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Senators said yesterday Health CS Sicily Kariuki will explain why county governments pay 9.4 billion shillings a year for renting non-operational medical equipment.
She explained why the lease had increased by 3.6 billion shillings to the current budget of 9.4 billion shillings which is anchored in the current budget.
According to Kariuki, in some counties, the machines are not used for lack of staff, water and electricity.
Here are the stories that make the headlines of Star this Wednesday morning.
The United States is preparing to seize and auction several billion Akasha properties
The US government will seize and auction off properties worth billions of shillings belonging to the Akasha brothers as part of their plea bargaining.
Court documents seen by the Star show that the US authorities have reached an agreement with Bakhtash Akasha and Ibrahim Akasha in exchange for a light sentence after their conviction.
US lawyer Geoffrey Berman indicates, according to the court documents, that the two brothers agreed to transfer their property that would have been obtained directly or indirectly from the proceeds of drug trafficking.
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Deputies' concern about the two-thirds principle today
MEPs will today approve or reject a bill to increase the number of women represented in Parliament – the Senate and the National Assembly.
The 2018 Kenya Constitution (Amendment) Bill, sponsored by Majority Leader Aden Duale, aims to ensure that both houses comply with the Constitution by respecting the two-thirds principle.
Duale said yesterday that MPs would vote as he told the House last week.
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Relief, according to Sonko, to reduce parking fees at Sh200
Motorists in Nairobi could as early as next week cut parking fees after Governor Mike Sonko announced that they would reduce parking fees from 300 to 200 shillings.
Sonko said yesterday that the reduced fees would apply to sedan cars parked in the city center and other county public parking spaces.
He added that the changes had been included in the county's finance bill, 2018, and that an agreement had been reached with the MCA for approval.
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High-tech companies continue to evade tax because of low tax regulations
Global technology companies in Kenya, such as Facebook and Twitter, are denying the country billions of tax shillings as part of a clbadic tax evasion scheme.
The system is backed by weak tax regulations that require multinational companies to be physically present in the country in the form of an office allowing them to pay taxes.
Facebook, for example, reported revenues of 13.2 billion shillings for the second quarter ended in July, while Twitter generated revenue of 71.1 billion shillings over the same period.
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Blue economy: Kilifi leads the way in crab farming
As the country seeks to capitalize on the economic growth of oceans and lakes, Kilifi is already making waves by not only eating, but growing seafood.
At the International Conference on the Blue Economy in Nairobi, delegates will debate for the third day innovative and sustainable ways to operate a sector that generates 150 trillion shillings for the global economy.
But it is in Coast that the action takes place and Kilifi claims his share of the cake thanks to the crab culture.
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