Cost of Living to Shoot Up With Drop of Tax Exemption
Consumers should prepare for tough times ahead beginning July after a new law proposing to drop Tax exemptions on consumer goods is passed by parliament. This law will effectively see zero rated commodities pay Value Added Taxes in the tax man’s bid to increase his income base. The Treasury expects the new…
Think Yourself Rich: Get the Right Mindset for Wealth
Your personal mindset has a good deal to do with whether or not you find money success. Personal growth is all about becoming aware of your actions and choices and considering how you can improve those actions and choices. When you put that spotlight on your money, you can often reveal…
What Dating Teaches Us About Investing
Smart people don’t just make lemonade out of the ever flowing life’s lemons. They make money out of dates, especially those that have gone bad. If you are the kind of a person who tries as much as possible to squeeze lessons out of whatever life throws at you, then…
Money does not Motivate the Creatives
Dan Pink, a renowned author, in his latest book Drive tackles the question of what motivates us to work. His counterintuitive research says that financial rewards do hinder our creativity. More money makes people less motivated to create, he says. There is of course an oversaturation…
How Disorganization is Costing You Money
Your disorganization is costing you a great deal of money. Here are some ways through which you are simply throwing money out the window, money that you could have saved if you tried to be a little organized. Missed payments and extra charges– Rent is not a thing most of…
Is the Minimum Wage Increment Viable?
The Labour Day announcement of a 13.1% increase in the minimum wage will see the lowest paid workers start earning KES 8,579. To read more on this click here While this increment will help the poor cope with the high commodity prices, how viable…
Want to Trade? Don't Be Like Him
This one goes out to those of us who try as much as possible not to take responsibility when things go wrong, but are up celebrating when things go as planned. When it comes to money, one needs to make decisions that, whichever outcome, they will take responsibility. Say for…
Sexually Transmitted Debt
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to…
The Different Faces of “Unlimited”
How unlimited is unlimited? My recent analysis of the “unlimited” tariffs or offers by the mobile service providers have made me question my understanding of the word “unlimited”. The mobile service providers claim to give us unlimited products which in reality appear to be limited.
Nakumatt to Unveil ‘Planet Media’ – Kenya’s Largest Multi-media Store
As regional retailer, Nakumatt Holdings, steps up its market development plans, the retail chain is now all set to open the doors to Kenya’s largest multi-media store. In line with its strategic focus to provide lifestyle enhancing products and services, Nakumatt Holdings will in coming days open the door to…
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