Mzalendo

15/12/2025

A web of M-Pesa transactions and incriminating text messages has exposed a brazen bribery ring at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), a collection agency whose staff are cutting government revenue by engaging in corruption and colluding with tax evaders.
https://businessdailyafrica.com/bd/economy/m-pesa-trail-texts-bust-tax-bribery-at-kra-5297656 via

The KRA sacked 25 staff within the quarter ended September 2024 amid an internal purge to w**d out corruption within the agency, which saw Sh549 million illicit wealth recovered after lifestyle...

15/12/2025

Less than 300,000 Kenyans registered to buy the State’s affordable houses by June 2025, new disclosures show, debunking statements by bureaucrats that close to a million Kenyans had enrolled to purchase units under the scheme.
https://businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/real-estate/state-misses-affordable-housing-buyer-target-in-june-5295482 via

By the end of June, only 292,326 Kenyans had registered on Boma Yangu, the platform created for the public to register and save towards owning houses.

15/12/2025

The World Bank says high market concentration and regulatory inaction in Kenya’s telecommunications sector have made mobile data prices high compared to regional peers.
https://businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/technology/world-bank-raises-alarm-over-kenya-s-high-mobile-data-costs-5295354 via

The multilateral lender points to Safaricom’s dominance as a possible factor behind persistently high broadband internet prices.

15/12/2025

The electoral commission has shifted to using data from the National Registration Bureau (NRB) and the Directorate of Immigration Services (DIS) to set its voter registration targets to improve accuracy.
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/iebc-to-use-id-and-passports-data-for-voter-registration-targets-5297584 via

Commission says the census data it has been using includes individuals who are ineligible to register as voters.

15/12/2025

A proposed deal to sell a major stake (29.2 per cent) in the state-linked East African Portland Cement Company to a firm called Kalahari Cement has sparked outrage in Parliament. via

15/12/2025

The country’s public spending watchdog has put Parliament on the spot, accusing it of failing in its oversight duties by ignoring dozens of critical audit reports.
https://standardmedia.co.ke/business/business/article/2001536505/auditor-general-slams-mps-for-sleeping-on-the-job-as-audits-pile via

Only 21 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively, of the recommendations made by Parliament were implemented.

15/12/2025

MPs have put the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) on the spot for aiding the escalation of a mandate clash between the budget-strapped Public Service Commission (PSC), the State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC), and the Inspectorate of State Corporations (ISC).
https://nation.africa/kenya/business/mps-flag-src-for-fanning-hr-fights-in-public-service--5296472 via

Salaries and Remuneration Commission on the spot for aiding the escalation of mandate clash.

15/12/2025

The Supreme Court has ruled that workers sent into early retirement cannot claim the salaries and allowances they would have earned up to their mandatory retirement age.
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/supreme-court-rejects-anticipated-income-claims-early-retirees-5296578 via

Supreme Court says such payments have no basis in law and offend public policy.

15/12/2025

Kenya’s economic trajectory over the next decade will be shaped not only by how much the government spends, but by how effectively it empowers citizens to generate and circulate wealth.
https://businessdailyafrica.com/bd/opinion-analysis/columnists/reviewing-paye-tax-bands-best-bet-to-grow-economy-5297668 # via

12/12/2025

Happy Jamhuri Day, Mzalendo!

Today we honour our journey as a free nation and renew the spirit that binds us- umoja, hope and true uzalendo- becuase Kenya ni mimi na wewe.