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Establishing a Business Entity in Kenya (Updated)

a) Types of business entities in Kenya - Kenya has 5 main types of business entities that is, sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, companies, non-governmental organizations and trusts. A...more

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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Kenya (UPDATED)

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Between January 14 and January 19, 2025, the Ministry of Information, Communications, and Technology (the "Ministry") held a consultation on a draft of Kenya's National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy 2025-2030. This...more

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Establishing a Business Entity in Kenya (Updated)

[co-author: Mourice Okon] a) Types of business entities in Kenya - Kenya has 5 main types of business entities that is, sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, companies, non-governmental...more

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Buying and Selling Real Estate in Kenya (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER KENYAN LAW - I. STANDARD FORMS OF AGREEMENTS - A. The transaction usually begins with a letter of offer from the seller setting out the purchase price, completion period,...more

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Technovations & Labor Practices: Little Known IP Law For Developing Countries

Some years back, a young Kenyan graduate, working as an intern for a public state corporation, developed an innovative solution that earned his employer a global innovation award. However, his application for intellectual...more

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No Password Required: MITRE Engage Lead, Innovator in Cyber Deception, and Dance Community Builder

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Maretta Morovitz is the Engage Lead at MITRE, where she simplifies the planning of adversary engagement for cyber defenders. Maretta likens her cyber defense work to the movie Home Alone, setting a series of traps for the...more

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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Kenya

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Kenya's National AI Strategy and Code of Practice expected to set foundation of AI regulation once finalized. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) There are currently no specific laws or...more

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Taking Security in Africa: A Comparative Guide for Investors - May 2024

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This guide provides an overview of the types of assets over which security can be taken, the different types of security, as well as the related procedures for the perfection and enforcement of such security in Africa....more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Kenya

[co-author: Mourice Okon] a) Types of business entities in Kenya - Kenya has 5 main types of business entities that is, sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, companies, non-governmental...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Kenya (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER KENYAN LAW - I. STANDARD FORMS OF AGREEMENTS - A. The transaction usually begins with a letter of offer from the seller setting out the purchase price, completion period,...more

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4 Steps to Prepare for Kenya’s Proposed “Right to Disconnect” Law

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Kenya has taken a significant step in addressing the balance between work and personal life by introducing a “right to disconnect” law. The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2022, which is pending before the Kenyan Senate, would...more

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Africa Focus: Summer 2023

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Recent disruptions in the global food supply chains have highlighted Africa's urgent need to become self-sufficient in food production. Traditionally, the continent has turned to small-scale community-based agricultural...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Kenya

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER KENYAN LAW - I. STANDARD FORMS OF AGREEMENTS - A. The transaction usually begins with a letter of offer from the seller setting out the purchase price, completion period,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Could Africa Be the Next Renewable Energy Heaven?

It has been 13 years since the World Bank concluded that Africa had "huge technical potential for clean energy projects." More than a decade after, how much has Africa lived up to this potential?...more

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Kenya’s National Assembly Proposes New Rights for Nursing Mothers

Kenyan employers must provide lactation stations within their premises for breastfeeding mothers under the Health Cat, 2017 (Act), which took effect in July 2017. To further champion the cause for nursing mothers returning to...more

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The world will get half its power from wind, solar by 2050 - Nearly half the world’s electricity will come from renewable energy by 2050 as costs of wind, solar and battery storage continue to plummet. That titanic...more

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Energy Snippets

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Tatu City development completes its first solar installation - As part of a 30 MW strategy for Tatu City real estate developer Rendeavour has installed its first solar power plant in Kenya....more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2018

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2018 #2

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According to reports by WhoWhatWhy and the Associated Press, five security experts have confirmed a private citizen’s allegation that the Georgia Online Voter Database contains a major security flaw and is vulnerable to...more

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Drones in Kenya: Saving Money for Taxpayers

Power China was hired to complete the construction of about 265 miles of power line within seven months in Kenya after a Spanish utility company, who began the work, went bankrupt. ...more

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When is a parent company liable in tort for acts of its subsidiary? AAA and Others v Unilever PLC and Another [2018] EWCA Civ 1532

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On 4 July 2018, the Court of Appeal in the UK handed down its judgment in AAA and Others v Unilever PLC and Another [2018] EWCA Civ 1532, in which the claimants sued Unilever PLC (Unilever) in tort for acts of its subsidiary...more

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Ramaphosa's Saudi deal a boost for renewables - President Cyril Ramaphosa's recently signed ZAR12 billion renewable energy investment deal with Saudi Arabia, was widely welcomed as a much-needed lift for the economy and...more

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Parent company liability – Court of Appeal upholds decision rejecting jurisdiction over claims brought against Unilever by victims...

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On 4 July 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in AAA & Ors. v Unilever PLC and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1532, dismissing an appeal by victims of the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya....more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2018

Anti-Secrecy Lawsuits Soaring Against Pruitt's EPA - "The suits have come from open government groups, environmentalists and even conservative organizations that have run into a wall trying to pry information out of...more

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Enabling environment needed to grow Kenya’s Islamic finance landscape

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Last week, Hogan Lovells joined representatives of the private and public sector as well as government officials at the Islamic Finance News Kenya Forum 2017. The event was organised by Red Money Events, in collaboration with...more

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