Marie Claire

[Marie Claire @CouerMarie]

@qatarairways Avoid this airline if you know what’s good for you .

[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

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

You’re telling me:

They can locate the exact coordinates & kill the Supreme leader of 🇮🇷,

They can locate & kidnap the President of 🇻🇪 in an early morning raid,

They can locate & kill a cartel boss in the middle of a forest...

But they can't locate or arrest Epstein clients?

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Israel is now killing so many people in Lebanon so regularly that the media has lost interest. Much like it did in Gaza.

[Five Times August @FiveTimesAugust]

The Epstein case is so bad the government gave you a war, a new virus, and aliens to keep you distracted from it. Sit with that as long as you need.

[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti @OkiyaOmtatah]

Harry Truman once said: “The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.”

Fellow Kenyans, our crisis did not begin yesterday.

The looting. The illegal debt. The betrayal of the Constitution. The collapse of public services. The silence of career politicians. These are old scripts repeated by leaders who believe Kenyans forget quickly.

They believe another scandal will trend. Another distraction will come. Another funeral, another handshake, another coalition, another slogan.

Meanwhile, you pay more taxes for debts you never approved and never benefited from.

Between 2014 and 2024, Kenya borrowed Sh9.11 trillion. Only Sh2.57 trillion received proper parliamentary approval. The remaining Sh6.54 trillion is odious debt, unconstitutional borrowing forced onto the backs of struggling citizens.

This is why food prices rise while wages stagnate. This is why hospitals lack medicine while billions disappear. This is why schools decline while politicians grow richer. This is why young people graduate into hopelessness.

And while Kenya bleeds, legacy politicians remain silent. Many are not fighting to fix the system. They are fighting to inherit it.

They criminalize protesters. They weaponize police. They reward political loyalists with advisory jobs funded by taxpayers. They protect corruption networks while ordinary Kenyans suffer.

We go to court because the Constitution is the last line of defense between the people and organized state plunder.

From the struggle for independence in 1963, to Saba Saba, to the 2010 Constitution, every generation of Kenyans has been called to defend freedom against greed and impunity. History is watching us now.

If we remain silent while our country is looted, future generations will remember us as the people who watched Kenya collapse and did nothing.

Read history. Defend the Constitution. Reject fear. Reject silence. Reject thieves disguised as leaders.

We must be a nation that reads, remembers, and refuses to be misled by the same old tricks. Know your history, defend your rights, and let us not be "newly" surprised by what we should have already learned.

Kenya istahili heshima

#OdiousDebt
#ReKe
#Constitutionalism

[Kerry 🇰🇪 @kerubo_hillary]

Whoever started reposting these fake promise posts abarikiwe zaidi

[Faith Odhiambo @FaithOdhiambo8]

What happened in the Senate Chamber on 25th March 2026 was not just an embarrassment but a gross violation of the dignity of a child. A young female student who went to Parliament under the School Voluntary Service Scheme to learn was met with inappropriate and degrading remarks from Senator Karen Nyamu.

The Senate must be a SAFE space that affirms the dignity and future of our Children. Article 53(1)(d) of the Constitution guarantees every child the right to be protected from abuse and inhuman treatment. Article 53(2) makes the child's best interests paramount in every matter with no exceptions. Additionally, Section 22(1) of the Children Act 2022 prohibits any person from subjecting a child to psychological abuse which includes acts causing embarrassment and humiliation.

I call upon the Senate to go beyond accepting the theatrical apology and take concrete accountability measures. Senator Karen Nyamu still sought to justify her conduct even while purporting to apologise. An apology that is read and accepted in minutes is NOT justice. If we are serious about protecting the girl child, then our institutions must reflect that seriousness.

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Omtatah claims Ksh.6.54 trillion borrowed illegally, warns Kenya is collapsing under corruption https://t.co/0ry0BQ8nuZ

[Marie Claire @CouerMarie]

@qatarairways Qatar airlines this is almost 3months ,2 cancelled tickets and no refund in place the German call center never goes through. Am so disappointed in your services

[Marie Claire @CouerMarie]

@qatarairways How Many DMs should one send to get their refund ?I have sent more than 4 am very frustrated client

[Marie Claire @CouerMarie]

@qatarairways Please !Dont be duped this you will sent countless DMs which won’t be https://t.co/ut85oG2v7g can’t pay me to use this airline ever again

[Marie Claire @CouerMarie]

@k759847894 @qatarairways Same thing happened to me ,I cancelled within 10 minutes and it said free onl to get a 259 deduction,two cancelled tickets still pending on PayPal

[Marie Claire @CouerMarie]

@CollinRugg Stage managed stuff as usual ,le sigh !

[John Bourscheid 🇺🇸 🚀 @bourscheid]

Did Trump just stage an assassination attempt again to reverse abysmal approval ratings & get MAGA defectors back in his corner? Judging by the comments I’m seeing, sure seems like it.

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Weird … Vance escorted out before Trump. Then Trump falls down as he’s getting escorted out.

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

🚨 HOLY SH*T: Fox News just cut one of their reporters off as they seemed to indicate the shooting was a pre-planned false flag.

[Ankit Mayank @mr_mayank]

Understand the chronology —

> Donald Trump was facing the worst ratings of his lifetime

> Iran war backfired, gas prices surged, higher cost of living, nothing going right for Trump

> Suddenly Trump decided to go to White House Correspondents’ Dinner

> A shooter came out of nowhere in the world’s most secure zone and fired shots RANDOMLY (Confirmed by eye witnesses) 😄

> The shooter is shot dead, no trace left whatsoever

Suddenly Trump is due to get sympathy, he will be treated like a warrior fighting against satan...

Why have we all heard this script somewhere before? 😂

[MethoDman @polo_kimanii]

An anonymous person who wishes his ID hidden has just shared this.

“Vipi bro,Sakaja is enabling goons more than we expected....imagine right now goons have radio calls to enhance their co-operation and swiftness...again they have been rewarded with a parking behind fire station where Kenya mpya used to park which they control and collect parking fees....... By next year they may be issued with fire arms to suppress the citizens who will be demanding for a better future”

Does anyone know the story of the genesis of RSF? The ones killing non muslims in Sudan. RSF was started by the government they fight today. Exactly like this. @SakajaJohnson what are you doing??