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3 Feb 2023
Explainer: What you need to know about Kenya’s Privatisation
Bill, 2023 At the core of national conversation lately is a proposed legislation seeking to govern the process of privatising state-owned companies and entities. The Privatisation Bill, 2023, which is...
3 Feb 2023
A return of the politics of tax
Taxation in Kenya has taken a political twist in a week that saw President William Ruto train his guns on former President Uhuru Kenyatta and businesses associated with his family. Speaking a day afte...
3 Feb 2023
Hustler Fund: The question of defaulters amidst plans to roll out second phase
The Hustler Fund, which was launched late last year and has been in operation for over two months now, has so far disbursed Kshs. 15.9 billion in loans with about half of that money (Kshs. 7.7 billion...
27 Jan 2023
Significant Political Events of the week
The former CS for Education, Prof. George Magoha, passed away after a short illness at the age of 71. The Cabinet approved the proposal to implement new taxes on products that are imported into the co...
27 Jan 2023
27th January 2023 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya Banks’ Sh224bn record profits signal bonus, dividends boom Banks’ pre-tax profits for 11 months to November last year hit a record Sh223.7 billion on increased lending, setting the stage for...
27 Jan 2023
Understanding the Cytonn Schemes under liquidation
After a recent court ruling on Cytonn’s two funds, the CEO, Mr. Edwin Dande, has had occasion to shed light on what happened with the two portfolios that are to be liquidated and the challenges atte...
20 Jan 2023
Meet Dr Fancy Too a new Board Member at KRA
Dr Too is the Director, Graduate Programs (LLM and LLD) at the Strathmore University Law School. She has also previously served as the Dean, Kabarak University Law School. In social service, Dr Too is...
20 Jan 2023
Meet Wilkister Simiyu a new KRA Board Member
Wilkister Simiyu Ms. Wilkister Simiyu is the Company Secretary and Head of Legal Services at the Kenya Seed Company. She has over 10 years’ work experience both as a practicing advoc...
20 Jan 2023
20th January 2023 Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya Users allowed to sue Safaricom over clients’ bank details access The High Court has allowed millions of Safaricom subscribers to join a class action suit against the telecoms operator ...
20 Jan 2023
Economy 2023: How Kenya is preparing for global economic shocks
In the last few years, the global economy has been trying to cope with multiple shocks and economic uncertainties. This has been elicited by the Covid-19 pandemic, political instability, climate chang...
20 Jan 2023
New leadership team at Kenya Revenue Authority KRA Board of Directors
The government has, in recent days, spared no effort or platform to confirm its commitment to economic transformation as outlined in the Kenya Kwanza Manifesto. Tax compliance is one of the critical p...
13 Jan 2023
13th January Trade and Financial Services Round Up
Kenya State bursts recurrent budget forecast by Sh81.7bn President William Ruto’s administration projects expenditure for the day-to-day running of the government is Sh81.7 billion more than what th...
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