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Seven State departments exhaust full-year budgets in nine months

Nairobi, April 28 -- Seven State departments exhausted their full-year recurrent budget allocations in less than nine months, underscoring mounting pressure on public finances and partly prompting the... Read More


KRA acting commissioner-general on refining and scaling what already works to hit revenue target

Nairobi, April 26 -- When Lilian Nyawanda picked up the call on April 8, she knew instantly that her career had entered a defining stretch. On the line was the chairman of the Kenya Revenue Authority... Read More


Hidden minerals that put Kenya on the verge of global resource race

Nairobi, April 26 -- Kenya is sitting on a vast but largely untapped mineral base stretching from coastal rare earth deposits to gold belts in the west, and battery minerals in the north, findings of ... Read More


KRA opens till and paybills tax crackdown

Nairobi, April 23 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has opened a crackdown on small traders who change mobile money paybill and till numbers to evade taxes, signalling a shift in the tax-man's purs... Read More


Kepsa seeks PAYE cuts on salaries above Sh500,000

Nairobi, April 23 -- The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa) is seeking a tax cut for workers earning more than Sh500,000 per month, arguing that easing the burden on top earners would boost disposa... Read More


Treasury tightens rules for access to climate change billions

Nairobi, April 22 -- Private companies seeking a share of billions of shillings in global climate financing are set to face stricter scrutiny and longer approval timelines following guidelines freshly... Read More


Non-tax revenue drops as e-Citizen windfall fades

Nairobi, April 21 -- Cash generated from non-tax revenue streams, such as fees on services, has declined for the first time in four years, signalling the fading of windfall income that had boosted gov... Read More


Investor hunt reopens after Vihiga granite project folds

Nairobi, April 20 -- Across Vihiga County in western Kenya, massive granite boulders dot the landscape, spilling across hillsides, farmlands and open fields. They are silent markers of a vast mineral ... Read More


Mineral royalties rebound to Sh3.8bn as State taps quarries

Nairobi, April 12 -- Kenya's earnings from mineral royalties rose 18.8 per cent last year, signalling a recovery driven largely by tighter regulation of quarries and construction materials following t... Read More


How firms drain Sh1trn from Kenya through hidden foreign procurement

Nairobi, April 11 -- Kenya is losing up to Sh1 trillion in economic activity every year through quieter, less scrutinised foreign procurement deals embedded deep within corporate cost structures. A t... Read More