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The Privatization Act 2025

The Privatization Act 2025 Analysis

October 2025

This act repeals the previous legislation that had been declared unconstitutional by the High Court. The new Act establishes a revised framework aimed at enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and economic growth.

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Cutting Corners won't Cut it in Court

Cutting Corners won't Cut it in Court

November 2025

Courts agree that in legal practice as in other sectors, shortcuts may have been adopted apparently to make work easier, but that does not give them the stamp of propriety.

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Chege Vs Timsales LTD

Chege Vs Timsales LTD

October 2025

The relevant background to this litigation is that in July 2018, the respondent's employees demanded payment of their salary which had been delayed since June 2018.

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Runaway Resignations

Runaway Resignations: Discipline Must Be Faced, Not Escaped

October 2025

There are moments in law when a single judgment reshapes decades of practice with muted currents that re-draw lines between right and wrong, fairness and manipulation, process and panic.

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Workplace Intoxication

Workplace Intoxication: What Employers Must Prove

September 2025

Before ringing the bell on an employee's employment, remember, catching an employee with an alcoholic drink on duty doesn't automatically mean an end to their job.

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Constructive Resignation

Constructive Resignation

September 2024

We set sail into the new jurisprudential waters with the emerging concept of constructive resignation - where the employee leaves the employer with no choice but to conclude that they chose to voluntarily call it quits.

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Data Protection

Toughees vs. Shupavu: Goodwill vs. Registered IP Rights

May 2025

Exploring the delicate balance between brand goodwill and the enforceability of intellectual property rights (IP Rights), as illustrated by a recent High Court decision.

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Infrastructure Development

Finance Bill 2025 Analysis

May 2025

The Kenya Finance Bill 2025 (the Bill) outlines a series of proposed changes that could significantly impact the tax obligations for both individuals and businesses across various sectors.

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Employment Law

Finance Bill 2025 Highlights

May 2025

Released on 30th April 2025, the Kenya Finance Bill 2025 (the Bill) proposes changes in income tax, VAT, excise duty, and tax compliance.

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Dispute Resolution

Doctrine of Bona Fide Purchaser and Legitimate Expectation in Leasehold Interests Over Public Land

May 2025

Underscoring the Supreme Court's commitment to rooting out land injustices while reinforcing the supremacy of constitutional and procedural compliance.

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Intellectual Property

Court Rejects Bid to Allow Divorce by Mutual Consent

May 2025

On 24th April 2025, the High Court at Nairobi (Constitutional and Human Rights Division) delivered its judgment in dismissing a petition that sought to introduce mutual consent as an independent ground for divorce.

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Banking & Finance

Lights.. Camera.. Lawsuit?

April 2025

On 22nd January 2025, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (the ODPC) issued a determination against a hotel for the unauthorized commercial use of photographs taken during a private wedding at its premises.

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Real Estate Law

A Brief of the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill

April 2025

The Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025, is a legislative Bill proposed and spearheaded by Kenya's National Treasury and Economic Planning aimed at establishing a comprehensive framework for regulating virtual asset service providers (VASPs) within Kenya.

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Corporate Law Updates

The Process of Declaring Redundancy

November 2024

Understanding the legal framework and procedural requirements for declaring redundancy in Kenya, including employee rights and employer obligations under employment law.

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Legal Technology Trends

Private Institutions Equally Bound by The Dictates of Fair Administrative Action

November 2024

Analyzing Kenya's legal position on administrative action, with a particular focus on the responsibilities of private bodies within this legal framework

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