KENYA New NHIF premiums capped at Sh5,000 for top earners Workers earning Sh181,818 and above have been spared from paying higher contributions to the yet-to-be-formed Social Health Insurance Fund after the State opted to cap the premiums at Sh5,000. An earlier proposal in the Social

Kenya Ruto returns to the UN General Assembly with old messages on climate, debt, and tech President Ruto departed on Wednesday for his latest trip to the US, his third since he became the President, to push for his pet ideas on climate change, debt

Kenya Tom Ojienda heads to court to challenge expulsion from ODM party In what is seen as a precursor to a protracted legal battle, Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda has sought documentary evidence from the Orange party that expelled him for allegedly collaborating with President William

Kenya President Ruto plans compulsory 2.75pc NHIF deductions President William Ruto’s plan to make it mandatory for every household in Kenya to contribute 2.75 percent of its income to fund a new social healthcare fund will see the government take at least 20 percent of

KENYA Ruto, TikTok CEO Chew agree to moderate content in Kenya TikTok has agreed to moderate content on its App in Kenya, the country’s presidency said Thursday, days after parliament received a petition to ban the popular video-sharing platform. “Short-form video hosting service TikTok will

KENYA   Court ruling seeks to end retirement age cheating The Employment and Labour Relations Court has ruled that where staff fail to state the retirement age, the employer should use the general retirement age in the public service. However, the court noted that such

KENYA Cyber-attack on eCitizen platform cause of outage, says Owalo The downtime being experienced on the eCitizen portal has been caused by hackers attempting to jam the portal through an overload of data requests, ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has revealed. Speaking during a morning

Kenya Treasury suffers new setback in taxes implementation plan The Treasury suffered another setback in its quest to implement the contentious Finance Act after the Court of Appeal declined to lift an order suspending the law. The bench of three judges said it will rule

Tanzania: Samia restructures Cabinet After the enactment of the Planning Commission Act, 2023, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has made minor restructuring of the Cabinet, formulating the Ministry of Planning and Investment. As part of the restructuring, she appointed Ubungo MP, Prof Kitila Mkumbo, as Minister

Kenya President Ruto, Rigathi Gachagua, MPs set for 14pc pay raise in SRC review State officers, including the President, the Deputy President, Cabinet Secretaries and MPs, are set for a 14% pay rise on average over the next two years starting next month in a

Kenya Street tax agents are coming: Ruto gets Sh1.2bn boost to deploy KRA in marketsThe National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee has proposed an extra Sh1.2 billion to the recurrent budget of the Kenya Revenue Authority to employ tax assistants as President Ruto tightens the

KENYA Storm over State plan to tax insurance payouts Insurance customers will start parting with 16 percent tax on the money paid to them by insurers as compensation for their losses, if the proposal whose interpretation has split tax experts and insurance firms, is adopted. The

KENYA Rich Kenyans get helicopter tax cuts in President Ruto budget plan Wealthy Kenyans and politicians will import helicopters and planes at cheaper prices after President William Ruto’s administration proposed to scrap three taxes on aircraft and parts at a time the Treasury plans to

Kenya UN boss Antonio Guterres visits Kenya, to meet Ruto United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Kenya for a two-day official visit. During his visit, the UN chief is expected to hold talks with President William Ruto. The visit comes weeks after a

Kenya Ruto adds more to debt in first six months than Uhuru President William Ruto’s administration has borrowed Sh17.4 billion more than his predecessor in its first six months in office, upending the plan to go slow on debt. Treasury data shows that the new

Kenya President Ruto clips CS Mutua wings in foreign policy shift President William Ruto’s government has announced a major shift in the country’s foreign policy by allowing other countries and their missions in Kenya to engage directly with ministries and state agencies, without going through

Kenya Revealed: How President Ruto got Raila ‘fired’ from AU job Yesterday, what was not contested was the announcement that Mr Odinga’s tenure as the commission’s high representative for infrastructure development in Africa had ended after nearly five years. But a cloud of controversy swirled

Kenya How Israeli hackers hit Ruto strategists, IEBC officials days to polls A consortium of journalists across the world has been investigating how Israeli national Tal Hanan led a team of disinformation experts in manipulating dozens of elections across the world. The journalists posed as

Kenya Protect me, former Interior minister Fred Matiang’i tells court. Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has moved to court, seeking to be granted anticipatory bail after police allegedly raided his house on Wednesday night. In an application filed at the High Court, Dr Matiang’i

Kenya This is not politics, IG Koome says on scaling down of Uhuru’s security The Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome on Friday confirmed the scaling down of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s security detail adding that officers of senior rank have been recalled. Mr Koome, who

 Kenya President Ruto’s doublespeak on opposition President William Ruto’s move to woo Jubilee Party MPs as he seeks an absolute majority in Parliament has exposed his doublespeak in regard to his calls for a vibrant opposition. Kenya Kwanza has gone on a charm offensive against

KENYA   Ruto’s Hustler Fund challenged in court   The government’s decision to establish the Sh50 billion Hustler Fund has been challenged in court by two civilians who claim that the kitty is illegal and an avenue to loot public coffers.   The petitioners, Mr

KENYA   End of an era for Uhuru Principal Secretaries   The reign of former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Principal Secretaries comes to an end today as those appointed by President William Ruto take over.   The new PSs will be sworn in from 7a.m. today

KENYA MPs back push for private land holding caps Parliament has approved a fresh attempt to have the government cap the size of land an individual can hold. MPs have backed a proposal that seeks to compel the Ministry of Lands to make rules and