Ukur Yatani

Our economy, politics need urgent resuscitation

Reading Time: 2 minutes The  nation has reached a crisis from a human, political, social and economic perspective, that not only require divine intervention […]

House team backs KQ’s exemption from new tax

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mercy Mwai @wangumarci Kenya Airway (KQ) and its subsidiaries will be exempted from paying minimum taxes to cushion the company […]

IMF reaffirms Sh255b loan as protests grow

Reading Time: 4 minutes IMF reaffirms its commitment to a Sh255bn loan to Kenya to address debt vulnerabilities and bolster next phase of Covid-19 responses.

Stand-off looms over Sh370b to devolved units

Reading Time: 3 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka Senators yesterday accused the National Treasury of plotting not to honour the government’s promise to allocate Sh370 billion […]

Devolved units to receive shareable revenue from next week

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka The government will begin disbursing the December allocation of the shareable equitable revenue to counties beginning next week, […]

Treasury signals banks to open Sh3b tap for MSMEs

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka The government has set the stage for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to access Sh3 billion […]

Why economy got the sucker punch from the Corona scourge

Reading Time: 5 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka On March 13 this year, Kenya recorded its first Covid-19 case of a 27-year-old  woman who had […]

Kenya trails in poverty reduction, says report

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lewis Njoka @LewisNjoka Kenya still lags behind in reduction of poverty and unemployment among other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) it […]

Trans Nzoia: Residents welcome budget proposals

Reading Time: < 1 minute By David Musundi Residents of Trans Nzoia Friday welcomed Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani’s budget proposals saying it was a […]

Treasury tables Sh2.7tr budget, cuts spending

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lewis Njoka and Noel Wandera The Treasury has proposed a Sh2.7 trillion budget in the next financial year (FY) as […]