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Equity Bank has received numerous recognitions at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023. The lender was named best bank for Corporate Responsibility in Africa for the second year in a row, best bank in Kenya, Best Bank in DRC, best bank for SME Banking, Best Bank for Digital Solutions, and best bank for CSR in Kenya. The Euromoney awards have, for over 30 years, reconciled banks and bankers who have demonstrated exceptional work in various aspects of banking.
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- 17 May 2024 - Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days before President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office without a legislative majority.
- 17 May 2024 - Parliament has raised the red flag over alleged massive graft in the issuance of capitation funds to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) across the country.
- 17 May 2024 - National Assembly Finance Committee Chairman and Molo MP Kuria Kimani has shed light on the rationale behind the Treasury's proposal to introduce a 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) on bread.
- 17 May 2024 - It was also alleged that the government removed the tarmac leading to the embassy.
- 17 May 2024 - Israeli government splits over the war in Gaza broke open this week, after the Defence Minister publicly demanded a clear strategy from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as troops returned to battle Hamas fighters in areas thought to have been cleared…
- 17 May 2024 - COMESA's energy body is tasked with, among other things, capacity building and information sharing, facilitation of energy supply policy, legislation, and regulations.
- 17 May 2024 - A Nairobi court has ordered the forfeiture of a*sorted brands of smuggled milk powder worth over Ksh500,000 recently seized in Eastleigh, Nairobi in multi-agency operations. The orders by Milimani Chief Magistrate Bernard Ochoi follow an application by…
- 17 May 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya May 17 – The implementation of recommendations of the taskforce on reforms chaired by former Chief Justice David Maraga are now in limbo after the National Treasury failed to allocate budget for the actualization of the report. The…
- 17 May 2024 - Kenyan government, like others across the world, is considering various restrictions on Tiktok use.
- 17 May 2024 - SIAYA, Kenya, May 17 – Alego / Usonga Member of Parliament, Samuel Atandi has urged Kenyans to take to the streets if the Kenya Kwanza regime insists on heavy taxation.Atandi, who has vowed to oppose the finance bill, 2024 that seeks to increase…