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Cash-strapped Kenya Airways (KQ) is set to axe 182 pilots and over 400 cabin crew members.
The airline has already served redundancy letters to 22 pilots and 160 more are on their way out together with at least 400 cabin attendants, according to The Star.
The affected employees’ exit package…
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The United Kingdom has elbowed the Netherlands and the US to become the third-largest buyer of Kenyan goods.
The latest data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that Kenya earned Sh13.29 billion from exports to the UK in the first quarter of the year, representing a 12.22…
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President Uhuru says Kenya Airways (KQ) will resume operations in a few days. Uhuru, who spoke on Friday during a virtual conference sponsored by US-based Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), noted that the government will first allow the national airline to resume domestic flights.
The government…
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Kenyan-based American companies have created employment opportunities to 6,000 Kenyans in the last 10 years, according to a new report.
During the period, 85 American companies channeled over Sh300 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) to Kenya and hired 5,964 more Kenyans, the report released…
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The government’s plan to slap digital companies with taxes could spark a trade war between Kenya and the US.
Through the Value Added Tax (Digital Marketplace Supply) Regulations, 2020, companies will be required to pay 1.15 percent of gross sales values as tax.
Under the regulations, the digital…
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An unknown number of Kenyans working for Dubai-based airline, Emirates are among hundreds of employees who are set to lose their jobs.
The State-owned flag carrier announced it will be laying off workers in a restructuring plan precipitated by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on its business.…
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Kenya is now the third-largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa behind Nigeria and South Africa in dollar terms.
Kenya, previously ranked at position four, toppled Angola to jump to third place, according to fresh data released on Friday by International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Since 2016, Angola’s…
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Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal has reportedly sold his stake in two five-star hotels in Kenya.
Al-Waleed sold his stake in Fairmont The Norfolk and Fairmont Mara Safari Club through his investment company Kingdom Holding to Nepalese tycoon Binod Chaudhary for Sh2.8 billion, Business Daily…
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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has begun processing value-added tax (VAT) refunds to business entities that have been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
KRA said the refund, totaling Sh10 billion, is in line with President Kenyatta’s directive in April to enable the businesses to…
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The government, through the office of the Attorney-General, has written to the management of hotel chain, Fairmont seeking answers to its decision to fire all employees of two of its establishments in Kenya.
The sacking of all workers attached to Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel and Fairmont Mara Safari…
