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Weight of court verdict on NSSF deductions

Nairobi, June 11 -- The news of the Court of Appeal judgment hit the retirement benefits sector like a thunderbolt. A three-judge bench delivered a ruling that threatened to upend the entire legal fra... Read More


Court verdict's import on NSSF deductions

Nairobi, June 11 -- The news of the Court of Appeal judgment hit the retirement benefits sector like a thunderbolt. A three-judge bench delivered a ruling that threatened to upend the entire legal fra... Read More


CBK gold purchase plan a game-changer

Nairobi, June 4 -- A well-placed source recently told me that the government is at an advanced stage of considering plans to launch gold monetisation. Under the proposal, the Central Bank of Kenya (CB... Read More


How tax flip-flops hurt industrialisation dream

Nairobi, May 28 -- As the public debate over Finance Bill 2026 rages, the loudest arguments are predictably about numbers - whether a 25 percent excise duty is too high, or whether a particular VAT re... Read More


Africa should embrace Ruto's new capital gospel

Nairobi, May 14 -- Even President William Ruto's most committed critics would struggle to fault the optics of last week's France-Africa Summit. Nairobi hosted 30 heads of state, President Emmanuel Ma... Read More


Why it makes sense to look inward for funding

Nairobi, May 7 -- Many observers did not fully grasp the symbolism and significance of the appointment of Benedict Oramah as chairman of the Governing Council of Kenya's newly created National Infrast... Read More


Democratising Kenya's corporate governance

Nairobi, April 30 -- For nearly three months, KenGen shareholders had been diligently submitting proxy forms, nominating independent directors in what was being celebrated as a historic first: the ina... Read More


Kenya's fuel tax cut: Populism or policy?

Nairobi, April 23 -- The outlook for local oil prices had turned increasingly precarious. Kenya's ambitious government-to-government (G-to-G) oil credit scheme recently faced a major threat after Gulf... Read More


Hidden margins in fuel import agreement

Nairobi, April 9 -- There is a number buried in Kenya's fuel import scandal that has received far less attention than it deserves. It is Sh58,744 - the difference, per metric ton, between petroleum im... Read More