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Kenya
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Vincent Odongo retweeted
Just 3 days until the KCB Nairobi Property Bus Tour! 🚍
Are you ready to find your dream home? 🏡
Here's how to prepare for Saturday, 5th September:
✅ Register via this link :mCDY316Lyn0Ot8-eSr7W9w/viewform to confirm your slot.
✅ Pay the KES 1,000 booking fee via A/C No: 1112787216 (KCB App / iBank / USSD *522#), Mpesa Paybill No. 522522, or at any KCB Branch or Agent.
✅ Be at Kencom House by 7:00 AM.
We'll be covering 9 routes across Nairobi and its environs, with properties to suit every budget, from affordable plots to upmarket homes. And with KCB's fixed mortgage rate of 8.9% p.a. , your dream home is within reach. 💰
This is your moment. Don't miss it! 🗝️
#ForPeopleForBetter #PataKwako
Vincent Odongo retweeted
UPDATE: Seven months ago, I asked the Chief Manager in charge of eTIMS how taxpayers doing business could claim expenses per Sec16(1,c) of the Income Tax Act yet most state agencies weren't issuing eTIMS invoices (see quoted tweet).
Today, the Revenue Authority announces integration of eTIMS with IFMIS & says two critical things:
· All suppliers dealing with government must generate valid eTIMS invoices before submission for payment processing through eTIMS
· The details of invoices submitted to government entities must correspond with the invoices generated & recorded in eTIMS
Musings:
· Consider this a signal that the window granted for uploading & claiming non-eTIMS backed invoices that was allowed for the year of income 2025 (i.e. the filing we did in 2026) will highly likely not be granted for the year of income 2026 (i.e. the filing we will do in 2027)
· It's important to periodically check one's dashboard on iTax to be sure that eTIMS invoices generated are actually being captured on the ledger
A fortnight ago while appearing on @AfUncensored's #TheBigPicture we discussed the fact that a big challenge with the ongoing Income & Expenses Validation exercise by the Kenya Revenue Authority is the fact that majority of government agencies aren't issuing eTIMS invoices (see quoted tweet).
This week I asked the Chief Manager in charge of eTIMS at KRA, Hakamba Wangwe, how taxpayers will be able to claim expenses incurred when dealing with the government?
She says the Authority is working on making a provision to allow taxpayers to input any expenses incurred in dealing with government for purposes of claiming.
Vincent Odongo retweeted
NEW: France votes to ban social media for children under 15, becoming the first country in the European Union to approve a nationwide age limit.
President Emmanuel Macron, who pushed lawmakers to fast-track the bill, says he'll sign the legislation into law and the ban will take effect at the start of the new school year in September.
"The brains of our children and our teenagers are not for sale," Macron says, arguing young people should not be manipulated by "American platforms" or "Chinese algorithms."
France now joins a growing international push to restrict children's access to social media. Australia has already implemented a nationwide ban for users under 16, the U.K. plans similar restrictions next year, and Spain, Greece and Denmark are also moving toward minimum age limits.
French officials are still working out how social media platforms will verify users' ages under the new law.
Vincent Odongo retweeted
STATEMENT: Children should never be used for sensationalism, ridicule, or public entertainment. The dignity and safety of children must always come first and cannot be compromised.
Vincent Odongo retweeted
🚨🚨BREAKING!! Boda-boda Riders Protected as Court Stops Dirty Repossessions Based On Vague Hire Purchase Agreements
The High Court has delivered the ruling many motorbike owners have been praying for. In 15 Minutes Logistics Ltd v Deckson Moruri (2025), a boda rider lost his motorbike to repossession, only for the lender to turn around and demand extra penalties, arrears, repossession fees, storage fees, and all sorts of invented charges. But the lender’s own hire-purchase agreement had NO clear purchase price, NO payment timeline, NO record of actual payments, and NO proof of default. The Court said the truth plainly: you cannot seize someone’s bike and still claim money when your own contract is a grey, confusing mess.
