Kenya to Levy 1.5% on Home-Use Imports to Fund Railway Construction
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Kenya has introduced a 1.5% levy on all home-use imports to fund a standard gauge railway construction, the president's office said in a statement Friday.
President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law Finance Act 2013 Thursday that amends the Customs and Excise Act by
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Construction Jobs Boom As Worth of Approved Building Plans Up
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 November 2013 12:19
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The number of jobs in the building construction sub-sector is set to rise by a significant margin going by the value of approved plans in the first six months.
In Nairobi alone, the total value of building plans - residential and non-residential - amounted to Sh97 billion,
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South African construction outfit taps the green rental market
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In line with the emerging trend of so-called green leases between landlords and tenants, ALW Estates is currently developing one of its first on spec buildings to be Green Star rated by the Green Building Council of SA (GBCSA).
There's a major shift within the property leasing market currently, as landlords look to improve the water and
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Kenya’s ARM Cement’s nine-month pretax profit rises 28 per cent
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Kenya’s second biggest cement firm ARM Cement posted a 28 percent rise in pretax profit for the nine months which ended on September 30 boosted by higher sales.
ARM, which lags Bamburi Cement in production capacity, said on Tuesday its profit rose to 1.53 billion
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Kenyan to build 800m/- salt refinery in Tanga
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A KENYAN investor, Burhani Taibali, is planning to spend about 800m/- to build a salt refinery at Monga Ward in Mkinga District, Tanga Region.
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The investor, who is the managing director of Danson Food Products Ltd based in Kenya, told Tanga Regional
