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Some Africans sleeping in the streets in China after a wave of xenophobia attacks. [Photo Nation]

Middle class turn to salary advances as economy bites December 10, 2023
Commercial banks have registered a surge in the number of customers tapping salary advances.
Excise taxes hit on reduced beer, cigarette consumption December 10, 2023
Excise taxes on beer and cigarettes – the core products under the tax category— are on a negative trend.
Schools cut food for needy pupils on funding woes December 10, 2023
Hundreds of thousands of children from vulnerable homes are forced to study hungry or drop out of school.
Cooking gas prices rise to levels before VAT removal December 10, 2023
The average cost of cooking gas has shot back to levels that prompted the Ruto administration to scrap the eight percent VAT.
For Margaret Nyakango, when it rains it pours December 10, 2023
Margaret Nyakang'o, the Controller of Budget, has for four years kept an eye on the use of public funds and cited expenditure breaches.
Profit alerts hit 12 as firms cite cost pain December 7, 2023
Listed logistics firm Express Kenya Limited has issued a profit warning.
Inside Thugge’s big policy gamble to stop shilling slide December 7, 2023
The weaker shilling is posing a debt problem for the government by inflating the shilling value of external borrowings.
State tables Bill in Parliament to salvage housing tax December 7, 2023
The government has tabled a Bill in Parliament that seeks to entrench the controversial housing levy in law.
Relief for betting firms as MPs cut two levies in gambling Bill December 7, 2023
Betting firms have been handed a reprieve after a Parliamentary committee cut taxation rates of two new levies.
Thugge: Why the shilling has slid more than was necessary December 7, 2023
The Central Bank of Kenya this week shocked the market with one of the steepest increases in its benchmark lending rate.