Business Daily

4 Oct 2022 - The Treasury has acquired a 60 percent stake in Telkom Kenya from UK-based private equity fund, Helios Investment Partners, for Sh6.09 billion, making the company fully State-owned.

4 Oct 2022 - A court has spared motorists a fresh round of fuel price hikes, even as the taxman imposed the 6.3 percent inflation adjustment tax on more than 30 excisable products.

4 Oct 2022 - This is after it garnered 146 votes on the Monday election to secure a seat on the 48-member Council.

4 Oct 2022 - The High Court has dismissed a petition by Busia senator Okiya Omtatah four years ago challenging the imposition of tax on petroleum products.

4 Oct 2022 - There is a need for reforming university financing to forestall deterioration of the quality of education in our institutions of higher learning.

4 Oct 2022 - Fresh produce exporters have lost a petition to stop the implementation of a 0.25 percent levy on the customs value of consignments introduced two years ago.

4 Oct 2022 - The review of salaries for the support staff of the new MPs to nearly two times more by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) is in bad taste.

4 Oct 2022 - President William Ruto Monday chaired a cabinet meeting that lifted the 2012 moratorium that restricted importation or open cultivation of GMO crops.

4 Oct 2022 - Many investors want to reap the benefits of online forex trading immediately, even when they have limited knowledge and understanding of the basics and intricacies of online trading.

4 Oct 2022 - MPs in both Houses will set aside four days to debate a 33-minute speech that President William made during the inaugural Joint Sitting of the 13th Parliament.

4 Oct 2022 - As the new administration settles down to work, it must create a friendly environment for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to thrive.

4 Oct 2022 - Crown Paints and I&M Bank have inked a deal that will see the lender provide unsecured lending for the paint maker’s dealers for orders of up to Sh10 million.

4 Oct 2022 - Nothing can disrupt your daily quality of life like chronic pain.

4 Oct 2022 - One challenge that differentiates us from the Asian tiger economies is the capture of our leaders by financiers.

4 Oct 2022 - President William Ruto has proposed a review of our social security infrastructure which he says, as currently set up, doesn’t meet the future needs of Kenyans.

4 Oct 2022 - City residents will pay between Sh3,000 to Sh10,000 monthly to own one of the 15,000 affordable houses under construction, as the government steps up its housing agenda.

4 Oct 2022 - With about 300 trucks being expected to return to the highway, the move will expose Kenya to increased road damage, accident and pollution despite making strides in reducing emissions.

4 Oct 2022 - The society had accused the Kenya Copyright Board (Kecobo) and the Ministry of ICT of unlawfully interfering with its operations.

4 Oct 2022 - Rosemary has trained the best tennis players in Africa and now runs an academy to bring up the next generation of superstars.

4 Oct 2022 - Total sugar production in August was 46,459 tonnes from the 70,278 tonnes recorded a month earlier, data from the Sugar Directorate shows.

4 Oct 2022 - Briefcase digital lenders are facing licensing headwinds after falling foul of the new requirement by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) that all players in the sector must have a physical offices.

3 Oct 2022 - As frequent as the dawn of a new day, all capitalist economies have convinced themselves that the successful route to achieving prosperity and reducing the inequality gap is to impose heavy taxes...

3 Oct 2022 - CDSC has waived commissions and charges for retail investors for a section of its services during the customer service week which runs until Friday.

3 Oct 2022 - The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) has asked employers to equip women with leadership skills for greater economic growth.

3 Oct 2022 - Vice-chancellors have revived the petition to increase tuition fees in public universities in the latest efforts to keep the institutions afloat.

3 Oct 2022 - Consumers in Europe have cut spending on Kenyan flowers amid a cost of living spike in the western world.

3 Oct 2022 - Two buildings collapsed last week in Kiambu and Kajiado counties, renewing blame game between developers and counties.

3 Oct 2022 - Public universities are targeting commercialisation of their innovations and research, and creation of endowment funds.

3 Oct 2022 - When health tech firm M-Tiba entered the populous Nigerian market, it achieved what has remained an elusive goal for most Kenyan companies.

3 Oct 2022 - IASP revealed the decision via their official social media platforms, sparking excitement among various players in Kenya’s ICT sector.

3 Oct 2022 - Organisations should seek to stand out in the marketplace by telling a compelling and authentic story that provides stakeholders with relevant information.

3 Oct 2022 - A new benchmark was set early this year by Flutterwave, arguably the most successful payments technology startup in Africa.

3 Oct 2022 - Digitisation continues to gain ground among consumers. Services have been distilled to their simplest forms.

3 Oct 2022 - Fear is the emotional response to a real or perceived imminent threat. The important thing to note is that the threat is imminent.

3 Oct 2022 - Employers have been asked to prioritise early diagnosis of mental health problems among staff in order to reduce productivity losses.

3 Oct 2022 - A Mombasa Court has dismissed an application by a resident seeking to stop Safaricom from operating a base transceiver station.

3 Oct 2022 - A Sh7 million initiative by the United States Agency for International Development to curb increasing plastic menace, especially on the Kenyan sea shores should be lauded.

3 Oct 2022 - Private equity, venture capital funds and development finance institutions (DFIs) have over the years expressed concerns about asset quality

3 Oct 2022 - The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has moved to shield support staff of the new MPs from unpredictable pay.

3 Oct 2022 - The owner of Lavington Mall has been allowed to evict a top club associated with prominent Rwandan businessman.

3 Oct 2022 - Every day, scammers browse the Internet looking for an account to hack.

3 Oct 2022 - A lobby has asked the Treasury to explain the funding of specific projects funded through Sh41.8 billion received from the IMF.

3 Oct 2022 - In 2015, Mr Fanenbruck decided to be a vegan, motivation to make the fight against climate change a personal one.

3 Oct 2022 - Mobile calls and texts have become less lucrative revenue streams for telecoms firms in the past three years.

3 Oct 2022 - Having a well-defined body is arguably every fitness enthusiast’s dream. However, possessing toned abs (abdominal section) is one to die for.

3 Oct 2022 - SBM Bank Kenya has agreed a deal worth up to Sh1.1 billion with Africa Guarantee Fund (AGF) to insure against SME loan defaults.

3 Oct 2022 - One was clear that this demonstrated a lack of commitment to devolution while the other hailed it as a wise move.

3 Oct 2022 - In the Insider System, Gedajlovic observes that the director is looking out for the fiduciary interest of a variety of claimants.

3 Oct 2022 - His tribulations worsened last year when a Nairobi court sentenced him to six years in jail for siphoning Sh19.6 million from Kemri.

3 Oct 2022 - President William Ruto used his first address to Parliament last week to spell out his tax plan, proposing a wealth tax targeting the super-rich.