Tag: Law

My Journey lodging a data protection complaint with the ODPC

Last year, on December 28th, I received a text message from a digital lender that took me down an illuminating data protection journey. The text message read: “DEAR GUARANTOR inform Bernard XXXX of 0722 XXX XX1 to clear his loan Kshs 30,XXX.2 (COMPANY NAME). The said person has become extremely non-cooperative. This might affect your […]...

Regulation in business: Corporates should watch judicial decisions for compliance yardsticks.

As the world continues to transform rapidly, business regulation continues to grow unabated. Regulations come in the form of laws made by Parliament or common law (laws emanating from judicial decisio...

22 Mar 2024

FINGER ON THE PULSE.

President William Ruto recently achieved political victories despite legal setbacks. He successfully assented to the Affordable Housing Act 2024, which now enables the government to collect a 1.5% nat...

21 Mar 2024

Parliament’s decision to approve report on CAS position sparks debate.

An affront to the Constitution and additional expenditure amidst efforts to tighten austerity measures. The adoption by Parliament of a proposal by the National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affair...

21 Mar 2024

The TikTok ban debate: National security, free speech and global tech competition

Recurrent attempts by the US government to ban TikTok, the popular social media app, have sparked debates not just about national security concerns but also about the broader implications for tech com...

16 Feb 2024

You can run, but you can’t hide: As Kenya adopts CRS, calls for balancing tax transparency with data privacy concerns emerge.

Kenyan commercial banks have started implementing the Common Reporting Standards (CRS), a tax procedures regulation of 2023. This regulation requires all Kenyan banks, trusts, and other financial inst...

12 Jan 2024

Innovative legal tech trends shaping 2024 for lawyers

In transforming the legal sector, legal technology is automating processes and enhancing the provision of legal services by streamlining legal operations, increasing the department’s visibility, and...

25 Jun 2021

Highlights of Kenya’s proposed National Addressing Law and Policy

The National Communications Secretariat is currently collecting views on the draft National Addressing Policy and the draft National Addressing Bill, 2021. These two instruments will enable the creati...

16 Oct 2020

A look into the Data Commissioner’s in tray

With the government having announced plans to proceed with the Huduma Number project, the Data Commissioner’s role will be to ensure that the process is in compliance with the data protection Act wh...

14 Aug 2020

KRA Finance Act 2020 Stakeholder Awareness

The Kenya Revenue Authority held a Stakeholder Engagement on Thursday, August 13, 2020 to create awareness of the provisions of the Finance Act 2020....

7 Aug 2020

Proposed Contract Law reforms

After decades of using the English law of contract, Kenya is at the verge of having its own elaborate Law of Contract Act. The existing Act is arguably the shortest Act with 4 sections. Previous attem...