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23 May 2025

Revisiting the Data Protection Act, 2019: Focus on the Draft Amendment Bill

The High Court of Kenya recently delivered one of the most significant data privacy decisions – the Worldcoin case. The matter captured national attention and involved collecting sensitive biometric...

23 May 2025

Rethinking Intellectual Property in a Digital World

In an age where ideas travel faster than the law, the question of who owns what has never been more urgent or complex. The borderless, restless, and endlessly duplicable digital economy has unsettled ...

16 May 2025

Where is the Fiscal Focus on Kenyans’ Pain Points?

On April 29, 2025, the Draft Finance Bill, 2025, was tabled before the National Assembly. The Speaker, Moses Wetang’ula, referred the Bill to the Finance and National Planning Committee for review a...

16 May 2025

My Sweetie, My Sugar: The Privatisation of the Sugar Industry

There have been ongoing efforts to privatise Kenya’s state-owned sugar companies through long-term lease agreements with private entities. This initiative aims to revitalise the struggling sugar sec...

2 May 2025

Kenya cited as a leading market for counterfeit goods

The 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement has cited Kenya as one of the leading markets for counterfeit goods. This position reinforces the call for better mechan...

2 May 2025

Kenya in strategic push to exit the FATF Grey List

In February 2024, Kenya was placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, signalling deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CFT), and counter-proli...

25 Apr 2025

Trump’s tariffs and their effect on the global markets

When Trump first ran for president in 2016, he campaigned to bring back jobs to the Midwest, also known as the Rust Belt. This region was traditionally known for manufacturing industries, which shut d...

25 Apr 2025

e-TIMS vs. informality: Navigating Kenya’s tax reform crossroads

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has proposed repealing a law that exempts small businesses and farmers from issuing electronic tax invoices through the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIM...

6 Dec 2024

The Banking core capital threshold: Beyond numbers to governance

The National Assembly’s approval of the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024, mandating banks to meet a minimum core capital threshold of KES 10 billion by December 2027, is a marked shift in the...

6 Dec 2024

More Taxes Loom On The Alcoholic Beverages Sector Through Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024

The recent Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, includes proposals drawn from the rejected Finance Bill, 2024, that specifically target the alcoholic beverages sector. The proposals, grounded in the perce...

6 Dec 2024

How upcoming tax laws will impact the telecommunications sector

The stage is set for the assent of three critical bills: the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Tax Procedures (Amendment) Bill 2024, and the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024. After the rescinding...

18 Oct 2024

The Hopes and Dreams of KEPSA’s Green Supplement

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) participated in a workshop on the Green Supplement to the National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy and Action Plan for Kenya. The Ministry of Trade organised t...
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