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Latest Article 23 Oct 2026
From PAYE Relief to Cheaper Phones: Ruto’s Mashujaa Day Economic Pledges
President William Ruto used this year’s Mashujaa Day celebrations to announce a new package of tax relief and employment proposals to ease the financial pressure on Kenyan households. His address centred on plans to exempt workers earning KSh32,333 or less per month from Pay as You Earn (PAYE) income tax and to remove the 25 […]...
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23 Oct 2026
Data, Democracy and Child Safety: Why the Meta US$25B Ruling Is a Global Wake-Up Call
A recent New Mexico court decision ordering Meta to pay a staggering US$25 billion penalty for its handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal is among the strongest regulatory actions ev...
17 Oct 2026
Kenya’s Trade Patterns Shift as US Export Market Gains Narrow Gap with Uganda
Kenya’s export earnings from the United States rose sharply in the latest destination figures, bringing the North American market close to Uganda, the country’s leading export destination. Th...
10 Oct 2026
Capital Unlocked: Decoding Kenya’s Mega-Deal Surge and the New Frontier of East African Finance
For most of the past three years, sub-Saharan African capital markets were characterised by risk aversion, macroeconomic volatility, and an extended freeze on primary market listings. Yet over the pas...
10 Oct 2026
From Crude Oil to Fuel: How the Dangote and Changamwe Refineries Differ
A key distinction exists between simply refining crude oil and maximising what you can extract from every barrel. Kenya’s former refinery at Changamwe in Mombasa was largely a hydroskimming ope...
10 Oct 2026
Kenya’s Virtual Asset Regime Enters Compliance Phase as VASPs Face November Deadline
Kenya’s FinTech sector has grown rapidly, positioning the country as one of Africa’s leading markets for digital financial services, mobile payments and emerging financial technologies. This growt...
10 Oct 2026
Beyond the Pump: When the Dangote Refinery Gets Up and Running
When the proposed US$16 billion Dangote East African Refinery broke ground in Lamu on September 30, 2026, the headline figure was its capacity: 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day. But what does that...
10 Oct 2026
Cybersecurity Is a Board Matter: Do’s and Don’ts for Directors
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the Vellum team is marking it with a series of short, practical briefs for corporate leaders. This week, we turn to the boardroom to focus on the do’s a...
3 Oct 2026
Dry Weather Puts Kenya’s Food Security Under Pressure
Kenya is heading into the 2026/27 agricultural marketing year facing a major setback in producing two of its most important grains after an unusually severe mid-year dry spell damaged crops across key...
3 Oct 2026
Who Pays for Progress? Infrastructure, Land Rights, and the Hidden Costs of Kenya’s Mega-Projects
Direct foreign investors, project sponsors, and infrastructure syndicates view East Africa as a premier frontier for deploying industrial-scale, high-yield assets. Yet executing mega-infrastructure ac...
3 Oct 2026
Who Checks the Inspectors? New Bill Seeks to Tighten Oversight of Public Service Vehicle Safety
The National Transport and Safety Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposes introducing a legal framework to regulate public service vehicle (PSV) conformity assessors, the professionals responsible ...
3 Oct 2026
Kenya’s SACCO Boom Faces a Generational Test
Kenya’s SACCO sector is growing. However, the more important question is whether it is becoming younger. The latest SACCO Supervision Annual Report shows an industry that continues to expand its rea...
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