By Khaemba Wafula The Land Registration Act of 2012 requires land registrars to keep land registers and documents relating to land in a secure, accessible, and reliable format, which includes electronic files. Ardhisasa, the National Land Information System, was launched in April 2021. Ardhisasa is a platform that allows previously manual land transactions to be...
By Purity Ngigi – Sundays The National Social Security Fund is a national/public pension fund meant to provide basic social security for its members upon retirement. Every employer must register with NSSF, register its employees to the pension fund, and make contributions on behalf of the employees. The NSSF contribution is a statutory pension contribution...
By Purity Ngigi Sundays The Employment Act requires employers to file employee returns with the National Employment Authority (NEA) every year. The returns should indicate the number of employees employed by the company within the year and those who left the employment, including their full name, age, sex, occupation, date of employment, nationality, educational level...
By Khaemba Wafula Tenancy, as a word, is mainly associated with renting or leasing premises for purposes of business or residence and the landlord-tenant relationship. However, when it comes to co-tenancy, the meaning becomes different from what is publicly known. What is co-tenancy? Co-tenancy is a concept around land ownership where two or more people...
By Khaemba Wafula Due diligence is an essential aspect before transactions of property happen. The duty of investigating the title to the property that a purchaser is interested in falls on the purchaser and their advocate. It is crucial to establish that the vendor has a good title over the property to ensure the acquisition...
By Victor Orandi A closed-circuit television (CCTV) is required in many businesses to ensure the safety of employees, visitors, and customers and the security of the premises. However, the use of CCTV cameras necessitates compliance with the Data Protection Act, 2019 (DPA) since such use involves processing personal data. Personal data encompasses all information that...
By Victor Orandi The registration for Data Controllers and Data Commissioners commenced on 14th July 2022. The Data Protection Act, 2019 and Data Protection (Registration of Data Controllers and Data Processors) Regulations, 2021 require that all public and private organizations and individuals that process personal data register with the Office of the Data Protection Commission...
By Elainer Mogoa The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (the “Bill”) was passed by the Senate on 11th January 2022. The Bill puts in place mechanisms to safeguard the welfare of Kenyans living abroad and ensure their active participation in the country’s socio-economic development. Kenyans living abroad contribute to the Gross Domestic Product...
By Victor Orandi The Data Protection (Registration of Data Controllers and Data Processors) Regulations, 2021 specifies the procedure used by the ODPC to register the relevant individuals and companies as data controllers and data Processors in accordance with the DPA. The provisions of these Regulations will take effect from July 2022. Who shall require to...
By Victor Orandi Since the passing of the Data Protection Act (DPA) into law in 2019 followed up by the establishment of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), the next key step toward promoting and strengthening data protection and privacy has been the introduction of guidelines for implementing the DPA. On 11th February...
