By Business Daily Africa The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will conduct a census of landlords’ properties and seek direct access to M-Pesa transactions in efforts to catch tax cheats and raise an additional Sh375 billion for the year starting July. The Treasury has disclosed in its budget planning document for the new fiscal year that

By Reuters Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from Somalia’s Al-Shabab Islamist group in eastern Kenya, a government official said on Thursday. They also recovered rocket propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices after fighting the militants on Wednesday in the village of Galmagalla in Garissa county, said Thomas Bett, deputy county commissioner of the

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears to not be wearing his seat belt, in an unknown location in England, Britain in this screen grab taken from a social media video on January 19, 2023. Rishi Sunak via Instagram By Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised for an error of judgment after he rode

File- Usain Bolt, a retired Jamaican sprinter, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Dec. 1, 2022. Attorneys for Bolt, one of the world’s greatest sprinters, said more than $12.7 million is missing from his account with a private investment firm in Jamaica that authorities are investigating. Attorney Linton P. Gordon on Jan. 18, 2023 provided

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand. Fighting back tears, Ardern told reporters that Feb. 7 will be her last day in office. (Warren Buckland/New Zealand Herald via AP) By The Associated Press New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was praised

Courtesy of the Defense Ministry Joint Staff. MSDF destroyer Suzutsuki, foreground, is seen during a drill with French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. Japan News By Yomiuri Shimbun A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and a French Navy carrier strike group led by its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have conducted joint drills in the

Institute of Human Resource Management executive director, Queresha Abdullahi By Business Daily Africa Nearly half of the human resource practitioners in Kenya are operating without a licence, putting the institutions they represent at a disadvantage in legal disputes. Data from the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM), the regulator of the profession, estimates only 17,000

Credit to Photo The Associated Press/Dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh By ADF Magazine As it struggles with rising inflation and continuing drought, Djibouti has become the latest country to suspend its payments on Chinese debt. Djibouti’s decision to withhold repayment makes it the second African nation after Zambia to take that step. China is Djibouti’s largest

A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defence firm Baykar said on Wednesday. International demand

Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person died at 118 in her sleep early Tuesday Jan.17, 2023, the spokesperson for her nursing home in Toulon, David Tavella, said Wednesday.