The Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o has stated that her office has no visibility over billions of shillings collected through the National Infrastructure Fund and Sovereign Wealth Fund, as these operate outside the Consolidated Fund and cannot be tracked by the Office of the Controller of Budget.
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The Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o has stated that her office has no visibility over billions of shillings collected through the National Infrastructure Fund and Sovereign Wealth Fund, as these operate outside the Consolidated Fund and cannot be tracked by the Office of the Controller of Budget.
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The Office of the Controller of Budget has called on counties to tighten revenue collection systems and integrate them with accounting systems to minimise the risk of funds being lost, as it begins a 10-day monitoring and evaluation exercise in Kisumu County.
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The 45 billion Kenyan shilling Bomas International Convention Centre project, overseen by the Ministry of Tourism, has raised accountability questions after it emerged that the Ministry of Defence holds the construction contract and procurement documents. The project's cost has risen from an initial 31.7 billion shillings.
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Since implementing a government-to-government petroleum import deal in April 2023 aimed at stabilizing the shilling, Kenya has faced domestic scrutiny over the arrangement and tension with Uganda, which relies on Kenya's fuel infrastructure for nearly all its petroleum imports.
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An opinion piece argues that UN Secretary-General António Guterres' appointments of Kenyans to high UN offices are beneficial for Kenya, framed within a historical analysis of the UN's role in Africa since its 1945 inception.
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An opinion piece argues that major African regional organizations including the AU, SADC, ECOWAS, EAC, COMESA and IGAD have failed to confront autocracy, electoral malpractice, military rule and constitutional abuse. The author cites their silence on Tigray atrocities, inability to resolve Sudan's conflict, and weak response to coups in the Sahel as evidence of their ineffectiveness.
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An opinion piece argues that taxpayers should not have to pay for mistakes made by the Kenya Revenue Authority's systems, citing the case of Export Trading Company Limited, which was wrongly charged a 35 per cent tax rate by KRA's faulty Simba computer system when importing rice from Pakistan.
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An opinion piece examines protracted displacement in refugee camps like Kakuma and Dadaab, arguing that children's education should not wait for peace or repatriation. The author notes that at the end of 2025, 117.8 million people were forcibly displaced, with most having been in exile for prolonged periods.
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