FKE appeals to state to ease tax burden to forestall retrenchment, spur Kenya’s economic growth
The CEO acknowledged that the government has made efforts to improve the business climate, although the results have been mixed, citing commendable progress in the tourism and hospitality sectors driven by the post-Covid-19 recovery activation plan.
Regional government in central Kenya pushes up revenue by $ 7.7m after digitising public services
The revenue management module also plays a crucial role by automating and tracking all revenue streams, thereby bolstering transparency and accountability which has seen the county increase its own source revenue collection to Ksh4.6 billion, up from Ksh3.5 billion, without increasing fees and levies, as reported by the Controller of Budget in the 2023/2024 financial year.
Africa: Where an avalanche of ‘honourables’ and ‘excellencies’ do dishonourable things to our environment
Even when they deny others their entitlements such as employment, education, transport, medicines, and various opportunities such serving as soldiers, police officers or business people etc, they retain their titles of honourable, right honourable and excellency. They will retain the tiles even if they are central to generating divisions and conflicts along ethnic lines.
While gender-based violence among Kenya’s Samburu tribe is a cultural norm local women want stiffer legal penalties to end it
Sitati urged the TWG to petition the president to move through a cabinet paper and amendment to section 175, section 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the victim procedure act in order to provide a clear procedure for courts to apply whenever they want to make orders of compensation to victims of GBV.
Tourism minister wants arid parts Nyandarua in central Kenya classified ‘hardship’ to stop labour exodus
Tourism and Wildlife CS Rebecca Miano addressing residents at her parents’ rural home where she called for classification of semi-arid and arid areas in parts of Ndaragua as hardship areas.
Kakamega governor swears-in public service board but questions linger about Kenya’s once cleanest town
Residents expressed relief following the appointment and swearing-in of the Kakamega County Public Service Board and hope it will speedily restore the image of the town once associated with gold-mining, indigenous culture and large-scale sugarcane farming.
Drone attack on Sudan’s military-allied regime by paramilitary highlights might of factions
Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC taken Tuesday show several fuel tanks ablaze about six kilometres (3.7 miles) southeast of downtown Port Sudan, on a farm identified as belonging to the state-owned Sudan National Petroleum Corp. Thick black smoke is seen rising into the sky.
Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay ready for Madaraka Day celebrations expected to address plight of fisherman on Lake Victoria
Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo was accompanied by Governor Gladys Wanga and the national celebrations steering committee on an inspection tour of the stadium. He said local businesses should take advantage of the national event to boost their turnover and profits.
‘Refugees are Africans like us’, Kenyans say but fear terrorism as state rolls out non-nationals integration plan
The Shirika Plan has been lauded as a major step forward in securing durable solutions for Kenya’s 800,000 refugees, the majority of whom are from neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan.
Tales of boats sinking with migrants across the Gulf of Aden are common but Ethiopian youth would rather that than the poverty at home
Boats carrying migrants across the Gulf of Aden regularly sink. In March, the IOM reported that four boats had capsized off the coast of Yemen, with more than 180 migrants feared dead. Even for those who survive the crossing, traversing war-ravaged Yemen is itself fraught with danger.
