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The Right to Play and to Safe Drinking Water

Introduction In a judgment delivered on March 03, 2022, the Kenyan High Court directed a developer to provide clean and safe water in adequate quantities by installing water filtration systems to its residential development and to provide designated play areas for children. Brief Facts The suit was instituted by the Development’s residents through a constitutional...

Amendment to the Beneficial Ownership Regulations – Home – KN Law LLP Corporate and Commercial Law

By Executive Order Number 2 of 2018 issued by the President on 14 June 2018, all Kenyan government entities and public owned institutions were required to publish full details of tenders and awards from July 01, 2018. The Order required public entities to disclose details including the particulars of the suppliers including owners, directors and...

KN Law LLP Advises Centum Re in Its Issue of a KES 4 billion Corporate Bond

In late 2020, KN Law LLP acted for Centum Real Estate (Centum RE) as advisor in its issue and listing of a first-of-its-kind corporate bond. We counselled Centum RE on the structuring of medium-term zero-coupon notes, which have several unique features. The notes’ structure allows investors to participate in the upside in the event that...

2021 Data Protection Regulations – Home – KN Law LLP Corporate and Commercial Law

In our June 2021 Newsletter we reviewed the draft regulations made under the Data Protection Act. These draft regulations were the Data Protection (General) Regulations, 2021, the Data Protection (Compliance and Enforcement) Regulations, 2021, and the Data Protection Regulations (Registration of Data Controllers and Data Processors) Regulations, 2021. They had been published for public participation....

Contributor Chambers Global Practice Guides 2022

We are proud to have contributed to the Chambers ‘Investing In… 2022’ Global Practice Guide. In this edition, we were honoured to share our unique perspectives of the Kenyan Landscape under several sub-topics. The Investing In… 2022 guide features 32 jurisdictions. The guide provides the latest information on foreign direct investment, market trends, mergers and...

Recent Changes to Trustee Perpetual Succession

Introduction On December 07, 2021, Trustee (Perpetual Succession) Act (the Act) was amended to streamline the registration of trusts and shift the administration duties from the Cabinet Secretary to the Principal Registrar of Documents. It makes a new provision for irrevocability of trusts, definition on the various types of trusts, adding property to trusts, validity...

An Overview of Electronic Signing in Kenya

Introduction The constant progression of technology through innovations continues to revolutionize how people live and work. One key technological development is the emergence of electronic signatures (e-signatures) and advanced e-signatures. The use of these in place of written signatures has increased significantly recently. The Kenya Information and Communications Act (KICA), is the primary law governing...

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