Smoked out: British tobacco firm BAT on the spot over $28 million tax evasion in Kenya
Thomi Gotschi, Economic Researcher and Analyst, Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) called for a forensic audit on the report by the Investigative Desk and Tax Justice Network Africa in February 2025, highlighting a significant $93 million revenue discrepancy in BAT Kenya’s financial disclosures for the years 2017 and 2018.
Kenya to amend Victim Protection Act to give victim protection board teeth, create protection fund
Njamwae said the Victims Protection Board that is supposed to provide victim services is not a body corporate and therefore can neither sue nor be sued, which also makes it impossible to receive the necessary state funding to discharge its mandate of protecting the rights of the victims.
Kenya drafts energy, petroleum policies to drive universal electricity access by 2030
According to a timeline provided by the Ministry of Energy, National Energy Policy will result in achievement of universal electricity access by 2030, focusing particularly on marginalised communities in rural and remote areas.
World apprehensive as some states in US push for digital ID adoption, fears of ‘surveillance-based technocracy’ rise
Several media reports have presented May 7 as a deadline for people to get a REAL ID-compliant driver’s licence if they intend to travel domestically by air on or after that date. For instance, Washington, DC-based radio station WTOP reported that “time is running out” for people to get a REAL ID-compliant ID card to travel domestically.
Museveni’s militarism created indigenous culture vacuum in Uganda that’s deprived the Pearl of Africa a national character
Tibuhaburwa Museveni abolished the Ministry of Culture and Community Development and systematically devalued culture’s role in development. Although by policy his government valued conservation, the various biocultural landscapes of Uganda became degraded, especially by environmentally and ecologically empty development and invasive nomadic pastoralists, who only saw grass for their cattle and not the cultural value of the biocultural landscapes.
Kenya launches 10-day fumigation drive to fight kala-Azar outbreak in frontier county of Wajir
Hassan Abass Ahmed, the County Director of Medical Services, stated that Wajir Referral Hospital has been overwhelmed by the rising number of kala-azar patients.
Kenyan doctor calls for focus on mental health at workplace, reveals it costs world economy $1 trillion
Speaking at an Iftar dinner event for Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) members in Mombasa, Lifecare International Insurance Brokers Team Lead, Umema Abdulhusein, highlighted the critical link between employee well-being and business performance.
Food-deficit Kenya launches 10-year initiative to address food security, drive economic growth
The estimated cost of Ksh5 billion ($38.6 million) will be met through a combination of government resources, international donors, development agencies, and private sector investments.
