Court Sentences Finance CECM to Jail Over 500 Million Debt
The High Court has sentenced Meru County Finance Executive to three months in jail for contempt of court for failing to pay a Sh500 million debt owed by the county…
A Shilling for Every Two Ruto Tells Hustler Fund Borrowers During First Anniversary Celebrations
At least 1.2 million Kenyans who have consistently borrowed the Hustler Fund will benefit from a 50 per cent savings top-up from the government beginning Friday. President William Ruto who…
President Ruto Reacts to High Court Ruling That His Housing Levy is Unconstitutional
President William Ruto has announced the government’s commitment to revising its policies in response to the High Court’s declaration that certain provisions of the Finance Act, 2023, including the Housing…
Okiya Okoiti Omtatah Singlehandedly Rescues Kenya From Ruto’s Housing Levy
The High Court in Nairobi on Tuesday November 28, 2023 declared the Housing Levy promulgated by President Ruto Unconstitutional. The Court pointed out that the Levy violated key provisions of…
Budget Report Reveals Office of the President Spent KES 381 Million on Fuel, Lubricants
The State Department for Interior and Citizen Services was the biggest government spender on fuel in the country during the 2022/2023 financial year. In the Controller of Budget report that…
Kenyans Slapped with Yet Another Fuel Price Increase at the Pump
The price of Super Petrol yesterday was increased by Sh5.72 litre, Diesel by Sh4.48 litre and Kerosene by Sh2.45 litre in this month’s review by energy regulator EPRA. This means…
FINANCE ACT 2023: ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR TAX AMNESTY?
The Finance Act, 2023 (“The Act”) unpacked a lot of changes to the tax laws that have impacted the taxpayers. One such introduction to The Act was the Remission of…
Why the Government is Set to Spy on Accounts of Top-ranking State Officials
The Government is set to start spying on accounts held by top government officials, including the Head of State. This is according to an agreement reached in 2022 with the…
Kisii, Siaya Increase Levies in order to plug Budget Deficit
Residents in two Nyanza counties will have to dig deeper into their pockets to access various services following proposals to increase levies in Siaya and Kisii to help plug the…
Kathryne Maundu Resigns from Safaricom PLC
Kathryne Maundu has resigned from her role as the Company Secretary of Safaricom PLC, effective 30th September 2023. Ms. Maundu has been part of the Safaricom PLC board for seven…
iTax System Unavailable on Sunday Evening
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has issued a public notice about an upcoming scheduled maintenance for the iTax System. The maintenance is scheduled to start on Sunday, October 1, 2023,…
Audit Report: Siaya County Loses Whooping KES 95 Million to Ghost Workers
Between July 2022 and June 2023 Siaya County Government has lost upward of KES 9 million to ghost workers. According to Mr Agunda Ochanda the County Executive Committee Member for…