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Latest Article 24 Oct 2025
Understanding the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025
Despite Kenya’s efforts to bolster the cybersecurity space, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) reported 2.54 billion cyber threat incidents in the first quarter of 2025. This represents a 201.7% increase from the previous quarter in 2024. In 2023, the Communications Authority reported an $83 million loss to cybercrime. This placed Kenya second in Africa, […]...
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8 Aug 2025
High Stakes: Examining Kenya’s Gambling Boom and Its Consequences
Gambling is increasingly spreading its roots across Kenya. The country ranks third at 79%, after South Africa (90%) and Uganda (87%), in terms of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa. The gambling industr...
8 Aug 2025
Understanding the GENIUS Act: Implications for U.S. Stablecoin Regulation
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This is the first federal US law dedicated to regulating stablec...
1 Aug 2025
Capital Unbound: Opportunities and Risks in a Liberalised Market
In a week dominated by headlines on inflation, political standoffs, and underwhelming earnings results, a subtle but profound legislative amendment slipped through the cracks. Parliament, through the ...
11 Jul 2025
Speak Out or Stay Silent? The Dangerous Balance of Corporate Voice in Times of Political Unrest
The protests that gripped Kenya on June 25 and July 7 this year were not merely a contest between the government and citizens over tax hikes and economic hardship. They also marked a profound moment o...
11 Jul 2025
Kenya’s Plan to Tighten Data Protection Compliance Unveiled in ODPC’s 2025–2029 Strategy
The operationalisation of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in 2020, with Immaculate Kassait as its inaugural Commissioner, marked a new dawn in Kenya’s data protection landscape...
4 Jul 2025
No Clue, No Plan, No Shame: The Police Under Scrutiny
Monday, July 7, is Saba Saba Day. A day that commemorates Kenya’s historical struggle for democracy. In 1990, politicians, activists, and citizens marched towards Kamukunji Grounds, demanding the in...
4 Jul 2025
Lessons the Diddy Trial Teaches About Criminal Liability, Public Morality, and Reputation in Modern Justice
Few criminal trials in recent memory have laid bare the complexities of the modern justice system quite like the one involving Sean “Diddy” Combs. The case, thick with allegations of sex trafficki...
13 Jun 2025
Reining in Ghost Traders: Why KRA Suspended Online VAT Registration
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) requires that a person who supplies taxable goods and or services with a value of Ksh 5 million or more annually should be registered as a taxpayer under the VAT Act....
13 Jun 2025
Government Surveillance: The Curious Case of Pavel Durov
In August 2024, the Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrived at Paris’s Le Bourget Airport, en route to Finland, only to be met by French police. He was arrested on the spot, and held in solitary conf...
13 Jun 2025
Death and Discretion: How Governments Track Without Consent
The death of Albert Ojwang (31) in police custody has reignited public anger, especially among the youth, just as the country approaches the first anniversary of the historic June 25, 2024, protests, ...
13 Jun 2025
Breaking the Consensus: The Issues with the EU’s High-Risk AML Classification of Kenya
In global financial governance, timing and process are everything. Institutions tasked with regulating the cross-border financial system, policing illicit financial flows, and safeguarding financial i...
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