Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Why it’ll be tough for employers from July 1

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A huge burden of wage bill will increase cost of doing business and likely lead to a freeze on new employment or possibly cut jobs. FILE PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

By KEPHA MUIRURI More by this Author

How new taxes will hit employers

Employers will be one of the hardest-hit groups in the new tax mobilisation and social welfare funds being set up by the William Ruto administration.

Moses Kuria pick for Kebs chair caught up in Sh278m unexplained wealth case

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Dr Jeremiah Kamau Kinyua is the Chairman of the National Standards Council (NSC). FILE PHOTO | GRAPHICS | POOL | CHRISPUS BARGORETT    

By SAM KIPLAGAT More by this Author

The High Court has frozen more than 19 properties estimated to be worth Sh278 million belonging to the new Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) board chairman Jeremiah Kamau Kinyua.

South Sudan asks President Ruto to end Johos port monopoly

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Autoport Freight Terminals along Moi Avenue in Mombasa County. FILE PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG    

By DOMINIC OMONDI More by this Author

The South Sudan government has asked President William Ruto to end the monopoly of a firm associated with the family of former Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho for

Dar port's $357m upgrade bears fruit, topples Mombasa from perch

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A carriage for the Tanzania's Standard Gauge Railway project is unloaded at the port in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on November 25, 2022. PHOTO | ERICKY BONIPHACE | AFP

By ANTHONY KITIMO
By APOLINARI TAIRO

The $357 million Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Project (DMGP) seems to be

Bank of Kigali first quarter profit up 15pc to $16m

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Bank of Kigali headquarters in Rwanda. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By PATRICK ALUSHULA

Bank of Kigali (BK Group) net profit for the first quarter ended March 2023 rose by a

Kenya to scrap visa fees for Africa traders

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President William Ruto make his remarks during the African private sector dialogue conference on the African Continental free trade area in Nairobi, Kenya on May 29, 2023. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG

By BUSINESS DAILY

President William Ruto has announced plans to remove visa requirements for African nationals travelling to Kenya for business as a first major step to remove barriers to

Uganda enacts law to stop human organ theft

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO | BADRU KATUMBA | AFP

By REUTERS

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved a law to stop the stealing of