Bethuel Kipsang

Shock as national IDs backlog now set to cross 1 million

If you apply for a national identity card today, your application will find a backlog of over half a million applications that are yet to be processed. This is according to an investigative feature that has been released by Kenyan...

School fees for all children in National Schools to be paid via e-Citizen

School fees for all kids in National Schools will now be paid via the e-Citizen platform. This is the latest set of payments to be consolidated under the pay bill 222222 by the government. According to a circular that has...

Stop deducting housing tax from employees’ salaries – FKE tells employers

The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) has asked employers to stop deducting housing tax from the salaries of employees. The directive by the FKE came after the Court of Appeal in a ruling on January 26th, 2024, dismissed a Stay...

Big win for Kenyans as Court of Appeal stops Ruto from collecting Housing Tax

The Court of Appeal has stopped President William Ruto's government from collecting the controversial housing tax. In making the decision, the Court of Appeal declared that public interest tilted in favour of the court not granting the orders that were...

Majority of Central, Rift Valley residents are broke, struggling – Survey

The majority of residents in Central region and the Rift Valley are struggling financially. This has been revealed by a survey that was done by research firm Infotrack. The survey has also revealed that 73 per cent of Kenyans are...

State rushes to deduct SHIF from your January salary

The Ministry of Health is in a rush to start deductions for the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) from this month. This comes barely a week after the Court of Appeal lifted a ban on the deductions that had been...

Treasury admits G-to-G fuel deal has failed, is ruining dollar market

The National Treasury has admitted that the controversial G-to-G fuel deal has failed and is now distorting the forex exchange market. In disclosures to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the National Treasury has stated that the deal which was touted...

KQ responds after Tanzania bans all its flights to Dar es Salaam

Kenya Airways has responded following a ban against all its flights to Dar es Salaam by the Tanzanian government. In a statement that was issued on Monday evening, Kenya Airways acknowledged the ban saying it was working to have the...

State House Nairobi “renovations” to cost a whopping Sh. 795 million

The State House in Nairobi is being renovated. It has now emerged that the cost of renovation will be Sh. 795 million. This is an increase of Sh. 600 million from the initial Sh. 195.4 million. Apparently, Sh. 620 million...

Fuel prices: Petrol, diesel drop by Sh. 5, kerosene drops by Sh. 4.82

Fuel prices in Kenya have dropped by Sh. 5 per litre. According to the new prices that have been announced by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), super petrol and diesel will retail at Sh. 5 less per...

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Kenya Airways & Rubis to launch Africa’s first dedicated SAF refinery

Kenya Airways (NSE: KQ) and Rubis Energy Kenya, a subsidiary of Rubis Énergie, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...