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Kenya Kenya close to agreeing to KSh194.4 billion budget support loan from UAE Kenya is nearing an agreement for a $1.5 billion budget support loan from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help stabilise its public finances. The loan is part of broader efforts to manage the country’s debt and is expected to cover fiscal […]...
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9 Aug 2024
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Kenya. Treasury eyes Sh78bn in new IMF budget support The Government is eying a drawdown of about $600 million (Sh77.9 billion) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when the institution’s exec...
28 Apr 2024
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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...
6 Nov 2023
TRADE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUND-UP
KENYA Banks seek review of law on filing taxes every five days The banking sector wants Parliament to review a new law requiring firms in sectors with a high risk of under-declaring taxes to pay dues ...
14 Aug 2023
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KENYA Shilling wipes out Sh13bn payout to foreign investors The sharp depreciation of the Kenyan shilling against the dollar has hit foreign-owned firms and investors with steep exchange losses on exp...
7 Aug 2023
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KENYA Investors Suffer Sh5 billion losses in bond sales Bond investors recorded net capital losses of Sh5.1 billion when selling their securities in the secondary market on the Nairobi Securities Exch...
8 May 2023
TRADE & FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUND UP
Kenya The burden of beauty: Wigs, false beards and eyebrows hit with 5pc tax Millions of consumers of beauty products such as wigs and false beards and eyebrows in the country could pay more for the i...
26 Apr 2023
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Kenya Rich investors to buy extra shares without CMA approval Investors will be free to buy stakes of up to 30 percent in listed companies without the approval of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), ...
18 Apr 2023
POLITICAL, TRADE AND REGULATORY ROUND-UP
Kenya Sakaja’s plan to split Nairobi into boroughs to cost Sh2bn The Nairobi City County government will spend a total of Sh2.039 billion to establish five administrative boroughs and run functi...
31 Mar 2023
President Ruto saves Airtel Kenya, Amazon from forced stake sale
Kenya President Ruto saves Airtel Kenya, Amazon from forced stake sale Airtel Kenya has been saved from forcibly selling a third of its stake to local investors after US tech giant Amazon successfully...
17 Mar 2023
Taxpayers’ burden of keeping Kenya Kwanza CASs in office
Kenya Taxpayers’ burden of keeping Kenya Kwanza CASs in office Kenyan taxpayers will spend more than half a billion shillings annually on salaries and benefits for the 50 Chief Administrative Secret...
24 Feb 2023
24th February 2023 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya KRA chief Githii Mburu quits, board names Rispah Simiyu in acting role The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner-General, Githii Mburu, has resigned after a three-year and seven month sti...
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