Cultured

[Shegun 🌪️🌟 @ShegunTweets]

i’ll never forgive them for not continuing this series. it was really good

[Cultured @The_Consiglier]

@GearstoGoals @ItsGregy_ @GearstoGoals , unatumia app ipi?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🇰🇪 Starlink helping schools in Kenya 🇰🇪

[Mr President Sir @ThePremier_epl]

@polo_kimanii Keyymoneyyy
https://t.co/7zg7ldGdq1

[Cultured @The_Consiglier]

@Anto_mbuguaa How do you start something to do when you can barely save anything? 8 years na hajasave any. Cut costs, save, start st.

[Cultured @The_Consiglier]

@Elvis_Localman Some day in April next year, I hope to get into the business. I'll need your guidance @Elvis_Localman

[Joy Car hire @JCarhire]

Show me a business where you can invest once and earn monthly without chasing customers like a heartbroken lover.
Capital: KES 1.2M. Target: KES 45K+ monthly.
I’m listening.

[George Njoroge @georgenjoroge_]

BREAKING:

A chilling video has now emerged of Rachel Wandeto giving what appears to be her dying testimony after allegedly being doused in petrol and set ablaze.

And in a shocking twist, it is now emerging that the attack may not have been about a tattoo bearing President Ruto’s image as earlier claimed.

According to Rachel’s own account in the video, the attackers were allegedly demanding money she had recently received.

[Eric @amerix]

Men,

In addition,

If you are the lastborn,

Be a responsible man.

Your parents & the homestead are your responsibilities.

It is the reason in Afrikan culture, the lastborn remains to inherit the home while elder brothers emigrate outside the homestead.

#MasculinitySaturday

[The Eastleigh Voice @Eastleighvoice]

Mourners burst into laughter the moment when Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka's children were introduced during the funeral service of his mother.

[Gloriaaa ❤️😍 @ladyhuneybee]

I can’t teach you everything you gotta confuse your enemies . 😂😂🙃

[Kipkurui Wilbur 🇰🇪 🇬🇧 @wilber1990f]

Watu wa majuu (UK n Australia) mnaezatumia exemptions za returning residents na uckear gari na like 150k tu. Hii nmeiclear sahii

[DP 🇰🇪 @DanChepta]

Whose child at this age owns an iPhone 17 Pro Max

Already has anger over a PS breaking the 75-inch TV?

Weuh 🤣 🤣 🤣

[The Oligarch @NytoP2PMwangi]

Whoever came up with the phrase cheap is expensive certainly never fueled at Astrol Petrol Station.

1. It is 100% Kenyan, founded in 2000 by the late Thayu Kamal Kabugi and is now run by the son, James Mwangi.
2. They not only own the land their stations are built on to cut costs but also manage their stations directly rather than franchising.
3. Their fuel contains a high 91 PON rating, which is higher than the premium fuels around, including V-Power.
4. They are not only 2 - 7 shillings cheaper but also never hoard fuel whenever there are shortages.

We don’t appreciate such companies enough

[Elvis @Elvis_Localman]

I have made a video of 251 unfulfilled promises of WANTAM UDA govt led by Kasongo Nabii in Kiswahili for mass reach. It’s worth Watching & sharing✅ with your friends and family.

[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

[𝗄𝖺𝗄𝗁𝗈𝗓𝖺 @simphiweyinkoc_]

Somebody said “The love you receive from someone who knows how to be alone is the most sincere there is.
A solitary soul loves you by choice, not out of a need for company.” and that’s so true.

[Rash ™ @Rashousmane]

Kumbe si mulot boyz tu, sharp girls too!🤣🤔🙆

[Court Helicopter News @CourtHelicopter]

From JSC Showdowns to Supreme Court Power: The Rise of Fiery Justice Mohamed Warsame

[Cultured @The_Consiglier]

I bet Riggy G's response will be lethal. Naanza kucheka tu.

[THEE ALFA HOUSE @thee_alfa_house]

Hassan Joho sends some jabs to Riggy G and Kalonzo Musyoka.

"Rigggy G umeulizwa maswali , ya wizi sugu, uliyoibia marehemu ndugu yako na familia yake , ukachukua uradhi ukafanya mali yako,jibu hilo swali. Kalonzo kabla uangalie ndevu angalia kipara chako. Wacha ushamba thanks wewee." - Hassan Joho