Tag: Treasury

Relief on Kenyans’ wallets: Mbadi announces jaw-dropping tax cuts

In a move set to provide much-needed relief to citizens, Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) John Mbadi has announced a series of significant tax cuts aimed at easing the financial burden on Kenyans. The government’s medium-term budget strategy includes reducing the Value-Added Tax (VAT) alongside cuts to corporate tax and other levies. Speaking at the launch […]

Release education cash, Kathiani MP Robert Mbui tells Govt

Education Cabinet Secretary George Maghoha announced a new calendar for learners ahead of full school reopening on January 4, 2021.

EACC gives Treasury greenlight to disburse Sh1.4bn to City Hall

Earlier the EACC had told Treasury to stop the disbursement citing several cases of conflict of interest in tenders.

Treasury releases Sh2.9bn for City Hall a county gets UNAIDS award

Nairobi County’s HIV program received an award during Ministry of Health, National AIDS and STI Programme annual review meeting in Mombasa.

How MPs were ‘blackmailed’ to raise country’s debt ceiling to Sh9 trillion

MPs reveal that they were shown a list of ongoing road projects and told that if the debt ceiling was not raised, funding would be cut.

Senate moves to avert looming strike in counties over delayed July salaries

Senate has moved to stop a looming strike by county government workers after they failed to get their July salaries amid the just-ended lawmakers’ stand-off over counties budget. The delay was caused by the failure to enact the Division of Revenue Act as leaders engaged in a back and forth over counties budget. The Senate […]

Central Bank Governor backs graft crackdown at Treasury

Zachary Ochuodho @zachuodho Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)  Governor Patrick Njoroge has supported the move to charge top National Treasury officials over the Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal. Njoroge said yesterday corruption was a drain to the economy and those involved must be held to account. “The issue of corruption is a significant drain to any […]