This judgment reinforces a deep jurisprudential point that hire-purchase companies have been dodging for years. If you're financing a motorbike, you must comply with the law: the contract must be complete, transparent, and provable. You must issue proper notices. You must show the payment schedule and actual arrears. You must justify repossession. You cannot hide behind vague clauses or “daily penalties” designed to trap riders in an endless cycle of debt. When a company cannot clearly demonstrate what was owed, how much was paid and why repossession was lawful, the court will not enforce anything. The lender’s claim collapses.
This decision is now a lifeline for thousands of riders who fear unfair repossessions. The message is crystal clear: you cannot lose your motorbike simply because a financing company kept poor records or invented penalties. And lenders can no longer repossess and still chase riders for imaginary balances. For every boda-boda, delivery rider or small business owner under a hire-purchase contract, this ruling says: the law is watching, the courts are awake, and your rights actually matter. Actually, at Roba & Associates Advocates LLP, that's our business!
@georgediano @Thuranira_1 @NelsonHavi @MutandaLaw @DavisThuranira @KensonMutethia
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Vincent Odongo retweeted
Recently a doctor friend of mine from India fell ill while he was in Nairobi. He bought over the counter medicines from a pharmacy. We happened to meet after few days and what he told me shocked me. First Pharmaceutical products in Kenya cost 10X compared to other countries . Secondly the molecule strength is 10% quality compared to other countries. All countries have healthcare cartels. But in Kenya the pharma industry Mafia owns a country. The regulator Pharmacy & Poisons Board is a criminal enterprise for protecting cartels. I am happy for Mosop MP Abraham Kirwa for succesful recovery. I now urge him to summon the Ministry of Health to parliament and ask them what they are doing to track and trace all pharmaceutical products coming to Kenya
Vincent Odongo retweeted
Per the Energy Act, billing from a faulty meter requires some form of consultation with the consumer, to determine REASONABLE supply and may be billed back upto 6 months. There was none in my case, determined supply NOT reasonable, definitely not equivalent to 6 months.
Vincent Odongo retweeted
@KenyaPower_Care I have unresolved billing complaint since Jan 2024, raised verbally at the Kitengela office btwn Jan & May, on email in June 2024, escalated to RM & GM same month, copying customercare in all mails. No acknowledgement, no response, no resolution. @Cofek_Africa
Vincent Odongo retweeted
Raila Odinga was a true champion of democracy. A child of independence, he endured decades of struggle and sacrifice for the broader cause of freedom and self-governance in Kenya. Time and again, I personally saw him put the interests of his country ahead of his own ambitions. Like few other leaders anywhere, he was willing to choose the path of peaceful reconciliation without compromising his core values. Through his life, Raila Odinga set an example not just for Kenyans, but across Africa and around the world. I know he will be missed. Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and to the people of Kenya.
Vincent Odongo retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Trump Has Signed An Executive Order To Declassify The JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr. Files And Requested The Pen He Used Be Given To RFK Jr.
WATCH LIVE:
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Vincent Odongo retweeted
JUST IN: Secret Service was aware of the potential threat 10 minutes before Donald Trump took the stage in Pennsylvania but let him go out anyway.
The revelation was made during a Senate briefing today.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says she was "appalled to learn the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to President Trump walking on stage."
"I have no confidence in the leadership of Director Cheatle and believe it is in the best interest of our nation if she steps down from her position."
Vincent Odongo retweeted
WHAT HON @ledamalekina AND 24 OTHER SENATORS UNANIMOUSLY DID IN MUTILATING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BILL, 2023 TO WEAKEN THE EXISTING ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW
@ntvkenya
@Karanja_Ibrah
#𝐓𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐔𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐓𝐮𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚
Vincent Odongo retweeted
Sen @ledamalekina ...is this true? That you deleted the conflict of interest provision and made it lawful for governors to trade with their wives, husbands and children? Very sad! @EACCKenya
