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BUSINESS

Landmark Court Ruling Disrupts Kenya’s Betting Landscape

In a game-changing turn of events, Kenya's betting industry is undergoing a transformation following a recent court ruling. The High Court, under the...

The upward review of excise duty on 31 products looks set to force Kenyan households to dig deeper into their pockets even as many continue to experience economic hardships occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.
BUSINESSECONOMY

You Will Pay More for Water, Alcohol and Boda Bodas as KRA Raises Tax

The cost of 31 goods including motorcycles (boda bodas), bottled water and juice, beer and spirits, cigarettes and fuel are set to increase...

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KRA Poised to Collect More Tax From Water, at the Expense of Kenyans

The cost of bottled water and other soft drinks is set to go up from 1st February 2020 as a new excise duty...

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Customers to pay more as Safaricom effects new taxes

Safaricom customers will from midnight on Wednesday pay more for calls, data and SMS services after the telco moved to implement the tax...

Bottled water seized by KRA officials at a water manufacturing plant in Embakasi, Nairobi. KRA is targeting manufacturers to raise more taxes by sealing loopholes with the EGMS. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Illegal water manufacturing plant shut down

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) on Friday August 10th shut down an illegal water manufacturing plant in Embakasi, Nairobi and seized more than 1,000...

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Skins exporter charged with evading Sh204m tax

A Nairobi-based hides and skins trader has been charged with five counts relating to tax fraud and failure to file tax returns leading...

ECONOMY

Tax-free motorbike imports roar

Kenya is set to record the highest motorbike imports this year as use of the vehicles for employment and to ferry people both...

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Price of water and soda set to rise

The Kenya Revenue Authority has finally announced plans to lob non-alcoholic beverages, food supplements and cosmetics into its excise duty regime as the taxman...