The 4:14 Podcast

KRA recently announced that expense claims made by businesses must be accompanied by eTIMS invoices, otherwise they won't be tax deductible. The government has sold this as a move to force taxpayers to be tax compliant, and to bring informal businesses into the tax bracket.

Is this true though? Will it bring more businesses into compliance, or is it making it so hard for compliant businesses to claim expenses, forcing them to pay more taxes?Is it true that only taxpayers who make returns pay taxes?Is it true that Kenya's informal sector doesn't pay taxes?

Is it true that salaried folk make better voting choices because they feel "more pain" from bad governance?In this brief episode, Kellie weighs in on the eTIMS issue, and the over-taxed citizen's responsibility insofar as tax and governance are concerned.

Here are the organisations that are doing the work to support the movement. Please make a donation to any, or all.

- Wakenya for Kenya (KunaDawaKE)

- Usikimye

- Defender's Coalition

- Mathare Social Justice Centre - you can also use Airtel to donate to this Safaricom Paybill

Paybill: 4060187

Account name The Mathare Social Justice Centre

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Photo by Bernd 📷 Dittrich on Unsplash

In this episode, I am joined by Dr Akati Khasiani, the Head of Grants, Programs and Inclusion at Heva Fund to discuss the Kenyan creative industry. We discuss how policy supports the development of the sector, how the industry is organised, and what WE as citizens can do to promote arts and culture.

As always, thank you for listening. If you liked this episode, please share it with your family and friends, and when you gather together, discuss these issues as this is how we grow as a people.

The 4:14 podcast is non-commercial and self-sponsored. Email us on [email protected] if you have any questions, or if you want to support us.

YES, our policy makers and political leaders continue to make mistakes that have been costly to the continent's development. That notwithstanding, is the global financing system designed to keep Africa underdeveloped?

Grieve Chelwa, an Associate Professor of Political Economy and Chair of the Social Sciences Department at the Africa institute joins us to answer this question in this 2-part series.

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Thank you so much for listening!

If you prefer to read instead of listen, head on over to our Substack, where we summarize our discussions in an easy-to-read format. These are published a few days (or weeks!) after the audio, so please bear with us.

Email is on [email protected] if you have any questions, or if you want to support us. We are a self-funded podcast and would love your support!

Correction: In the heat of this debate, Kwame mentions as school that costs KES 80,000 per year. This is per term. With the above, listen to this heated and informative discussion about the failed/failing university funding model. We discuss the methodology of determining funding, and the underlying issues with higher education funding in Kenya.

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Thank you so much for listening!

If you prefer to read instead of listen, head on over to our Substack, where we summarize our discussions in an easy-to-read format. These are published a few days (or weeks!) after the audio, so please bear with us.

Email is on [email protected] if you have any questions, or if you want to support us. We are a self-funded podcast and would love your support! 

Download the IEA report on their website by following this link, and follow IEA and Kwame on Twitter / X. 

YES, our policy makers and political leaders continue to make mistakes that have been costly to the continent's development. That notwithstanding, is the global financing system designed to keep Africa underdeveloped?

Grieve Chelwa, an Associate Professor of Political Economy and Chair of the Social Sciences Department at the Africa institute joins us to answer this question in this 2-part series.

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Thank you so much for listening!

If you prefer to read instead of listen, head on over to our Substack, where we summarize our discussions in an easy-to-read format. These are published a few days (or weeks!) after the audio, so please bear with us.

Email is on [email protected] if you have any questions, or if you want to support us. We are a self-funded podcast and would love your support!

Note: This episode was recorded towards the end of 2024. References to "next year" mean THIS year! Thanks for listening.

This year, the first batch of CBC students will be completing their junior secondary school. As it stands, no one is clear about how they will transition to senior secondary and into tertiary education. How did we make such a huge mess of our kids' education?

Professor Wandia Njoya joins us in studio to talk about Kenya, and really the continent's education system. Where did the system we have today originate from, and what purpose does it serve? This is part of a 2-episode series. Look out for the second episode, coming up in the next week or so!

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Email us on [email protected] if you have any questions, or if you want to support us. We are a self-funded podcast and would love your support! 

Note: This episode was recorded towards the end of 2024. References to "next year" mean THIS year! Thanks for listening.

This year, the first batch of CBC students will be completing their junior secondary school. As it stands, no one is clear about how they will transition to senior secondary and into tertiary education. How did we make such a huge mess of our kids' education?

Professor Wandia Njoya joins us in studio to talk about Kenya, and really the continent's education system. Where did the system we have today originate from, and what purpose does it serve? This is part of a 2-episode series. Look out for the second episode, coming up in the next week or so!

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Email us on [email protected] if you have any questions, or if you want to support us. We are a self-funded podcast and would love your support! 

Kenya is currently the Africa guinea pig for over-regulation of agriculture with a goal of commercialising the sector. This episode looks at legalization (and commercialization) of marijuana in the US as a base to see how capitalism ruins things.

Legalizing drugs is good for consumers. However, commercializing drugs is not good for consumers. On the same breath, developing agriculture is good for farmers and consumers. Over-regulating agriculture is not good for either! This solo episode is a stream of consciousness of these two things that are related in a way...Listen to the episode of The Daily that is mentioned on this episode here.

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THANK YOU Nic for sponsoring this episode! You can donate as little as $10 towards the cost of recording and editing of the episodes. Email us on [email protected] We are a self-funded podcast and would love your support!

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If you prefer to read instead of listen, head on over to our Substack, where we summarize our discussions in an easy-to-read format. These are published a few days (or weeks!) after the audio, so please bear with us.

Thanks for listening!

Thank you for listening!

We are so so grateful to Nicolas Synnott a friend of the podcast for sponsoring this episode. If you would like to sponsor us, please email us on [email protected]. We are non-commercial and as little as $50 gives us a new episode!

Follow this link to listen to the episode of Economics from the South that we discuss on the episode ft Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Jaffna.

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If you prefer to read instead of listen, head on over to our Substack, where we summarize our discussions in an easy-to-read format. These are published a few days (or weeks!) after the audio, so please bear with us.

Follow Julians and Kellie on our socials. Julians does a terrific job on keeping us updated on what's happening in our public finance space.

If you would like to get in touch with us, please drop us an email on [email protected].