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28 Jan 2022
Environmental stakeholders express opposition to controversial Forest Bill
Kenya’s post-independence environmental history has been plagued with arbitrary excisions of public forests resulting in endangered water catchment areas and threats to biodiversity conservation.&nb...
28 Jan 2022
World Wetlands Day: Call for action to protect wet habitats for a sustainable future
Widespread loss of marshes, swamps, riverbanks and other wetlands, driven mainly by encroachment through agriculture and urbanization, has led to significant loss of biodiversity. Freshwater ecosystem...
28 Jan 2022
Highlights of the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2021
On Thursday, President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (“Amendment Act”). Following an acrimonious debate in the National Assembly, the Senate on Wednes...
28 Jan 2022
What you need to register as a data controller or processor
2022 has been hailed as Kenya’s year for data protection compliance. Despite enactment of the Data Protection Act in November 2019, enforcement of Kenya’s data protection framework has largely rem...
28 Jan 2022
Mudavadi’s political move and enactment of parties law roll the ball for coalitions
In the months before he announced an alliance with Deputy President William Ruto, Musalia Mudavadi had been working to change his profile. He had become more assertive and angled his messaging t...
21 Jan 2022
21st January 2022 County Round Up
KWALE COUNTY Governor of Kwale County, Salim Mvurya Mgala, has appointed an ad-hoc committee to advise on the conferment of municipal status to Kinango and Lunga Lunga towns KISUMU COUNTY Speaker of t...
21 Jan 2022
21st January 2022 Kenya Gazette Review
Legislative Supplements, 2022 The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Regulations, 2012 — Exemption. The Stamp Duty Act — Exemption. The Intergovernmental Relations (Alternative Dispute Resolution) ...
21 Jan 2022
21st January 2022 Trade & Financial Services Round Up
KENYA Banks risk Sh27bn as mortgage, matatu loan defaults jump 60pc Car and homeowners defaulted on loans totalling Sh27.8 billion in the 12 months to September last year, giving a peek into the night...
21 Jan 2022
21st January 2022 Political & Regulatory Round Up
KENYA Uhuru bans scrap metal business over increased vandalism President Kenyatta has banned exports and dealings in scrap metal, hitting hard traders currently operating in the sector. Speaking at th...
21 Jan 2022
E-waste: The raring dragon that should be slain for a sustainable environment
The world is coming to a more crushing realization of the disastrous strain we’re putting on the place we call home, Earth! What we believe to be ground breaking transitions into new, adaptive and b...
21 Jan 2022
Trade Secretary: UK is Africa’s investment partner of choice for green transition
SUMMARY UK hosted the second Africa Investment Conference with focus on sustainable investment to support continent’s transition to clean growth Government launched Growth Gateway tool to strengthen...
21 Jan 2022
Jimi Wanjigi’s foray into front-end politics enters snail’s pace
Jimi Wanjigi has since mid-2021 been vocal about his bid to become a presidential candidate, but the last week has made that ambitious idea fade into the background. The decision by a court to free hi...
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