Nairobi Are You Ready For This Explosive Night Of Music?
We cannot wait to see you guys at this year’s edition!
The Darque Experience in full swing!
“ This year i bring i along my brother in music @KabzaDeSmall_ for the Experience, @KITCHEN_MESS makes his much anticipated return! And as you know we are in business of introducing rough diamonds, @amoafrica makes her debut! Supported by the best in Nairobi @euggy_dj@dylan.s.ke and more local talent @gathoni_w_ @wearekuzo “ - DARQUE
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Being a loan recovery officer has to be one of the toughest jobs on earth, especially if part of your salary depends on commissions from successfully recovered loans.
I was hired as a loan recovery officer sometime in 2020. I lasted exactly seven days before I walked away. My job was simple on paper: call clients who had defaulted on their loans and remind them that payment was due.
Let me tell you, Maina, that job can humble you very fast. You'd call 20 people in 30 minutes and not a single one would pick up. And if someone did answer, chances were high they'd be rude, angry, or outright abusive.
Then came the fateful day that ended my career in loan recovery.
I called one client from Kisii. By the way, Wakisii, sijui hiyo hasira mnatoa wapi! He picked up and said, "Hello."
I introduced myself: "My name is Saitoti, and I'm calling on behalf of Company XYZ regarding a loan that is overdue."
He immediately replied, "Sema kwa Kiswahili, mimi sijasoma."
So I switched to Kiswahili and explained the issue. There was a brief silence, then he said:
"Saitoti ni jina ya Kimaasai. Ambia baba yako auze ng'ombe anilipie hiyo loan. Mimi sikuchukua loan kutoka kwa Saitoti. Wacha kunisumbua, kijana!"
Man, I just hung up.
I didn't tell my colleagues anything. I simply stood up, went home, and never looked back.
To this day, whenever I see a loan recovery officer calling someone repeatedly, I don't laugh. I genuinely feel for them. Those people earn every cent of their salary. 😂
The Ruto government is just too much. These guys wake up every single day just to conjure up more ways to cause pain to Kenyans. I know we are expected to keep government in check as opposition but it’s literally impossible to keep up with the breadth and depth of the capacity for evil these guys have. It doesn’t have to be like this bwana. When we tell you just kicking Ruto out solves 80% of our problems you best believe! Just like he did with Haiti and now Ebola, for the right amount, this one can sell us to the devil himself!
OVERNIGHT: America gives Kenya $13.5m (Ksh1.7billion) for ‘Ebola preparedness efforts,’ as public outrage grows over planned U.S. quarantine facility.
After call with President Ruto, Secretary of State Rubio reiterates that U.S. priority is to prevent Ebola from getting there
Should the taxpayer still bear the burden of proof in instances where a tax dispute with the Revenue Authority is based in pre-populated & third party data?
In my submission before the National Assembly's Finance & Planning Committee on behalf of the Tax Research Centre at @StrathU, I argue that Finance Bill 2026's proposals seeking to anchor Incomes & Expenses Validation in law will be incomplete if they do not include a proposal for the the Revenue Authority being saddled with the burden of proof in such instances.
Here's why:
· Finance Bill 2026 proposes to amend Sec75 of the Tax Procedures Act to provide that the Revenue Authority may use technology to pre-populate tax returns on behalf of a person required to submit or lodge a tax return
· Finance Bill 2026 further proposes that a person required to submit or lodge a tax return may rely on pre-populated return generated by the Revenue Authority to file their return
· Finance Bill 2026 proposes to amend Sec112 to provide that the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury may make Regulations for the procedure for the submission or lodging of returns based on pre-populated tax returns generated by the Revenue Authority
Here's where the problem is:
· In all this, Sec56(1) which provides that "In any proceedings, the burden shall be on the taxpayer to prove that a tax decision is incorrect" remains unchanged
· Sec56(1) is predicated on the fact that Kenya has been running on a self-assessment based regime & the data upon which tax disputes emerges was held by the taxpayer
· With Incomes & Expenses Validation & the onset of a Dual Assessment regime in Kenya, taxpayers are now exposed not just to errors of judgement & data on their part, but also errors of technology & transmission which are out of their control
· Can we really still have the burden of proof lying exclusively with the taxpayer in an environment where tax compliance has shifted from a function of record keeping to one where system integration reliability is now a key factor?
🚨 Michael Carrick will stay at Manchester United as permanent manager, confirmed.
Direction clear for weeks, plan also approved by Sir Jim Ratfliffe and new deal set to be signed soon.
New deal for 2 years plus option to extend or directly 3 years, but no doubts: Carrick says yes and will sign the contract.
Big win for Pension schemes. The Supreme Court of Kenya has allowed an appeal that Pension Schemes are private bodies and hence are exempted from the provisions of public procurement and disposal Act. This is a monumental win for trustees and members of pension schemes.