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Giving Your Word And Keeping It: Role of Surety Bonds And Contractor Accountability

Posted by on September 18, 2012 at 8:12 am

Greetings, Here is a quick one on raising the standards in contractual performance using sureties. There are two main ways of increasing your level of accountability to both yourself and the people you commerce with. I have found them to be: 1. Giving your word and keeping it. This includes making promises and fulfilling them. [...]

Taxes and Real Estate in Kenya : Part 6-Economic Impact and Proposed Solutions

Posted by on July 23, 2012 at 1:31 pm

Over the past few weeks we have had a look at the Taxation Regime in Kenya and its relation to Real Estate Development. This is the last deposit of the 6-Part- Series. We trust our readers have gained a deeper insight on the ensuing issues. The First Part of the Series can be read HERE. [...]

Taxes and Real Estate in Kenya, Part 5: Ownership Costs

Posted by on July 23, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Once the Developer has finished the Construction of his infrastructure project, there are taxes and costs that accompany the privilege of Ownership. I have also included in this dialogue the administrative costs the Developer incurred in undertaking the Construction project e.g. the Single Business Licence. In any case, such costs are usually passed to the [...]

Taxes and Real Estate in Kenya | Part 4 : Construction Costs

Posted by on July 21, 2012 at 10:36 am

We shall briefly examine the various taxes and costs involved in the actual Construction Process after the project has been designed and documented. You can read the other parts of the 6-Part Series of Posts on Taxes in Kenya by clicking the links summarized below this post. Construction Costs/Taxes These costs are incurred in the [...]