JustTheone

I'm the one the only one

[The Standard Digital @StandardKenya]

Read The Standard 8 days a week!

📲 Subscribe today (Website): https://t.co/oZSRZG82yj
📲 Read the ePaper: https://t.co/2t4BmyBN1h

#TheBold
#FactsFirst

[𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 @Finehairr_]

Public outrage in this country expires faster than milk

[Kenyans.co.ke @Kenyans]

High Court suspends Kenya-U.S. Ebola quarantine deal, bars entry of exposed persons

[Alinur Mohamed @AlinurMohamed_]

Say nothing! Just repost.

#JusticeForAlbertOjwang

[James @MrJamesKe]

The saddest thing in politics is watching citizens defend the same system that keeps failing them.

[Mercy Nicky @Mercynicky_]

So only normal mwananchi should tighten their belts, while the president splash on private jets and politicians continue to live a flashy lifestyle on tax payers dime

[MethoDman @polo_kimanii]

Statehouse has a budget of 17.7Billion.

Civil servants used 7 billion to travel abroad.

SHA software costed 118 Billion

1.3 Trillion is missing on Ecitizen

50 Billion missing from SHA

4.1Billion Bursary funds missing

300 Billion Treasury bond lost

But kenya is broke?

[plthing🌼🖤 @_Nimo1]

kenyans work so hard mahn
it’s unfair that we still have to go through all this bs

[KIPRONO @Onorpik]

Ksh. 500 worth of KPLC tokens
2020: 32 Units
2023: 25 units
2025: 19 units
2026: Will now be 14 units.
#RejectElectricityPrices

[Boniface @kilundeezy]

No MP has tabled a motion to impeach William Ruto and this is a sign no MP should retain his seat.

[Sholla Ard 🇰🇪 @sholard_mancity]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has just made a massive ruling on YOUR pension money.

Attorney General Dorcas Oduor and 3 others LOST the case while defending the government’s position.

For years, the government treated pension money deducted from workers’ salaries as if it were public money.

That is why pension schemes faced endless bureaucracy, procurement rules, delays, and costly approvals before investing your savings.

The Association of Retirement Benefits Schemes challenged this in court.

They lost in the High Court.
Lost again in the Court of Appeal.
But on 15th May 2026, the Supreme Court finally ruled in their favour.

The court declared that pension schemes sponsored by public entities and state corporations are PRIVATE TRUSTS, not government money.

Meaning?

Your pension is YOUR money.
Not the government’s.

Trustees can now invest faster, avoid unnecessary procurement bureaucracy, and potentially grow retirement savings better for millions of Kenyans.
This is one of the biggest financial rulings most wananchi have never heard about.

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

EPRA has quietly raised the cost of electricity by over KSh4.40 per kWh from May 2026 through new forex, fuel and water levies.

[KingstonGirl🍁 🇰🇪 @Lsankei99]

Fuel up 46 shillings
Electricity up by 4 shillings with less units
Salaries stay the same
Taxation stays the same
Unemployment at its highest with industries closing

Parliament is silent

All 349 of you will go

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

EPRA has increased electricity costs by a total of Sh4.40 per kWh in May 2026 through new forex, fuel, and water levies.

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Rigathi Gachagua: I have received information that this profit that the President and his partners are making from increased fuel prices has been used to purchase Tullow oil in Turkana at USD 120 million.
#CitizenFridayNight

[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

[JustTheone @Dwalloo0]

That Michael Beasley interview 🔥he truly is different with a mind of his own. Deep!!

[Abaya Onyiego @abayaonyiego]

Your TV station will not air this because they are all working for the state.

If you see this retweet.

#DeniBandia hatulipi

[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti @OkiyaOmtatah]

They've engineered the silence because they fear you more than they fear any judge. An informed public is their worst nightmare. So read the filings. Track the hearings. Ask the hard questions. The @IMFAfrica @KeTreasury, @NAssemblyKE, and every pen that signed these loans must answer.

Some politicians waiting in the wings will not speak because they hope to inherit the same broken system. To those seeking office: this is a test of principle. You cannot inherit a system you refuse to question.

We don't need their headlines to know our rights. The Constitution didn't give us a voice to whisper. The front page isn't theirs to give. It's ours to demand. Stay loud. Stay informed. The law is on our side
#OdiousDebtKenya #PeoplePower #DeniBandia

[James🔻 @GoodVibePolitik]

Not paying a lot of attention to the timeline did Klay Thompson try to assassinate the president