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Bethuel Kipsang

For every Sh. 211.64 you pay for litre of fuel, government is eating Sh. 79.32 in taxes

The Kenya Kwanza government has largely attributed the high cost of fuel on "global issues", in a strong suggestion that the fuel situation is out of its control. However, a close scrutiny on the fuel costs and taxes reveals that...

Mary Wambui kicks Ezra Chiloba out of Communications Authority

Communications Authority Chairperson Mary Wambui has suspended Ezra Chiloba from his position as Director General. Wambui announced the changes in an internal memo citing unspecified reasons. She then appointed Christopher Wambua as the Director General in acting capacity until further...

Thousands of jobless NYS graduates at KDF recruitment in Nairobi for 350 positions

When the Kenya Defense Forces announced a soecial recruitment exercise targeting NYS graduates, there certainly was no expectation on how large a number of applicants would turn up. But on Monday, September 18, 2023, thousands of desperate, jobless NYS graduates...

Rich earners spared from high NHIF deductions; low earners to pay from gross salaries

Top earners in Kenya have been spared from high NHIF deductions. Under the revised proposal, premiums to be paid by top earnerw have been capped at Sh. 5,000. However low earners will pay a percentage of 2.75 which will be...

Swimming pool tax to milk and eggs tax: See list of new proposed taxes

Kenyans are set to be slapped with a new set of taxes. The new proposed taxes that have been issued by the National Treasury under cabinet secretary Njuguna Ndung'u come barely months after the enactment of the punitive taxes...

Kenyans working abroad to pay mandatory welfare levy to government

The government under President William Ruto is set to require that all Kenyans working abroad start remitting mandatory welfare levy. This mandatory requirement is part of proposals being fronted by the Ministry of Labour in what has been termed as...

Brace for Ruto’s mandatory 2.75% NHIF deductions on your gross salary

If your household has a monthly gross income of Sh. 50,000, you will soon be required to part with up to Sh. 1,375 in mandatory NHIF deductions. These deductions are the latest assault on Kenyans' income from the presidency of...

Nicholas Biwott’s daughter who turned down multi-million inheritance

One of the daughters of the late former Cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott declined inheritance from her late father, leaving a chunk of the empire for division to other beneficiaries. Ms Rita Field-Marsham, a lawyer and humanitarian based in Canada, swore...

Kenya Airways posts Sh. 21.7 billion net loss in six months

National carrier Kenya Airways has posted a net loss of Sh. 21.7 billion in the first six months of 2023. This was a huge increase from the Sh. 9.9 billion net loss the airline recorded in the same period the...

Kenya borrows Sh. 128bn in one month, spends Sh. 1.9bn on development

President William Ruto's government has continued the practice of borrowing to fund recurrent expenditure contrary to frequent promises by the president that this wouldn't happen. For instance, in the first month of the financial year that started in July 2023,...

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