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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...
5 Jun 2025
Tanzania’s Crackdown on Activists Raises Alarm over EAC Commitment to Human Rights
Legislatures in Kenya and Uganda are under pressure to demand answers from their governments over the alleged torture of two activists in Tanzania. Political commentators in the two countries also fau...
5 Jun 2025
The Professional Duty of Care in Contemporary Kenya: Analyzing the Implications of the Nalia Qureshi Case
In every profession, there lies an implicit social contract between the practitioner and the public: a promise that those who possess specialised knowledge and power will use it responsibly, competent...
5 Jun 2025
Imported Vehicle Duty Reforms and Questions on Tax Transparency
A recent shift in Kenya’s vehicle taxation policy is beginning to reshape the cost of importing second-hand cars, leaving importers and consumers bracing for impact. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA...
5 Jun 2025
Atomic Ambitions: Kenya’s Nuclear Energy Plan
Kenya is exploring nuclear energy as a long-term solution for base-load electricity generation and is on track to establish its first nuclear power plant. This is an avenue to realise the Vision 2030 ...
4 Jun 2025
Kenya Gazette 30th May,2025
The State Corporations Act, Re-Appointment to Consolidated Bank Limited Kenneth Gatheru Gatithi has been re-appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors of Consolidated Bank Limited for a period of...
30 May 2025
Budget Transparency: Counties Struggle to Provide Feedback on Public Participation
County governments are still struggling to gather feedback on how the public participates in the decision-making process. Kenya’s County Budget Transparency Survey (CBTS) 2024 Report, released last ...
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