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The Treasury has raised fears of losing Sh133.5 billion in projected revenue in the current financial year following a drop in motor vehicle and fuel imports as well as lower sales of beer, spirits and cosmetics than earlier projected.

Drop in fuel, beer usage to deny State Sh133 billion

The Treasury has raised fears of losing Sh133.5 billion in projected revenue in the current financial year.

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LAWYER APOLLO MBOYA files a fresh application seeking suspension of new power tariffs, claims it discriminates against domestic consumers.

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2 years

Ethiopian Airlines plane misses landing after both pilots fall asleep

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Posta to evict Huduma centres over Sh1.7bn rent

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MPs reject Bill on lower interest for Helb loans

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Lawyer Donald Kipkorir is set to be paid Sh1.3 billion, one of the highest legal fees awarded in the country’s litigation history, for defending the Nairobi County government against the Ministry of Defence.

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Uhuru Kenyatta’s economic legacy: big on promises, but weak on delivery

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4 years

POLYCARP IGATHE returns to Equity Bank as Group chief commercial officer soon after resigning from Vivo Energy on Friday; he was Equity Kenya MD.

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Karen Country Club opens space to public

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7 years

HEALTH SECRETARY CLEOPA MAILU has suspended with immediate effect decision by NHIF to limit the outpatient visits to only four per year.

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The Controller of Budget (COB) has demanded the reallocation of more than Sh1.5 billion in over-budgeted salaries of State officers, including the President and his deputy, escalating her fight with the Treasury.

Budget boss wants Sh1.5bn inflated salaries chopped

The Controller of Budget has demanded the reallocation of more than Sh1.5 billion in over-budgeted salaries of State officers.

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6 years

TECH GIANT Google enables M-Pesa Express payments on the Google Play Store allowing Kenyan Android users to pay for apps via mobile money instead of cards; move probably a first in the world.

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New York firm reveals plan to grow marijuana in Kenya

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4 years

Former PS Lilian Omollo gets one shilling for unfair dismissal

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2 months

Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has purchased 20 million shares in infrastructure company TransCentury Plc, placing him fourth among the top shareholders of the NSE firm.

Ndindi Nyoro buys 20m TransCentury shares

Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has purchased 20 million shares in TransCentury Plc.

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3 years

KenGen now plans to sell power direct to consumers

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6 years

NEMA DELETES website record showing it approved Weston Hotel application for extension of project encroaching on a beach in Shanzu.

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1 year

Ship with 10,000 tonnes of maize imports docks in Mombasa today

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4 years

KRA takes Ndii to court in Sh2.8 million tax row

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11 months

Government officials gobbled Sh14 billion on travel in the nine months ended March — the highest in a similar period in at least five years.

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3 years

Uhuru rejects maternity leave for mothers adopting children

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3 years

Kenya plans to borrow another Sh780 billion in new Eurobonds

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4 years

Kenyans are the second most fluent English speakers in Africa

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6 years

Kenya-based Bonfire named Africa’s leading travel agency

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3 years

British products get 25-year tax free entry in Kenya pact

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EABL has started giving female employees who experience pregnancy loss up to six and half months paid leave to grieve, a move that sets a new bar for Kenya’s companies on diversity and inclusion.

EABL gives female employees 26-week pregnancy loss leave

EABL has started giving female employees who experience pregnancy loss up to six and half months paid leave.

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7 months

Fuel levy collections drop by nearly Sh1bn on higher taxes

Collections from the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) dipped by nearly Sh1 billion in the year ended June.

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9 years

Nyeri gets its first escalator as Naivas comes to town. http://t.co/5KH1qKy2eY http://t.co/XizYUUJuoC

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Banks, saccos and micro-finance lenders now face a fine of Sh2 million for every defaulter they deny loans to for being listed negatively with the country’s credit reference bureaus (CRBs)

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3 years

EMMANUEL KORIR wins Kenya the first gold medal in Tokyo Olympics, clocks 1:45.06 in 800m final with Ferguson Rotich taking silver.

