Author: David Indeje

Kenya’s new containment measures and other restrictions due to the third wave of Covid-19 infections, market analysts see bad loans rising. “Businesses and households might once again struggle to service their loans and as such, most loans might be categorized in stage 3,” says Cytonn Investments. Stage 3 loan classification means that the loan’s credit risk has increased to the point where the loan is considered credit impaired or in default.  “The business disruptions that could result from the lockdown measures announced coupled with resultant supply chain disruptions will also lead to increased cost of risk for the banking sector,”…

Kenya Airways will suspend domestic flights to Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu from 29th March (Monday) at 12 pm as cessation of movement in and out of Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu and Nakuru Counties was announced Friday. This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta announcement as part of the new Covid-19 containment measures necessitated by the third wave of coronavirus infections. The airline said all its international flights will operate as per schedule. READ Negative Covid-19 PCR Certificate Must for Travelling to Kenya “To address our customers’ needs for additional domestic flights, we have increased the number of scheduled flights between Nairobi-Mombasa and…

Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom has pioneered the 5G network in East Africa, “critical in delivering new solutions” the telco said. Safaricom said it has commenced trials for 5G with both individual and enterprise customers in Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii and Kakamega. As part of its trial, the company plans to expand the number of such 5G sites to more than 150 across nine towns over the next 12 months. The new 5G network will give consumers internet speeds of 700 megabits per second, more than three times faster than the current 4G network. The 5G technology will be supplied by…

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday dampened hopes for a full economic recovery, saying to ‘avert a national health crisis due to rising infections, cessation of all movement in and out of four counties was reintroduced to slow the spread of the virus. According to the head of state in his televised address, the positivity rate in the country was at its highest since the pandemic, the death rate is devastating by all measures, and the stress the pandemic is placing on our health system is unparalleled. “This wave is expected to peak in the next 30 days with more…

Social networking site Facebook is going to charge its users Value-Added Tax (VAT) starting 1st April 2021 on the sale of advertisements on its platform in Kenya starting 1st April 2021. “This applies to advertisers whose ‘Sold To’ country on their business or personal address is set to Kenya and who haven’t confirmed that they’re advertising for business purposes,” Facebook announced on the VAT. Similarly, Google said it will implement a 16% VAT Tax for Apps on Google Play and Android effective April 8. “Google is now responsible for determining, charging, and remitting 16% VAT for Google Play Store paid…

Kenya’s Court of Appeal has stayed the execution of an order from the High Court that required Safaricom to pull down 141 streaming websites that were airing content pirated from Multichoice Ltd. The order had been issued on 26th November 2020 to Safaricom PLC, and Jamii Telecom Limited under section 35(D) (2) of the Copyright (Amendment Act) 2019 pending the hearing and determination of the case filed by Multichoice. However, Safaricom filed an appeal seeking a stay of execution of the ruling and order issued by the High Court. The appellate judges, Justices Hannah Okwengu, Fatuma Sichale and Jamila Mohammed…