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Dollar edges up on credit report, sterling hovers near one-year high
The dollar crept higher on Tuesday after a survey showed US credit conditions were less gloomy...
President Ruto housing levy set at 3 percent of basic pay
Treasury proposes changes to allow deductions of three percent from employees' basic pay to...
Kenya eyes more money from micro enterprises
The government has set its sights on higher tax collections from micro-enterprises with a new...
The burden of beauty: Wigs, false beards and eyebrows hit with 5pc tax
The Finance Bill 2023 is seeking to introduce a tax on human hair, eyelashes, switches and...
Cost of sending mobile cash up, bank transfers to fall
The cost of sending money through mobile services such as Safaricom’s M-Pesa looks set to...
Select firms to remit taxes daily in new plan
The Finance Bill 2023 is seeking to impose daily remittance of excise duty on firms with a...
Kenyan Facebook content moderators form union
Kenyan digital content moderators drawn from multinational tech giant platforms such as...
Inject resources into irrigated agriculture
The agriculture sector, despite the negative growth in the past two years, remains the backbone...
Curb wastage, graft to justify tax collection
Even as the Treasury unveils a raft of taxes for the new budget, there is an urgent need to...
Duty-free sugar imports fail to tame high retail prices after four months
Duty-free sugar imports have failed to cool off high retail prices of the commodity.
Pleasant surprises at Herbs and Spice cocktails soiree
I’m not a gin person but a month ago I drank Tanqueray Rangpur Dry Gin at my sister’s...
Chris Getonga: The ‘crazy’ half-Indian serial entrepreneur
Chris Getonga sounds like a famous radio host in the 60s who announces the death of presidents.
