Vincent Owino
Journalist at The East African
Economics | Finance | Technology | DLT & Crypto | Reporter @The_EastAfrican Views my own. Retweets not endorsement.
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1 week ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | Vincent Owino
A fresh surge in privacy breaches by digital lenders has triggered fines from the data protection watchdog and turned focus on the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), which recently introduced new laws to tame rogue players.
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1 week ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | Vincent Owino
NCBA Bank has been ordered to pay one of its customers Sh250,000 for sending his sensitive data to the wrong email address in a privacy breach. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) sided with Brian Githaiga, who complained that the lender did not correct and update his correct email address even after being informing it was wrong several times.
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2 weeks ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | Vincent Owino
The United States Trade Representative’s office has faulted Kenya’s significant economic presence (SEP) tax and data localisation terming them barriers to digital services trade, which is one of America’s top exports. Kenya introduced the three percent SEP tax last December through the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024 and is charged on the turnover generated from digital products sold in the country by foreign companies.
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2 weeks ago |
businessdailyafrica.com | Vincent Owino
International developers have shifted a long pipeline of new hotel projects to sites outside Nairobi and with it jobs and growth in favour of the hitherto ignored regions. At least 46 percent of hotel rooms currently being constructed or planned for set up in Kenya are located out of Nairobi, a sharp increment from 26 percent last year even as global hospitality brands flock to Kenya for new branches.
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2 weeks ago |
nation.africa | Vincent Owino
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO has accused President William Ruto’s administration of evading its responsibility by forcing households to finance programmes such as affordable housing, universal health, social security and university education.
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Did CS @WahomeHon lie to Kenyans about Aydin’s affordable housing tender? https://t.co/41ZstU3MkZ
If they come for me, y’all know why. Anyway, find this story on BD here: https://t.co/CSDHOTvyrO https://t.co/652NHeJcBu
A wolf remains a wolf even if you put it in State House. You will take him to the ICC for all the crimes against humanity committed under his nose, but the outcome will be the same. Dead, missing, or paid-off witnesses, and ultimately, dead and missing lawyers like Paul Gicheru.
A stark reminder that someone who was once considered too dangerous to freely roam the streets of Nairobi is now leader of the free world. The ICC case against him collapsed only because witnesses either died, disappeared, or recanted after being paid. https://t.co/hONaG2YGYW
