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Fines You'll Pay For That Traffic Offence

What you should probably expect when you commit a traffic offence.
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You Have To Be Cleared by HELB to Get Employed

President Kibaki has asked employers to ask for a clearance certificate from The Higher Education Loans Board from job seekers before hiring them to have every beneficiary pay back their loans.
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Scratch and Surf With the New Data & Voice Card

We may have missed this earlier this week, but we have it now. Airtel Kenya has launched, relatively, new data and voice cards that allow users to either purchase airtime directly from the scratch card or acquire airtime. The cards come in denominations of between KES…
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Konza City, the Real Work Begins

Konza city will officially be launched towards the end of the month by the president. This was announced by the PS of Information and Communications during a breakfast meeting this morning at the Laico Regency Hotel. Ground work however, has already started with a number of ministries having already received funds.
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How Global Events That Affect Your Spending Are Doing

79 percent of the respondents in a recent study want to save regularly because of the impact of global events." What are these global events and should we be worried?
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Why Fuel Prices Dropped

Kenyan woke up to reduced fuel prices. The price of super petrol dropped by KES 1.58, kerosene by KES 1.14 and diesel by KES 0.26. Which factors influenced this price drop?
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8 Things You Should Know This Morning

1. Thousands of Toyotas Recalled Over Glitch Three instances of steering ‘problems’ have been reported here, as Toyota recalls up to 34,500 Avensis and Prius models for inspection. It is part of a massive global recall in response to 20 reports of steering ‘knocking’. But…
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8 Things You Should Know This Morning

1. VAT Bill 2012 Set for 2013 The treasury has announced that The VAT Bill 2012 will be introduced next year after the general election. Speaking to the Daily Nation , Finance Minister, Njeru Githae said, “There are indications that the Bill will be…
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More Mercedes For Broke Governments

The government is not broke then. I read that with a raised eyebrow. We’re being taxed more, paying more for items such as fuel and then we get news that a new fleet of Mercedes Benz cars are being bought for judges. Just who makes these decisions in the first place? The police were on a go slow because they demanded better pay, the government was and still is being reluctant to meet their demands. However, one individual somewhere went to the dealerships with a purchase order for a fleet of new cars.
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VAT Bill 2012 Set for 2013

The VAT Bill 2012, which is part of the ongoing tax reforms in the country which aim at increasing revenues, will be introduced next year after the general election. The treasury has said so.
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