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28 Apr 2024
TRADE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUND-UP.
Kenya Wage bill lie: The policies and doublespeak stoking crisis A presidential task force in 2014 recommended at least 75 State corporations be abolished. Instead, 87 new parastatals have be...
28 Apr 2024
POLITICAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS ROUND-UP.
Kenya No pay for striking medics, Health CS Susan Nakhumicha now says Striking health workers will not be paid for failing to show up at their workstations, Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan ...
26 Apr 2024
At least 154 million lives saved through global immunisation over the past 50 years
A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunisation efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – ...
26 Apr 2024
Embracing the Arrival of the Rains
As the rains make their long-awaited return to Kenya, it’s important to reflect on the historical significance of these downpours. In my youth, I vividly remember how Budalangi became the benchm...
26 Apr 2024
Approved Kenya-EU Trade Deal Paves the Way for Enhanced Economic Partnerships
The National Assembly of Kenya has given the green light, approving the Kenya-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), marking a significant milestone in bilateral trade relations. Th...
26 Apr 2024
Parliament approves Ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.
In March 2023, the Cabinet approved the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) for ratification by Parliament. The Cabinet M...
26 Apr 2024
Game-Changer Alert: IFRS 18 Revolutionises Financial Performance Reporting
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has been on a course to improve the standards of reporting in the corporate world. Having come out to shape sustainability reporting in the recent p...
26 Apr 2024
My Journey lodging a data protection complaint with the ODPC
Last year, on December 28th, I received a text message from a digital lender that took me down an illuminating data protection journey. The text message read: “DEAR GUARANTOR inform Bernard XXXX...
26 Apr 2024
Connected Africa Summit 2024: Pioneering a Digital Renaissance.
Africa is on the cusp of a digital renaissance. The just-concluded Connected Africa Summit 2024 has underscored the continent’s remarkable strides in the digital transformation landscape, positionin...
26 Apr 2024
SLAPP: Strategic “defamation suits” threatening the freedom of expression space.
They are being used to silence those who expose corruption and abuse of office The rise of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suit) in Kenya is becoming a worrying trend despite ...
21 Apr 2024
PARLIAMENTARY ROUND-UP
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 2.30 p.m. The National Assembly Reports Reports of The Auditor-General on The National Government Constituencies Development Fund for Five Constituencies in Vih...
21 Apr 2024
In a world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis
Health workers roll out immunization campaign aiming to reach one million people. In a historic move, Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV) recomm...
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