The State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2024 has revealed interesting insights into the mobile money landscape across sub-Saharan Africa. Among the countries analysed, Kenya emerges as a foca...
Meeting Kenya’s ever-growing development needs, largely financed through taxation, is an arduous task. The broader fiscal context Kenya finds itself in currently makes even the challenge dauntin...
Earlier this week, more than 8,000 taxi and hire car drivers in Australia emerged victorious in a class-action lawsuit against Uber. They sought compensation for the financial setbacks they endured fo...
Mr Molenje joined the Kenya Bankers Association in 2018 and has 19 years of experience in legal and regulatory practice, human capital, and policy advocacy, having held senior management roles in lead...
Kenya has recently been under increased spotlight, particularly on the money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) front. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently put Kenya on the heighten...
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...
Kenyan commercial banks have started implementing the Common Reporting Standards (CRS), a tax procedures regulation of 2023. This regulation requires all Kenyan banks, trusts, and other financial inst...
The Central Bank of Kenya released the Agriculture Sector Survey for January 2024, highlighting the sector’s significant contribution to the country’s economy. Accounting for an estimate...
In the dynamic landscape of taxation, businesses often find themselves grappling with complex tax compliance requirements. In response to this challenge, tax authorities around the world have introduc...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) conducts a Market Perceptions Survey before each Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting to gather insights from banks and non-bank private sector firms regarding vario...
Kenya’s economy was hit by global shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic and geo-political issues, such as the Ukraine-Russia conflict, over the past two years. This has been exacerbated by the...
Kenya IMF rescues Kenya from $2bn Eurobond scare The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has moved to rescue Kenya from plunging into a financial crisis after the global lender confirmed that it was m...