*^If you don't stop trying, the future is very bright.
These words resonate so well with me because they summarize the essence of perseverance and resilience^.*
Real estate in Nairobi is booming!! 2 years ago 2bedroom apartments we got were 7.8M (off plan) huku Kilimani saa hii zinaenda at 12/13M! Damn!!anyway mkitaka airbnb tukona a few 2bedroom and one bedroom units!
While Kenyan sugarcane species mature after long 18-24 or more months, the new Chinese Golden Fruit variety takes only 12 months to mature for juice and chewing. The one in the pictures is 6 months old as planted in our farm in Nakuru.
#RutoEducationReforms Siasa Bila Chuki
What happened to Gabriella in the Senate is reprehensible and unacceptable.
She came to Parliament to witness democracy in action and perhaps to imagine herself in leadership one day.
Instead, she was humiliated by a leader entrusted to protect the dignity of citizens, especially the young ones.
As a mother, a former parliamentarian, and a woman who has spent decades fighting for the dignity and inclusion of women and girls in public life, I know this is not the leadership we envisioned or struggled for.
Gabriella, do not let this moment diminish your voice or your dreams.
Women can serve with dignity and purpose and there’s a number of us who would love to share a cup of chai with you and show you how.
Public office is a privilege, those who hold it must carry themselves with the dignity the people deserve.
Karibu chai, Gabriella.
Media houses responsible for this expose wrote to you in April expressly pinpointing 28 issues they planned to report on. They even gave you 12 questions to clarify. A document you blatantly ignored in its entirety. Now you want to write statements to the public. Bure kabisa!
Kuna uyu farmer uko tt anarun account inaitwa "farm with Fred". Utapata anapost video moja akichuna mboga alafu video kama sita akikunywa supu ya kuku😂😂
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
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@mbiti_mwondi Everyone is eagerly waiting for on opportunity to oppress/steal because that's how our society is wired courtesy of our politics and cheap persons glorify the same hoping to onboard soon😂
@bevalynekwambo3 Someone said serial killers have been n will always be there and huge percentage of them are men. prostitution is just a means of exercising greed and those killed by people they know are victims of the few rotten individuals in society.
@bevalynekwambo3 She was a hoe, you can cry all you wnat but that's the truth, if it comes to the man we will also handle him as a killer. We say uuuwii to the eagle and uuuwwwwi to the hen bwana
Many people think you can only shop from China using Alibaba or AliExpress… but that’s not true.
These are alternative sourcing websites from China:
1. Industrial equipment
https:// www.made-in-china. com
2. Jewelry & accessories
https://www. gooddiy. com
3. Small goods (non-bulk items)
https://www.yiwugo. com
4. Beauty products & cosmetics
https://www.nala. com. cn
5. Women’s shoes
https://www.go2. cn
6. Toys & kids items
https://www.ctoy. cn
7. Children’s clothing
https://www.3e3e. cn
8. Small batch / wholesale products
https://www.dhgate. com
9. Electronics & gadgets
https://www.globalsources. com
10. Fashion (affordable clothing & accessories)
https://www.zaful. com
Ukiwa na kama two acres mahali imezubaa lima alafu unitafute nikuuzie bomarhode seeds,upande nyasi ukue unaharvest thrice a year. Hauezi kosa pocket money hapo