Dennis Musau

1 week ago | citizen.digital | Dennis Musau

By Dennis Musau Published on: June 19, 2025 10:52 (EAT) Pressure is mounting on the government’sresponse to the growing cases of violence and extra-judicial killings by membersof the police force. This is in the wake of Tuesday’s shootingof an unarmed street vendor, Boniface Kariuki, in Nairobi during demonstrations over the June8 death of blogger and schoolteacher Albert Ojwang in police custody.

1 week ago | citizen.digital | Dennis Musau

By Dennis Musau Published on: June 18, 2025 10:17 (EAT) The National Assembly Finance Committee hasrejected the proposal by the National Treasury to scrap a 15 percent taxincentive for real estate developers and local motor vehicle assemblers in the2025 Finance Bill. The proposal seeks to amend the ThirdSchedule to the Income Tax Act to repeal the preferential tax rate given tocompanies engaged in the construction of at least 100 residential unitsannually.

1 week ago | citizen.digital | Dennis Musau

By Dennis Musau Published on: June 17, 2025 10:09 (EAT) The National Assembly Finance Committee isrecommending that Parliament drops the contentious 2025 Finance Bill clausewhich seeks to give the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) powers to accesstaxpayers' personal and financial data. Clause 52 of the proposed law proposes torepeal Section 59A(1B) of the Tax Procedures Act, which bars tax bodies likeKRA from compelling businesses to share customer personal data.

1 week ago | citizen.digital | Dennis Musau

By Dennis Musau Published on: June 16, 2025 07:13 (EAT) U.S. power equipmentmaker GE Vernova and India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) have secured a majorcontract to construct a National System Control Centre (NSCC) for the KenyaElectricity Transmission Company (KETRACO). The centre, billed as the “central brain”for Kenya's national electricity grid, is expected to enable advancedmonitoring and control of power flow across the country.

2 weeks ago | citizen.digital | Dennis Musau

By Dennis Musau Published on: June 12, 2025 01:34 (EAT) The EuropeanCommission, the primary executive arm of the EuropeanUnion (EU), has classified Kenyaas a high-risk country for money laundering and terrorism financing. In a Tuesdayannouncement, the commission urged EU member states like Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Netherlands, and Spain to apply enhanced vigilance intransactions involving Kenya.