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Court sets tougher test for layoffs, tightens redundancy rules

Nairobi, June 30 -- The Employment and Labour Relations Court has tightened the legal threshold for laying off workers, ruling that employers must prove a redundancy is genuine and fairly select and c... Read More


KRA rejects calls to extend tax filing deadline despite iTax glitches

Nairobi, June 30 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has declined to extend the deadline for filing annual tax returns despite complaints from a section of taxpayers that they were unable to log into... Read More


Putting the power of AI in everyday pockets and why true innovation belongs to everyone

Nairobi, June 29 -- By Ryan Mule - Product Manager, Samsung Electronics East Africa For a long time, the tech world has stuck to a pretty predictable script. A spectacular new feature is born, it get... Read More


SKL spends Sh132m on Kisaju plant to lift output sevenfold

Nairobi, June 29 -- Listed corrugated carton manufacturer Shri Krishana Overseas Plc (SKL) has spent Sh132 million on its new Kisaju industrial plant, which is expected to increase its annual producti... Read More


Police role, missing gold claims deepen Kilimani plaza landlord-tenant row

Nairobi, June 29 -- A three-year legal battle over a disputed rent-to-own arrangement at Nairobi's Senteu Plaza has entered a new phase, with SBS Dunhill Group suing the building's owners over an alle... Read More


KenGen plans to triple renewable energy production

Nairobi, June 29 -- State-owned power producer Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen) has laid out an ambitious plan to expand its renewable energy development pipeline to 5,500 megawatts, fund... Read More


iTax locks out many ahead of tax filing deadline

Nairobi, June 29 -- A section of taxpayers on Monday struggled to log into the Kenya Revenue Authority's (KRA) online tax filing platform, iTax, as thousands rushed to submit their mandatory annual in... Read More


Why African investors should look beyond the Iran war ceasefire

Nairobi, June 29 -- The recent ceasefire framework in the Middle East has given markets something they badly wanted; a reason to breathe. Oil prices have eased from their highs. Investors have respond... Read More


Court upholds Sh50,000 fish farming permit, 5pc levy

Nairobi, June 29 -- The High Court has upheld new government charges on commercial fish farming, including a Sh50,000 annual licence fee on aquaculture establishments operating in public waters and a ... Read More


Hope for cheaper dialysis as VAT on key device axed

Nairobi, June 29 -- Kidney patients will start paying less for dialysis treatment after the government removed a 16 percent value-added tax (VAT) on dialysers-the filters used to clean blood during ha... Read More