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THE STANDARD By
Dominic Omondi |
March 17th 2021 at 09:24:44 GMT +0300
CS Ukur Yattani (PHOTO: FILE)
Japanese workers and companies will be laughing all the way to the bank after the government exempted them from paying income tax for projects valued at Sh328 billion.
In a legal notice, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani directed that the income that these businesses and workers earned from 15 projects will be exempted from income tax.
Mr Yatani said this was according to Section 13(2) of the Income Tax. “Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning directs that the income which accrued in or was derived from Kenya by Japanese companies, Japanese consultants and Japanese employees involved in the projects…. shall be exempt from income tax.” read part of the notice that was issued by Yatani on February 26, 2021.
THE STANDARD By
Moses Nyamori |
March 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
ODM Leader Raila Odinga addressing Likoni residents at Caltex Grounds in Mombasa County on Thursday 4th March 2021. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
Proponents of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) have crafted a new strategy to popularise the Bill that will see top leaders and experts dispatched to radio talk shows.
BBI Secretariat co-chair Junet Mohammed said they may seek a review of some of the Covid-19 protocols after President Uhuru Kenyatta capped the number of attendees of social events at 100, essentially blocking town hall meetings.
The President banned political rallies for 30 days, a move that dealt a blow to the BBI campaigns.
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
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By Boniface Gikandi | March 14th 2021 at 02:00:00 GMT +0300
A rice nursery in Gakonya village in Kiharu, Murang’a where farmers have transformed the former swampy area into rice fields using irrigation water fetched from Rutune river. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]
A newly established rice irrigation project has brought a smile to farmers in semi-arid Gaturi ward in Kiharu, Murang’a County.
Thanks to the project started five years ago, the formerly poverty-stricken area in Murang’a has been transformed into a potential food basket.
Kimathi-Githuri Irrigation project has brought relief to many residents who have now abandoned sand and clay soil harvesting for rice farming.
THE STANDARD By
Judah Ben-Hur |
March 11th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Children abusing drugs will be admitted into rehabilitation facilities instead of serving jail terms if Parliament passes a proposed law .
The Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) (Amendment) Bill 2020, which proposes changes in the 1994 Act, seeks to slay the dragon by the head by focusing on drug traffickers as opposed to users.
“This young generation needs not be put in prison. This young generation needs to be put in rehabilitation centres so that immediately they recover from the menace, they can go back to school,” said Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabbir.