Bethuel Kipsang

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,...

How JKIA has been embarrassing Kenya as government watches helplessly

The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) is perhaps the most important asset for Kenya. This is the first impression nearly everyone visiting Kenya for the first time grabs about this nation. However, the JKIA has been subjected to neglect that...

Mutula Kilonzo slaps Moi family with Sh. 69 million demand

The family of the late former president Daniel Moi has been slapped with a Sh. 69 million bill by the Mutula Kilonzo Advocates. The bill as been issued for legal representation that the law firm owned by Makueni Governor Mutula...

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A fresh wave of student unrest has swept across Kenyan secondary schools since the beginning of the second term,...