In all fairness,
KRA should extend the 2025 income tax filing deadline by 3 months.
Why?
• By law, taxpayers are given 6 full months to file their annual income tax returns.
• However, KRA opened 2025 tax filing window on March 31. After introducing requirements to scan & send supporting receipts to KRA.
• KRA blocked businesses from filing for 3 straight months.
Given the complexities of 2025 filing. And constant Itax downtimes.
It is only fair that taxpayers receive the full filing period contemplated by law.
A 3 month extension would not be a favour. It would simply restore the time KRA took away.
Do you agree?
Kenyans are being asked to pay more taxes through the Finance Bill 2026, yet the 2026/27 Budget hides KSh 101.37 billion under a vague item called “Other Operating Expenses.” No programme. No purpose. No accountability.
Before taxing Kenyans another shilling, Parliament must clean up the budget. We cannot finance opacity with taxpayers’ sweat.
See attached
#StopBudgetedCorruption
https://t.co/YI18RIv1nC
The @Cofek_Kenya has moved to the High Court in Milimani challenging several provisions of the Finance Bill, 2026 and seeking conservatory orders to stop their enactment and implementation pending determination of the petition. The argument is that Parliament is in the advanced stages of passing tax measures that will restructure how Kenyans are taxed on everyday transactions without adequate safeguards for consumer protection, privacy, public participation and fair administrative action as required by the Constitution. COFEK warns that once the impugned provisions are passed and brought into force, the resulting constitutional injury to taxpayers and consumers may be immediate and difficult to reverse.
COFEK specifically challenges new tax burdens on digital payments, scrap metal transactions and virtual assets as well as the proposed removal of a number of VAT exemptions and zero-rated supplies. For digital payments, the federation argues that expanding the tax and fee net around payment processing systems, card schemes and other financial infrastructure will raise operating costs for banks, fintechs and payment service providers which are costs that will inevitably be passed on to ordinary Kenyans through higher transaction charges and merchant fees. On scrap metal, the petition highlights the proposed 1.5% withholding tax on gross proceeds, warning that taxing turnover rather than actual income will disproportionately hurt low‑income youth, waste pickers and small dealers whose margins are already extremely thin.
Equally significant is COFEK’s concern over the removal of VAT exemptions and zero‑rating on essential goods and services such as basic foodstuffs, health products, agricultural inputs and educational materials. The petition argues that converting these supplies to the standard 16% VAT rate will inevitably push up production and distribution costs, with higher prices being borne by households already struggling with the cost of living. COFEK faults the Finance Bill for failing to provide any clear transition framework or targeted consumer protection measures to cushion Kenyans from the shock of these changes. The lobby therefore urges the Court to preserve the status quo through conservatory orders while it interrogates whether the impugned provisions meet constitutional standards of equitable taxation, transparency, meaningful public participation and respect for privacy and data protection in the emerging digital economy.
Three protesters shot dead in Nanyuki. Students shot inside their own hostel at Multimedia University.
Hooded, unidentifiable officers firing live rounds on unarmed Kenyans.
This is not law enforcement. This is the constitution being violated in broad daylight.
As we approach the 2nd anniversary of June 25, we must refuse to normalise what we are witnessing.
Accountability is not optional. It is what justice looks like in practice.
Here is my statement on the current pattern of violence by the Police:
Discipline is paramount.
Don't tolerate indiscipline.
Don't accommodate people who lack discipline. They will drag your life into a pit.
If someone lacks discipline, he is also disrespectful, not just to himself, but to you.
MAJAMAA, there are 18 innocent comrades from Karatina, Nyeri County who have been facing fabricated charges following the July 2024 protests.
They have been appearing in court since 2024 for mentioning and more mentioning dates.
On the 13th of March 2026, the prosecution requested for two more weeks to review the case on whether to continue with the case or not and on 26th March 2026, the prosecution decided that they will continue with the case and a new hearing date was set to be on the 4th of June 2026.
The 18 comrades are kindly calling for our solidarity and humbly requesting that we stand with them on the 4th of June 2026.
#FreeOurComrades #RutoMustGoNow
This is exactly what many of us feared.
The reported deaths during protests over the proposed U.S.-backed #Ebola facility in Kenya should be a wake-up call. Public health responses depend on trust, transparency, and community engagement—not decisions perceived as shifting risk from wealthy countries to others.
The U.S. has the expertise and biocontainment capacity to safely care for Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola. This tragedy further underscores why we should not be pursuing this approach.
My thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives.
CNN source: Americans arrived in Laikipia Airbase yesterday as plans for US Ebola isolation facility go ahead despite court order.
Current US & Kenya governments - both Trump & Ruto administrations - have a history of ignoring court rulings they don't like
We, the people of Kenya, categorically reject any attempt by the government to establish an Ebola facility in our country without the explicit consent and confidence of the Kenyan people. Our nation must never be treated as a testing ground for projects that raise legitimate concerns about public health, safety, and national sovereignty.
The government’s first responsibility is to protect its citizens, not to make decisions that create fear, uncertainty, and mistrust among the population. At a time when Kenyans are grappling with economic hardships, unemployment, and challenges in accessing quality healthcare, the government’s priority should be strengthening existing health systems and improving the lives of its people.