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Online listing for the Kenya Early Years Assessment (KEYA) which is for Grade 3 learners opened yesterday. The registration process is supposed to run through to August 30 which is exactly two months as from yesterday. The KEYA portal has been slow because immediately it was opened, many schools logged
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For anybody, buying a first home is usually exciting but quite overwhelming. It means that you have worked very hard and saved your hard earned money to finally get your own home. First-time home buyers in most cases don't know or understand the meaning of mortgage terms and
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State agencies will only buy locally-assembled vehicles for official administration use in order to boost production. The Government wants to ensure that all state agencies, departments and ministries procure locally assembled vehicles in order to realise Kenya's "Buy Kenya Build Kenya" goal. The government is also
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The US Embassy has accepted the new Kenyan Currency in consular appointments and transaction. This comes shortly after they posted on their site that they were developing procedures to accept the new Kenyan shillings. Until these procedures were in place, consular applicants were only supposed to pay for services using
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Agricultural experts have warned farmers to minimize using synthetic fertilisers and pesticide with claims that they are badly paralyzing agricultural yield and instead have advised farmers to go for organic farming. Synthetic fertilisers if overused lead to high acidity levels in soils which they argue is the major reason for
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Betting is not all that merry except when you are winning, something that does not happen often. Betting has grown so rapidly and become excessively widespread in Kenya and its spread has had a major negative impact with a quick look into the market indicating that majority of the people
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The alcohol manufacturers through their organization, Alcoholic Beverages Association of Kenya (ABAK} have disputed the 15 per cent hike on alcohol and tobacco products saying that it will derail efforts to fight down illicit brew. Gamblers were also with a 10 per cent excise tax on the amount they bet,
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Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has said revenues for his company will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years. He said that the Chinese telecom giant will greatly reduce capacity but he was firm that The U.S ban will not bruise their spirits and their hard
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Yesterday, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich unveiled the Government's spending plan for the next financial year which is anchored on the Big Four agenda, outlined avenues to finance it and the tax measures taken. This year's budget is almost twelve times higher than the 2000/2001
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New pump prices which will be announced today may see the fuel prices skyrocket even further, The continued sanctions by the US government on Iran has projected unpredictability over the global oil market. The U.S sanctions imposed after Iran's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal have sent
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Market News Equity Group to manage Sh6bn EU agro-processing loan scheme Wednesday, June 12, 2019 19:13 By JAMES KARIUKI The European Union on Wednesday unveiled a Sh6.62 billion package for onward lending to farmers and agro-processors servicing demand-driven contracts. European Union delegation to Kenya Charge’ d’Affairs Walter
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Ideas & Debate Why mobile loans rate control plan is bad for small borrowers Wednesday, June 12, 2019 20:09 By PHYLLIS KAMAU | There has been continuous negative misrepresentation of digital lenders as shylocks out to defraud and take advantage of consumers. This distortion is informed by a general lack