/Opinion+++Analysis/-/539548/539548/-/fwd2e9z/-/index.html http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Target+cheats+with+hi+tech+tax+monitoring+platform+/-/539548/1412970/-/5lilybz/-/index.html The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is in the process introducing General Packet Radio System (GPRS) — enabled electronic tax registers that will enable it to monitor business transactions as they happen and compute the data over time. 2012-05-24T16:40:15Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Kibaki+appointments+uncalled+for+/-/539548/1412966/-/crpfoi/-/index.html The current debate over President Kibaki’s recent appointment of county commissioners appears to be a replay of typical Kenyan political struggles which often take place during or before the General Election. 2012-05-24T16:29:21Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/future+depends+on+the+kind+of+leaders+voters+will+elect+/-/539548/1412964/-/147nwl/-/index.html With another General Election looming and a tribally divisive presidential battle in the offing, it is another decisive time in the history of Kenya’s politics. 2012-05-24T16:29:13Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Taxation+plan++America+puts+a+premium+on+its+billionaires+/-/539548/1412954/-/12hgbjn/-/index.html The United States is the only country in the world which applies the same tax regime to all its citizens, regardless of where they live: nowhere else are non-residents charged the same federal tax rate as residents. 2012-05-24T16:18:12Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Growth+of+Internet+offers+potential+for+tourism+sector/-/539548/1412056/-/5sruf1z/-/index.html The Internet revolution continues to make a major impact on tourism and travel. Online travel bookings continue to soar, the latest statistics show that travellers will book more than half of the world’s travel sales online by the end of 2012. 2012-05-23T16:41:42Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Using+analytics+to+grow+your+business+/-/539548/1412054/-/134s29v/-/index.html Business analytics allows a business to collect data, correlate this information, and come up with insight that will directly impact the future of the business. 2012-05-23T16:41:35Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Stabilise+shilling+to+cushion+consumers+from+price+surge+/-/539548/1412046/-/vt9y7/-/index.html The shilling has, once again, started on a depreciation curve that has caused jitters among consumers and businesses. 2012-05-23T16:36:19Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Help+rural+women+reap+fruits+of+equity+/-/539548/1412020/-/14d19n8/-/index.html Three decades ago, she confirmed, women were rarities even in the middle, never mind the higher, levels of management and leadership. 2012-05-23T16:25:37Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Are+liaison+offices+a+myth+in+Kenya/-/539548/1411288/-/12341ewz/-/index.html Investment by global investors has also brought with it an interesting display of the diversity of business operating models. One of the most interesting concepts is the liaison office. 2012-05-22T15:50:58Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Reconsider+Gibe+dam+power+plan+/-/539548/1411266/-/xjlu22/-/index.html According to World Bank documents, the Regional Eastern Africa Power Pool Programme is slated to be considered by the board of directors on June 21. 2012-05-22T15:42:43Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Paying+debts+for+profligate+state+agencies+must+stop++/-/539548/1411238/-/loeyhmz/-/index.html The question that the Treasury must answer is the one that the Controller of Budget asked in her report to Parliament — which is why the taxpayer is being called upon to bail out public institutions that are not insolvent. 2012-05-22T15:32:44Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Local+oil+companies+have+good+chance+to+grow+market+share++/-/539548/1411220/-/1516llpz/-/index.html When the Shell brand is soon changed to Vivo under the new owners, and if the proposed buyers of KenolKobil decide to rebrand, it will be only Total out of the original brands remaining with us. 2012-05-22T15:17:46Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Should+services+to+non+residents+be+taxed/-/539548/1410690/-/akxbou/-/index.html Businesses in Kenya providing services to non-residents face uncertainty as to whether such services are considered exports and thus zero-rated as far as Value Added Tax (VAT) goes. 2012-05-21T17:38:52Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Global+rebellion+is+taking+shape+/-/539548/1410688/-/feaif9/-/index.html A wave of political rebellion seems to be sweeping the globe. The rebellion is not just in Asia, Africa, and Latin America which are used to grumbling about the International Monetary Fund’s dictates, it is also increasingly clear in Europe. 2012-05-21T17:38:45Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Recruit+next+head+of+Postal+Corporation+competitively+/-/539548/1410682/-/5xn38i/-/index.html The exit of postmaster-general Maj Gen (Rtd) Hussein Ali from the Postal Corporation will give the organisation a chance to competitively pick its chief executive. 2012-05-21T17:36:52Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Emerging+markets+gain+from+Africa+as+the+West+slumbers++/-/539548/1410644/-/4w9uqw/-/index.html With so much volatility in today’s world and so many domestic distractions for the Western governments that have traditionally done so much to contain it, individual emerging markets will need more than strength if they are to fully emerge. 2012-05-21T17:26:33Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Lessons+from+revocation+of+CCK+boss+appointment+/-/539548/1409742/-/1otqjc/-/index.html In the past, the executive arm of government has gotten away with suspect, unpopular, and sometimes out-rightly illegal appointments to key positions in parastatals and other public institutions. 2012-05-20T13:35:57Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Job+appraisal+is+not+for+the+faint+hearted+/-/539548/1409736/-/12gaxltz/-/index.html It is one of the most challenging aspects of management as it requires a fair amount of wisdom, fortitude and a steely resolve to stand by your rating despite the remorseful or downright resentful eyes of your subordinates sitting before you. 2012-05-20T13:07:32Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Tough+task+of+steering+regulatory+agency+/-/539548/1409734/-/l0e47jz/-/index.html No sector can flourish without standards, rules, and procedures. It would be like a game with neither rules nor a referee. Regulating agencies “watch over” to avert chaos. 2012-05-20T12:56:42Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/The+case+for+localising+executive+training+/-/539548/1409730/-/gix4s8z/-/index.html The advantage of tailor-making the EMBA programme this way is that strategic and operational issues of direct relevance to the Kenyan and African contexts are captured. 2012-05-20T12:51:32Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Partnerships+can+help+solve++maternal++health+problems+/-/539548/1409728/-/8bul6lz/-/index.html Maternal deaths are on the rise and continue to be the top killer of women in Kenya. The necessity of safe motherhood services everywhere is key because maternal health goes beyond complications at childbirth. 2012-05-20T12:47:30Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Virgin+Atlantics+exit+leaves+aviation+sector+worse+off+/-/539548/1408230/-/buf1xc/-/index.html Whereas it is comforting that the business environment in Kenya has nothing to do with its decision, it is worrying that dynamic companies like Virgin are scaling down their operations due to the economic crisis that has hit Europe and rising fuel prices. 2012-05-17T17:39:21Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Deal+firmly+with+terrorist+attacks+on+soft+targets+/-/539548/1408194/-/pi2uixz/-/index.html Al–Shabaab sticks to soft targets because there are many opportunities available locally. Each successful attack further undermines Kenya’s security and puts additional strain on the country’s over-stretched police force. 2012-05-17T17:24:24Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/Politics+Embrace+issues+not+tribes+/-/539548/1408190/-/9bi55s/-/index.html The dozen or so presidential aspirants have not been asked to explain what they would do to accelerate economic growth, reduce the cost of living, generate more jobs, and improve the living standards of citizens. 2012-05-17T17:23:28Z http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion+++Analysis/We+can+draw+four+key+lessons+from+the+NHIF+controversy++/-/539548/1408184/-/ob2dd6z/-/index.html In the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) case, one may go beyond business school wisdom and use this teachable moment to state four lessons. 2012-05-17T17:13:11Z