Kenya Joins Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania in Presenting 2025/26 Budget Highlights
Kenya will join Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania in presenting 2025/26 Budget Estimates this afternoon where Treasury CS John Mbadi is expected to provide clarity on how the Treasury intends to fund the spending plan in [...]
Budget Controller Urges Counties to Set Realistic and Achievable' Revenue Targets
The Controller of Budget (CoB) is recommending the revision of own source revenue (OSR) targets by counties to align with realistic and achievable targets, as the latest data points to devolved [...]CBK Cuts Benchmark Rate to 9.75%, Revises 2025 GDP Growth to 5.2%
The Central Bank of Kenya Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 9.75%, returning it to single digits for the first time [...]
Properties, Schools Targeted in Nationwide Data Compliance Crackdown
Kenya’s Office of Data Protection (ODPC) is targeting education, hospitality, and property management sectors during the next financial year in a countrywide investigations to enforce data privacy compliance. “It is essential [...]Kenya’s Public Debt Hits Record KSh 11.36 Trillion in March 2025
Kenya’s public debt has continued its upward march, hitting KSh 11.36 trillion by March 2025, a record high that underscores the country’s deepening fiscal pressures and the urgent need for [...]Weak Governance to Blame for High Electricity Prices in Kenya, World Bank Says
Electricity tariffs in Kenya are among the highest on the continent partly because of poor governance in power purchasing agreements with independent power producers, the World Bank says in its [...]Trump Administration Suspends New Student Visa Appointments, Plans Social Media Vetting
The U.S. Government has halted the scheduling of new student and exchange visitor visa appointments at its consulates worldwide, as the State Department prepares to implement enhanced social media screening [...]World Bank Proposes Reforms to Enhance Kenya’s Revenue
The World Bank has outlined a strategy that could strengthen Kenya's revenue system by addressing inefficiencies, inequities, and distortions in the current tax framework. “These issues significantly limit the country's [...]NCPB Releases 200k Bags of Maize to Stabilize Prices
The National Cereals Produce Board (NCPB) has released the first batch of 200,000 bags of maize from the National Strategic Grain Reserve (NSR) to registered millers to help stabilize [...]MP Proposes New Internet Billing System, Know Your Customer Rules For ISPs
In a move aimed at redefining how Kenyans pay for their internet, Parliament is considering a legislative amendment that could upend the flat-rate billing model long favored by most Internet [...]Translocation of 21 Black Rhinos to Cost KSh 14 million
Kenya has started the translocation of 21 critically endangered black rhinos to establish a new breeding population at Segera Conservancy, an exercise estimated to cost the government KSh 14 million. This strategic move [...]Sacco Scandals Fire Gov't into Action, But Will Reforms Hold?
The government has moved to protect interest of members in the Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS) following growing cases of mismanagement leading to the total or near collapse of [...]
