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Expectations Meet Fiscal Reality: The PAYE Reversal and the Growing Debate on Kenya’s Tax Burden
Tax policy often reveals the competing priorities that governments must navigate. On the one hand, there is the need to stimulate economic activity and ease pressure on households. On the other hand, it is responsible for financing public services, development programmes, and debt obligations. The decision to abandon the proposed Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) reforms has brought these competing interests into sharp […]...
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12 Jun 2026
Unpacking Kenya’s Data Marketplace Proposal: Privacy, Innovation and Public Trust
Few policy proposals in recent memory have generated as much public anxiety as reports that the Government of Kenya intends to “sell citizens’ data” through the proposed National Data Go...
22 May 2026
Infrastructure, Power and Oversight: The Questions Facing Kenya’s NIF
For decades, Kenya’s approach to developing its infrastructure has been the usual one – borrowing money to build roads or power plants. This has led to an increase in the national debt, and the go...
27 Mar 2026
Neutral Intermediary or Duty-Holder? What the Meta Child Protection Decision Means for Tech Platforms
In a landmark development in the United States, Meta was found liable for its impact on children through social media, with a jury awarding around USD375 million in damages to the affected family. The...
27 Feb 2026
When Credit Terms Shift: The ASL–GT Bank Dispute and a Regulatory Line in the Sand
In Kenya’s tightly wound credit market, disputes over loan renewals are not unusual. What is unusual is when such a dispute results in a multimillion-shilling penalty under competition law. That i...
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...
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...
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