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4 years

KRA loses track of Sh896bn in wired offshore wealth

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3 years

Kenya Power to rollout electric car charging stations

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3 years

IMF has pressured Kenya to disclose the identity of secret shareholders in firms with State contracts and prosecute those implicated in graft, including the Covid-19 scandal.

IMF demands identity of secret investors in firms

IMF has pressured Kenya to disclose the identity of secret shareholders in firms with State tenders.

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3 years

Joshua Oigara: This is the year of survival, not thriving

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DIAGEO APPOINTS Ednah Otieno as human resources director effective July 1 from its subsidiary EABL where she served in a similar role.

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5 years

No, black panther sighting in Kenya is not the first in 100 years. This photo of a rare black leopard was taken by a Nation photographer in 2013.

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PRESIDENT KENYATTA issues executive order requiring govt and public entities to publish full details of all tenders & awards from July 1, including items purchased, prices and particulars of suppliers, owners and beneficiaries.

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Kenyans to pay Sh300 more for cooking gas

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IMF names a Kenyan, Ms Nancy Onyango, as the head of the Fund's audit unit

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Ouko wants MPs to refund World Cup trip cash

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AIRTEL KENYA signs agreement with Telkom Kenya to merge operations subject to regulatory approvals; new entity to operate as Airtel-Telkom.

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3 years

WATIMA: I don’t think, there is any government in the world that has contempt for its people like the one holding power in Kenya. Has there even been an incompetent government like this one?

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3 years

Kenya Power raises alarm over clients solar switch

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3 years

Kenya passport holders banned in 54 countries

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KENGEN signs Sh709 million deal to drill geothermal wells in Djibouti. This is the third geothermal drilling contract that KenGen has won in Africa.

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6 years

KENYA BANS smoking of water-pipe tobacco popularly known as shisha; bars sale and distribution of the product.

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2 years

Owner of Nyama Mama restaurant missing amid Sh520m loan fraud claim

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7 years

OPPOSITION NASA calls for boycott of telecom Safaricom, milk processor Brookside and manufacturer Bidco's products and services.

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5 months

OGOLA: Whereas Uhuru used to pay about Sh61.4 billion weekly to offset the debt and still keep the taxes low and provide subsidies such as fuel, Dr Ruto pays less (about Sh3 billion weekly), has removed subsidies and is overtaxing Kenyans

Solving the debt crisis in Kenya

Never in the history of Kenya has there been a more heated debate on the economy than it is today.

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4 years

In my tiny cozy home: When she was 26, Nyambura Ndiba started her tiny movable house project. Her friends doubted her. Seven months and close to Sh2 million later, her naysayers ate a humble pie.

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6 years

HIGH COURT temporarily stops Kenya Power from billing customers backdated inflated bills in attempt to recover Sh10bn deferred fuel costs for 2017. Move follows suit filed by city lawyer @MboyaApollo and the Electricity Consumers Society Of Kenya.

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3 years

South Africa retail store Game to exit Kenyan market

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4 years

SAFARICOM ANNOUNCES appointment of Michael Joseph as new board chairman following retirement of Nicholas Nganga after 16 years on the board.

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4 years

More than 80 illegal dumpsites in the city will be closed down as Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) goes after garbage cartels in the capital.

NMS to shut over 80 illegal city dumpsites

More than 80 illegal dumpsites in the city will be closed down as Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) goes after garbage cartels in the capital.

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SportPesa faces Sh30bn money laundering probe

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3 years

KRC to offer hourly rides as six more Nairobi trains arrive

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4 years

Kenya Airways pushes to pay pilots per flight

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Transport CS James Macharia says Kenya is importing the first batch of BRT buses from South Africa because the buses those available locally did not conform to the KS-372- body building standards

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Patrick Njoroge is expected to hand over the office of governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to Kamau Thugge this week, leaving behind a legacy of a tough regulator who was not afraid of speaking truth to power.

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6 years

HIGH COURT declares the taxation of bottled water and juices illegal, says it did not meet the required public participation threshold. The case had been filed by activist Okiya Omtatah.

