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Members of the public and stakeholders have been asked to submit memoranda on the proposed Land Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The clerk of the National Assembly Samuel Njoroge asked the public to submit their memoranda on the proposed legislation on or before Thursday December 28th, 2023. The Bill, sponsored by Leader of the Majority Party Kimani Ichung’wah (Kikuyu) seeks to amend several Acts including Registration of Documents Act, the Land Control Act, the Land Registration Act, 2012, the Land Act, 2012, Community Land Act, 201 and the Sectional Properties Act, 2020. If enacted into law, Kenyans will be able to…

With a surge in funding, R&D and private sector investment, Africa is primed for a transformative leap towards vaccine autonomy. A recently announced US$1.8 billion shot in the arm puts vaccine self-sufficiency within reach. By Bonface Orucho Recent approval by the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) of a US$1.8 billion African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA), a financing instrument that will support sustainable vaccine manufacturing in Africa is being hailed as a game changer for the continent. “The targeted US$1 billion from Gavi to African manufacturers is a game changer for the continent and advances our efforts towards vaccine self-reliance,” said Jean Kaseya,…

Higher inflation will reign in Christmas spending after a post-Covid splurge last year, but Kenyans and Cameroonians will still be extremely generous with Christmas gifts, decorations and food this year, according to an annual report. By Conrad Onyango African households will focus on gifts and decorations as they take a more cautious approach to their Christmas holiday spending this year, on the back of a rising cost of living, according to the Cost of Christmas report. The latest ‘Cost of Christmas’ study by WorldRemit shows expenditure on gifts followed by decorations will take the largest share of household monthly income…

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The members of Parliament in the National Assembly processed a total of eighteen Bills by the time the House went on long recess last week, signaling what the House says are some of the milestones it has achieved in the last one year. The eighteen Bills which have since been assented to into law by President William Ruto, form part of the 114 Bills that are at various stages of consideration by the House. Among the Bills approved by the National Assembly include legislations relating to Climate Change, reforms in the health sector and government financing of priority projects. One…

BY SILAS APOLLO The government has been asked to create more employment opportunities for unemployed Kenyans to expand the country’s tax base. Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o says that the move will help increase revenue collection in the country amidst growing concerns of a possible plateauing of taxes in the coming months. Nyakang’o, in her report on government expenditure for the first three months of the 2023/24 financial year, argues that increasing taxes on ordinary Kenyans instead of expanding the tax base is counter-productive. The CoB argues that an analysis of the government’s revenue collection for the period under review…

At the just-ended UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, where world leaders gathered to confront the pressing issue of climate change that has disproportionately affected Africa and other Global South countries, these three Kenyan trailblazers stood to showcase the impactful role that individuals can have in shaping a more sustainable world. By Kate Okorie Sebastian Mwaura, the co-founder of YNA (Young Nation Agenda) Kenya, is one of the two UN Global Climate Action Award recipients. Naiyan Kiplagat, the co-founder and director of the Paran Women Group, went home with the Gender Just Climate Solutions Award in the non-technical…

The world finally agreed on a centrepiece climate deal to transition to renewable energy. For an African continent endowed with huge green resources, this represents a unique opportunity. By Seth Onyango In what is being hailed as an unprecedented agreement, delegates to COP28 in Dubai made the first official commitment to ditch fossil fuels, in a move set to spur green investment globally. Dubbed as the ‘beginning of the end’ of the fossil fuel era, the agreement aims for a rapid and equitable shift, marked by substantial emissions reductions and enhanced financial support. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries also agreed…

By Carmel Rickard Namibia’s supreme court has given a scathing judgment in the case of a man who resorted to fraud or attempted fraud to hide his new property acquisitions so his ex-wife couldn’t access them for child maintenance. Instead, the properties were bought in the name of his then-fiancée so that they would appear not to belong to him. The judges have held that such an agreement was against public policy, ‘morally reprehensible’ and thus unenforceable. The man, who has since walked out on his fiancée and married someone else, was trying to get the properties back from his…

Kenya has been on the spotlight in several high-profile events, including the Africa Climate Summit to the East Africa Regional tourism Expo (EARTE), resulting in an increase in the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) subsector in 2023. According to John Chirchir, Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) Ag. CEO, during the recently concluded Youth Connect Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital Nairobi is fast becoming a focal point for regional and international gatherings given its facilities and central location. “This year, we have witnessed an increase in international conferences and events hosted in Nairobi. Recently,…