ ...
20 Nov 2020
Highlights of policy reforms proposed in the BBI report
The Steering Committee made Policy Reforms proposals to effectively implement the recommendations in the BBI report. The Committee was not able to develop the multiple policies, so they developed a se...
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