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KRA has made tax changes which are affected by the coronavirus. The changes were made after the Kenyan government proposed that certain items be exempted from tax.

To mitigate the effects of COVID – 19 to the Kenyan economy, the Government has proposed various measures including the following:

• Reduction of Personal Income Tax top rate (PAYE) from 30% to 25%
• 100 % Tax Relief for persons earning up to Ksh. 24,000
• Reduction of Resident Corporate Income Tax rate from 30% to 25%
• Reduction of Turnover Tax rate for SMEs from 3% to 1%
• Immediate reduction of VAT rate from 16% to 14%

Further to this, the Government has implemented the following measures:

• Suspension of all listing for all persons including companies at Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
• Lowering of Central Bank Rate (CBR) to 7.2%
• Lowering of Cash Reserve Ration (CRR) to 4.2%
• Central Bank of Kenya to offer flexibility to banks on loans that were active as of March 2020 to maintain liquidity levels
• Facilitating expedited payment of VAT Refunds by allocating an additional Ksh. 10B
• Setting up a fund to which players in the Public and Private Sector are contributing in support of Government efforts

If you wish to get any clarification, call the numbers provided below or visit KRA website for more details. Here are the important contacts to help you:

• For Domestic Taxes and all frequently requested services, log on to https://itax.kra.go.ke/KRA-Portal/
• For Customs related taxes, log on to iCMS (Integrated Customs Management Systems) and the Simba System
• For Supply Chain Management (SCM) or e-procurement, log on to http://www.kra.go.ke/en/tender
• For additional support, call our Contact Centre on Tel: 020 4 999 999, 0711 099 999 or Email: [email protected]

A couple of towns which were not traditionally in Nairobi have been included in Nairobi Metropolitan Area, anybody in those towns should not move to other towns.

Here is a list of the towns:

1. Small world, Athi River
   2. Katani, Mlolongo
   3. Kamulu
   4. Chania Bridge
   5. Garissa road Makutano Junction
   6. Uplands
   7. Rironi, Maì Mahiu Junction
   8. Ngong
   9. Kiserian
   10. Isinya
   11. Ting’ang’a

President Uhuru Kenyatta announced today that the partial lockdown affects the aforementioned towns.So if you live in any of the listed towns, please do not move to other towns because the government will be monitoring your movements.

The partial lockdown started today,6/4/2020 and it will go for 21 days. There will be no movement of personal cars or passenger vehicles from Nairobi to other towns and vice versa.

The measures have been put in place to help contain the spread of coronavirus. Nairobi is one of the hotspot areas, others include Kilifi,Lamu and Mombasa. Out of 158 cases of the virus,95% of them are from the 4 towns.

Major towns which are not affected by coronavirus include, Eldoret and Kisumu.

Violent tenants have no place to hide after Kenyan landlords found a new technique of chasing them away for refusing to pay rent. Instead of fighting or closing the door with a padlock, the landlords have resorted to removing the roof.

It’s common that some tenants deliberately refuse to pay rent and opt for a confrontation with the landlord. In case the landlord throws the tenant’s items outside, he will be reported to the Rents Tribunal for action. The landlords have now discovered that if they remove iron sheets and leave their tenant exposed, he will have no other option but to move out.

One tenant in Umoja removed several iron sheets from the roof after the tenant completely refused to pay. It forced the tenant to move out that day. In Eldoret, the same case happened. We have also heard several such cases in Kisii and Western Kenya.

This technique has worked magic for tenants because none of the affected tenants refused to move out after discovering that the houses do not have a roof.

Unless the government comes up with a way to resolve this issue, all landlords will be employing this technique.

Writing activities, be it creative writing or more analytical and accurate, lead one throughout life. It is widely agreed that one has to write dozens of essays during academic life to brush up writing skills, and even though you might be oft-proficient in writing papers, you occasionally mightn’t have enough time to cope will all the assignments. As follows, WritingCheap offers a bunch of assistance in order to get your job done quickly and impeccably. As to the future career, take a look at the list that casts light on the possible writing-related job one can get.

PR/Marketing content writer or copywriter

These jobs stand for writing that aims to help different enterprises to promote themselves, their commodities, and services. It is generally agreed to be clear-cut, for instance, creating content for an organization’s website, or designing articles or press releases that relate to the given association but does not explicitly promote it. Indeed, it is an excellent choice to write for a living while being a student or after graduation and display some creativity and novel approaches.

Screenwriter

In case you might have any links with film directors as well as TV affiliation, and adore a remarkable story that people should see in the aforementioned branches? Then try yourself in a screenwriting field, where one has to write scripts and tightly work with script editors in order to rework the material and make it polished and straight to the point. Interestingly enough, many screenwriters don’t succeed in getting paid job offers. Moreover, they don’t expect a reliable and stable income even if they agree. However, this chance may well open the door to solid show business, and you can fully reveal your talents for millions of viewers.

Novelist

By the same token, but conversely, if you are into writing fiction, starting with children’s stories, and ending with sci-fi, becoming a novelist is a fantastic opportunity to try yourself in that section of writing. Besides, you don’t necessarily need to have any qualifications but be competing and have an insatiable feeling to be published. As follows, to become noticeable, you’d better have some ideas of heaven and try to put them into words and pages that will make a potential reader addicted to your story. However, it would be reasonable to tell that a plethora of novelists is in dire need of another source of income, too, for the reason that writing a novel is a long process without any rush.

