Muse

Flow with nature...

[Fredah Onduso @FredahOndu61763]

SIFUNA AMETAMBA SONG.🔥☝️💯

You requested, I delivered. This is the Linda Mwananchi Anthem.🔥🔥

OFFICIALLY OUT☝️☝️
WANTAAAAMMMMM!
@edwinsifuna

[Mzee Kobe 🐝 @mzee_ki]

Ati real estate has only 5% return on investment! Kumbe landlords pia ni walala hoi namna hii.

[GOMBE TOM MBOYA 🇰🇪 @Gombetomboya]

Kuwakumbusha tu.

Linda Mwananchi will implement the Constitution.

Sifuna's agenda ndio hii:

1. Protecting human rights.
2. Promoting equality.
3. Safeguarding freedom.
4. Strengthening democracy.
5. Advancing social justice.
6. Upholding the rule of law.

#Sifuna4President

[Science Magazine @ScienceExpand]

Two teachers in China teach static electricity in a fun way.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Incredible doc!
Nigerian surgeon temporarily removes baby from womb at 23 weeks, removes tumor, then puts her back and she was born healthy at 36 weeks.

Hats off please!

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, says the planned refinery is not just for Kenya.

It is designed to serve much of East Africa and is expected to take less than four years to build, with groundbreaking expected in October.

Here is a detailed thread on his recent BBC interview:

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Japanese students launch their pedal-powered flying bike. 😎

[CPA Wachira Joseph @WashiraX]

KRA is not playing with London Distillers.

You definitely know London distillers. They cook and sell alcohol.

In 2020 and 2021, they sold alcohol and charged customers excise tax on behalf of KRA.

Excise tax is a tax govt charges walevi to discourage excessive drinking.

London Distillers then filed its own excise tax returns and told KRA: We owe you Ksh 895 million.

Note, KRA did not assess this tax. It is London Distillers that admitted it owed KRA the money.

That statement is the heart of this tax fight. Read it again.

The company paid Ksh 378 million and left Ksh 517 million outstanding. KRA immediately started pursuing the balance.

Then someone at London distillers came up with another idea.

Instead of negotiating with KRA, let's talk directly to the CS for Treasury Ukur Yatani and ask him to forgive the 517m.

The directors said, perfect! Go for it. Do it! Fast!

They wrote to the CS. Told him they are unable to pay. The CS agreed.

In January 2022, Treasury directed KRA to cancel 80% of the outstanding tax, plus 100% of the penalties and interest. London to pay 20% only.

London Distillers happily returned to Athi River thinking the tax fight was over.

KRA, however, retreated to Times Tower and embarked on a fault finding mission. They wondered,

How will we meet our tax collection targets if the person setting those targets can forgive taxes anyhowly?

Then one afternoon, KRA finally finds the fault. There is one dangerous sentence sitting quitely in Kenyan tax law. It says,

• Only KRA can initiate tax cancellation after determining that recovery is impossible, unduly difficult or expensive, or would cause hardship or inequity to the taxpayer. KRA then forwards the recommendation to the CS for approval. The CS cannot start the process or issue the directive on his own.

KRA sought the Attorney General's opinion of this sentence.

The AG, Kihara, agreed that Treasury's directive was illegal. Because,

- London Distillers had already collected the excise duty from consumers.
- The money was never London's.
- They were merely holding it on behalf of KRA before remitting it.
- They must pay it to KRA.

The AG gave KRA the green light to continue pursuing their tax.

When Treasury saw the AG's opinion, it quickly withdrew the letter. KRA resumed the hunt for its Ksh 517 million undettered.

When London Distillers saw KRA was not playing, they ran to the High Court and later to the Court of Appeal.

London Distillers argued that:
- KRA had no right to ignore or reverse a directive that had come from the National Treasury.
- They accused KRA of usurping powers that properly belonged to the National Treasury & Cabinet Secretary.
- They had legit expectations that the govt could not forgive tax and later unforgive it.

This week, the Court of Appeal has ruled that,

- A Cabinet Secretary cannot wake up one morning and cancel taxes that the law does not allow him to cancel.

London Distillers has been ordered to pay the Ksh 517 million.

Case closed.

Lessons.

• Self declared taxes are admissions. Don't assume they can later disappear through letters to Treasury.

• Excise duty and VAT collected from customers are public money. You are only holding them for KRA.

• If you disagree with a tax, challenge it through the objection and appeal process. Don't build your cash flow around the hope that someone at Treasury will make it disappear.

[𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖑 𝕶𝖑𝖆𝖚𝖘 @Daniel_klaus24k]

Men need to pay attention carefully to this message 🧏‍♂️

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

MIT professor delivers a brilliant masterclass on how to effectively present your ideas with clarity, high impact and purpose (15 important lessons)

[Mwalimu Mūtemi wa Kīama @MutemiWaKiama]

It has come to pass as the Professor predicted!

[Atieno.K @CCarusheey]

This has made my night,,hataki story na umbea mingi apewe tu paybill ya sifuna amechoka😂😂
#SisiNdioSifuna

[Edwin Sifuna @edwinsifuna]

Mimi hakuna kitu nadai watu wa Bungoma saa hii. You showed up, you have done your bit. Sitawaangusha. Ahsanteni sana.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Kenya is introducing a new law to give Uber and Bolt drivers more control over their earnings.

The bill allows the government to regulate fares, set a minimum pay per trip, and stop platforms from unfairly cutting prices.

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

While the US spend unlimited amounts of money on wars, these are the next generation of school blackboards in China🇨🇳.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

PesaLink, a platform for sending money between bank accounts, plans to let customers send money using phone numbers or ID numbers instead of bank account numbers.

[Blue🦋 @Lismarblue]

China inventó el filtro de agua más sencillo de la historia sin conectar tuberías.

[Nelson Havi SC @NelsonHavi]

My brothers and sisters from Western Kenya, the bribe price they pay for us to make a bad choice on the ballot is fanda and omugadi. In Mountain Kenya, they are paid in boreholes, electricity, gas cylinders, two weeks old efiminywi and boats. They take the bribe price but still do the right thing. Anyway, we take after our two main leaders, “buy one get the other one for free” na “wakishiba, hawana ubaya.”

[General Assweto🍷🍾❤️ @Asswetooo]

Maasai patriots blocking a politician's helicopter from landing, telling him to build roads instead of flying in to campaign. The chopper turned back without landing. A powerful message is being sent!

[Mohammed Hersi : Mr Optimist @mohammedhersi]

What a talent.

Hats off to this guy...amazing at the same time the message is a sad one.

Please us follow his Tik Tok channel and support him......https://t.co/PHZxj4ahIT