Category: cow

  • Airtime, financial transaction levies dethrone ‘sin taxes’ as new KRA excise duty cash cow

    For a long time, the excise tax basket of tax officials was nearly filled with groups of individuals who could barely resist a rush of nicotine or a sip of the suds. Because the excise taxes were mainly taken from cigarettes and alcohol, they were called “sin taxes.” But the…

  • Bird flu FAQ: H5N1 dairy cow outbreak in Texas, New Mexico, Michigan

    Just when you stopped hearing regularly about coronavirus (COVID-19) in the news, another infectious disease began dominating the headlines this spring: bird flu. The good news is that — at least for now — public health experts don’t see the latest bout of bird flu evolving into something resembling a…