In 2019, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) introduced the Digital Services Tax (“DST” or “the Tax”). In August 2020, the Income Tax (Digital Services Tax) Regulations, 2020 (the “Regulations”) were published as a guide for implementation of the Tax.

On 31st December 2020, the Cabinet Secretary for Lands & Physical Planning published in the Kenya Gazette (Special Issue
Vol.CXX11-No.242), a list of parcels of land in Nairobi County, which are meant to be allocated new parcel numbers and as a
result – new title documents.

In keeping up with modern-day developments that require the involvement of codified regulations, Kenya adopted the Data Protection Act on 8th November 2019 via presidential assent.

In Kenya, a child is anyone under the age of 18 years. The mother and father of a child have a joint parental responsibility to care and provide for the child’s physical, emotional and financial needs. 

Section 93 of the Companies  Act (the ‘Act’) provides that Companies ought to keep a members’ register which includes information relating to beneficial owners of the company.

Business transactions in Kenya are governed by a myriad of laws including the Companies Act, the Law of Contract Act, among other laws.

Many times, individuals pass away without leaving guidelines for the handling of their property. This often results in disputes where relatives and unfamiliar offspring and spouses fight for the property left behind.

This is the legal process by which the State acquires private property for a public purpose or pursuant to public interest. The major guiding principle with regard to compulsory acquisition is that the process of compulsory acquisition may not be undertaken unless it is authorized by law and is in public interest.

On 22 February 2018, the National Hospital Insurance Fund released a peculiar directive; the Fund declared that marriage certificates that are commissioned by advocates will no longer be accepted.

Land has always been a crucial factor in African Societies. Crop growing communities needed it for farming while pastoralists needed it for pasture.