Remember, eight years ago, the world discovered what a vuvuzela was during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa? Not only did the ‘horns’ give people everywhere a new idea on how to really annoy your next-door neighbours, but it irritated FIFA enough that the horns were banned at the…
It seems the proposed 2018/2019 budget isn’t letting anybody off the hook…not even gamblers. The government has set up a multi-billion shilling special kitty to be financed by the 20% tax imposed on lottery winners and 15% on betting and gaming companies. According to Rotich, the government expects to generate over…
The 3.07 trillion budget will seemingly hit Kenyan businessmen where it hurts most… their pockets. Informal traders, the likes of movie shops, licensed by county governments will next year start paying a presumptive tax of 15% of the annual single business permit fee issued. This comes after the government proposed…
Beyoncé has retained her title as queen of the surprise music drop. This time she had some help, as she and husband Jay-Z released a joint album, “Everything Is Love,” Saturday on his Tidal streaming service. The project has long been rumoured and comes as the pair has been thrilling…
Police in Narok have arrested two Maasai Mara University students who were busted baking ‘weed’ cakes. Weed is slang for cannabis sativa or marijuana. They were arrested following numerous complaints from the public over suspicious activity inside Total Estate. Officers then ambushed the students and found them baking 56 weed cakes that…
Cardi B and Offset are on the cover of July’s Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone captioned the photo, “Here’s a first look at our upcoming cover featuring Cardi B and Offset. You can pick it up on newsstands July 2nd. Photograph by Ruven Afanador (@ruvenafanador)” and I legit just subscribed…
A female student from Nairobi Institute of Business Studies (NIBS) died on Wednesday, June 13 after she was allegedly pushed out of a moving vehicle at Safari Park Hotel. According to a Facebook user, identified as Peter Pekat, the student Doreen, succumbed to her injuries while rushing her to Neema…
What would you do with $3.3 million in the bank? Actually, let us rephrase that: What would you do with $3.3 million in the bank as a 19-year-old kid? If you’re anything like Erik Finman, the answer is simple: you build a robotic suit. But more on that later. If…
Murang’a University of Science Technology has signed a partnership with International Youth Fellowship, the IYF is a worldwide Christian based NGO which is dedicated to the growth of extravagant minds for bright spiritual lives. The partnership signed by Vincent Murangiri, Chairman Murang’a University of Technology Student Organization said this agreement would see the…
What is happening in East Africa? It has only been a couple of weeks since the government of Uganda imposed a law on taxation on the use of social media in a bid to raise revenue for the government. Some critics say that this is only a way to cripple…