Kenya Sh75bn tax bill stalls M-Pesa split from Safaricom Safaricom is facing a Sh75 billion tax liability in the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) push for the separation of M-Pesa from the telecoms busines...

KENYA Kenya ends oil import feud with Uganda Kenya will finally license the Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc), ending months of a major feud that spilled over to the regional court and hurt diplomati...

Kenya Kenya’s coffee exports nearly doubled in January on demand Kenyan coffee exports nearly doubled to 2,685 tonnes in January on demand for the larger quantities of quality crops from the main Oc...

Kenya New levy lined up for State contractors The Treasury has introduced a new levy on contractors making supplies to both national and county governments, a shift likely to raise the cost of public ...

Kenya State risks losing Sh60m in cheap gas project. The project, which resumed in 2022 after stalling for years, is meant to wean poor households from the use of dirty wood fuel by providing them wit...

KENYA UK and Kenya in fierce tax fight The United Kingdom has made an official complaint over the higher import duty Kenya charged on some of its products, a senior government official has revealed. I...

KENYA Kenya in tight spot as EAC, European trade deals clash Kenya’s recently completed trade deals have run into stormy waters after Nairobi applied higher import duties on whiskies and wines from ...

KENYA Shilling falls to a new low of Sh160 to the dollar The shilling’s official exchange rate has hit Sh160.23 to the dollar, extending its record decline against the US currency on the back of pre...

Kenya State assures coffee farmers of Ksh.80 per kilo in new sector reforms Co-operatives and MSMEs Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui on Tuesday launched the Coffee Cherry Advance Fund, which could see...

Kenya Sugar factories roar to life again on December 1 Sugar millers are set to be re-opened on December 1 more than four months after they were ordered shut after most were accused of harvesting imma...

KENYA   Kenya declines Uganda’s request to use oil pipeline An application by Uganda to use Kenya’s pipeline to transport its fuel was in September turned down by Kenya on concerns that the m...

    Kenya Treasury cuts development, inflates budget by Sh187bn President William Ruto’s administration has cut development expenditure but increased its maiden budget by Sh187.3 billion i...