Bryan_Kajumbe

aclectic...dream chaser.....
|I don't want to show them stars|
I want to make them stars|.
That's what legends do.
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Founder Elite Mtumba Kenya
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[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

iTax has become increasingly unreliable and, at this point, is practically unusable. @KRACare

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

@KRACare the continued malfunctioning of iTax needs urgent attention.Taxpayers expected to meet strict statutory deadlines,yet system provided for compliance is failing repeatedly.KRA needs to fix iTax urgently and ensure taxpayers are not penalized for delays by system failures.

[Eric @amerix]

This video will warm your hearts.

See, a beautiful girl, respectful to her father, amiable to her mother.

Her father gifted her the Quran, reminding her of her spiritual obligation here on earth.

Her mother gave her jewellery, reminding her that she is beautiful and should keep her purity close to her heart.

A daughter.

A mother.

A father.

A happy family.

An inspiring family.

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

@DominicOoko @ahmednasirlaw Moving to arsenal a downgrade!! Bro get your home work right please 😅

[Leandro Trossard @LTrossard]

GUNNERS, WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!! 🏆💭❤️

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

The Finance Bill, 2026 was published on 30th April and is now before Parliament and every Kenyan deserves to know what is in it.

The government targets Ksh3.63 trillion in revenue for 2026/27 and a wider budget deficit of 5.3% of GDP in the 2026/27 fiscal year (July-June) up from 4.7% in 2025/26. These are not unreasonable fiscal objectives but the manner in which the burden of achieving them is distributed is a cause for serious concern.

On tax filing timelines, the Bill moves the income tax return deadline to April 30th which is two months earlier than the current June 30th and compresses nil return filing to January 31st. This reduces the time available for audit completion, cash flow planning and compliance. For small businesses and individual traders, this is not administrative reform. It is an additional compliance cost they can ill afford.

On mitumba, the Bill inserts a new Section 12H into the Income Tax Act which deems profit at 5% of customs value payable upfront before goods are released by KRA as a final tax. A trader importing a bale worth Ksh1 million pays Ksh50,000 regardless of whether they make a profit or a loss. I cannot in good conscience describe this as equitable.

 The Bill increases residential rental income tax from 7.5% to 10%. Absent a serious enforcement framework, this will drive non-compliance rather than revenue. The government must fix the enforcement gap before it increases the rate. One without the other is burden-shifting.

On digital financial services, the Bill removes existing VAT exemptions on money transfers and payment processing. These are the tools of financial inclusion that millions of Kenyans including the very people this government says it wants to reach rely on daily. Making them more expensive will not serve the objective of a broader tax base.

 By including interchange and merchant service fees within the definition of management or professional fees for withholding tax purposes, the Bill introduces a compliance burden into automated banking processes. That burden will be passed on to businesses and ultimately to consumers.

The amendment to Section 24 of the Income Tax Act empowers KRA to deem at least 60% of a company's undistributed income as dividends for tax purposes. This fails to account for legitimate decisions on reinvestment, working capital and business growth. It is a retrogressive measure that sends the wrong signal to the investors Kenya needs.

A 25% excise duty on telephones for cellular and wireless networks is proposed. A phone is not a luxury. It is how Kenyans bank, communicate, conduct business and access government services. Parliament must interrogate this carefully.

On PAYE, Kenyans were led to expect relief and a restructuring of the tax bands to ease the burden on salaried workers. That proposal does not appear in this Bill. That is not a minor omission. An explanation is owed to every employed Kenyan who was waiting for it.

To be fair, the Bill is not without merit. The reduction of corporate tax for non-resident companies from 37.5% to 30% improves our investment climate. The extension of the tax amnesty to cover liabilities up to 31st December 2025 provides a genuine and welcome pathway to compliance. VAT exemptions on electric buses, bicycles, dialysers, animal feed raw materials and PPP infrastructure are sensible measures. The clarity introduced on trust taxation ensuring beneficiaries are not taxed on income already taxed at the trust level and the recognition of gratuity contributions as exempt income are also steps in the right direction.

Be that as it may, we cannot afford a repeat of June 2024. Parliament must discharge its oversight role with the seriousness this moment demands. They should not merely rubber-stamp what the Treasury has placed before it. Every clause must be scrutinised. Every punitive or ambiguous provision must be rejected or amended.

