Every Kenyan website that collects a name, an email or a phone number is processing personal data , and the Data Protection Act 2019 applies from the first field of the contact form. A privacy policy is where that legal duty becomes visible to users. Does Kenyan law require a privacy policy? The law requires … Read more
When a theft, a fraud or an assault is committed against you, the criminal process begins with a report , yet what happens between that report and a prosecution is often unclear to the very people the system is acting for. Understanding the sequence helps a complainant follow the case, support it properly, and know … Read more
A trust is meant to prevent family conflict; it does not always succeed. Distributions the beneficiaries think are too slow, property the trustees will not sell, accounts no one shares , disagreements of this kind can end with a court being asked to supervise a private arrangement. Knowing what each side is entitled to is … Read more
Not every dispute belongs in a courtroom. Arbitration, mediation, and structured negotiation resolve a large share of commercial disagreements in Kenya , often faster, privately, and on terms the parties help design. The skill is knowing which path a particular dispute should take. What is alternative dispute resolution? Negotiation , direct, structured discussion between the … Read more
Poor performance rarely arrives unannounced. Missed targets, repeated errors and unmet deadlines leave a trail, and the employer’s response to that trail decides whether a later dismissal survives scrutiny. Terminating for poor performance in Kenya is lawful, but only with valid reasons and a fair procedure behind it. The file you build along the way … Read more
A ransom note on the screen. Systems down. Phones ringing. What a business does in the first day of a cyber incident shapes its legal position for months afterwards , and panic is not a plan. What should the first hours of a cyber incident look like? Isolate affected systems to stop the spread, but … Read more
People who were arrested and later released without charge , or who were acquitted , are often surprised to find that the record of the arrest can surface in background checks years later. Kenya does not currently have a broad statutory expungement system, so it helps to know what the records are and what can … Read more
A new offer arrives, and your old contract contains a clause restricting you from joining a competitor. Whether that clause can actually stop you depends on its wording and on reasonableness, not on the clause simply existing. This guide explains how Kenyan law treats restraint of trade. What is a restraint of trade clause? It … Read more
Business owners often spend decades building a company and surprisingly little time deciding what happens if they die or lose capacity tomorrow. A trust can hold the shares, keep decision-making continuous, and turn an informal family understanding into an enforceable plan. How does a trust hold business shares? The owner settles the shares into a … Read more
Digital credit grew in Kenya faster than its compliance did, and data protection became the flashpoint: lending apps that harvested phone contacts, listed borrowers publicly, or pressed guarantors through messaging have all faced the consequences. For fintech teams building on that market today, the Data Protection Act 2019 is not an afterthought , it is … Read more
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