MPs urged to lock Sh130bn county cash on roads, water and farming

Nairobi, Feb. 26 -- The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has urged MPs and the Commission on Revenue Allocationto set a Sh130billion mandatory spending by counties on roads, water, and agriculture in... Read More

Queries as rejected pension cash transfers hit Sh13bn in a year

Nairobi, Feb. 24 -- The whereabouts of thousands of retired public servants is in question after Sh13 billion pension payments to their accounts bounced back mainly due to inaccurate banking details. ... Read More

CEOs forecast increased hiring in expansion drive

Nairobi, Feb. 22 -- Corporate executives plan to hire more workers and upskill their current workforce this year to support expansions, a new survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has disclosed. ... Read More

Kenya Re blocked from cancelling asset valuation tender

Nairobi, Feb. 17 -- The Kenya Reinsurance Corporation (Kenya Re) has been put on the spot for attempting to dodge the award of a tender for valuing its multi-billion shilling assets, even after a comp... Read More

CDF offices, 3 counties face fines on contractors levy

Nairobi, Feb. 3 -- The public procurement watchdog is pursuing 221 constituency offices, three counties, and a number of State agencies for failing to deduct a new levy when paying suppliers and contr... Read More

Gathungu flags Starehe schools for charging up to Sh300,000 fees

Nairobi, Feb. 2 -- Two national schools are on the spot for charging parents and guardians up to Sh300,000 school fees in the 2024 academic year, defying a directive by the Education ministry which ha... Read More

Public agencies face fines over levy on State contractors

Nairobi, Feb. 2 -- Public agencies face penalties for failing to deduct a new levy when paying suppliers and contractors, exposing taxpayers to losses that could run into millions of shillings. This ... Read More

Sh3bn unpaid tuition fees choke seven public universities

Nairobi, Feb. 1 -- Seven public universities are struggling to collect more than Sh3 billion in unpaid school fees from current and former students, new disclosures show, signalling their huge exposur... Read More

New Parliament staff rush for car loans as MPs cut back

Nairobi, Jan. 29 -- New employees of Parliament have increased their uptake of car loans from the taxpayer-funded scheme after more than 90 percent of MPs shunned it in favour of car grants. Disclosu... Read More

Ghost workers: Auditor-General fails to trace a quarter of staff in counties

Nairobi, Jan. 27 -- About a quarter of workers in 26 counties could be non-existent, special audits on payrolls have revealed, raising concerns of possible fraud that may have cost taxpayers billions ... Read More

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