Editor

If it happens that you’re prolific in writing academic essays and write them impressively excellent, you then may try yourself in the role of an editor. It goes without saying that editors cover a multitude of departments, so to speak. For example, you can be an editor of newspapers, magazines, or websites. Besides, you can be an editor of academic works, making sure that written discourses are completed and error-free; or you can even be given with a bunch of information, which you will have to write in an appropriate manner – this is widely common if you work on websites or magazines.

Journalist

Finally, if writing about factual matters is your cup of tea, and you know how to do that engagingly, this thriving job is for you. It is a good career for people who are inquisitive about the surroundings, and not only do they want to find out new information but also they want and know how to convey these pieces of facts to the audience. When it comes to graduates, online journalism is more relevant, which means that their tasks will be gathering verifiable truth online and transfer it purely by dint of written word on the Internet.

Summary

In the final analysis, writing is a vast field that is always in-demand. There is a lot of jobs related to this old and appreciated job. Students that may find themselves at a crossroads regarding writing careers have to pay close attention to the list, as mentioned above, to get a clear picture of what they should expect and what qualities they should possess to become an old hand.

It’s the first time in history that we experience a unique scenario where no single football match is being played on earth due to coronavirus. All betting sites have listed electronic games, which are not real matches.

Coronavirus was first discovered in China on 6 December 2019.Since then, the number of football matches have been reducing until today when no single game would be played. It will be difficult to experience the same scenario in future.

Now that no real match is being played, what next for gamblers? The best alternative is to play Electronic games and casino.I would refer you to 22Bet Kenya which has listed several interesting casino games. To start playing,follow this link to register.

You can also take this time to relax and reflect on your life and plan for the future.There is life after coronavirus, this is the best time to plan.

Do you know before independence, Kenya was referred as British East Africa Protectorate, or British East Africa? The country was changed in 1920 to Kenya which is currently the official name of the country.

Some historians claim that the word Kenya originated from the Akamba language. The community pronounced Kirinyaga as Kinyaa.

The name British East Africa was given by the colonial government, they used it until 1920 when they decided to change to Kenya.

After the British departed the country, Kenya remained as the official name.

Are you people scared that the world is coming to an end, do you feel like this is the worst disease outbreak?? No, it’s not close to even top 20 epidemics.

Let me share with you the world’s worst pandemics of all times.

1. ANTONINE PLAGUE

This occurred in 165AD and claimed 5 million lives. It swept over Asia, Egypt, Greece and Italy. Just in case you think it’s the first time Italy is leading.

2. Plague Of JUSTINIAN.

It occurred btn 541 to 542, just in 1 year 25 million people were dead. Each day, death toll counted 10,000.

3. The Flu Pandemic Also known as THE SPANISH FLU.

It was btn 1918 to 1920, just 100 years ago. By that time the world had 1.5billion people, 500million got the disease and that was 1/3 of the total population. In the first week alone, there was a record 25million deaths, worse than first world war itself. Corona virus is mostly killing the elderly and those already weakened by other diseases but the Spanish flu respected no age group, it claimed 50million lives.

4. The 3rd Plague Of 1855

This one also started from China and killed 10 million Indians in less than one year. You wouldn’t want to hear the total number of global death. By now you want to ask me whether the world ended, the answer is it didn’t, lol.

5. The Black DEATH.

This was by far the worst. It occurred from 1346-1353,that was 7 years long pandemic. It was caused by bubonic plague transmitted by fleas. By that time, the world’s population was 400million, then 200 million died. Half of the world’s population died. If the world was to end with a disease, it would end that time not with corona.
It is said that during that plague, the living spent most of their time burrying the dead in mass graves and yet others were left unburied.

6. HIV AIDS.

You didn’t expect this one, did you? Perhaps you forgot about it but the disease still rear it’s ugly head across the world. The peak record deaths was btn 2005-2012. In 7 years, 36 million people died but it didn’t terrify you because it was not on news like corona.

By today, corona death is not close to half a million, no. Whenever you feel frightened by corona, just know that it will never be recorded among world’s top 20 pandemics, it’s not close. The world is not ending with it, we shall live on. Well, people are dying but not even half will die. We shall remain.

Just pray and stay hopeful.

In the wake of the Corona virus outbreak that has rendered the sporting scene dormant, the latest trend in the betting scene is virtual betting which is the talk of town among punters.

Virtual betting is basically a kind of betting availed by some bookies, in Kenya and the world, where customers can place bets on computer-generated games-which function just like real matches with real teams and players.

The football matches are ‘real’ but much shorter, so you don’t have to wait for a whole 90 minutes for the match to end. The virtual matches usually take about two minutes each, but the winning value remains the same as those of actual matches and their odds.

Over the past few months, OdiBets has become famous for their unique virtual betting platform known as Odi League.

A review on Odi League, for example, one is able to place their virtual bets on various markets just like they would on real sports bets.

Punters also have opportunity to experience incredible deals with boosted odds.

To add icing on the cake, new clients get to receive a Ksh20 bonus on their first bet on OdiLeague.

Odibets also has a FIFA Esport generated tournament dubbed FIFA 20 played on Playstation 4 console.

The odds on the games are available on the Odibets betting platform whereby punters can pick on the games they can bet on.

The games last between 6 to 10 minutes.

So, before the games resume, you can jump onto the virtual betting bandwagon to make some big cash as we await normalcy in the various leagues affected by the Corona virus.