Publications

Following the ban on plastic carrier bags and flat bags by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) last year, it was expected that regulations would follow shortly to provide the regulatory framework for compliance.

On 24 November the Land Regulations, 2017 were gazette. The Regulations provide the process by which freehold titles and leasehold titles with a tenure of over 99 years owned by non-citizens would be converted into leasehold titles of no more than 99 years.

The Act came into force on 16 May 2017 and regulations under the Act have also been gazetted but are not yet available from the Government Printer.

A list of legislation gazetted in July along with an analysis of the key legal in competition law.

A review of the recently published Competition Authority of Kenya Leniency Programme Guidelines looking at how it works who will benefit.

A round up of legislation gazetted in July 2017.

On 9 June the Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning in consultation with the National Land Commission (the “NLC”) issued the ‘Guidelines for Extension and Renewal of Leases’ (the “Guidelines”). The intention is to create a clear process for the renewal or extension of leases.

A round up of legislation gazetted in June 2017.

Recently published in the Kenya Gazette were two significant pieces of draft legislation that seek to enhance women’s rights in the work place: the Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (the Employment Bill); and the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill, 2017 (the Breastfeeding Bill).

A round up of legislation gazetted in May 2017.

The Insurance (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 (Regulations) were published in the Kenya Gazette by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury on 7 April 2017.

We thought it would be useful to begin by defining Redundancy. This occurs where an employer-employee relationship is terminated through no fault of the employee but rather the employee’s services are no longer required as they have become superfluous.

A round up of legislation gazetted in April.

A list of legislation gazetted in May along with an analysis of the key legal developments involving redundancy, insurance, employment and finance.

A list of legislation gazetted in March along with an analysis of the key legal developments involving immigration, tax and property.

This month the High Court has produced another landmark decision when it declared the requirement to pay capital gains tax before the transfer of the property unconstitutional.

A round up of legislation gazetted in March 2017.

The Government is offering any Kenyan resident in receipt of overseas employment income a tax amnesty. Initially, the amnesty period was set for one year, from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017.

A recent decision of the High Court of Kenya has called into question the validity of titles deeds issued after 2013.

The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2016 proposed key changes to KICA to tighten the requirements for obtaining citizenship through marriage and for permanent residency.