NAKURU, Kenya, October 8th -Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Board Chairman Ndiritu Muriithi has emphasised the organisation’s focus on taxpayer-centred service delivery. He said they recognise that sustainable Revenue mobilisation can only be achieved through collaboration with taxpayers. The chairman said that the goal is only possible by listening and responding to their feedback. “We aim…
BUSIA, Kenya, October 8th –The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has intercepted contraband goods estimated at Sh70 million in evaded customs duties and taxes. KRA enforcement teams intercepted a truck carrying contraband cigarettes in a 40-foot container. Speaking to the press, Commissioner of Customs and Border Control, Dr Lilian Nyawanda, said the interception followed surveillance and…
KISUMU, Kenya, October – Police in Kisumu have arrested two suspects and recovered several stolen vehicles following an intelligence-led operation targeting a suspected motor vehicle theft syndicate on Monday night. The operation was conducted by a contingent of officers from Migosi and Kasagam Police Stations, OCS Mr Dan Njoka, in Khayeko Junction and Aliwa Village…
KAPS 2025 Paediatric Surgical Camp held at AgaKhan and JOOTRH Hospitals to fix Congenital Malformations KISUMU, Kenya, October, 7th -SIX YEARS AGO, when Evalyne Awino welcomed her fourth child, Geoffrey Omondi, the family was overwhelmed with joy. Incidentally, their happiness was soon overshadowed by concerns regarding his unusual genital appearance. Worried about her son’s condition,…
Sh50,000 to be disbursed to 70 beneficiaries per ward across the country. Application Period: 6th – 12th October 2025 Validation and Sensitisation of Applicants: 17th October 2025 National Launch: 29th October 2025 MAMA GRACE HALL, Kisumu, October 6th, In a bid to bolster inclusive empowerment, the government has launched a national registration drive for the…
Why the Laikipia bond remains a bold template for subnational fiscal transformation and what other counties can learn from it. KISUMU, Kenya, October 5th -As Kenya’s counties face widening infrastructure gaps, growing development backlogs, and over-reliance on national transfers, the question arises: how can devolved units fund transformational projects sustainably? In 2021, Laikipia County, under…
XN Iraki, University of Nairobi The Central Bank of Kenya has made two significant changes in the country’s banking sector. The first is to lift a decade-long moratorium on licensing new banks. Second is to raise capital requirements, the amount of money banks are required to keep readily available compared with the value of other…
Kisumu’s Kibuye and Muhoroni’s Shauri Yako Estates Slated for Transformation Under PINUA Initiative CITY HALL, Kisumu, October – Kisumu County and UN Habitat have formally signed a letter of intent paving the way for a major social housing upgrade in the Kibuye and Shauri Yako estates located in Kisumu Central and Muhoroni Sub-Counties respectively. The…
UASIN GISHU, Kenya, October 1st – A section of religious leaders from Uasin Gishu County have called on the government to uphold fairness in police recruitment and teacher employment exercises to ensure integrity,foster public trust, and attract more competent individuals. This,they noted, will significantly reduce rampant corruption,bias and favouritism that has been witnessed in the…
About 20 nurses were injured and several mobile phones lost after being attacked by “organized groups” wielding rungus. MASOGO DIOCESE, Siaya, October 1st –The Church of Christ in Africa (CCA), Masogo Diocese, under the leadership of Bishop Noah Ochola, has castigated the brutal attack meted out on peacefully demonstrating nurses in Siaya County on Tuesday,…