The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has extended office hours and offered new online filing options to help taxpayers meet the 30 June 2026 deadline for annual income tax returns. Despite the extended services, filing online remains the fastest method.

• KRA service centres are open from 7am to 7pm on weekdays and 9am to 1pm on 20 and 27 June, with extended midnight hours on 26 and 30 June.
• Taxpayers are reminded that filing a nil return is mandatory even with no income earned, and penalties for missed deadlines are significant.
• New systems now validate declared income and expenses against third-party data, making it harder to falsely declare nil returns.
• The KRA is promoting its Shuru WhatsApp chatbot as an efficient filing channel, particularly for salaried individuals.

Kenya's mobile market saw a significant jump with 5.7 million active SIM subscriptions added in the three months to March 2026, bringing the total to 84.09 million.

• The increase represents a 7.4% rise in active SIMs, reaching 157.7% mobile penetration against Kenya's population of about 53.3 million.
• This surge is primarily attributed to customer win-back campaigns by mobile operators, especially Safaricom.
• The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) defines an 'active' SIM as one that generated revenue in the last three months, meaning many of these additions were likely dormant SIMs being reactivated rather than entirely new users.

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has a significant backlog of unprinted number plates, but the issue lies not with production capacity, but with funding allocation.

• The NTSA inherited a backlog of over 30,000 unprinted number plates that Kenyans had paid for.
• Director General Nashon Kondiwa proposed outsourcing plate production to private firms, a plan critics argue is an attempt to privatize a profitable public service.
• The core problem is that 60% of the NTSA's revenue is remitted to the National Treasury, leaving insufficient funds for timely payments to suppliers and material acquisition.