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4 years

Naivas adds alcohol to shelves breaking decades-old business practice

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5 years

Skyscraper With Glass Walkway in Nairobi

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Bayer joins GSK in exiting direct distribution of drugs in Kenya

Bayer has announced plans to outsource its distribution and customer support operations for pharmaceutical products.

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3 years

624 digital loan firms barred from sharing client data with CRBs

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4 years

KQ protests as Kenya hands cargo deal to Ethiopian Airlines

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State has little control over e-Citizen portal: Auditor General

The State has little control over the e-Citizen self-service and payment portal.

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4 years

Auditor General unable to trace Sh16bn in ministries

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7 years

ODUNGA: IEBC appointment of returning officers illegal.

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6 years

Former US President Barack Obama to visit Kenya on July 16

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6 years

FORMER NAIROBI County Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe joins Equity Bank as Chief Commercial Officer four months after his resignation.

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7 years

Tanzania is rapidly closing its economic gap with Kenya

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4 years

When she was 26, Nyambura Ndiba started her tiny movable house project. Her friends doubted her. Seven months and close to Sh2 million later, her naysayers ate a humble pie.

In my tiny cozy home

When she was 26, Nyambura Ndiba started her tiny movable house project.

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4 years

Time flies. One moment you have a husband, the next you only have his empty clothes. His favourite polo shirts, tens of them, laundered, folded away. Wambui Collymore speaks.

Coping with Widowhood: What Bob Collymore’s Death Has Taught Me

Time flies. One moment you have a husband, the next you only have his empty clothes. Wambui Collymore speaks.

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7 years

JAVA COFFEE House has opened its latest outlet at USIU in Nairobi, its first branch within a university campus. The new store increases its branch count to 62.

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7 years

Maasai Mara voted Africa’s leading national reserve

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Kenyans’ low appetite for rare and medium rare steaks baffles chefs

Steakhouses managed by abroad-trained chefs are increasingly opening in Kenya, targeting the wealthy and aspirational rich.

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3 years

Nairobi office rents cheapest in Africa

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Budget boss asks State to stop raising taxes on employees

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6 years

POLYCARP IGATHE named Managing Director (MD) of Equity Bank Kenya just five months after joining the lender, James Mwangi to serve as Group MD and continue to be in charge of overall strategy.

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Sameer shuts tyre business, dismisses its 73 employees

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Keroche Breweries has failed to meet a court deadline to the pay KRA Sh500 million, setting the stage for seizure of its assets by the taxman.

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6 years

IN PHOTOS: A family of elephants crosses the Voi-Taveta highway in Tsavo East National Park. Cases of elephants attacking motorists at the spot are on the rise. (Photos / Lucy Mkanyika / NMG)

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Njoroge named Africa's Central Banker of the Year

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473km Nairobi- Mombasa Expressway gets approval

The planned 473-kilometre Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway has received first-stage approval for construction.

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Treasury backs plan to triple university fees

Treasury has backed proposals by vice chancellors to triple university fees to keep the institutions afloat.

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A magistrate has allowed the police to investigate bank accounts belonging to former Agriculture Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri over money laundering allegations.

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ACTIVIST OKIYA Omtatah sues over Chief Administrative Secretary and PS positions; says they were handpicked instead of being recommended by PSC

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Safaricom to launch 5G network Friday in Nairobi and western Kenya

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Mukhisa Kituyi: I have a dream and plan for enterprise Kenya

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SAFARICOM INKS deal with US firm Western Union that allows customers from anywhere in the world to send and receive cash via M-Pesa.

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Court stops University of Nairobi’s plan to raise fees

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BREAKING: NAIROBI Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe announces his resignation, says he has failed to earn Governor Mike Sonko's trust.

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An elderly plumber formerly employed by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family firm will get Sh2 million for unlawful termination and use of his photograph without his consent, a court has ruled.

Brookside ordered to pay plumber Sh3.2m for using his photo

Mr David Gicheru, 80 years, was shown the door in 2018 after complaining when Brookside Dairies used his picture in its calendar.

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BREAKING: Mombasa Road closed after Athi River bridge collapses