Author: Khusoko

If you live in Kenya and you fund your play from an M-PESA wallet, the “best casino” question is not really about which global brand has the flashiest welcome bonus. It is about which locally licensed operator settles a Paybill withdrawal before your evening matatu ride home. This list ranks the six local Kenyan casinos that actually deliver on that promise, with no offshore brands padding the count. What makes a casino “local” in Kenya Two filters do almost all the work here. The first is licensing: every brand in this list is licensed in Kenya under the Betting Control…

Formally employed Kenyans are now contributing more toward their NSSF Tier I and Tier II retirement savings accounts following the phased implementation of enhanced contribution rates under the NSSF Act, 2013.  This has sparked varied reactions, with some expressing concern about the impact on their salaries. While the short-term ‘pinch’ is real, the bigger picture tells a more hopeful story. This adjustment represents a long-term investment in financial security for life after work. You see, our retirement landscape has primarily relied on community support, government and continued employment well past retirement age as the safety net for Kenyans. The revised…

The Finance Bill 2026 does not just raise taxes. It reshapes the relationship between businesses and the consumers they depend on, and most corporate leaders are not ready for what comes next. A Five-Shilling Lesson That Every Business Leader Needs to Understand Picture a student standing at a canteen counter, reaching into his pocket for a soft drink. The price has moved from 25 to 30 shillings. He checks his coins, puts them back, and walks away. No elasticity model predicted that. No pricing deck accounted for it. Nicholas Kamunyu watched scenes like this play out across Sub-Saharan Africa over…

Cases of missing and found children have become increasingly common across the country, leaving many families in agony as they search for their loved ones. Children may go missing from home or other care settings for a range of complex and often overlapping reasons including abduction, abandonment, running away, getting lost, trafficking, neglect, inadequate care and supervision, poverty, custody disputes, fleeing danger or being targeted through grooming for abuse or exploitation. Each of these circumstances heightens their vulnerability and places them at serious risk of harm, underscoring the urgent need for stronger protection and prevention measures. The numbers are alarming.…

Kenya has concluded public consultations on the Draft Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, 2026. These rules will operationalise the VASP Act passed last November and, for the first time, bring Kenya’s digital asset economy under the protection of law. What is often interpreted as regulatory constraint is, in fact, recognition that an emerging market has matured into economic relevance. Digital assets have moved well beyond theory. They are functioning financial instruments that exist entirely online, recorded on blockchains rather than stored in banks, and range from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to stablecoins like USDC and newer innovations including tokenised bonds…

Kenya’s push to tax virtual assets has reached a turning point. The Finance Bill 2026, currently before Parliament, proposes to compel every virtual asset service provider to file annual information returns with the Kenya Revenue Authority, covering all transactions by Kenyan users. The question the bill does not answer is how much of that data the taxman can actually touch and under what conditions. What the law already allows The Tax Procedures Act sets the baseline. Section 59 empowers KRA to issue a notice demanding access to records or information about any person’s tax liability. Where access is refused, Section…