- Over the 2024-25 financial year, the government plans to borrow Sh703 billion, which is lower than the Sh785 billion that it plans to borrow by the end of the current financial year.
- Mwiti will take the helm of the NSE at a time the bourse and Kenya's capital markets regulator are keen to stimulate more firms to list at the bourse and end a listing drought.
- The future of global governance, spurred by revolutionary technological leaps, dominated talk during this year's World Governments Summit (WGS) in Dubai.
- KRA missed its targets by nearly Sh100 billion in the five-month period to November 2023, dealing a blow to the government's revenue and development plans.
- Did Ash Wednesday mute Valentine's Day? The confidence of the two days was very symbolic. Ash Wednesday reminds us of our mortality, that one day we shall all return to dust.
- Ruto government reckons the move will help "strengthen the resilience of the financial system." Such fees for commercial banks were last reviewed in 1990.
- Committees of the Senate and Council of Governors claim Water Bill passed by the National Assembly takes away powers of county governments to manage water matters.
- Well-connected local and foreign billionaires are the biggest beneficiaries of the new government-to-government programme championed by President Ruto.
- KPA has not shelved its plans to have in place end-to-end logistics services for transit cargo, says earlier tender was unresponsive, even as freight forwarders and other parties protest against move
- In the implementation of the coffee reforms, milling plants associated with the estate farmers were closed after they failed to comply with set regulations.
- Kenya Kwanza, through its ICT agenda, seeks to build a digitally empowered nation where citizens can readily work and also get services conveniently and efficiently.
- The investors will be seeking to explore partnerships and opportunities around Kenya's blue economy sectors like fisheries, ocean renewable energy, tourism and transportation.
- In the directives, the regulator outlaws the use of open pick-ups, Probox, and trucks in the transportation of the commodity and has directed the use of plastic crates.
- Sellers of prime properties in the country have opted to list their prices in foreign currencies to counter the depreciating shilling, Knight Frank reports.
- NGO Coordination Board argues that such organisations evade registration so as to engage in dubious deals including money laundering and human trafficking in the country.
- If left unregulated, the selfish human decision often destroys the collective interest of society. That is why any malfunction and lapses coming from these agencies will destroy the country.
- The government says they got bids of up to $6 billion against an issue of $1.5 billion. The move restores confidence in the country's debt management.
- Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPCK) has noted a growing demand for ready bouquets by international markets as opposed to single-variety cut flowers.
- The poverty levels are increasing day in and day out with the middle class now feeling the pain as a result of numerous taxes introduced by the Kenya Kwanza regime.
- A process to document short-term and long-term stay homes popularly known as Airbnbs has been launched targeting to license more than 50,000 facilities in three months.
- Four in ten companies reckon the worsening business on the back of higher tax and regulatory levies burden coupled with slow demand from consumers could hurt their operations.
- Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority (UFAA) has also set its eyes on government departments and agencies, courts and telcos that hold mobile money balances.
- The shilling has hit a record high of 160 to the dollar. Equally, it has lost value against its East African sister nations' currencies in Ugandan and Tanzania.
- Outsourcing allows businesses to handle obstacles such as limited resources, complicated compliance requirements, or the need to scale operations during growth phases.
- Economists say the government must go back to the drawing board to come up with new strategies to address the cost of shilling and end its punitive taxes.
- Cash-rich oil dealers have joined the government-to-government oil import deal amid mounting scrutiny of the initiative by the industry and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- Platform has inadequate internal controls and risk management systems with high convenience fee charges and lack of adequate data protection safeguards.
