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In 2001, the East Africa council of Ministers prepared the East Africa Double Tax Agreement, which Kenya was very fast in ratifying and passing into law.
It's a bit strange that company leaders who wake up each morning to compete desperately against one another also sometimes sit and plan together.
Officials at Treasury say move allows for oversight on decisions and actions taken by the banking sector regulator.
Inadequate rains in the last three years have pushed the economy to its knee.
The tourism sector is seeking sustainable ways of doing business in the face of growing concerns over environmental degradation.
Telecommunications operators are divided over new proposals meant to promote fair competition and guard against abuse of market power.
Most consumers will use their phone as a key financial tool, but they will not abandon financial institutions,
Gilbert Deya has been in the corridors of justice defending allegations levelled against him for close to half a decade. The self-styled archbishop and his family came into the limelight after a rash of "missing" babies amid a public outcry by Kenyans whose children had disappeared at birth at Pumwani maternity hospital.
There will be no more swearing allegiance to the President by holders of public offices if the draft law is adopted.
Muslims and the government have allayed fears that Kenyans on pilgrimage in Mecca could be among those infected with the dreaded H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
Political parties will receive billions of shillings in financial support if the draft is passed. It proposes that Parliament allocates the Political Parties Fund not more than 0.3 per cent of the previous financial year's national budget.
Internal Security minister George Saitoti is on Thursday afternoon expected to present a report in Parliament regarding a series of cash-in-transit robberies in the past year.
Employers could soon be compelled to omit the requirement for previous experience as a condition for employment. This is one of the key interventions to create equal job opportunities for the youth contained in a report launched on Wednesday by Youth and Sports assistant minister Ms Wavinya Ndeti and Unicef Kenya representative Dr Olivia Yambi.
Can a mentally ill person have the intention to kill and be held responsible for his actions? A High Court judge wants the prosecution to explain how a man charged with murder 12 years ago and whose medical reports indicate he is insane should be held accountable for his actions.
Operations at the Criminal Investigations Department ground to a halt after a fuel provider withheld supplies demanding Sh11 million for previous deliveries.
Hate-speech mongers, blamed largely for last year's deadly post-election violence, will be major targets of the proposed new constitution should it be adopted.
Questions on circumstances under which a contract to print new currency notes by De La Rue was renewed has been shelved until two committees of Parliament conclude investigations into the matter.
MPs have asked for a special audit of funds so far released for the Kazi kwa Vijana (jobs for youth) project. They say it is necessary to determine value for money. The issue came up after Prime Minister Raila Odinga issued a statement to the House during his time on Wednesday afternoon.
A police officer and a businessman accused of murdering the son of former assistant minister Patrick Muiruri were among hundreds of suspects not produced in court following the outbreak of cholera at Kamiti Maximum Prison.
The man at the centre of the latest news connected to the family of Bishop Gilbert Deya, the preacher made infamous by the miracle babies' saga, is an adopted son.
UK police on Tuesday arrested a son of embattled London-based Kenyan preacher Gilbert Deya on suspicion of murder. Paul Deya, 31, was arrested after his three-year-old son, Wilson, was found stabbed to death on Monday.
An officer was shot dead by armed carjackers at a police roadblock in Ngong area in the outskirts of Nairobi. Another policeman and two civilians were also injured during the Monday night incident near the Maasai Girls School.
Members of Parliament will lose the power to raise their salaries and allowances should the draft constitution become law. The draft states that whenever MPs pass a law increasing their pay, such a law will be put on hold until elections are held and a new Parliament is in place.
Patients detained at Kenyatta National Hospital for inability to pay their bills should be released on Thursday, a Cabinet minister has instructed.
Somalia's Foreign Affairs minister Ali Ahmed Jama on Wednesday accused Kenya of failing to safeguard Somali property on its soil.
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