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The government has revealed plans to launch a national lottery whose proceeds will be used to improve sports, culture, and arts.
Business Daily reports that the proceeds from the lottery are expected to boost current allocations to the sector under the Sports Arts and Social Development Fund, which…
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An online scammer who is believed to have masterminded a hi-tech swindle that swept Sh900,000 from a Mombasa-based microfinance has been arrested.
Francis Mairura was smoked out of his hideout in Nyamondo village in Gucha South, Kisii county on Friday, and Sh600,000 was recovered, the Directorate…
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Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has faulted the government over the planned move to track individual MPesa transactions.
Atwoli termed the move ill-advised and counterproductive, saying it will force Kenyans to avoid using mobile money platforms, thus…
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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has received a court go-ahead to evict Aldai MP Marianne Kitany from his mansion in Runda, Nairobi.
This comes after High Court judge Maureen Odero dismissed Kitany’s appeal to be allowed to continue occupying the house.
The first-time MP wanted the…
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Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Friday released the results of the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.
Machogu said 173,345 out of the 881,416 candidates who sat last year’s KCSE exam attained the minimum university entry grade of C+ and above compared…
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will conduct a survey of rental properties across the country as it seeks to catch tax cheats and raise an additional Sh375 billion in the 2023/2024 financial year.
The tax agency will also link its tax system with the digital land registry to nab landlords not…
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Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has dismissed fresh claims by the Azimio coalition that Raila Odinga won the August 9th, 2022 presidential election.
Mudavadi termed the claims as laughable, wondering why the alleged evidence of rigging was not presented to the Supreme Court in the petition…
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A police officer who was assaulted by a gardener at President Ruto’s Karen home in July last year has died.
Corporal Timothy Mugendi Rucha died last week while undergoing treatment at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH), according to his family.
The family…
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) plans to link its system to telecommunication companies in a bid to track MPesa and other mobile money transactions.
The move is part of the taxman’s efforts to increase tax compliance and nab tax cheats as it aims to hit the Sh3 trillion tax collection target in…
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Kenya Airways in partnership with the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group has donated an aircraft to Mang’u High School to boost its aviation training.
KCB will spend Sh5 million to facilitate the transfer of the Boeing 737-700 from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Mang’u in Thika.…
