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Treasury targets graft in schools with shift to public tenders portal

Nairobi, Oct. 29 -- Schools are set to be added to the electronic public procurement portal (e-GP), in a fresh push to curb graft and expose beneficiaries of public contracts worth billions of shillin... Read More


Banks start enforcing 16pc VAT on digital payment charges

Nairobi, Oct. 28 -- Businesses and households face higher digital payment costs after banks and fintech companies began adding a 16 percent value added tax (VAT) to fees charged for processing electro... Read More


Treasury stalls NLC plan to collect land sector taxes

Nairobi, Oct. 27 -- The Treasury has failed to implement a Parliamentary directive to authorise the National Land Commission (NLC) to collect government revenue from the land sector. National Treasur... Read More


State risks Sh180bn fee for cancelling Rironi-Mau Summit road

Nairobi, Oct. 26 -- Taxpayers face a potential Sh180.73 billion liability if Kenya terminates the 30-year contract for the Rironi-Mau Summit highway project. The exposure represents nearly 44 percent... Read More


Kenya intensifies push to exit global financial grey list

Nairobi, Oct. 25 -- The Treasury has committed to uncovering secret owners of companies as part of measures to exit the money laundering blacklist and boost the country's economic turnaround. The pla... Read More


Kenya's diaspora inflows from Africa overtake UK, Saudi Arabia

Nairobi, Oct. 23 -- Cash sent back home by Kenyans living and working across Africa has overtaken inflows from the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, highlighting the continent's growing economic import... Read More


Why households face fresh increases in the cost of food

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- Households face fresh food price pressures in the coming months due to prolonged dry weather and the US-Israel-Iran war, which threaten supplies and increase transport costs, accor... Read More


State payments fuel 27pc jump in new vehicle sales

Nairobi, Oct. 20 -- New vehicle dealers have recorded a 27.03 percent jump in sales, largely driven by government payments to road contractors and renewed infrastructure activity that boosted demand f... Read More


India gains Sh135bn in Kenya sales amid US-Iran war

Nairobi, Oct. 19 -- Kenya's imports from India nearly doubled in the six months to August 2026 amid the US-Israel war against Iran, which has disrupted global trade routes and reshaped international s... Read More


US remittance dip wipes out gains from Europe, Asia and Africa

Nairobi, Oct. 18 -- Overall growth in the amount of cash sent home by Kenyans living and working abroad stalled in the nine months to September 2026, hit by a double-digit decline in inflows from the ... Read More