By Linet Owoko Business and Lifestyle Reporter Nation Media Group The Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association (Rupha) has received Sh3.7 million ($28,700) in promotional credits from American technology firm Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance healthcare accessibility. Promotional credits are support provided by AWS to enable developers to use Amazon's infrastructure to create digital...
By Bill Odidi Lifestyle Reporter Nation Media Group The death of the legendary American saxophonist David Sanborn last Sunday at the age of 78, following a battle with prostate cancer, is the end of an era for a man whose life might have turned out very differently were it not for music. Sanborn started playing the saxophone while recovering from a polio attack in childhood after a doctor...
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has recorded its highest shortfall in tax collections from employees despite the introduction of two new tax bands targeting top earners, even as the Treasury projected that the taxman would miss this year's targets by about Sh300 billion. A quarterly report published by the National Treasury shows that the KRA missed its pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) target by Sh72.3...
Lunch at Graze Steakhouse in Nairobi. Abdi Mohamed presides over his steak. Earlier, he was in the mosque up the road for Dhuhr, the lunchtime prayer. Abdi is a spiritual man, a religious man, and prayer is key. He also knows his Bible because, as a lad, he attended Garbatula High School, a Catholic mission school. He chews contemplatively as he reminisces about his childhood in Balambala, a small...
By Patrick Alushula Business Reporter Nation Media Group The number of women employees at KCB Group has surpassed that of men for the first time on the back of new hiring, pointing to the increased participation of women in the labour force. KCB's latest disclosures show the number of women employees hit 6,233 at the end of December 2023, marking a 1,017 increase from 5,216 the previous...
By Constant Munda Business Reporter Nation Media Group Kenya and Germany have reached a draft deal on streamlining labour migration rules, opening the door for employment opportunities for professional, skilled and semi-skilled workers in Europe’s largest economy. The two countries have agreed to establish a framework for cooperation on migration and labour mobility following the...
By Jaindi Kisero Former managing editor The EastAfrican What the hell is a motor vehicle circulation tax? Is it a ‘sin tax’, a ‘nudge tax’, a ‘green tax’ or a ‘carbon tax’? Where has the State derived the constitutional authority to introduce this strange impost on citizens of this country? On the Finance Bill, 2024, I think we are now at a point where we have to reach out...
By Kabui Mwangi Business and Tech Reporter Nation Media Group The Netherlands ambassador to Kenya, Maarten Brouwer, served his last day on Wednesday, but before he bid farewell to the country he has lived in for four years and to a continent he has lived in for 40 years, he sat with the Business Daily to reflect on the highs and the lows of his tenure. It’s been four years since you...
Kenya is eyeing a one-stop centre to process all the required paperwork for investors in a bid to ease hitches in clearance and entry into the country. The shop to be domiciled under the Kenya Investment Authority will provide critical services such as tax administration, immigration work permits and visas, licensing of economic zones, and land ownership clearance. The centralised facility, which is part...
By Kabui Mwangi Business and Tech Reporter Nation Media Group Harassment and debt shaming cases by digital lenders in Kenya have declined by up to 75 percent courtesy of joint efforts between the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) and the Digital Financial Services Association of Kenya (DFSAK). During a sensitisation session for lenders regarding the compliance guidance notes...