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Introduction Kenya’s carbon credit industry has, for a time, existed in a state of uncertainty due to the absence of regulation...

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Kenya recently made changes to the anti-money-laundering (AML) laws following the promulgation of the Anti-Money Laundering and...

President William Ruto signed the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill of 2023 into law on 1st September 2023, thereby setting the stage for...

Restrictive shareholding regulations have been one of the biggest stumbling blocks for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Kenya. In a...

Introduction Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting refers to the practice of disclosing a company's performance in key...

The Kenya’s Court of Appeal on 28 th July 2023 lifted the suspension orders against Kenya’s new Finance Act 2023 (the CoA Determination)....

Introduction Carbon offsets, net-zero, carbon sequestration: these are buzzwords that have become almost synonymous with the abstruse yet...

Introduction Carbon-credits are a market-based approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions where countries and companies purchase...

The Finance Act 2023 was enacted on the 30th of June 2023. It is important to note that presently, the Act has been suspended by the High...

The Capital Gain Tax (CGT) was introduced in Kenya effective 1st January 2015. It is levied on gains made from transfer of property...

The High Court in Nairobi on 30th June 2023 issued temporary orders suspending the implementation of the Finance Act 2023. Following the...

McKay & Company Advocates (McKay) has advised The Metro Group PLC (TMG) in its acquisition of majority shareholding in Metropolitan...

In August 2022, Kenya concluded a fairly uneventful general elections culminating in the inauguration of the fifth President, H.E....

The Data Protection Act, 2019 (the DPA) entered force on 25th November, 2019. Following the enactment of the DPA, the Office of the Data...

Introduction Kenyan Immigration laws provide a pathway for foreign nationals that have resided in Kenya for at least 7 years on a valid...

Visa, Special Pass and Permits Immigration in Kenya is governed primarily by the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, the Kenya...

Compliance by foreign nationals On 1st April, 2019 the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Interior and Coordination of National Government...

Kenya, once again finds itself on the edge and having to work towards complying with the directives issued by the International Olympic...

Introduction Kenya, alongside Nigeria and South Africa, is one of the largest online gaming/betting markets in Africa. In Kenya, the...