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Reducing income tax by 5 per cent can greatly boost the economy
The resulting cumulative tax burden on payslips has not only reduced disposable income but also limited purchasing power, constraining workers’ participation in the economy.
By Raimond Molenje
2026-02-18 00:00:00
There are concerns that Vodacom Group is leveraging its insider knowledge and controlling position to acquire Safaricom shares at a reduced price, prioritising its own long-term gains.
By Mukoma Munyuthe
2026-02-18 00:00:00
Edwin Sifuna, has emerged as the most conspicuous standard-bearer of a renewed wave of protest, having survived an attempt to unseat him from his party post,
By Leonard Khafafa
2026-02-18 00:00:00
Let’s just say that Kenya is yet to discover an administration that is willing to constructively tackle our expenditure problem, debt treadmill notwithstanding.
By Dennis Kabaara
2026-02-17 00:00:00
Across the country, a silent crisis is tightening its grip on ordinary citizens. More than 3.3 million Kenyans are facing hunger
By Dina Lilly Kondoa
2026-02-16 16:17:22
In the realm of poetry, the cascade of events leading to the removal of ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna can be described as comedy and a travesty.
By David Ochami
2026-02-16 16:02:17
Unfortunately, Oburu and his co-conspirators who are currently dining at the UDA table, and others who political scientists call ‘useful idiots’, see Sifuna as an impediment.
By Alexander Chagema
2026-02-16 15:30:00
In recent years, headlines have warned of a growing “male loneliness epidemic,” often framing men as uniquely abandoned and romantically invisible.
By Njahira Gitahi
2026-02-16 15:12:39
Safaricom is widely seen as a national asset and therefore its success has been built on consumers, workers, and even public infrastructure drawn from across the country.
By Danson Kimani
2026-02-16 00:00:00
As global order strains and multilateral institutions falter, Africa cannot afford absence from the United Nations Secretary-General race.
By Awale Kullane
2026-02-16 00:00:00
More than 3.3 million Kenyans are facing hunger, not because the land has failed, but because leadership has.
By Dina Lilly Kondoa
2026-02-16 00:00:00
In the past two weeks, public attention in Kenya has been seized by two different but deeply connected stories about power, impunity, and the cost paid by women and girls.
By Lucy Minayo
2026-02-16 00:00:00
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2026-02-17 16:00:21
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By Chebet Birir
2026-02-17 15:01:22
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