#FinanceBill2026 #PublicParticipation

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

KRA is moving away from the feared special table, the system that could lock businesses out of VAT filing and iTax over tax issues and disrupt operations overnight.

Now they’re using eTIMS to spot issues early and give taxpayers time to correct them before deadlines, a less disruptive strategy.

Proof that government can be innovative when collecting from citizens.

Strange how that innovation disappears when it’s time to stop corruption and looting.

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

The government says it’s to stop fake claims.

Fair enough.

But notice the pattern:
When it’s your money, the system is strict, instant, and unforgiving.

When it’s taxpayers’ money being looted through corruption, suddenly accountability becomes slow, selective, or disappears.

[Alinur Mohamed @AlinurMohamed_]

This happened in Kisumu today. The media won't show it to you because he's not Sifuna or Babu or Orengo or Caroli.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️ Ian Wright on Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal against Manchester City, and what it means as the season hit its final sprint:

“You know what hurts me watching this Arsenal team right now? It’s not even the result against Manchester City… it’s the feeling that when it really mattered, the personality disappeared.

For seven months you’re top of the league, everyone is talking, everything looks controlled… and then suddenly, in the final sprint, you look like a team hoping instead of believing. That’s the difference.

People will talk tactics, they’ll talk about the goalkeeper going long, or individuals not stepping up but for me, it’s deeper. When City smell that moment, they become ruthless. Arsenal? They became cautious. And in this league, cautious is not enough.

I’ve been there. When you want to win the title, you have to impose yourself even when things go wrong. Today, after it went 1-1, you could feel it… City said ‘we take this now,’ and Arsenal almost accepted it.

And that’s why people are asking how did it get to this? Because a month ago, it looked impossible for them to lose it. Now? All the pressure is on them, and City are playing free, with momentum, with experience.

Listen, Mikel Arteta has done an unbelievable job, but this is the stage where you don’t just need structure, you need authority. You need players who say ‘give me the ball, I decide this game.’

Right now, I don’t see that enough. And if you don’t show it at this stage of the season… then you open the door for a team like City. And once that door is open, they don’t knock… they walk through it.”

[NBA Africa @NBA_Africa]

Kenya stand up 🇰🇪🏀

BWB Africa 2022 Alumni Madina Okot was drafted 13th overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2026 WNBA Draft 🌍

Join us in celebrating this incredible achievement 🇰🇪

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Madina Okot is going to Atlanta! From Mumias Kenya 🇰🇪 to the WNBA 🇺🇸

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

Feeling jobless with @AbabuNamwamba and 99 others!!!😅 #cabinet
#AngukaNayo

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

To Self-employed Kenyan please make sure you have health Insurance. Bare minimum @nhifkenya, if you can get more insurance. Please take it as seriously as you take rent and food as expenses.
Please!!!

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

Too little...Too late!!!
#RejectingFinanceBill2024

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

One message to @WilliamsRuto
People preempted such unprecedented times!!
#stopkillingus
#REJECTFİNANCEBILLKENYA2024

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

William Ruto has just called us treason criminals🤦‍♂️
Tunagotha tena✊️
#REJECTFINANCEBILL2024

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

This government has no respect for professionals like Medics. They only respect Wash Wash guys like Oscar Sudi, yahoo boys, and conmen who are part of the government.
@IPOA_KE
#stopkillingus
#endpolicebrutality
#RevolutionNowOrNever

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Police arrest paramedics in Nairobi live on CNN despite identifying themselves. We saw police beat some of them up

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

All eyes on us..
This is too late and meaningless, how I wish it could come earlier!
#stopkillingus
#ZakayoAshukeSasa
#RevolutionNowOrNever

[Amb Sebastian Groth 🇩🇪🇪🇺 @Diplo_Jazz]

Statement by international friends and partners of Kenya and Kenyans on todays sad and tragic events 👇🏾👇

[Bryan_Kajumbe @Bryan_Kajumbe]

It's very unfortunate that unarmed protesters are being shot. At the moment lifeless souls are on the ground. This so unfortunate @IPOA_KE @bonifacemwangi @thekhrc @LawSocietyofKe @RedCross
#OccupyCBD
#REJECTFİNANCEBİLL2024
#REJECTFİNANCEBİLLKENYA2024
#occupybunge2024