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24 Feb 2024
2024 Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy analysis
The Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS) is an annual policy document written by the National Treasury to guide government borrowing and debt management. The 2024 document prepared in January 2...
24 Feb 2024
Navigating the complexities of encryption: Striking the balance between privacy and security in the digital age
In an increasingly digital world, the protection of privacy and the maintenance of security have become paramount concerns. The passage of the UK Online Safety Act highlights the ongoing struggle to s...
24 Feb 2024
The making of a national budget: Kenya’s budget cycle timeline
Kenya’s financial cycle relies on the budget process, which begins with the budget-making process. The budget process is guided by the budget calendar issued by the National Treasury and Economic Pl...
24 Feb 2024
Kenya’s fiscal landscape: A Review of the 2024 Budget Policy Statement and its implications on businesses
Background The Budget Policy Statement (BPS) is a government policy document that sets out the broad strategic priorities and policy goals to guide the National Government and County Governments in pr...
24 Feb 2024
Raila eyes African Union leadership and the delicate task of electing a capable leader for the AUC chairperson position
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) will, in February 2025, elect a new African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson once Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat concludes his...
16 Feb 2024
Finger on the Pulse.
Kenya opposition leader to bid for AU Chairmanship Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has embarked on a quest to become the Chairman of the African Union, leveraging his extensive past experience a...
16 Feb 2024
Trade and Financial Services Round-Up
Kenya Gulf fuel products import scheme lifts Kenya banks dollar holdings The government-to-government deals on the importation of fuel products have increased the dollar reserves of banks, fuelled by ...
16 Feb 2024
Political and Regulatory Round-Up.
Kenya Cabinet approves privatisation of 7 State-owned enterprises Kenya’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved the sale of seven more State-owned enterprises following a meeting chaired by President Wi...
16 Feb 2024
Parliamentary Round-Up
Tuesday February 13th, 2024 Motions National Assembly Appointment of members to the House Business Committee (i) Hon. Omboko Milemba, CBS, M.P. (ii) Hon. Robert Mbui, CBS, M...
16 Feb 2024
Updated WHO guidance for controlling vector-borne diseases through indoor residual spraying.
An estimated 80% of the world’s population is at risk of one or more vector-borne diseases. Mosquitoes, flies, bugs, and other vectors transmit viruses, parasites and bacteria that infect millions o...
16 Feb 2024
Corporations in Kenya join govt in the ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees.
Responding to the urgent global call for environmental protection and sustainability, Kenya has made a bold move to plant an unprecedented 15 billion trees. Aimed at mitigating climate change, increas...
16 Feb 2024
You can run, but you can’t hide: As Kenya adopts CRS, calls for balancing tax transparency with data privacy concerns emerge.
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...
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