“We, in the circumstances, do not find it plausible that the significant cash deposits were derived from the alleged farming business, which we respectfully think were non-existent or a mere phantom…” – Kiage, Achode & Muchelule, JJ.A,...
Part B of a Series: The Kenya Intellectual Property Authority Bill, 2026 The merger, in truth, is the easy part. Whether this reform delivers a single window or a decade of transitional litigation will be settled in the provisions that attract no press coverage at...
“A high level of protection should not be an opt-in; it should be the default.” Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, on the European Commission’s preliminary findings against TikTok. European Commission Press Release...
INTRODUCTION Kenya’s intellectual property framework has long rested on a patchwork of legislation: the Industrial Property Act, 2001 (patents, utility models and industrial designs, administered by KIPI); the Copyright Act, 2001 (copyright, administered by KECOBO);...
In Ecobank Kenya Ltd v Ngina, Court of Appeal, Civil Appeal No. 4 of 2020, the Court upheld a finding that a genuine, substantively justified redundancy was nonetheless unfair because a general restructuring communication is not the personalised notice that section 40...
Assented to on 9th March 2026 and in force since 25th March 2026, the National Infrastructure Fund Act, 2026 creates a statutory investor mandated to co-invest with private capital in commercially viable infrastructure but on deliberately constrained terms. Here is...
