KRA revenue collection grows 13.2pc
NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 17 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a 13.2 percent revenue growth of Sh93 billion (overall) and Sh88 billion (Exchequer) in the year 2012/2013 compared to 11.4...
View ArticleThe Samsung Galaxy Mega is here
SEEA Chief Operating Officer Robert Ngeru and Samsung Galaxy Mega Brand Ambassador Collins Injera/CFMNAIROBI, Kenya Jul 18 – Samsung Electronics East Africa has unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Mega...
View ArticleHow security firm stays in the radar
Radar Security Group founder and Managing Director Andrew Solomon says the road has not been all rosy, revealing that he went home empty handed for the first four years of the company’s...
View ArticleSh210bn county cash being disbursed next week
CRA Chairman Micah Cheserem says that this comes after the commission approved all county budgets and asked county governments to focus on functions devolved to them/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Jul 19 – The...
View ArticleKenya embarks on integrating ICT in key sectors
Speaking at the launch in Nairobi on Tuesday, Communication Commission of Kenya Director General Francis Wangusi said that this strategy will raise broadband Internet penetration to 35 percent by 2017...
View ArticleConstructing new railway line starts in Nov
Kamau said that each member state will commit the undertaking of SGR developments in their country within their stipulated timeline/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Jul 24 – The Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda governments...
View ArticleMining sector seeks tax incentives
They want the government to revoke the withholding tax law as well as zero rating of VAT tax on exploration services/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Jul 25 – Mining stakeholders have asked the government to look...
View ArticlePCK invests Sh80m in electronic payment system
The corporation plans to increase its revenue targets from Sh5 billion to Sh20 billion in the next three years. PHOTO/ http://www.posta.co.ke/ NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 26 – The Postal Corporation of Kenya...
View ArticleFlower sector crisis over lack of import duty forms
Kenya Flower Council CDO Jane Ngige estimates the sector will lose Sh4.5b monthly if the crisis is not resolved/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Jul 27 – The Kenya flower sector is set to lose billions of shillings...
View ArticleKEBS turning into a counterfeit, says Cofek
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 28 – The Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has demand an immediate overhaul of the Kenya Bureau of Standards claiming it has performed dismally against public expectations. The...
View ArticleKQ in code-share deal with Air Namibia
The deal paves way for daily connections between the airlines’ Nairobi and Windhoek hubs through Johannesburg in South Africa and Lusaka in Zambia/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Jul 30 – Kenya Airways has signed a...
View ArticleKenya, German firm to host food processing expo
Kenya Investment Authority Managing Director Moses Ikiara says that the expo will provide farmers access to urgently needed technology for food producers, which can make an important contribution to...
View ArticleInflation rises marginally to 6.02pc
The food and non-alcoholic drinks’ index decreased by 0.10 percent mainly due to collective falls that overshadowed rises in the average prices of food items/FILENAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 31 – The inflation...
View ArticleGovt lobbies for SMEs in vehicle assembly chain
Industrialisation and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed says that partnerships between the SME sector and local assemblers will help create much needed jobs...
View ArticleConflict a bane of Great Lakes states – Uhuru
Kenyatta asked the region’s leaders to cooperate in the aim of pacifying, stabilising and uniting the region with the ultimate goal of improving the people’s long term well-being/FILENAIROBI, Kenya,...
View ArticleOLX Kenya warns users to be alert over fraud
“Our users should not to give out their personal information such as bank details and should only provide information that is relevant to the transaction,” Ndiangú’i cautioned/CFMNAIROBI, Kenya Aug 1-...
View ArticleWe can’t do much until fakes reported – agency
Photo illustration of police destroying counterfeit red wines in Shanghai/XINHUANAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 2 – The Anti Counterfeit Agency (ACA) is blaming big firms for inaction, leading to a rise in...
View ArticleUnilever contest to nurture students’ trade skills
NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 5 – Unilever on Monday launched the “IdeaTrophy Edition 2” initiative that focuses on the development of personal and entrepreneurial competencies amongst Kenyan undergraduates....
View ArticleGalana project to create 3mn jobs, says Govt
He revealed that about 500,000 acres of the ranch will be put under maize, another 300,000 acres under sugarcane and 200,000 acres under beef and game animal/FILENAIROBI, Kenya Aug 5 – The government...
View ArticleKenyan cities could benefit from Sh8.7bn Rockefeller cash
Kenyan cities have been encouraged to apply for the funding/XINHUA-FileNAIROBI, Kenya Aug 5 – Kenyan cities could benefit from the Rockefeller Foundation’s Sh8.7 billion investment to transform 100...
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