NEW HEAD OF SERVICE URGES ANAMBRA CIVIL SERVANTS TO EMBRACE EFFICIENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 New Head of Service Urges Anambra Civil Servants to Embrace Efficiency and Accountability ‎ ‎By Chizoba Njaka  ‎ ‎The newly appointed Head of Service in Anambra State, Ngozi Anuli Iwouno, has called on civil servants to shift towards efficiency and accountability, promising improvements in welfare.  ‎ ‎Addressing staff at the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex in Awka, Iwouno outlined her vision for a professional, merit-based, and citizen-centered service that aligns with Governor Chukwuma Soludo's goals. ‎ ‎Iwouno emphasized that her mission is not just a statement, but a call to action, demanding sincerity and commitment from all workers. She expressed disappointment with the recent governor's visit, which revealed empty offices during working hours, and stressed that absenteeism, lateness, and poor attitudes are unacceptable. ‎ ‎The Head of Service pledged to improve welfare, including fixing ministry vehicles, and mandated that Wednesday 1st April , 2026 will be clean...

KENYA'S 2025/26 BUDGET PROPOSALS AVOID NEW TAXES AFTER LAST YEAR'S RIOTS. (PHOTO).


 Kenya's 2025/26 budget proposals avoid new taxes after last year's riots


NAIROBI, May 7 2025



 Kenya's government will not impose new taxes or increase existing ones in this year's budget proposals, the finance minister said, after deadly protests broke out last year against the government's measures to raise revenue.


More than 50 people were killed when the youth-led marches broke out last June, forcing President William Ruto to abandon tax hikes worth 346 billion shillings ($2.68 billion), and causing a delay to funding from the International Monetary Fund.


"The finance bill doesn't have to always adjust tax rates upwards," John Mbadi, the finance minister, told a televised meeting late on Tuesday.


"The finance bill of this year is more on tax administration and trying to seal the loopholes and also make tax collection efficient."


The government has sent a finance bill, which is usually the government's vehicle for amending laws to maximise revenue collection, to parliament for passage, part of the process towards the 2025/26 (July-June) budget presentation next month.


It has also sent spending proposals that set the total expenditure at about 4 trillion shillings to parliament for debate and approval, including a budget deficit of 4.5% of GDP.


"There are no new major tax measures," Mbadi said, adding that this year's finance bill is targeting extra revenue of 25-30 billion shillings.


Critics have complained about a proposal in the tax bill that, if passed by parliament, will allow the tax authority to access financial information belonging to businesses and individuals, helping it to detect any tax evasion.


Mbadi defended the proposal, saying many wealthy people do not pay their fair share of taxes and hide behind the legal provision that bars authorities from accessing certain data.


"There are so many people out there operating big bank accounts and they cannot pay tax simply because they are protected by these kind of mischievous laws," he said.

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