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Firms overtake employees indriving fresh KRA collections

Nairobi, July 14 -- Kenya's income tax burden is increasingly shifting from salaried workers to companies, with businesses generating more government revenue as company profits rebound while the forma... Read More


Firms overtake employees in driving fresh KRA collections

Nairobi, July 14 -- Kenya's income tax burden is increasingly shifting from salaried workers to companies, with businesses generating more government revenue as company profits rebound while the forma... Read More


KRA squeezes debtors as new taxpayer growth fades

Nairobi, July 13 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collections from tax defaulters in the year to June 30, 2026, were nearly 16 times higher than inflows from newly recruited taxpayers, indicating ... Read More


Banks cut lending to parastatals by Sh60bn as reforms raise risk

Nairobi, July 12 -- Commercial banks have cut lending to State corporations by more than two-thirds, or Sh59.7 billion in two years as legal reforms and tighter National Treasury controls prompt lende... Read More


Audit exposes Kenya Railways' Sh140bn land valuation gap

Nairobi, July 8 -- An interim valuation has revealed that the Kenya Railways Corporation's (KRC) vast land portfolio may have been undervalued by more than Sh140 billion, exposing years of failure to ... Read More


Kenya's foreign investment inflows hit a record Sh414bn

Nairobi, July 8 -- Kenya attracted an estimated $3.2 billion (Sh413.6 billion) in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2025, marking its strongest performance ever as investors poured money into the cou... Read More


Kenya saves Sh22 billion after China SGR loan deal

Nairobi, July 5 -- Kenya cut annual repayments on Chinese loans by Sh21.61 billion in the financial year ended June 2026 after restructuring standard gauge railway (SGR) debts, easing pressure on the ... Read More


Diaspora remittances lose steam on Iran war fallout

Nairobi, July 2 -- Kenyans living and working abroad cut the amount of money sent back home by $29.1 million (about Sh3.77 billion) in the first five months of 2026, marking the first drop since 2023.... Read More


Kenya's new disaster finance plan: What you should know

Nairobi, June 30 -- Every time floods wash away roads, drought decimates livestock or disease outbreaks strike, Kenya spends billions of shillings responding to the crisis. But where does that money ... Read More


US pips UAE as Kenya's exports growth engine

Nairobi, June 30 -- The United States has emerged as Kenya's fastest-growing major export market, cushioning overseas sales from a drop in demand from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as exporters brace... Read More