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20 Jun 2025
Inside Kenya Kwanza’s ‘One Government, One Voice’ Communication Policy:
The government has faced persistent challenges in coordinating and disseminating information about its policies, projects and overall progress under the Kenya Kwanza administration. These shortcomings...
20 Jun 2025
Gunpowder Milkshake: From Mediation Table to Arms Deal Takedown
Reports linking Kenya to the flow of arms used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have triggered alarm across the Horn of Africa and beyond. If proven, these allegations could place Nairobi in di...
20 Jun 2025
Regulating Responsiveness: CBK’s Warning to Banks
In April 2025, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announced that it would begin imposing daily fines on banks that fail to adjust lending rates downward in line with recent reductions in the Central Bank...
20 Jun 2025
The IEBC Appointment Debacle
The recent attempt to reconstitute Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has sparked a legal and political maelstrom, drawing renewed attention to the constitutional pro...
16 Jun 2025
Kenya Gazette, Week Ended 13th June 2025
KENYA GAZETTE LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENTS The Sustainable Waste Management (Extended Producer Responsibility) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2025 The Environmental Management and Coordination (Access to...
13 Jun 2025
Renewed Anger over Police Brutality: IPOA Under Pressure as Calls for Police Accountability Grow
The death of 31-year-old Albert Ojwang while in police custody has triggered nationwide anger over the Kenya Police Service’s brutality and reopened wounds of extrajudicial killings in the count...
13 Jun 2025
Budget FY 2025/26 Highlights
The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Hon. John Mbadi, this week delivered his first official Budget Day speech before the National Assembly under the theme: “Stimulating Sustainable Economic Rec...
13 Jun 2025
Reining in Ghost Traders: Why KRA Suspended Online VAT Registration
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) requires that a person who supplies taxable goods and or services with a value of Ksh 5 million or more annually should be registered as a taxpayer under the VAT Act....
13 Jun 2025
Government Surveillance: The Curious Case of Pavel Durov
In August 2024, the Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrived at Paris’s Le Bourget Airport, en route to Finland, only to be met by French police. He was arrested on the spot, and held in solitary conf...
13 Jun 2025
Death and Discretion: How Governments Track Without Consent
The death of Albert Ojwang (31) in police custody has reignited public anger, especially among the youth, just as the country approaches the first anniversary of the historic June 25, 2024, protests, ...
13 Jun 2025
Breaking the Consensus: The Issues with the EU’s High-Risk AML Classification of Kenya
In global financial governance, timing and process are everything. Institutions tasked with regulating the cross-border financial system, policing illicit financial flows, and safeguarding financial i...
10 Jun 2025
Kenya Gazette 5th June, 2025
THE STATE CORPORATIONS ACT (Cap. 446) THE CONSOLIDATED BANK LIMITED RE-APPOINTMENT The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning re-appoints JEDIDAH KARWITHA MWITI as a membe...
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