KRA Tightens VAT Registration Rules in Bid to Curb Tax Fraud
Wasike Lloyd The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has stepped up its checks on businesses applying for VAT registration. It says it found schemes in which some companies allegedly used VAT obligations to help other taxpayers avoid paying what they owe. KRA Commissioner for Micro and Small Taxpayers George Obell spoke in Machakos at a Citizens’ […]
Kenya Discharges Last Ebola Patient, Initiates 42-Day Countdown to Disease-Free Status
Ann Koome Kenya has officially discharged its final Ebola patient and cleared all remaining quarantined contacts, paving the way for a critical 42-day countdown toward being declared completely free of the virus. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced that all seven survivors of the Bundibugyo strain have recovered, and 11 individuals have completed their 21-day […]
Kenya Discharges First Five Recovered Ebola Patients as 46 Exit Quarantine
Ann Koome The Ministry of Health has officially discharged Kenya’s first five recovered Ebola patients from isolation, marking a monumental milestone in the country’s containment efforts The five male patients were given a clean bill of health after testing negative for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. They had been receiving specialized, round-the-clock medical care […]
Survivor narrates a tragic train accident in Spain that killed 68 people
Ann Koome For 28-year-old medical student Elena Vancea, the high-speed rail journey from Madrid was supposed to be a routine trip to visit family. Instead, she found herself at the epicenter of Spain’s deadliest rail disaster in more than a decade, surviving a catastrophic 100 mph collision that claimed at least 68 lives. Vancea was […]
Sorry Is Not Enough’: Bio Demands Justice For Sierra Leone’s Civil War Victims.
Lloyd Wasike Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has called for stronger reparations for victims of the country’s brutal 11-year civil war, declaring that apologies alone cannot heal the wounds of a conflict that left thousands dead and countless others physically and emotionally scarred. Speaking at a national unity conference in Freetown on Monday, Bio […]
Dr. Kiarie Badilisha, Abdirasaak Jaldesa Declare War on Illicit Brews
Lloyd Wasike Nyandarua Governor Dr. Kiarie Badilisha and County Commissioner Abdirasaak Jaldesa have called for a united front against the manufacture, sale and consumption of illicit alcohol, warning that the vice requires concerted action to protect residents. Badilisha expressed concern over the continued production of illegal brews despite restrictions on ethanol, questioning how unscrupulous traders […]
Educationists request that Artificial Intelligence (AI) be integrated into the curriculum
Ann Koome Education stakeholders in Lower Eastern have urged learning institutions to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the curriculum from the basic education level, warning that graduates without AI skills risk being left behind in an increasingly competitive job market. Speaking during the Machakos Institute of Technology graduation ceremony, Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and […]
Four Killed, Multiple Injured in a Fatal Multi-Vehicle Accident in Meru Town
Ann Koome Four people have lost their lives, and 16 others were injured after a greasy road accident at Riverland area in Meru town on Thursday evening, the 8th of October. According to local authorities and police reports, the incident was triggered when a commercial lorry traveling from Makutano towards Nkubu suffered a sudden brake […]
UNIVERSITY STAFF STRIKE INTENSIFIES AS UASU, KUSU, KUDHEHIA JOIN WALKOUT
Lloyd Wasike The standoff between university workers and the government has escalated, with lecturers and other staff at Maasai Mara University joining the nationwide strike over delayed Collective Bargaining Agreements and inadequate funding of public universities. The workers have downed their tools and taken to the streets, accusing the government of reneging on agreements reached […]
CS OPIYO WANDAYI FIRES BACK AS DANGOTE REFINERY ROW DEEPENS
Lloyd Wasike Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has hit back at the opposition over its criticism of the government’s reported interest in the Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals SEZ project. Wandayi accused the opposition of using the controversy to undermine President William Ruto’s administration, insisting that the questions being raised fall […]
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